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Posted on: Sunday, January 17, 2010

Winter sports: Davis, Hight win snowboard superpipe finals


Associated Press

OGDEN, Utah � Elena Hight of South Lake Tahoe, Calif., won the women�s snowboard superpipe final at the Winter Dew Tour for the first time Saturday night, and Danny Davis of Highland, Mich., won his second consecutive final in the men�s event.

Hight, 20, who briefly resided on Kauai, had a run that included a frontside 540, a backside 900 and a cab 720 to earn her a winning score of 92.50. Kaitlyn Farrington of Sun Valley, Idaho, and Spanish-native Queralt Castellet, both also 20, came in second and third, respectively.
Davis, 21, earned his second straight Winter Dew Tour victory, finishing with a top score of 96.00, coming close to beating his record-setting score of 96.50, which he earned in Breckenridge, Colo., last month. Davis threw out a huge front 1080 double cork to seal the win.