Vito Wins 3rd Straight!

Louie Vito has begun 2011 the same way he ended 2010 - at the top of the podium. The Olympian won his second straight Dew Tour and third straight overall superpipe event at the Winter Dew Tour, stop #2, in Killington, Vermont. Vito opened the season in December with a win in the Visa Grand Prix, and followed up later in December with another win on the first stop of the Dew Tour, in Breckenridge, CO.  Vito could have won with either of his two runs this weekend, as he was the only rider in the finals to land a double cork, let alone stick two back to back, as Vito did.  "A double cork is a good thing to have, but it's not a guaranteed win just by doing one," Vito said. "There are riders out there who don't have a double cork, but if they throw down they could easily beat me."  Vito ended his first run with a slight butt check at the end of the run which left him unsatisfied going into his second run but the judges still gave Vito a high enough score (90.00) to beat runner-up JJ Thomas.  "I just wanted to do a cleaner run than my first run and do a run that I was stoked on so I just wanted to put it down," Vito said.  In what could have been a cruisy victory lap after already being named the winner, Vito upped the ante with his front double cork 10, cab double cork 10, crippler roast beef, Michalchuk and frontside 10. When the score was tallied, Vito earned 3 more points to take the win with a 93.00.  Louie's win further secures his lead in the overall Dew Tour rankings heading into the final stop of the 2010-11 season and putting him as one of the leading contenders for  the Toyota Athlete of the Year.  The four-day competition is the second of three stops on the 2010-11 Winter Dew Tour. The third and final event is the Toyota Championships February 10-13 at Snowbasin Resort in Ogden, Utah.  


SUPERPIPE MEN FINALS       Top 4 
1.  Louie Vito  93.00 
2.  JJ Thomas  88.00 
3.  Mason Aguirre  86.50 
4.  Steve Fisher  83.50 



Louie's next event is the Winter X Games at Aspen, CO LIVE on ESPN, Sunday night, January 30th.