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"\"&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=\\\"\\/files\\/2009\\/01\\/22\\/riderspolllogo_2009.jpg\\\"&gt;&lt;img class=\\\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1000086833\\\" title=\\\"riderspolllogo_2009\\\" src=\\\"\\/files\\/2009\\/01\\/22\\/riderspolllogo_2009.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"350\\\" height=\\\"453\\\" \\/&gt;&lt;\\/a&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;The clock is ticking\\u2014it&amp;#8217;s time to check back in on our nominees\\u2014a little refresher before the main event. Just a reminder that, with the exception of the Reader&amp;#8217;s Choice award which was voted on by all of you, all these nominations are made by the pro snowboarders themselves\\u2014a peer vote.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;h1&gt;&lt;span style=\\\"text-decoration: underline;\\\"&gt;RIDERS OF THE YEAR&lt;\\/span&gt;&lt;\\/h1&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;[Gallery=6628]&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;h2&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Men\\u2019s Rider of the Year&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/h2&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;\\/strong&gt;A title clinched by Wolle Nyvelt in 2008, held by\\u00a0Shaun White before him, and\\u00a0multiple times by Kevin Jones before then\\u2014who will win the title this year?&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Travis Rice&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nJake Blauvelt&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nGigi R\\u00fcf&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;h2&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Women\\u2019s Rider of the Year&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/h2&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;\\/strong&gt;The big award of the night for the ladies\\u2014will it be four-time nominee Torah Bright, maybe it&amp;#8217;s Jamie Anderson&amp;#8217;s year after last winter&amp;#8217;s park blasting performances, or has everyone fallen under the spell of Marie-France&amp;#8217;s rail rallies? This just might be the heaviest roll call we&amp;#8217;ve ever seen in the women&amp;#8217;s ROTY.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Torah Bright&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nJamie Anderson&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nMarie-France Roy&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;\\u00a0&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;h1&gt;&lt;span style=\\\"text-decoration: underline;\\\"&gt;VIDEO PARTS OF THE YEAR&lt;\\/span&gt;&lt;\\/h1&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;[Gallery=6631]&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;h2&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Men\\u2019s Video Part of the Year&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/h2&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;\\/strong&gt;Already we&amp;#8217;ve got to give props to &lt;em&gt;That&amp;#8217;s It, That&amp;#8217;s All&lt;\\/em&gt; and Forum&amp;#8217;s heroic return to team movies with\\u00a0&lt;em&gt;Forum Or Against &amp;#8216;Em, &lt;\\/em&gt;but which of these three riders will bring home the ice block?\\u00a0&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nTravis Rice: &lt;!--StartFragment--&gt;&lt;span&gt;Brainfarm\\/&lt;em&gt;That\\u2019s It, That\\u2019s All&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/span&gt;&lt;!--EndFragment--&gt;\\u00a0&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nPat Moore: &lt;!--StartFragment--&gt;&lt;span&gt;Forum\\/&lt;em&gt;Forum Or Against \\u2019Em&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/span&gt;&lt;!--EndFragment--&gt;\\u00a0&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nJake Blauvelt: Forum\\/&lt;em&gt;Forum Or Against \\u2019Em\\u00a0&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;!--StartFragment--&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;h2&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nWomen\\u2019s Video Part of the Year&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/h2&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;\\/strong&gt;Once again, so much diversity in this category\\u2014Annie Boulanger wrecks shop in the backcountry ala Victoria Jealouse, while Marie-France breaks new urban ground coast to coast, and Natasza Zurek continues to silently destroy everything in her path. But who have the riders chosen?&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Annie Boulanger&lt;span&gt;: Absinthe\\/&lt;em&gt;Ready&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/span&gt;&lt;!--EndFragment--&gt;\\u00a0&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nMarie-France Roy&lt;span&gt;: Rome\\/&lt;em&gt;No Correct Way&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/span&gt;&lt;!--EndFragment--&gt;\\u00a0&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nNatasza Zurek: Runway\\/&lt;em&gt;See What I See&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;\\u00a0&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;h1&gt;&lt;span style=\\\"text-decoration: underline;\\\"&gt;ROOKIES OF THE YEAR&lt;\\/span&gt;&lt;\\/h1&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;[Gallery=6629]&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;h2&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Men\\u2019s Rookie of the Year&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/h2&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;\\/strong&gt;Check out that lineup, new names for sure. Louif and Lucas both made names for themselves with webisodes and full parts in &lt;em&gt;These Days\\u2014but\\u00a0&lt;\\/em&gt;Louif and Lucas&amp;#8217; riding styles and background couldn&amp;#8217;t be more different\\u2014Louif from the right coast of Canada and Lucas from the underbelly of Mt. Baker. Icelandic viking Eiki unilaterally flushed out the rad filming with Rome.\\u00a0&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Louif Paradis&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nEiki Helgason&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nLucas Debari&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;h2&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Women\\u2019s Rookie of the Year&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/h2&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;\\/strong&gt;Pelosi&amp;#8217;s pretege&amp;#8217; Raewyn, has been doing her thing with the Runway crew the last few years, but it looks like her progressive moves have finally caught the attention of her peers. Bev V. took it to the next level last month at the Breck Dew Tour Slopestyle, \\u00a0but she was doing damage on the competition circuit well before then. And Ellery also had her moment on the podium at the Mount Snow Dew Tour Superpipe, but this fierce competitor is no stranger to victory in competition.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Raewyn Reid&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nBev Vuilleumier&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nEllery Hollingsworth&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;\\u00a0&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;h1&gt;&lt;span style=\\\"text-decoration: underline;\\\"&gt;STANDOUTS OF THE YEAR&lt;\\/span&gt;&lt;\\/h1&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;[Gallery=6630]&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;h2&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Standout of the Year&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/h2&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;It means just that\\u2014who did something that captured and symbolized the year? Last year it was Terje Haakonsen&amp;#8217;s quarterpipe air, the year before it was David Benedek&amp;#8217;s next level moves, Who had what it takes this year?&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nTravis Rice\\u2014for his super-human performance in &lt;em&gt;That\\u2019s It, That\\u2019s All.&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n&lt;!--StartFragment--&gt; &lt;!--EndFragment--&gt; \\u00a0Gigi R\\u00fcf\\u2014for his three video parts in one year!&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nJohan Olofsson\\u2014for his NoBoarding exploits documented in Standard\\u2019s &lt;em&gt;Aesthetica.&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;\\u00a0&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;h1&gt;&lt;span style=\\\"text-decoration: underline;\\\"&gt;READER&amp;#8217;S CHOICE RIDERS OF YEAR&lt;\\/span&gt;&lt;\\/h1&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;[Gallery=6627]&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;h2&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Men\\u2019s Reader\\u2019s Choice&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/h2&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Eiki Helgason&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nScott Lago&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nTravis Rice&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;h2&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Women\\u2019s Reader\\u2019s Choice&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/h2&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Jamie Anderson&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nDesiree Melancon&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nMarie-France Roy&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;\\u00a0&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n\""^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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