Freeride
D.Daher/Swatch Skiers Cup 2015
Europe against America, the fifth act. Expect only the best conditions in Zermatt, Switzerland, to begin the global challenge shots of tricks of the Swatch Skiers Cup 2015, which will determine & agrave; which team will wear & agrave; home the trophy in the shape of the boot on which are inscribed the names of the winners. The & ldquo; Ryder Cup & rdquo; in winter version & egrave; ready to give adrenaline at will & agrave ;.
Tuesday 24 February 2015 9 minutes reading time
For the third consecutive time, l & rsquo; & agrave event will be held; in the beautiful resort & agrave; Alpine situated at the foot of the Matterhorn. The computation of the challenges & egrave; of perfect equality & agrave ;: two wins for the & rsquo; Europe (in 2011 in Chile and in 2013 in Switzerland) and the same number for the & rsquo; America (in 2012 in Chile and in 2014 in Switzerland). Who wins this, therefore, comment and get it in & rsquo; year when we celebrate the 150th anniversary of the first ascent of the Matterhorn at 4478 meters completed on the Swiss side from & rsquo; Englishman Edward Whymper.
The European team will & agrave; captained by Frenchman Julien Reigner, who chose four of his countrymen: Richard Permin, Fabien Maierhofer, Sam Favret and the king of the Swatch Freeride World Tour by The North Face in 2014, Lo & IUML c Collomb-Patton. Completing l & rsquo; organic strong colors transalpine Swedish Sverre Liliequist, l & rsquo; rookie German Sven Kueenle and the two home favorites Swiss Nicolas Vuigner and Samuel Anthamatten. Initially, in the roaster of the Old Continent was selected l & rsquo; Italian Markus Eder, but the South Tyrolean rider had to raise the white flag against his will because of a shoulder injury.
L & rsquo; America, who mourned the loss of the captain of & rsquo; JP Auclair 2014 edition (which will come & agrave; dedicated the Swatch Skiers Cup 2015), sar & agrave; led by US Seth Morrison, who & egrave; entrusted to Cody Townsend (USA), Sage Cattabriga-Alosa (USA), Rory Bushfield (Canada), Logan Pehota (Canada), Tanner Rainville (USA), Dana Flahr (Canada), Andy Mahre (USA) and Callum Pettit (Canada ).
Soon as we will & agrave; the green light, expected between today and tomorrow, the two teams will clash in head-to-head Backcountry Slopestyle and then in Big Mountain, freeride contest.
Below pairs raffled the Backcountry Slopestyle. Promises sparks the ninth heat of the first round, which will see & agrave; one against the 'other captains of the two sides:
FIRST ROUND
HEAT 1 Sam FAVRET (FRA) VS & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; Sage Cattabriga-ALOSA (USA)
HEAT 2 & nbsp; Tanner Rainville (USA) & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; VS & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; Nicolas Vuignier (SUI)
HEAT 3 & nbsp; PERMIN Richard (FRA) & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; VS & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; Andy Mahre (USA)
HEAT 4 & nbsp; Callum PETTIT (USA) & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; VS & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; Sven KUEENLE (GER)
HEAT 5 & nbsp; Sverre Liliequist (SWE) & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; VS & nbsp; & nbsp; Rory Bushfield (CAN)
HEAT 6 & nbsp; Cody TOWNSEND (USA) & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; VS & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; The IUML & c COLLOMB-PATTON (FRA)
HEAT 7 & nbsp; MAIERHOFER Fabien (FRA) & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; VS & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; Dana Flahr (CAN)
HEAT 8 & nbsp; Logan PEHOTA (CAN) & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; VS & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; Sam ANTHAMATTEN (SUI)
HEAT 9 & nbsp; REGNIER Julien (FRA) & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; VS & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; Seth Morrison (USA)
& Nbsp;
HEAT 1 & nbsp; Rory Bushfield (CAN) & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; VS & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; The IUML & c COLLOMB-PATTON (FRA)
HEAT 2 & nbsp; MAIERHOFER Fabien (FRA) & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; VS & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; Callum PETTIT (CAN)
HEAT 3 & nbsp; Cody TOWNSEND (USA) & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; VS & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; Sam ANTHAMATTEN (SUI)
HEAT 4 & nbsp; Julien REGNIER (FRA) & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; VS & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; Dana Flahr (CAN)
HEAT 5 & nbsp; Logan PEHOTA (CAN) & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; VS & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; Nicolas Vuignier (SUI)
HEAT 6 & nbsp; Sverre Liliequist (SWE) & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; VS & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; Seth Morrison (USA)
HEAT 7 & nbsp; Andy Mahre (USA) VS & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; Sam FAVRET (FRA)
HEAT 8 & nbsp; Sven KUEENLE (GER) & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; VS & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; Sage Cattabriga-ALOSA (USA)
HEAT 9 & nbsp; Tanner Rainville (USA) & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; VS & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; PERMIN Richard (FRA)
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