Jr. World Ski Halfpipe - Podium
SOURCE: Jr. Worlds – LAKE WANAKA, New Zealand (August 29, 2010) – Noah Bowman (CAN) and Britta Sigourney (USA) were today crowned as the first FIS Junior World Champions in the freestyle ski halfpipe.
A heavy overnight snowfall delayed start while the pipe was emptied of snow but by 1.00pm competition was underway for a two-run final.
Bowman threw down the run of the day in his first run, which in hindsight was good planning on his part. A huge left 5 mute into a right 7 tail, into a switch left 7 mute, right 5 reverse mute, left 9 tail, perfectly executed earned him 40.5. Walter Wood of USA and Kristopher Atkinson (CAN) took second and third respectively. Stop-start conditions and eventual dense fog saw the men’s finals being decided on just one run causing disappointment among competitors who didn’t land their first run which included one of the top riders, Byron Wells (NZE). “I wasn’t too worried about the weather,” said Bowman. “I did a safer run for my first run and was planning to do a harder one second time round but luckily I scored well on that first run.”
The women’s event was one rider short of completion and Devin Logan (USA) waited over two hours for a gap in the fog to complete her second run. However, Mother Nature wasn’t her side and the women’s event also reverted to a one run final. While Sigourney had put down her highest scoring run in her second run, her first attempt was also enough to earn her first place with 41.1 with a left 5, alleyoop, straight tail mute, alleyoop 5 finishing with a straight 7.
“It was a little challenging out there at first with the pipe being stuck in a big cloud but I was really glad we got to do the competition,” said Sigourney. “I’m stoked with my results and it was too bad Devin didn’t get to do her second run after waiting so long.” Hannah Haupt (USA) took second and Devin Logan rounded out the podium in third. At the end of competition the USA were announced as recipients of the Marc Hodler Cup as the most successful nation in the freestyle ski disciplines “We’re excited and really proud to have represented the USA the way we did,” Cheryl Pearson, USA freestyle programme manager. “The kids stayed focussed and stuck to their game plans throughout the competition and were in the top six in every event. We’d also like to thank the organising committee for running such an excellent event.”
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SOURCE: Jr. Worlds – LAKE WANAKA, New Zealand (August 28, 2010) – The action was fast and furious in today’s freestyle ski cross at Cardrona Alpine Resort in the 2010 FIS Junior World Championships with Switzerland and Norway taking out the honours.
The battle in the women’s final was fierce with Fanny Smith (SUI) demonstrating how she has earned her top five ranking. After a bad start, she soon took the lead with Katrin Ofner (AUT) hot on her heals, a mistake on the second to last jump saw her lose her lead with Ofner taking full opportunity. However Smith’s experience kicked in and she reined in Ofner, taking a smart line on the last berm putting her across the finish line in first place. Meanwhile the battle for second and third was taking place behind her with Ofner just taking silver ahead of Yulia Livinskaya (RUS) and Violetta Kovalskaya (RUS) came in fourth. “It was a great race and very tough,” said Smith. “I didn’t start as well as I could have but I came here to win and I knew that I must win so I did everything I could and it worked!”
The men’s race was equally competitive with Norwegian Didrik Bastian Juell taking the title after qualifying in third. While he led from the top after a physical start, his team mate, Morten Ring Christensen and Georgy Kornilov (RUS) were always close behind. By the second half of the course he had extended his lead slightly to give him a comfortable finish and the world championship title. Anton Grimus of Australia took fourth. “My day didn’t start out as well as it could have and that’s why I’m so surprised to have won,” said Juell. “But I got a few good starts in the heats which helps a lot. In the final, there was a bit of contact at the start but I came out of that OK and for the rest of the final I kept waiting for someone to overtake me but they never did! It’s amazing and I never expected this – it’s quite a shock!”
Joe Fitzgerald, FIS Freestyle Coordinator, said the course was an excellent world championship course. “It’s very nice, smooth, exciting course and it was noted by one of the Olympic skiers that is very similar to the Olympic course with the banks and flow.” The freestyle ski action continues tomorrow in Cardrona’s 22ft superpipe starting at 10.00am. For further information and full results, please visit www.juniorworldsnz.co.nz.
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SOURCE: Jr. Worlds Media LAKE WANAKA, New Zealand (August 23, 2010) – The USA dominated today as Bobby Brown (19) and Jamie Crane-Mauzy (17) made history as the first freeski slopestyle world champions at the 2010 Junior Snowboard & Freestyle World Championships.
Bobby Brown led the day from the start, qualifying with a solid first run which featured a massive double cork 10 off the giant 70ft kicker. In the finals an almost flawless first run of a switch with 270 out into a cork 9 tail into a switch 900 mute grab, double cork 1080 finishing with a misty 450 out put him nine points in the lead. However, that lead was closed on the second run by Gus Kenworthy (USA) but he held onto the title with an impressive 45.1 score. Jonas Hunziker (16) of Switzerland skied up into third place, taking the final spot on the podium.
“It was a super fun day and it’s awesome to be standing on the podium next to one of my best mates, Gus Kenworthy,” said Brown. “The introduction of freeskiing into FIS is going to be interesting. It’s great to have freeskiing at this event and it’s a good way to excel our sport.”
In the women’s Jamie Crane-Mauzy qualified over 11 points ahead of her nearest rival, Blake Peterson (17), also of the States. In the finals a fall in her first run put her to the bottom of the table but her second run which featured a straight slide to back cross to 3 mute followed by a front flip truck finishing with a straight slide enabled her to just pip Keltie Hansen (18) to the post by 0.4 and take the world title. Fellow American, Devin Logan, rounded out the podium.
“My goal was to land my run – I knew if I could do that I would do OK,” said Crane Mauzy. “It feels so good to be world champion!”
For further information and full results, go to the live scoring section of www.juniorworldsnz.co.nz
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