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"\"&lt;p&gt;&lt;img class=\\\"size-large wp-image-18024 alignnone\\\" title=\\\"nikita-1\\\" src=\\\"\\/files\\/2010\\/03\\/nikita-1-588x392.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"nikita-1\\\" width=\\\"588\\\" height=\\\"392\\\" \\/&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nNikita Chickita USA 2010 went down on Saturday February 20th at Brighton, Utah.  What lay ahead was a super fun day and everyone who made it had a great time.  A total of 46 girls showed up to be part of this year\\u2019s event and some amazing riding led to the following shredsters making the finals:&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n&lt;img class=\\\"size-large wp-image-18025 alignnone\\\" title=\\\"nikita-7\\\" src=\\\"\\/files\\/2010\\/03\\/nikita-7-588x392.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"nikita-7\\\" width=\\\"588\\\" height=\\\"392\\\" \\/&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nTop ten AMs:&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nJessica Jensen&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nMidori Oatari&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nAnouck Gran&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nLauren Weibert&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nAriel Freidman&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nRenae Palma&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHalo Wilson&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nJessi Higgi&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nKirra Kotsenburg&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nOliyvia Weston&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Top ten PROs:&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nLynn Niell&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nColleen Quigley (Nikita)&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nSteph Luxton&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nLajawn Allen&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nAshley Thornton (Nikita)&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nKaitlyn Farrington (Nikita)&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nGabby Maiden (Nikita)&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nKara Rennie (Nikita)&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nPaige Rainear&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nSandra Hillen&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n&lt;img class=\\\"size-large wp-image-18026 alignnone\\\" title=\\\"nikita-9\\\" src=\\\"\\/files\\/2010\\/03\\/nikita-9-588x392.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"nikita-9\\\" width=\\\"588\\\" height=\\\"392\\\" \\/&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nThe surprise of the day was seeing winner of the AM division, 17 year old Jessica Jensen go on to win the PRO category as well!!  This has never happened before and Jessica is definitely going to be a name to watch.  She was hucking some super clean back 5\\u2019s which earned her the win and becomes a proud member of the Nikita Team with a one-year sponsorship deal.  She totally rocked it!  The Brighton staff did justice providing a great course.  It had a variety of five different rails and boxes at the start leading to two 20 foot kickers in a row on to a wall ride finish.  Long and challenging, but super fun!&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n&lt;img class=\\\"size-large wp-image-18027 alignnone\\\" title=\\\"nikita-19\\\" src=\\\"\\/files\\/2010\\/03\\/nikita-19-480x720.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"nikita-19\\\" width=\\\"480\\\" height=\\\"720\\\" \\/&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nNikita Team rider and NC USA regular Colleen Quigley took 3rd again in the PROs category, consistently throwing huge back flips throughout the day.  Another highlight was Paige Rainear getting tech on the rails with front board back one\\u2019s and gnarly nollie back tails.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Thanks to the judges on the day, including Madison Blackley (Nikita Team rider), Ana Van Pelt (Niche Snowboards), Kory (Arkade Magazine) and Marty (Park Digger at Brighton).  Each judged a particular category either looking at Style, Technicality, Amplitude or Landing.  Madison \\u201chad a blast judging.  It was very fun being on this side of the competition.  I got to see really rad tricks that I normally don\\u2019t see being so focused on the competition.\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Well done to all competitors that took part in Nikita Chickita 2010.  Here are the results:&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Winner AMs:&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n1st Place &amp;#8211; Jessica Jensen, Idaho&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n2nd Place &amp;#8211; Midori Oatari, Japan&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n3rd Place &amp;#8211; Ranae Palma, Massachusetts&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Winner Pros:&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n1st Place &amp;#8211; Jessica Jensen, Idaho&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n2nd Place &amp;#8211; Lynn Neill, Utah&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n3rd Place \\u2013 Colleen Quigley, Massachusetts&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Following her win, this is what Jessica had to say; \\u201cIt was my first all-girl event and I had so much fun!  The jam format took all the stress away from the comp and that was great.\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Other riders included Alice Gong (Winner Nikita Chickita USA 2008), Gabby Maiden, Kaitlyn Farrington, Kara Rennie plus Ashley Thornton who commented that \\u201cAll in all it was an amazing contest!\\u201d and Colleen Quigley, \\u201cYou guys killed it, the event was awesome and super fun.\\u201d  The youngest competitor on the day was Kirra Kostenburg, just 13 years of age and tearing the bag!!&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Following on from the day\\u2019s contest, everyone got loose at the Canyon Inn.  A whole bunch of dancing and drinking took place in true Nikita fashion.  A bunch of prizes were given away in a dance-off which led to some pretty impressive moves on the floor!&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Hope to see you all again next year!!&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n\""^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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