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Grand Prix at Mammoth Mountain

Rob Kingwill won his second halfpipe contest this season at the Chevy S-10 Grand Prix at Mammoth Mountain California, December 11th 1999. A 900 flip topped off a solid second run that earned Rob the win in a best run out of two format. Todd Richards (pictured right) took home second place. Third place went to New Jersey local Mark Reilly.

Kingwill pulled out a 900 flip (left) on his winning run which also included a Haakon flip and several lofty straight airs. He scored 42.7 out of a possible 50 points to edge out the other competitors by a more than a full point. Kingwill banked $10,000, not to bad for two days of pipe riding. After the first run, Kingwill was in second behind Luke Wynen who was going ballisticly large. Rob put together his winning run to take the lead and never look back. "I am stoked I landed on my feet again," Kingwill said. "It is the eighth time I have ever done that trick in my entire life. I have landed every one I have tried and I still do not really know how to do it."

Todd Richards made the most of his trip to Mammoth with an second run score of 41.2. TR put together a string of back to back technical spins including a wet cat and clean mctwist. New Jersey local Mark Reilly who also rose to the situation in the second run when he pulled off some huge airs helping him out with a high amplitude score. Local favorite Tommy Czeschin (right) did well enough in the qualifiers to be one of the top seeds, but could not put an end to end solid run together to get a place on the podium. Lael Gregory had an impressive second run that included a 720, a Cab 720, and several huge straight airs.

Shannon Dunn (left) was the top women's qualifier and so she dropped in last for the first run of the finals and collected the highest score of 39.7. For the second run, she had the comfort of knowing the contest was in the bag, so she pulled out all the stops and scored a 40 with a 720 and a crowd pleasing McTwist near the bottom of the pipe. Shannon collected a gender equal $10,000 for her efforts. Natasza Zurek and Cara-Beth Burnside ended up in the second and third places respectively. Zurek stuck a Mctwist, and CB went for a 540 and 720 Ally-oop.

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