Shayne Pospisil Wins Red Bull Snowscrapers
Red Bull Snowscrapers is now history, with Shayne Pospisil taking a surprise win and pocketing a cool 50 grand, repping the Northeast hard with his Jersey roots. 16 of the world's best snowboarders took to the immense drop-in that stood nine stories tall in New York City's East River Park, hitting the 80-foot-long hip jump unique to the Red Bull Snowscrapers event.
Shayne defeated Torstein Horgmo in the final round, stomping a solid backside 900. After throwing a victory method air on his final hit, Pospisil was swarmed by friends, family, and fans. "Having all of my friends and family here is amazing," he said later. "It's a dream come true."
The third-place match-up featured Scotty Lago vs. Travis Rice; Travis was looking strong all day through the semis but started struggling with backside rodeo 900 attempts in the final rounds, so Lago's backside 900 earned him the third place spot. Snowboarding legend Terje Haakonsen walked away with best trick honors, bombing the drop-in with his back foot unstrapped and kicking a one-footed method air that brought cheers from the crowd.With the massive hip set-up, hot sets from bands Valient Thorr, Black Gold, and Anthrax (with special guest Chuck D.), and throngs of awesome NYC fans, Red Bull Snowscrapers is going down as the dopest snow contest to hit the Big Apple.
Results
1. Shayne Pospisil
2. Torstein Horgmo
3. Scotty Lago
Best Trick: Terje Haakonsen, one-footed method air
For a full breakdown of results, check here.
good,very good
thank you !
wow,that's so cool,i love you
AMAZZZZIIINNNGGG!!! A dream come true for this city. I see a new begining.. What do you think?
This is really cool.
Please make your jump bigger next year.
sweet!
WAY TO GO SHAYNE-O!!! YOU DONE THE INLET CULT PROUD!!!!
cool app
cool
YA SHAYNE WAY TO GO! SO NICE TO SEE YOU TAKE THE PODIUM IN NYC. WHAT A GRATE PAY OFF FOR YOUR YEARS OF DEDICATION TO A SPORT YOU HAVE WORK SO HARD AT. KEEP IT UP AND GOOD LUCK AT ARTIC CHALLANGE. FROM YOUR JERSEY CORE FRIENDS THE MINDNICHS
Hell yeah shayne....sick back 9 to win it.... see ya when get back into town....Congrads man you earned it....fifty g'sssss kid
It took my friends and I three hours to get to the event. Had a great time.. I hope Red Bull can do something like it again in the area.
it's okay dude. you can relax
it was great to see such a contest alive.as im from Russia, it was smth unreal for me.so right now i want to riiiiiide))) unfortunatly in ny there is no snowboarders friends..
that a boy shane-o! jersey rules!!!!!!!!!1
this was sooo much fun right after shayne won, when we all ran out and picked him up and everything he was like sitting on my sholders. deffinatly the highlight of my year so far
dude legit shit wacth the video n im the kid who is holding Shayne up while we walk him to the stand im the kid with the blue hat right next to i felt like i was a part of pure snowboarding history this was no joke the greatest time of my life n also my friend caught his helmet but his mom asked him for it back this is just a great time i will never forget red bull keep this shit going ill be there every year. PS i trew up 3 times when i got home from chugging 11 red bulls no lie
Such a sick event, I'm glad I made the trip. Surprised that T Rice or White didn't make it in the top three. Oh well!
Woww, I'm from across the river and to ride, I always had to trek up to Mt. Creek or even further to VT. NYC and snowboarding never really came together in my mind and it's insane to see that coming together here.
I just recently started snowboarding about a year ago and ever since then I have developed a strong attitude for the sport and to have it here in the lower east side right across the F.D.R drive was AMAZZZZIIINNNGGG!!! A dream come true for this city. I see a new begining.. What do you think?