Freeride
L & rsquo; waiting & egrave; over. After a month off, and the brackets of the Swatch Skiers Cup spectacular raised from & rsquo; Europe, returns the Swatch Freeride World Tour 2015 by The North Face. For the first time in history, where the competition will & agrave; Haines, Alaska, perfect location for the & rsquo; skimming the last band of riders before the end of next week in Verbier.
Tuesday 17 March 2015 4 minutes reading time
Only 28 lucky ones will be the game in & rsquo; last challenge of the Bec des Rosses and snows American will, in fact cliffs the last doubts and define the best 12 skiers, six skiers, 6 snowboarder men and 4 women will battle in Switzerland. At 19 today, when in Alaska will be 10 in the morning, will begin & agrave; the fourth leg of the circuit, l & rsquo; only outside Europe, and to open the dances will & agrave; skiing men, where the situation & egrave; pi & ugrave; intricate. The first to tread l & rsquo; unpublished slope called for the & rsquo; at & ldquo; The Venue & rdquo; sar & agrave; Swedish Wille Lindberg, a veteran of the battle intercontinental last month in Zermatt, then with bib number 3 & egrave; to keep d & rsquo; eye Frenchman Loic Collomb-Patton, King of the World Tour in 2014. The leader of this season, the Briton George Rodney, coming & agrave; however with the number 8, while in close competition skiing male sar & agrave; French Leo Slemett (number 15).
The witness passer & agrave; then snowboarding men, with the American Sammy Luebke as the first competitor, while the sixth to drop the category sar & agrave; French Jonathan Charlet (first to share 5840), which seguir & agrave; with particular attention to the proof of the ninth and last rider in the race: l & rsquo; another transalpine Flo Orley, one who undermines pi & ugrave; closely on the short list (2 & deg; with 5635 points).
In the women, Eva Walkner & egrave; close to absolute triumph. In victory or good placement to Haines, l & rsquo; Austrian (which descend & agrave; for sixth among eight skiers remained in the race) would make sure, in fact, the crown 2015. Among those who will try & agrave; prevent us & ograve; happen c & rsquo; & egrave; certainly l & rsquo; Italian Silvia Moser, currently second in the standings despite being all & rsquo; debut in World Tour.
Finally, sar & agrave; the time of the five snowboarders, with the Swiss Estelle Balet raffled for first and French Elodie Mouthon to close the & rsquo; entire competition. He gave up the trip in Alaska, however, the French rider Anne-Flore Marxer, still shaken by the tragedy that happened in Argentina during the filming of the reality & ldquo; & rdquo Dropped; which was a competitor. In place of the French (fourth in general before today), around which are tight all the organizers of the Freeride World Tour, & egrave; been called the German Nicola Thost.
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