Snowboarding

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  A snowboarder falls during a jibbing competition in the ski resort "Bobrovy Log" outside the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk April 12, 2008. Picture taken April 12, 2008. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin (RUSSIA)

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  Skiers and snowboarders participate in a water slide contest, which consists of gliding over a water pool embedded in snow, during the closing event at the ski resort of Veysonnaz, southwestern Switzerland, Saturday, April 12, 2008. (AP Photo/Keystone, Jean-Christophe Bott)

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  Brad Martin flies through the air during a halfpipe training session prior to the Canadian Snowboard Nationals at Cypress mountain in Vancouver, Thursday, April 3, 2008. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Jonathan Hayward)

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  Maia Chaput flies through the air during a halfpipe training session prior to the Canadian Snowboard Nationals at Cypress mountain in Vancouver, Thursday, April 3, 2008. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Jonathan Hayward)

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  This photo provided by Crested Butte Mountain Resort shows Pete Rock of Crested Butte, Colo. using his snowboard to skim across the cold man made pond at the base area of Crested Butte Mountain Resort during the Slush Huck competition on Saturday, March 29, 2008. (AP Photo/courtesy of Crested Butte Mountain Resort, Nathan Bilow) ** NO SALES **

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  Champagne and sparkling cider flies as men's halfpipe winners, first place Shaun White, center, and second place Mason Aguirre, right, blast third place Kevin Pearce, left, with champagne during the awards ceremony at the Burton U.S. Open Snowboarding Championships, Saturday, March 22, 2008, at Stratton Mountain Resort in Stratton, Vt. (AP Photo/Alden Pellett)

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  First place winner Torah Bright, center, of Australia, center, second place winner Kelly Clark, right, of West Dover, Vt., and third place winner Gretchen Bleiler, left, of Aspen, Colo., stand on the podium during the women's halfpipe awards ceremony at the U.S. Open Snowboarding Championships, Saturday, March 22, 2008, at Stratton Mountain Resort in Stratton, Vt. (AP Photo/Alden Pellett)

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  Shaun White, left, of Carlsbad, Calif., shouts after winning the men's halfpipe finals at the Burton U.S. Open Snowboarding Championships, Saturday, March 22, 2008, at Stratton Mountain Resort in Stratton, Vt. (AP Photo/Alden Pellett)

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  Shaun White of Carlsbad, Calif., gets big air above the crowd during the finals of the men's halfpipe at the Burton U.S. Open Snowboarding Championships, Saturday, March 22, 2008, at Stratton Mountain Resort in Stratton, Vt. White won his third consecutive U.S. Open halfpipe championship. (AP Photo/Alden Pellett)

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  Kokubo Kazuhiro of Tokyo, Japan launches above the halfpipe during finals of the men's halfpipe competition at the Burton U.S. Open Snowboarding Championships, Saturday, March 22, 2008, at Stratton Mountain Resort in Stratton, Vt. (AP Photo/Alden Pellett)

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