Louie Vito is on Fire!

(Truckee, CA) – Louie Vito and Olympian Danny Kass once again battled it out in the men’s superpipe finals at the Vans Cup in Lake Tahoe in what many said was too close to call. After some deliberation the judges determined that Kass’ run edged out Vito’s and the crown went to Kass for the second year in a row. Had Kass sketched a bit, Vito was right there for the gold.

To get his second place in a field stacked with talent, Vito linked back-to-back 1080s, to back-to-back 900s, and a 720. The ten man international final included six Olympians.
Vito’s been on top of the snowboard world as of late and it showed at Tahoe. His 2nd was well-deserved.

"It was all really big and really smooth," Olympic Head Coach Mike Jankowski said. "Louie is obviously on fire and he wanted to beat Danny. He was going for it. But second place in a field like this is really huge.”

Vito is fresh off his 1st place finishes at the last Chevy Truck Grand Prix, Jeep King of the Mountain and the Etnies GVR.

The entire Vans Cup Superpipe contest will be seen on Fuel TV sometime in April.

OFFICIAL RESULTS
2008 Vans Cup
Superpipe Finals

1. Danny Kass (USA)
2. Louie Vito (USA)
3. Iouri Podlatchkov (Switzerland)
4. Andy Finch (USA)
5. Mason Aguirre (USA)

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