No getting shafted for Kier, he ended up in second ahead of our humble World Leader Ross Powers who had trouble keeping up with the constant one-upping of everyone's pipe peel.

Mr. Mike

The ladies also found speed and flight friendly today in the steep, fast trench. Shannon Dunn didn't spin much, but held her inversion high outside the pipe pushing her fellow females to secondary status. Michelle Taggart spun 540s for second and Tricia Byrnes followed in third with some nice mixing, waxing and spinning of her own. The young females had no time for the boys today. Natasza Zurek and Maelle Ricker added Northern lighting to the mix. You just knew one of them was headed for the podium (Natasza 4th). CB came up from the south and Aurelie from the east. They all were shadowed again by the consistant height of Kim Stacy who only took 5th.

Shaft Shakedown

The day's trials had a different feel to them today with Ross Powers showing obvious Big Air and Boardercross hangover from the previous freestyle frenzy. This combined with the absence of Todd Richards only had the pack salivating on the snow over the ten grand prize. Local Goat Boy made his appearance and quickly cackled himself into a lone position on the pipe. The navy guy seemed to like him like that. That Goat Boy could use some discipline and a haircut anyway.

It made for entertaining viewing. As always the practice made for best viewing, judges made the right call with Kier, and the locals heckled nobody in particular.

— Hans Prosl, sticking close to the stars for The Mountain Zone

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