And here it is. Contest season is back in our faces for the next year and the North American circuit kicked off at none other than the pristine halfpipe at Copper Mountain, Colorado. The US Grand Prix started with the ski qualifiers this Wednesday afternoon under sunny skies and brisk air temperatures.

70 competitors, anxious and ready to get things underway in the looming pipe before them, competed for the top 12 spots to move on to finals and were judged on the top score of two runs.

Here are today’s scores and be sure to head over to Newschoolers to watch finals LIVE on Friday December 9 starting at 12 pm MST.

photo courtesy of Newschoolers

Results

1) David Wise – 87.8
2) Torin Yater-Wallace – 86.4
3) Xavier Bertoni – 85.2
4) Nils Lauper – 85.0
5) Jossi Wells – 82.6
6) Duncan Adams – 82.2
7) Simon Dumont – 81.0
8) Mike Riddle – 78.6
9) Tucker Perkins – 78.4
10) Wing Tai Barrymore – 77.4
11) Peter Crook – 77.0
12) Dan Marion – 76.6