Taku Hiraoka and Ellery Hollingsworth won the Mini Creative Use of Space Award at this year’s US Open, each finishing the weekend $5,000 richer for their troubles. In the halfpipe, the contest requires riders to do a slightly unusual trick, so Ellery’s sick, grabbed backside rodeo won for the women while Taku’s Japan McTwist took the title for the men. $5,000 eh? Not bad for a quick couple of seconds’ work is it…?
Swiss precision engineering beats shoddy US and Canadian botch-job. Or something...
That's a nice fat prize just for getting a bit creative...
American halfpipe snowboarders Eleni Hight, Kelly Clark and Ellery Hollingsworth take the top three spots at the Burton U.S. Open 2012
The Mini Creative Use of Space award at the Burton Europan Open halfpipe went to Christian Haller and Cilka Sadar for a couple of alleyoops
American Jamie Anderson and Norwegian Emil Ulsletten are officially the most creative riders in the Burton European Open Slopestyle finals
