And 10th place goes to Tommy Czeschin.

It was a resurrection Sunday in the Breckenridge halfpipe. Aurelie Sayers and Todd Richards, two riders who said they were "pretty much over-it" at the end of last season, came back to life to win the halfpipe at the Vans Triple Crown of Snowboarding at Breckenridge, Colorado.

"It felt so good to be competing at home," Todd Richards said after the awards. "There is nothing like waking up in your own bed, eating your own food, sitting in your own Jacuzzi."

Sleeping in his own bed certainly paid off. Todd threw in the wet cat on his first hit and then mixed in a smorgasbord of spins and airs. A new format created by the International Judges Commission had riders competing in a best of two final, but Todd didn't even need his second run. His first run score of 49.1 held up for the entire second run.

Ross Powers rides true to his name.

Not that there weren't some close runs. Ross Powers continues to increase his distance above the lip and ride with strength and confidence, but all he could get out of the judges was a 47.2 in his first run: good for second place, but not enough to take out Richards.

Keir Dillon, who qualified for the finals in first place right ahead of Todd Richards, used the top quarter of the pipe as a roll-in and showed the Colorado crowd who's the new boss of big air pipe riding. Van's had placed several eight foot tall pylons along side the pipe and Keir consistently cleared them. During practice he was going so high the crowd began leaning the pylon in toward the pipe more so Keir could bonk it on his way by. In the finals, however, he got a surprising low score on his first run and only a 45.8 in the second to finish third. One thing for sure: Keir's 1998 North American halfpipe title was no fluke. Rham Klampert and Jeff Anderson rounded out the top five.

In the women's competition Aurelie Sayers climbed back in the saddle and rode away with a $7,500 check for a run that included a clean McTwist some 720s for good measure. She's definitely not the burned out rider who

You want to talk huge? Let's talk Keir Dillon.

last season was thinking about throwing in the halfpipe towel. "I took a lot of time off the snow this summer and that helped a lot," Sayers said.

Maelle Ricker grabbed second and the ever-consistent Trish Byrnes placed third even though she was suffering from a cold that nearly kept her from speaking. "I think I ate a horse last night and now he's speaking for me," she said in a raspy voice. Anna Hellman, Sara Pehrson and Big Air winner Krista Bradford finished in fourth, fifth, and sixth.

The halfpipe finished off one of the best season opening competitions in recent history. No one was seriously injured, very few people complained, and a bunch of riders walked with large amounts of cash.

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