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liked the gold medal, but I am happy and pumped for Deegan and Clowers. We were the three old-school guys in the sport. A lot of the upcoming riders would like to beat us, so it was great to see all of us up on the podium today. "My trick was a Double Nac to Indy Air to sidesaddle. I have never landed sidesaddle in my whole life. It was big air and Mad Mike had to go out there and pull off all the stops. I am still sore, and the doctor didn't want me back yet. He still wanted me off the bike for another two weeks. But I want to come here and defend my title. But I came up short for another gold, but I got the silver." Taking the bronze, and the last spot on the podium, was Tommy Clowers, after he gave a great combo jump for his third and last jump of the day. Clowers knocked Nate Adams off the podium. Both Adams and Clowers did the Rock Solid, but it wasn't enough to beat Jones or Deegan. Afterward, Clowers said: "It went pretty good today, even after I got a flat in practice. In the end, it worked out pretty good. I did all my tricks as smooth and as big as I could do them. My last trick was a Catwalk Indy Air. It is like a Double Nac to Indy Air. I can get my legs pretty high on it." Rounding out the top five was Adams and Clifford Adoptante, taking fourth and fifth, respectively. In the end, the Rock Solid and the NoHanded Catwalk wasn't enough for medals this year. "The weekend was pretty cool" Adams said. I got fourth and I was happy with that. This was my first Winter X Games, so it was nice. I wasn't shocked to see the three oldschool guys up there on the podium they are great riders. I did the Rock Solid to a No-Handed Land. I think I got a good score for it. A lot of the people said you would have to do a No-Handed Land to get a great score, or something new. The jumping on the snow wasn't that different from jumping on the dirt." In other news, 12 riders showed up, but after Dan Pastor got hurt in practic:;e Thursday, and Kris Rourke damaged his bike, 10 riders competed in the final. Rumors started Thursday about Kris Rourke attempting to do a backflip, since a side ramp was put in for him for the attempt. But in the end, he was unable to try it after coming short on the 100-foot jump in practice and messing up his motorcycle. CN Buttermilk Mountain Aspen, Colo.-do Results: January 19, 2002 O/A: 1. Brian Deegan (94.33); 2. Mike Jones (94.00); 3. Tommy Clowers (93.33); 4. Nate Adams (93.00); 5. Clifford Adoptante (92.33); 6. Kenny Bartram (91.67); 7. Doug Parsons (91.00): 8. Justin Homan (90.33): 9. Jeff Korgolo (90.00): 10. Trevor Vines (85.67). _ ~ ~ ~ .. ~''I 1 ~OR _ ~ M\ HITRY >aRIA CanG.a al \?17.221-557g ..~ox Requoot: \?17·221·551 g Or alAan: Inf1l@lalcawhllnoymx.oom Amatour PNl·~ntry = H,O - Pro / [<~ = $15 - Pool = AdH15 Pro Pu... = ~20,OOO - 150% [ Name o Address City _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ State Zip _ o Phone _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Order Date Send to: o o o 1QIIlIJI1IJlIlIQt;, Inc. po. Box 5084, Costa Mesa, CA 92628-5084 Toll Free Subscription Hotline (800) 831-2220 24-hour FAX Order Line (714) 751-6685 • E-maH; Subscribe@cycJenews.com Signature Every week for two years (]OO issues for $80.(0) Six months second class (25 issues for $23.(0) This is a Q New Subscription Renewal Please bill me ] payment of $45.00 Bill 2 payments of $22.50 Enclosed is my check or money order Charge my _ o o Visa Mastercard == One ~;u (SOl8lIUetI), 2l\d daM Canada or MntaJ I MC/Visa# ~'::.~r:~~~!'~V=I== ~:=dM). Expiration Date 1.t ~-----------------------------------------------~~~~ n e _ S • FEBRUARY 6, 2002 cue •• 33

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