March 28, 2010
Perkins captures halfpipe title
by PR Wire Report/
Tucker Perkins (North Hampton, N.H.) won the men’s halfpipe title at the Sprint U.S. Freestyle Championships at Squaw Valley, Calif., on Saturday.
Perkins took charge to mark the first U.S. Championships title of his career.
"I competed four years ago and got second, so it's good to be back and grab the title," Perkins said in a U.S. Ski Team press release.
Perkins was joined on the podium by Wing Barrymore (Hailey, Idaho) in second and Walter Wood (Evergreen, Colo.) in third.
The winning run consisted of double side flip, rightside cork 900, leftside cork 900, alleyoop flatspin 540, leftside cork 1080. According to Perkins, the pipe was just right for the tricks he wanted to put down.
"The pipe was great. The cutter got a great shape on it and we were all able to do the tricks we wanted to on it," Perkins said. "This is the run I was planning on doing in finals so it happened to work out for my last run."
James Campbell (Reading, Mass.) placed fourth and Marshall LaCroix (Bondville, Vt.) was fifth.
The women's title was won by Jen Hudak (Park City, Utah). Placing second was Brita Sigourney (Carmel, Calif.) and Maddie Bowman (South Lake Tahoe, Calif.) was third.
Annalisa Drew (Andover, Mass.) was fifth.
