Tuesday, March 31, 2009Latest Vestal Watch ad Sunday, March 22, 2009Epic Weekend for Louie Vito Louie Vito made noise in two snowboarding events over the weekend. He actually participated in just one event: the World Cup in Spain. Louie originally planned to compete in Vermont for the final leg of the U.S. Grand Prix Series. Vito won the Grand Prix title last winter and was tied for the lead of this year's event going into the third and final stop.
However, Vito instead chose to represent the U.S. Snowboarding Team at the World Cup in La Molina, Spain. Vito began the day by qualifying for the finals in a tremendously competitive heat with the likes of Danny Kass, Steve Fisher, Scotty Lago, Antti Autti, Gary Zebrowski, just to name a few. The finals turned out to be a battle. It was a fight to the very end as Markus Keller of Switzerland nudged out Vito to win the World Cup competition in this epic international clash. Vito's teammate, Steven Fisher, took third. "We're super proud of everyone," U.S. Snowboarding Halfpipe Head Coach Mike Jankowski said. "They put everything they had into this contest and we got the results." Vito, who led the way for the U.S., landed a run of back-to-back 1080s, air, back five, front nine and back nine to finish second. "World Cups have not really been my thing and this is one of my first finals. It was nice to finally land a run," Vito said. "It was cool. Everyone rode well." Meanwhile in Killington, Vermont, the 2009 Grand Prix series came to a successful close. The only thing missing at Killington was the presence of U.S. Snowboarding's Vito and Fisher who were tied going into the weekend for the lead in the Grand Prix overall standings. What happened next was somewhat unpredictable. Because both were in Spain, neither could compete, and none of the other leaders were able to secure enough points to overtake Vito's and Fisher's first place standing, so the tie remains intact. This was Vito's second consecutive Grand Prix overall title. World Cup Top 7 Results: 1. Markus Keller, Switzerland 2. Louie Vito, USA 3. Steven Fisher, Breckenridge, USA 4. Greg Bretz, Mammoth Lakes, USA 5. Roger Kleivdal, Norway 6. Gary Zebrowski, France 7. Justin Lamoureux, Canada by Kirk Graham & Matt Hammnond
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