{"id":803987,"date":"2020-02-08T17:14:43","date_gmt":"2020-02-09T00:14:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=378733"},"modified":"2020-02-08T17:14:43","modified_gmt":"2020-02-09T00:14:43","slug":"canadian-cassie-sharpe-wins-dew-tour-womens-ski-modified-superpipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/canadian-cassie-sharpe-wins-dew-tour-womens-ski-modified-superpipe\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian Cassie Sharpe wins Dew Tour women\u2019s ski modified superpipe"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Cassie Sharpe takes gold in the women\u2019s ski modified superpipe competition on Saturday, Feb. 8, day three of the Winter Dew Tour at Copper Mountain.<\/strong>
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COPPER MOUNTAIN \u2013 At Saturday\u2019s Dew Tour at Copper Mountain Resort, Canadian star Cassie Sharpe won the women\u2019s ski modified superpipe competition despite falling hard on her head during her second run through the pipe.<\/p>\n

The competition was without heavy favorite in Estonian teen phenom Kelly Sildaru, who dropped out at the last minute to rest a bruised knee for Sunday afternoon\u2019s women\u2019s ski slopestyle competition. With Sildaru out, Sharpe took command of the competition early on her first run through the pipe, led by landing a 1080 in the traditional pipe portion of the course.<\/p>\n

Sharpe\u2019s first run put her in first with an 85.00. Then, on her second run, she tried to improve the 1080 with a cleaner tail grab, but Sharpe rotated a little short. The under rotation led to her right ski coming off when landing on the pipe wall, slamming Sharpe\u2019s head and back into the icy course. Due to the fall, Sharpe chose not to drop into her third and final run, though she hung on for the win.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m just happy to be here skiing and doing my thing,\u201d Sharpe said. \u201c\u2026 It was a little challenging trying to figure those (modified pipe features) out over the week here, but I like this course better than last year\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sharpe was joined on the podium by runner-up and fellow Canadian Rachel Karker. Karker bumped up to second on her third run, gapping a flare on first feature, going inverted over the channel, before boosting a huge 360 on the side-hit into the waterfall landing into the pipe. The Canadians were joined on the podium by American-born British rider Zoe Atkin, who landed on the podium on her final run as well.<\/p>\n

Earlier Saturday in the women\u2019s modified snowboard superpipe final, Liu Jiayu of China won with a fun line through the Dew Tour modified superpipe on her second of three runs through the course. Like the women\u2019s ski competition, the snowboard contest was without American star Jamie Anderson, as the slopestyle legend dropped out last minute.<\/p>\n

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