Freeride
The greatest athletes in the freeride world competed this morning in Fieberbrunn, Tyrol in Austria, giving all out in an attempt to wrest many points as possible and make it a place in the final stages of the Tour in Alaska and Switzerland next month.
Wednesday 8 March 2017 6 minutes reading time
Will in fact only the best 12 skiers and the best skiers 6, respectively, and the best snowboarder 6 men and 4 women to have access to the stage of Heines, Alaska, on 17 March, and then to the Verbier grand final on April 1st .
It was great show: the competition area chosen was the façade known as Wildseeloder, which, from the height of its 2,118m, 600m vertical offers very varied terrain, snow-covered extensively by days of rainfall in the last week.
The morning began with several falls due to the difficult conditions of snow cover, but then took off.
Male ski
Podium majority in the Swedish men's skiing, with Christopher Kurdell (SWE) in the first position with a run as a real alien, reaching all the most extreme areas of the sports grounds and ragalandoci a jump from cliff really breathtaking. All conducted with style and elegance, making it look a extreme skiing downhill as the easiest thing in the natural world. Excellent season for him who is currently first in the standings.
Logah Peohata (USA) can play his cards and finished second. Indeed, it was his only chance to continue in the Tour, and emerge from the 22nd position. Thus gains access to the final stages of the Tour.
Third Reine Barkered (SWE), fixed presence at the top of the general classification of the Tour of last year.
Male snowboard
Sammy Luebke (USA) still comes first and is consolidated in the lead of the overall standings. Chooses the most extreme area of ​​competition ground searching out different jumps from cliff spectacular and showing extreme padronzanza combined with a more than solid technique. Also in the lower part of the ground of race, a real natural park with more flat land and many natural jumps, never ceases to amaze.
Second - and this at the second podium of the season - Jonathan Penfield (USA). Excellent season for him who is in his first year in the Tour and is proving to have what it takes to compete so suitable samples, and beat them. Third Feurstein Thomas (AUT).
women's ski
In Austrian female dominance skis with Lorraine Huber (AUT) who gives us confirmation of his state of exceptional form and is in full sprint, winning for the second time in a row the top step of the podium. Depending Eva Walkner (AUT), real freeride skiing legend and former two-time world champion.
Third Hazel Birnbaum (USA), earning important points to climb from 10ima position and ensure so the transition to the elimination and proceed in the journey to the final.
Our Arianna Tricomi (ITA) ranks 5th and is now third in the overall standings and ready to fight in the final stages of the Tour.
Female snowboard
Before Haerty Marion (FRA), technical line at the top and soft corners in powder in uncontrolled closing. Second hand Shannan Yates (USA): needed this win to enter the next stages and not disappoint anyone. Third Audrey Hebert (CAN), in his first year in the Tour and great performances vein.
The games now are getting harder as we get closer to the semifinals Heines, on 17 March, and the grand finale in Switzerland, the Extreme Verbier, on 2 April.
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