Copper opens superpipe

By John LaConte

FRISCO — Copper Mountain’s halfpipe is now open to the public for a few hours each afternoon, the first 22-foot superpipe to open in North America.The Main Vein Superpipe is scheduled to be open to the public from 1 to 4 p.m. every day this week with the exception of Wednesday, when it will host a U.S.A. Snowboard Association event.Vail athletes like halfpipe skiers Taylor Seaton and Broby Leeds, and snowboarder Rakai Tait, have been using Copper’s pipe to prepare for upcoming events. Seaton and Leeds will compete in the Dew Tour in Breckenridge Dec. 12; Tait, 16, will compete …

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