MAP Grand Prix SnwBrd
Hannah Teter of Belmont, Vt. blasts out of the halfpipe during the finals at the Chevrolet U.S. Snowboard Grand Prix in Breckenridge, Co. Saturday December 17, 2005. The Breckenridge event was the first of three stops in a series that will determine who will make the U.S. Snowboard Team and represent the country in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy. Shaun White of Carlsbad, Ca. won the men's event while Gretchen Bleiler of Snowmass Village, Co. won the women's event. The Grand Prix, now in its 10th year as the premier snowboard series in North America, features a cash purse of $340,000 and a new Chevrolet truck to the overall male and female winner of the series. Teter won the first of the two events but finished 5th in this event with a score of 31.90..(MARC PISCOTTY/ © 2006)
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