![]() “You couldn’t let it wear you down.” Qualifiers, semi-finals and finals were all the same day, and she competed in all three, giving her more time in that pipe to practice. “Everybody was riding the same pipe and dealing with same problem,” she told me. Much was made during the Olympics of the cruddy conditions of the half pipe and I was curious how she dealt with that obstacle. We recently spoke to Kaitlyn about her whirlwind 2014 and goals for 2015. THE WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCED MONDAY, JAN. We figure if you want this snowboard you do! Deadline for entries is Jan. Gold and sparkly like her medal, this snowboard can be yours with a click of the mouse, because GNU is giving one away to a lucky Style of Sport reader! All you have to do is tell us why you love winter. GNU has released the Limited Edition B-PRO GOLD KAITLYN FARRINGTONsignature snowboard. Team at the final qualifying event, yet edged out three former gold medalists - defending champion Torah Bright (2010), Hannah Teter (2006), and Kelly Clark (2002) - to win 2014 Olympic Gold. Kaitlyn’s goals for the Olympics were just to make it to the finals, but executing one of the most technically demanding sequences of the night, highlighted by a backward 720-degree (2 turn) spin and a backward 900-degree (2½ turn) spin, Kaitlyn put together the run of a lifetime. She was the last snowboarder named to the U.S. Kaitlyn Farrington surprised the snowboard world and even herself last winter, winning the gold medal in the Women’s Half-Pipe competition at the Winter Olympics in Sochi. 2014 OLYMPIC SNOWBOARD WOMEN’S HALF-PIPE GOLD MEDALIST, KAITLYN FARRINGTON ![]() FROM OLYMPIC GOLD TO BRUT GOLD (ARMAND DE BRIGNAC CHAMPAGNE).
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