(click picture to zoom!)Pierre-Luc Gagnon won skate vert at the Dew Tour Toyota Challenge in Salt Lake City, Utah on Saturday, edging out Shaun White in second place and Bucky Lasek in third place.
Gagnon's runs consisted of tailgrab 540s, kickflip backside grab 540s, kickflip mute fakies and smooth kickflip body varial 540s. Gagnon's top score, a 94.00, was a full 4.25 points ahead of White, who landed 720s at height, fakie to fakie 540s and f/s stalefish 540s.
"That's the run I've been looking for all year. I didn't want to talk about the run before the event, so it means the world to me," said Gagnon immediately after the finals. The win in Salt Lake marks Gagnon's seventh career win on the Dew Tour, and pushed Gagnon into first place standings for skate vert on the 2011 Dew Tour.
White, unhappy with second place, dropped back in after Gagnon won, and attempted to land another run, but fell. Earlier in the day, he had alluded to a new trick, which the Dew Tour speculated could be a 1080, but White did not attempt it.
Bucky Lasek, who won vert at the Dew Tour Pantech Open event in late July, pulled switch b/s 360s, back to back 540s and heelflip f/s gay twists before going down on a nollie kickflip lien air.
Skate Vert, 2011 Dew Tour Toyota Challenge: Sept. 10, 2011, Salt Lake City, Utah
| Rank | Name | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Pierre-Luc Gagnon | 94.00 |
| 2. | Shaun White | 89.75 |
| 3. | Bucky Lasek | 87.75 |
| 4. | Sandro Dias | 84.75 |
| 5. | Pedro Barros | 83.75 |
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