Shaun White Back on Top at Right Guard Open Skate Vert Premilms

July 18, 2008 – 4:10 pm PT by Greg
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 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



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