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Suburu Freeride Series Snowbird Utah

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Leaving Whistler at 3 am on April 9th, I met up with Meredith Eades in Vancouver and we set off on our 16hr road trip to Snowbird Utah. It’s a long drive, and Meredith and I didn;t stop smiling the whole way. So much so that my face was actually kind of sore at the end of the trip. We arrived in Salt Lake City at aprox 11pm and Matt Francisty put us up for the night at a friends (thanks Jacqueline).

Day 1
Inspection day, as the competition set off on West Baldy we had a ton of fun skiing the resort. We only got one inspection for the Silver Fox venue so we waited for weather to clear before heading up and choosing our lines for the next day.

Day 2

Silver Fox, this is what makes Snowbird such a fun venue to compete at, sunshine, BBQ, boxed wine and athletes. Everyone threw down, what an amazing culmination to the competitive season. The skiing was so good across the board the judges complained that making cuts was very difficult. I have seriously in all my years of competing never believed that comment to be true, and they use it a lot. But this competition and the level of competitor literally was out of this world!

Day 3

Well the weather came in again, and the wind really picked up, but that didn’t stop competitors from tearing up North Baldy. Everyone threw down again, despite the difference in conditions from Silver Fox. At the awards not only were the champions of the Snowbird event announced but also those North American Athletes moving on the the FWT 5* events for next season.

For more information on schedules, results and video please visit http://subarufreerideseries.com/

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Castle Mountain Freeride World Tour Qualifier

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Castle Mountain Held its first ever Freeride World Tour Qualifier, and first senior freeride event ever for that matter on March 7-10 2013. Riders from all over North America showed up to test their skills in the hopes of achieving points for the Freeride World Tour. Judging was based on the new FWT structure, with the first day on Graven Stafel Mt 2391m in an area called the Chutes, on Murphy’s Law and Harvey’s Dream. The snow pack was shallow and a crust remained on the South facing slope throughout the day causing some spectacular crashes.

Day two was held on Haig Mt 2610 on the north facing ridges end called Lightning. The venue had been closed for some time Prior to the competition and the snow in our inspection run was magnificent. Jesse Montandon and Jacob Boyd both had hard core crashes into trees in their runs but came out with concussions. Matt Francisty’s run took home 1st place after an impressive Hugo-esque stomp session of largest features on the venue. Julie Thomas took home the title holding onto first place from day one with an impressive run, and Aleta Corbett threw down gaining the highest score of the day with a fluid high scoring run.

The after party was highlighted with Shred Kelly, a Kootenay BC band that helped keep us partying into all hours of the night. They also sang me happy birthday which was really inspiring. So with such inspiration we organized an after party in the Faction house condo. Nothing makes you feel more like a gangsta than champagne, dancing and dub step.

Thank you Rossignol for helping power my competitive career.

Special thanks to all the organizers, Meagan Klassen and Kat Kornern especially, for their hard work.

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Check Out The Visual Imagery

Above is a video put together of the competition by Castle Mt

Click here to visit Dan Evans Photography of the event.

The Shred Kelly webpage
http://shredkelly.com/home/

and finally a video from my Gopro ;
http://youtu.be/XeBAD-k8JLE

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Castle FreeSki Senior Competition 2013 Results

World FreeSki Qualifier Women Final Results

Bib/Name Nation Combined Score Average Score
42 Julie Thomas CAN 428 142.67
53 Aleta Corbett CAN 391 130.33
58 Ashley Benbenick CAN 388 129.33
50 Kylie Sivell CAN 381 127.00
23 Becca Hyde GBR 374 124.67
31 Chelsea Sullivan CAN 329 109.67
51 Jessica Earle USA 328 109.33
16 Meagan Klassen 319 106.33
7 Tess Woods USA 312 104.00
27 Laura Silva CAN 311 103.67
10 Monica Purington USA 296 98.67
69 Sarah Freeman 231 77.00
17 Jessie Reines USA 171 57.00

World FreeSki Qualifier Men’s Final Results

Bib/Name Nation Combined Score Average Score
22 Matt Francisty CAN 483 161.00
35 Caleb Brown CAN 479 159.67
44 Ian Borgeron 461 153.67
12 Steve Wood USA 420 140.00
21 Scot Chrisman USA 417 139.00
36 Todd Mansfield CAN  415 138.33
14 Forrest Jillson  414  138.00
8 Spencer Romanchuk CAN  400 133.33
 70 Chris Shafer USA  398  132.67
 29 Adam Siltanen CAN  394 131.33
 62 Caleb Mullen USA  378  126.00
3 Scottie Williams  USA  374 124.67
38 Justin O’Leary USA 368 122.67
55 Jonathon Vinet CAN 358 119.33
40 Iwan Williams 339 113.00
1 Aaron Darrow USA 331 110.33
34 Jamie Dice CAN 313 104.33
68 Jacob Boyd CAN 264 88.00
19 Jan Langmann 257 85.67
2 Carter McMillan 243 81.00
6 Tristan Droppert USA 242 80.67
Neil Williman 209 69.67
28 Jon Whelan CAN 198 66.00
61 Jesse Montandon 193 64.33
37 Conrad Yarmoloy CAN 172 57.33

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Sled Skiing and Keyhole Hotsprings with Slopestyle TV

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Ever wonder what its like to throttle your way to open slopes, endless powder and fun? Slopestyle TV and Broken Boundary Adventures takes us from the old frontier in Pemberton BC to the backcountry paradise Keyhole Hotsprings. It wouldn’t be good TV without a little Adventure!

Check out the Episode – Slopestyle TV Episode 8 Pemberton BC

Special thanks go out to our snowmobile guide Tyler Kraushar form Broken Boundary Adventures. Broken Boundary is a company situated in Pemberton BC supplying you will all you need to experience the backcountry via snowmobile.

For more from Slopestyle TV check out their website below:

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