THE WEEKLY MILBERY

Please enjoy this week's  Tube-you-lar Tuesday from the streets of Japan and sounds of General Eletrik's "Helicopter." Our Super Squad member A-Ray was getting his snowboard game on with some pillows off of a double roof drop, while Pat Milbery happened to stumble across a fire extinguisher..... Hmmm? You know where this is headed, our crazy super squad member Monst!r was stirring suff up and was up for a dare and decided to take on a extinguisher from the 60's to the face for a battle! Sit back & enjoy the chaos that erupted one sunny afternoon during our travels to Japan. Let see who win's?

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Louie Vito takes 2nd place at the 2010 U.S. Open

At the 2010 US Open Superpipe finals Louie Vito dropped into a back-to-back-to-back series of double corks, jumping into second place with a run that left everyone dizzy. Louie pulled off a double cork 1080, to cab double cork 1080, to double crippler, then a backside nine and a huge frontside 1260. Whoa!

This time Vito had to settle for another under judged score that kept him in second. On paper, Vito's run added up to a whole lot more, and the crowd let the judges know their position after the spinning snowboarder did not make it on the top step of the podium.

"I'm just stoked to do it," said Vito about sticking three double flips into one run. "Danny Davis has always a been a good friend of mine, and he did three and broke them down in different spots. Danny and Kevin inspired me -- so I just had to step it up and try something different."

To watch Louie's US Open back-to-back-to-back double cork Superpipe run CLICK HERE

This coming weekend, Louie will be at Mountain High in California for his "Ride With Louie" day on Saturday, March 27th.

VITO WINS X-GAMES MEDAL UNLEASHES THE TRIPLE DOUBLE

This past weekend's Men's Snowboard SuperPipe final at the first ever Winter X Games Europe could have been the best pipe contest of the year.

The event attracted some of the best freestyle skiers and snowboarders on the planet to Tignes, France and entertained the huge crowds who gathered for three days of incredible action. The highlight of the entire games was the men's snowboard halfpipe final.

The lineup was an impressive who's who of progressive snowboarders and there was an expectant buzz of excitement as a number of Olympic riders took to the hill.

The final winner was Iour Podlatchikov (iPod), with Matheiu Crepel of France in second and America's Louie Vito in third place. iPod's run was technical, clean and big on style and amplitude but the stand out for the night was definitely Louie Vito's run. Although it only took third place he opened with three doubles back-to-back-to-back. That is the first time that trick has ever been done in a contest!  Spinning on two axis at once with two full flips, Vito made history by being the first person to ever open a run with three back to back to back tricks like this. The fact that Vito's score -- a 92.33 -- didn't beat Crepel's, was upsetting.  The crowd went wild but the judges didn't seem to be as impressed and only gave him the bronze.

Click here to watch Louie's medal run

At the media conference following the event Vito said, "After I fell on the first one, I was over trying to do a mellow run and just went for it. I was stoked. I don't think three in a row has ever been done before and to do it in a contest was great! In the end you're trying to please four people and if the run you like doesn't please them there's nothing you can do. I was really glad I landed that run and that's about all you can say."

The buzz within the industry has been on how crazy the halfpipe riding has progressed in the past 18 months.  Heck, the progression of riding in this contest alone, just took another leap forward since last month's Olympics!

Next week's U.S. Open should be a treat.

THE WEEKLY MILBERY UPDATE

An Afternoon with the SO-GNAR Crew in Japan with a new track "Tour Stories" from The Souls of Mischief
We have been touring quite a lot this season.  From the streets of the midwest during the Mighty Midwest Tour to a bunch of different zones around The United States and up next was on the schedule was Japan.

The SO-GNAR crew spent the past 3 weeks in the beautiful land of Japan.  We compiled a lot of footage we will be releasing over the next month through our SO-GNAR weekly's.

Here's this Tuesdays Weekly video!  


Featuring Pat Milbery, Moss Halladay, Teddy Koo, Monstrr, Critter & Friends, riding at Nanuba, Japan. Nanuba is a small resort with a humble staff & a sick park full of rails & boxes.
With train access from Tokyo, Nanuba had a fun wallride we sessioned with a few locals.

Stayed tuned for more.


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Vito shines at the Olympics

Vito is ultra competitive. He has a burning desire to win. I am sure he is disappointed to have come up a little short. However, there is absolutely no shame in finishing fifth in the Olympics.

He told me a couple of weeks ago that he just wanted to land his run. Wherever that placed him was out of his control. He achieved his goal with two very solid runs in the finals.

That was not quite enough to get on the medal stand, but he can leave his first Olympics knowing he gave it all he had. That is all an athlete can hope for.

His Olympic performance capped a whirlwind of a few months. He was a smashing success on ABC's Dancing With The Stars last fall. His popularity has since skyrocketed as his face has shown up in newspapers and magazines everywhere.

Although his celebrity status has grown, the 21-year-old Vito showed Wednesday that his focus on snowboarding has never wavered.

During the X Games a few weeks ago, one of the ESPN announcers said Vito was known more for his appearance on Dancing With The Stars than for his snowboarding.

His fifth place finish in Vancouver cemented the fact that Vito is first and foremost an elite level snowboarder. The dancing gig was good for his popularity and for endorsements, but Vito's passion has always been becoming among the best in his sport. That mission has now been accomplished.

The Olympics was just the tip of the iceberg for Vito. He continues to raise his snowboarding to a higher level. The sky is the limit. Making it back to the Olympics in 2014 will be a monumental challenge.

One thing is for sure. Vito will give it his best shot. Just as he did in Vancouver.