Kevin Pearce from the US competes to place 12th at the men's half-pipe Snowboarding FIS World Cup final event on November 5, 2009 in Saas-Fee, southern Switzerland. Japans' Kazuhiro Kokubo won the event ahead of France's Mathieu Crepel, second and Finland's Peetu Piiroinen, third. Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 weeks ago

Kevin Pearce from the US competes to place 12th at the men's half-pipe Snowboarding FIS World Cup final event on November 5, 2009 in Saas-Fee, southern Switzerland. Japans' Kazuhiro Kokubo won the event ahead of France's Mathieu Crepel, second and Finland's Peetu Piiroinen, third.