Saturday, August 13, 2011 3:32pm PDT

Aono and Clark conquer halfpipe finals at the 2011 Burton New Zealand Open

By: Lindsay Fraka

And that's all she wrote. The first major contest and Burton Global Open Series event is over. Halfpipe finals took over the last day of competition under picturesque skies. A theme that has run throughout the entire event. Not a bad theme to kick off the latest snow season in my book.

The riders graced the 22-foot pipe with style and speed. The ladies saw much of what we've seen at every halfpipe contest the past year -- Kelly Clark dominating and showing exactly why she's the number one female pipe rider around. Fellow Burton teammate, Hannah Teter scored in second, with Spain sensation Queralt Castellet in third.

The guys field was a little bit more tricky. Stacked with Japanese riders, the work was cut out for the rest of the competitors. Iouri Podladtchikov and Louie Vito were chasing down a few Japan riders and ended up in second and third after Ryo Aono claimed the first spot.

For all the details of how it all went down, check out what SNOWBOARDER's Tom Monterosso had to say HERE...he was after all, there.

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