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Snowboard – Parallel Giant Slalom World Cup

Jasey Jay Anderson glides to a fifth place finish

Montreal, October 17, 2004 (Sportcom) – Canadian snowboarder Jasey Jay Anderson place fifth today in Soelden, Austria on his first parallel giant slalom race of the World Cup season. It was an all-Swiss affair on the podium with Philipp Schoch, Gilles Jacquet and Urs Eiselin sweeping the top three positions.

Philippe Berube (Pierrefonds, QC) had a personal best 18th place while Justin-Claude Dumont (Pintendre, QC) placed 53rd.

“It’s the first giant slalom of the season so I’m happy,” said Anderson, last season top finisher in the overall standings on the World Cup circuit. “I could have done better but I’m satisfied with this result. It was different for us to have the women going on one day and the men on the other so the organizers had a ‘B’ final for competitors ranked 5^th to 8^th and I won that race.”

The 29 year-old from Mont-Tremblant, Quebec was very pleased with his final run in which he defeated the defending parallel slalom world champion Siegfried Grabner, from Austria.

“The conditions were not easy on the glacier,” added Anderson. “The snow that fell on the course was cleared so we surfed on ice of thousands of years of age. Skiers love icy courses but it’s different for snowboarders since we only have one board and not two skis.”

The next World Cup event will be presented indoors next weekend in the Netherlands. “This is not your typical World Cup stop. The runs last 20 seconds instead of 35 seconds. It’s quite an innovation and competing inside once per season is good,” concluded the Canadian who confessed preferring outdoor competitions.

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