Calgary (AB), Canada – The 5Star Burton Canadian Open halfpipe finals went down under the lights Saturday night in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, at the Winsport Canada Olympic Park. Japanese rider, Kohei Kudo, and American Kelly Clark from West Dover, Vt., took home the wins and were rewarded with a large share of the $50,000 USD prize purse and 850 Swatch TTR World Ranking points.nIt was a clear, but windy night at the Canada Olympic Park, but the riders powered through and put on an excellent show for the crowd. Kudo had a great night with big airs and smooth style to take his first major TTR title of his career. He won with a run that consisted of a backside 540, frontside 1080, Hakken flip, frontside 900 and finished with a backside 900.

Behind Kohei was Australian young gun, Scotty James, who has been turning heads this season and with his second place finish moved up in the world rankings to World No. 8. And, Austrian Christian Haller finished in third and was stoked on taking the World No. 1 spot saying, “This definitely feels great, it was a little difficult riding this pipe, but I’m super stoked on the third place. I’m really trying to finish in the TTR top 5 and get invites to all the big competitions next year.”

On the women’s side, Clark took another win for the season with her signature big airs in the pipe. She sealed the win with an excellent run throwing down a frontside air, backside 540, frontside 720, Cab 720, and a frontside 540. Cilka Sadar of Slovenia rode well to take second place, which moved her into the tour lead for the moment. Canada’s Mercedes Nicolls rounded out the podium in third place.

Clark has moved up in the TTR rankings quite dramatically over the past month. “I had a great week here in Canada and I’m really excited that the Mammoth Grand Prix is a 5Star TTR event,” she said. “I’ll need that finish as well as the US Open to round out my finishes for the year.”