Shaun White Back on Top at Right Guard Open Skate Vert Premilms
July 18, 2008 – 4:10 pm PT by GregTags: Andy Macdonald, AST, Josh Stafford, Right Guard Open, Shaun White —
Shaun White | cr. AST
Shaun White may have missed the first stop of the AST Dew Tour last month in Baltimore but he was back close to his old self Thursday at the Right Guard Open. White finished first in the prelims, edging Andy MacDonald and Buster Halterman for the top spot.
White’s 83.75 was anything but dominating but after finishing second in last week’s Maloof Money Cup there’s no doubt he will turn things up for the finals.
Though no official explanation was given for his missing the contest last month, White revealed he was injured while skating at the YMCA in Encintas. However, it looks like White will miss next month’s Vans Invitational because of his brother’s wedding.
Several top performers from Baltimore were unable to remain hot this time around as top qualifier Danny Mayer, Sandro Dias, Rob Lorifice and Neal Hendrix all missed the cut this time around.
Some new blood made the finals with 17-year-old Josh Stafford joining 18-year-old Adam Taylor in the finals.
Already qualified thanks to last month’s performances are Bucky Lasek, Pierre-Luc Gagnon and Bob Burnquist.
The finals will take place Saturday and be shown live on NBC from 4-6 p.m. ET.
Here’s the lineup for Saturday’s final (in order)
10. Renton Millar
9. Josh Stafford
8. Adam Taylor
7. Rodrigo Menezes
6. Buster Halterman
5. Andy Macdonald
4. Shaun White
3. Bob Burnquist
2. Pierre-Luc Gagnon
1. Bucky Lasek
Skate Vert Prelim Results - Right Guard Open
July 17, 2008 - Top Seven Advance
1st White, Shaun 83.75
2nd Macdonald, Andy 82.5
3rd Halterman, Buster 79.25
4th Menezes, Rodrigo 79
5th Taylor, Adam 74.75
6th Stafford, Josh 71.25
7th Millar, Renton 68.25
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8th Postec, Jean 66.75
9th Dias, Sandro 66.5
10th Mayer, Danny 64.75
11th Perelson, Alex 64
12th Glifberg, Rune 59.5
13th Hendrix, Neal 58.5
14th Furlong, Anthony 54.25
15th Ueda, Lincoln 50
16th Gentry, Chris 48
17th Lorifice, Rob 44.5
