Mike Montgomery wins Teva Games Slopestyle!

Jun 3, 2011
by Ian Hylands  
Photos and captions by Justin Olsen

Mike Montgomery has just won the Teva Mountain Games Slopestyle at Golden Peak in Vail Colorado. Paul Basagoitia in 2nd and Anthony Messere 3rd, Sam Dueck 4th, and Kurt Sorge 5th.

It sounds like Paul Bas went down hard on a double backflip and was taken to the hospital to get checked out, we're hoping he's all right!

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Mike Montgomery FTW!

Final Results

1 - Mike Montgomery
2 - Paul Basagoitia
3 - Anthony Messere
4 - Sam Dueck
5 - Kurt Sorge
6 - Andrew Taylor
7 - Paul Genovese
8 - Mitch Chubey
9 - Jack Fogelquist
10 - Carson Storch
11 - Mike Kent
12 - Scott Alleyn
13 - Noah Brousseau
14 - Cody Gessel
15 - Nick Meyer
DNF - Adam Hauck
DNF - Dave Smutok

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Podium shot, credit goes to Skullcandy, thanks!

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Paul feels out the course during practice with a clicked shoulder buzz.

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The Camera crew was all over Montgomery after his first run in finals. It obviously didn't blow his focus...

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Teva Team Rider Kurt Sorge gets his game face on as he walks up to the start gate.

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The boner drop was a tricky one. The landing was small, steep and very easy to overshoot. Mitch Chubey plays it safe here, but truck driver'd this feature later on.

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Suicide no hander off the boner drop. I bet the dude standing under the drop has the best 'guy in the sky' photo ever

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If you didn't know, Carson has a 720 in his bag so 360's like this are his warm up trick.


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TV cameras were all over the course. Ryan Meyer and AT relax while the guy behind is stressing out to get the "lifestyle" shot.

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The cable cam was just barely out of the way in time for me to catch this shot of Mike Kent's 360.


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62 Comments
  • 21 2
 completly called that. congrats to mike. i wanna see a vid. i personally think watching SS is the most entertaining. but thats me
  • 25 5
 dont abbreviate slopestyle, it makes people think of nazis. but yeah I totally agree, its awesome to watch.
  • 37 1
 Nah, abbreviating to SS makes me think of singlespeeds.
  • 1 9
flag reallybigmantis (Jun 4, 2011 at 1:03) (Below Threshold)
 i think of super sport motors
  • 1 13
flag joe-dmr (Jun 4, 2011 at 1:04) (Below Threshold)
 or simple session
  • 5 3
 or soup
  • 13 2
 Smelly Shit
  • 6 18
flag scott-townes (Jun 4, 2011 at 7:10) (Below Threshold)
 duhhh, obviously it stands for super saiyans. dragon ball z rules!
  • 1 0
 where is casey groves???
  • 1 0
 Casey can't leave canada
  • 3 5
 I love how 14 year old Anthony Messere comes in 3rd place!
  • 5 0
 www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYB3YmsXGp8&feature=feedu - headcam of Montgomerys winning run
  • 2 0
 Paul B had a sick run going from what I could see in the vid! Amazing!
  • 3 0
 He's not 14 lol
  • 1 0
 kurt sorge 5th? thats not right
  • 20 2
 Crankworx better give Anthony a spot
  • 8 0
 hope nothing bad happened to paul...
  • 4 0
 damn double backs are just bad news poor bass cant seem to catch a break! our at crankworx and now teva too!
  • 4 0
 Happy to see Paul Bas back in the top game again! i hope hes okay and that he is healing well Smile
  • 3 0
 Paul Bas trying a double flip is a new one!
  • 2 0
 Gotta love how Anthony is just as tall standing on the podium as Sam is on the ground. Hes a short little bugger...
  • 1 0
 is it just me that thinks it's weird Montgomery was running his hardtail at Crankworx whistler last year and here he's running the fully ?
  • 1 0
 I'm pretty sure he broke his fully last year or something and had to ride his hardtail.
  • 1 0
 Sorry if im missing something but where is Semenuk? Or Cam Mccaul? It seems like they've both been out of the contest for awhile now,
  • 3 0
 I think cam is getting married I saw that on comment somewhere else
  • 3 0
 yeah cam is getting married thats where most of the heavy hitters are too like semenuk zink and some others.
  • 1 0
 Yea Watts was at the bach party or something haha.
  • 1 0
 Yes exactly, Cam McCauls wedding is today, everyone is there, or at FISE in Montpellier, or at the iXS Dirtmasters event in Germany...
  • 3 0
 what about jack???????
  • 2 0
 Can you please post all of the results? Thanks!
  • 2 2
 i dont think that was paul bas double flipping in that vid, he was on his green hardtail but the guy in the vids rockin a orange bike
  • 2 0
 He was riding at's bike....
  • 4 0
 Why was he on AT's bike? Did he break his?
  • 1 0
 Yep, when he bailed in his second run of qualies
  • 2 0
 Goddamn, scary seeing a local guy from Coq. Get third!
  • 1 0
 when did he move there?
  • 1 0
 he didnt, hes still in surrey
  • 1 0
 Dueck and Messere is just killing it this year they are gonna shred this season!
  • 1 0
 Mike is "in it to win it"
  • 1 0
 Yeah Mike another win. Anthony is one sick rider. he will go so far.
  • 1 0
 Where Can You watch This ON TV??????
  • 2 0
 let the photos pour in!
  • 1 0
 Heres a crappy link to Paul Bas' run. Looked like a good run until he crashes...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7wbQBFW7jw
  • 1 0
 yeah buddy this is your year
  • 1 0
 Good work Sam, way to represent for the Valley!
  • 1 0
 Anthony is absolutely killing it!
  • 1 0
 only if this was on TV. that would make my day
  • 1 0
 Atta boy Mike!
  • 1 0
 Yeeaa dawg!
  • 1 0
 sweet, go Canada!
  • 1 0
 Yeah Mike! Congrats! Ken
  • 1 2
 omg anthony messure is 15 years old abd hes in competion in third and placing high ..... thats re tarted
  • 18 1
 Almost as retarded as your grammar and spelling. Slow down when you type, man.
  • 7 27
flag ben-jammin (Jun 3, 2011 at 23:33) (Below Threshold)
 NEWSFLASH>
No one cares about internet message board spelling except you (and a couple of other wieners I've come across in my travels). Stop beating this horse. It died a long time ago.
/NEWSFLASH>
  • 15 1
 I care about internet message board spelling.
  • 1 0
 Its great to see enthusiastic comments supporting the sport. When the spelling is odd by error its all good as everyone is looking at tons of pictures and videos at once. But when its deliberate to make your comment shorter, I too care about spelling. Now all of us understand abbreviations, hahahahhahaha Great event and Im stoked to see all the new and old talent mixing and competing at the same level! RideOn!
  • 8 0
 There are actually thousands of educated Pinkbike viewers that care about spelling, just because you failed English doesn't mean the rest of the world should have to try to read that mess.
  • 1 0
 It's not that hard to read over your post before you submit it... "just sayin'"
  • 1 1
 i didn't fail English i just typed to fast
  • 3 0
 Capital I* for the begininng of a sentence, and also for the letter I on it's own.

Also too*, 'to' is 'I am going to decapitate you', 'too' is, 'You are too spiffy'.

Also, fullstop.
  • 1 0
 Tag AGAIN. OMG.







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