Behind the US Open, "Champs & Chang"
2005 Snowboarding Championships in Stratton, Vermont

By George Davis - It wasn't all bumps and bruises at the 2005 US Open. Snowboarding champions rose to the occasion and pocketed impressive piles of loot! Wondering who won all of these crazy events? And what sort of numbers the bean counters can drool over? Here are the results:

Airborne above the mondo half pipe. (Photo by George Davis)

Rail Jam
• Women's Final Results
1st – Leanne Pelosi - $10,000
2nd – Hana Beaman - $5,000
3rd – Spencer O’Brien - $2,000
4th – Marie-France Roy - $1,000
SoBe Sick Trick Award - $2,500 and a Motorola phone - Alexis Waite
• Men's Final Results
1st – Eddie Wall - $10,000
2nd – Yale Cousino - $5,000
3rd – Jed Anderson - $2,000
4th – Sylvain Beauchesne - $1,000
SoBe Sick Trick Award - $2,500 and a Motorola phone - Chris Rotax

Half Pipe
• Women's Final Results
1st – Gretchen Bleiler - $20,000
2nd – Torah Bright - $10,000
3rd – Hannay Teter - $5,000
4th – Tricia Byrnes - $2,000
Nintendo DS Best Trick Award - $5,000 - Torah Bright
• Men's Final Results
1st – Danny Kass - $20,000
2nd – Steve Fisher - $10,000
3rd – Antti Autti - $5,000
4th – Keir Dillon - $2,000
Nintendo DS Best Trick Award - $5,000 – Abe Teter

Slopestyle
• Women's Final Results
1st – Janna Meyen - $20,000
2nd – Leanne Pelosi - $10,000
3rd – Natasza Zurek - $5,000
4th – Jamie Macleod - $2,000
• Men's Final Results
1st – Risto Matila - $20,000
2nd – Jussi Oksanen - $10,000
3rd – Andreas Wiig - $5,000
4th – Scott Lago - $2,000