South Lake Tahoe's Jamie Anderson advances to snowboard slopestyle finals on 'gnarly' course

Two-time Olympic gold medalist and Beijing favorite Jamie Anderson of South Lake Tahoe will advance to the finals for the snowboard slopestyle despite a wipeout in one of her runs during Friday"s qualifier. The course is really gnarly, Anderson said in a post-run interview. Wanted to qualify a little bit higher up, but I"ll take what I can get and I"m excited for tomorrow. The competition is scored by a panel of judges that grade performances based on execution, difficulty, amplitude, variety and progression of the run. The slopes are full of several different features snowboarders can use for tricks depending on their creativity. Subscribe to KCRA on YouTube now for more: http://bit.ly/1kjRAAn Get more Sacramento news: http://www.kcra.com Like us: http://facebook.com/KCRA3 Follow us: http://twitter.com/kcranews Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kcranews/


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