Students woke up this weekend with snow falling from the skies, a unique experience during this warm winter and a welcome sign for skiers and snowboarders.
At Snowbasin Resort near Huntsville, Weber County, this weekend, the opposite was true, with skiers and boarders falling from the sky onto the snow that has been resting there.
The Winter Dew Tour finished their series
Some of the biggest names in winter sports gathered for the finale, including Gretchen Bleiler
The superpipe also had a fair share of excitement
'I had been real solid in my dub twelves since the X Games going into this week, and I always have a little extra time at the end, so I felt like today was the day to try to go for it,' Wise said. 'If only my ski had stayed on I might have had it.'
A 93.00 was good enough for second place, and French skier Kevin Rolland was able to secure the Dew Cup for ski freestyle superpipe.
'I am really relived right now,' Rolland said. 'I had a fall in my first run, and I was not really confident in my mind, but I stomped my run, and now I have something to put in my backpack and take back to France.'
The women's title for ski superpipe ended up in the hands of Devin Logan, edging out the Pantech Invitational champion Maddie Bowman with a score of 90.00. Logan had an impressive weekend, entering the slopestyle competition and finishing in third place. She finished the Dew Cup with a podium in every event she entered, demonstrating how dangerous she is as a dual-event threat.
Not to be left out, the boarders threw it down
The men dazzled the gathered crowds Saturday afternoon. Iouri Podladtchikov finished second with a 97.00, performing extremely well after recently coming back from nose surgery
Sunday was reserved for the slopestyle finals, an event that combines rails with the amplitude of big mountain jumps.
The women snowboarders started off the day, but Spencer O'Brien
Sebastien Toutant won the men snowboarders slopestyle competition, scoring 11 points higher than second-place finisher Dash Kamp
Devin Logan pulled off a double podium for the weekend, finishing in third place with a 89.00. Kaya Turski
In the final event of the weekend, fans got to see Nick Goepper win the event with a score of 95.00, his highest score of the Dew Cup. Tom Wallisch walk off with the Dew Cup for men slopestyle, despite coming in second at the Toyota Championship, thanks to wins in Breckenridge, Colo. and Killington, Vt. at past events. He also won the Toyota Athlete of the Year, an award given to the athlete with the highest overall point total in the Dew Cup.
'It's awesome, I'm leaving here with too much to carry though,' Wallisch said.
For results and video highlights of the event, visit allisports.com