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"\"&lt;p&gt;Jeff Greenwood was at Big Bear to take a break from the FIS World               Cup Tour to have some fun in the warmth of Southern California,               but he didn&amp;#8217;t take a break from winning. Riding fast and smooth,               he cruised to a win in the American Snowboard Tour&amp;#8217;s Boardercross               event at Bear Mountain February 20, 1999.\\n&lt;p&gt;In fact most of the racers had a great day at Bear. The final included               Greenwood, Adam Smith, and Travis McLain all of whom finished in               the top four during Friday&amp;#8217;s GS race. The only non-racer in the               finals was Cooper Hall and he finished in third only after Smith               crashed while in the lead.\\n&lt;p&gt;The course at Bear Mountain was perfect for the racers. The top               of the course was completely straight and featured a step-up, a               double jump, and a table before flattening out into a roller section.               From there, the course dropped to the front of Bear Mountain with               a couple more step-ups, a spine, and a huge right hand berm and               straight to the finish.\\n&lt;p&gt;Not wanting the racers to make a clean sweep of it Jeff Brushie               and Neil Drake put up a great fight. Unfortunately, they both got               knocked out in the semis and ended up finishing in sixth and seventh.\\n&lt;p&gt;On the women&amp;#8217;s side pro mountain biker\\/motocross racer\\/ snowboarder               April Lawyer basically lit up the course rolling right through the               semis and ended up crossing the finish line first. &amp;#8220;I&amp;#8217;ve decided               that I have to just do what&amp;#8217;s fun,&amp;#8221; she said. &amp;#8220;I guess it&amp;#8217;s working.&amp;#8221;\\n&lt;p&gt;Several women racers got knocked out in the early rounds. Both               Betsy Shaw and Lisa Kosglow had problems.\\n&lt;p&gt;Kosglow who just missed making it to the semi&amp;#8217;s thinks she needs               to get a little more aggressive. &amp;#8220;The problem is that I&amp;#8217;m just too               polite,&amp;#8221; Kosglow explained. &amp;#8220;People get close and I just say, &amp;#8216;Oh,               please, go right on by.&amp;#8217; I don&amp;#8217;t think that&amp;#8217;s good Boardercross               technique. But I&amp;#8217;m learning and I still have a few more Boardercrosses               this year.&amp;#8221;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n\""^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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