MEYEN MAKES HISTORY

January 28, 2006

Wins Unprecedented Fourth Consecutive Gold in Women’s Snowboard Slopestyle

Aspen, Colo. – The Winter X Games fourpeat curse is no more. Sitting in 10th and last place after her first run, Janna Meyen (Bend, Ore.) dug deep and delivered a huge final trip in Saturday’s Women’s Snowboard Slopestyle final to win her fourth consecutive gold medal with a score of 91.33.

“I was as comfortable as I’ve ever been,” she said. “All I was trying to do was play the game of competing against myself. I blocked everything else out.”

After falling in her first run, Meyen showed confidence and creativity in her second, nailing a huge trick switch 720 on the final jump.

Hana Beaman (Big Bear, Calif.), who qualified 10th, held the top spot in the podium after an 83.33 on her first run that included a big Cab 540. She watched nervously from the bottom as her run held up rider after rider until Meyen’s historic trip. Still it was enough for her to grab her second career Slopestyle silver medal.

“I’m so happy. It was nerve wracking sitting at the bottom of the course, by myself, with no control. I can’t believe my first run and my first score held up through this competition.” Jamie Anderson (South Lake Tahoe, Calif.) scored a 77.33, good enough for the bronze and her first Winter X Games medal.

SNOWBOARD SLOPESTYLE WOMEN’S FINAL RESULTS

1. Janna Meyen
Bend, Ore.

2. Hana Beaman
Big Bear, Calif.

3. Jamie Anderson
South Lake Tahoe, Calif.

4. Erin Comstock
Salt Lake City, Utah

5. Chanelle Sladics
Newport Beach, Calif.

6. Natasza Zurek
Vancouver, BC, Canada

7. Priscilla Levac
Montebello, QC, Canada

8. Marie-France Roy
Les Eboulements, Charlevoix QC, Canada

9. Cheryl Maas
Uden, Netherlands

10. Silvia Mittermueller
Munich, Germany