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Archive Home > 2007 > December > 14 > Local boarders preparingfor U.S. Grand Prix

Local boarders preparingfor U.S. Grand Prix

Ben Watts, 14, goes up against Shaun White and other top halfpipe riders

By Mark Morical / The Bulletin
December 14, 2007

Ben Watts knows the odds are stacked against him.

The 14-year-old from Bend will go up against some of the best professional snowboarders in the world this weekend at the U.S. Snowboard Grand Prix halfpipe event in Breckenridge, Colo.

But Watts has been in this position before. Last year, at age....

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