The Freeskiing World Tour wrapped up Saturday, in Snowbird, Utah, with Drew Tabke and Angel Collinson winning both the Freeskiing World Championships, and the coveted McConkey Cup, for the overall season title. Collinson had clinched the overall title with her win at Kirkwood, two weeks ago, but didn’t hold back, posting the highest score in each of her two runs over the weekend. When tour leader Lars Chickering-Ayers crashed on run one, Friday, the door was left open for Tabke to take the mens overall title.Â
The women threw down with plenty of highlights. Alexis DuPont flashed a nice line and sent an impressive double through a hanging snowfield to land her way in 4th. Nicole Dirksen who had a point advantage going into finals skied a very fast line, unfortunately getting a little lost at the bottom, but instead of side stepping out she pointed it out – half cliff drop / half rock ride – putting her in third place. Crystal Wright skied exceptionally strong and sent a large double in the bottom with no hesitation landing her in 2nd. Angel Collinson showcased her racing background skiing fast super G turns at the top and sending the same double as Alexis & Crystal at the bottom stomping her way onto the top of the podium.
The clouds came in with the men’s field. The first half got off without a hitch but the top 15 athletes took several hours to run; Drew Tabke who was sitting in first after day 1 and thus running last in the finals didn’t drop until after 4pm. But cold legs and stagnant nerves couldn’t stop him – he flew his way down the mountain with huge stomps at every feature putting him at the top of the podium. Crowd favorite Sage Cattabriga-Alosa turned the venue into his own personal slopestyle course making it look like he was just cruising a fun run. 3s to the right, 3s to the left and a huge air at the bottom landed him in 2nd. Chopo Diaz raced his way from top to bottom making all his massive airs look easy putting him in 3rd place.
The North Face Young Gun Award went to Spencer Brinson for the Championships, as well as for the overall; Brinson will receive sponsorship by The North Face for the 2012 season. Silas Chickering-Ayers, in his first year on the Subaru Freeskiing World Tour, took home the final backcountry.com Sick Bird award of the year. A newly created award in honour of Ryan Hawks – The Ryan Hawks Spirit Award – created to celebrate an athlete who reflects the passion and leadership that Ryan brought to the sport, and emulates the qualities for which Ryan was so well known, loved and respected including exemplary sportsmanship, his authentic humility, genuine compassion for all, and capacity to find fun in all situations went to Willie Schneider. Willie will receive pre-qualified status and complimentary entry for the 2012 season.
Final Results from Snowbird
LADIES | Result | Name | Bib | Home Mountain | Country | Run 1 | Run 2 | |
1 | Angel Collinson | 2 | Snowbird | USA | 36.3 | 36.2 | ||
2 | Crystal Wright | 20 | Jackson Hole | USA | 35.23 | 35.7 | ||
3 | Nicole Derksen | 98 | Revelstoke | CAN | 34.53 | 27.966666666667 | ||
4 | Alexis duPont | 5 | Sun Valley | USA | 32.33 | 30.033333333333 | ||
5 | Kristi Knaub | 24 | Big Sky | USA | 32.97 | 28.333333333333 | ||
6 | Natalie Segal | 71 | Mt. Buller | AUS | 32.83 | 22.666666666667 | ||
7 | Sasha Dingle | 89 | Stowe | USA | 34.17 | 16.5 | ||
8 | Katie Gillen | 88 | Taos | USA | 32.17 | 15.833333333333 | ||
9 | Vanessa Aadland | 49 | Alta | USA | 31.67 | 11.6 | ||
10 | Ashley Maxfield | 19 | Alta/Jay Peak | USA | 35.57 | TDQ | ||
GENTS | Result | Name | Bib | Home Mountain | Country | Run 1 | Run 2 | |
1 | Drew Tabke | 3 | Space Needle Mtn | USA | 46.1 | 40.133333333333 | ||
2 | Sage Cattabriga-Alosa | 22 | Alta/Snowbird | USA | 42.17 | 43.7 | ||
3 | Chopo Diaz | 34 | Valle Nevado | CHE | 43.87 | 39.733333333333 | ||
4 | Drew Stoeckline | 110 | Snowbird | USA | 40.7 | 42.5 | ||
5 | Silas Chickering-Ayers | 92 | Mad River Glen | USA | 39.6 | 42.4 | ||
6 | Dylan Crossman | 80 | Mad River Glen/Alta | USA | 39.07 | 42.1 | ||
7 | Spencer Brinson | 97 | Kirkwood/Snowbird | USA | 38.17 | 41.9 | ||
8 | Riley Bergseng | 31 | Snowbird | USA | 41.2 | 35.933333333333 | ||
9 | Tom Runcie | 33 | Crested Butte | USA | 34.67 | 42.366666666667 | ||
10 | Craig Garbiel | 30 | Kirkwood | USA | 37.03 | 39.066666666667 | ||
11 | Ben Paciotti | 54 | Squaw Valley | USA | 41.9 | 33.133333333333 | ||
12 | Willie “Rocket” Schneider | 69 | Alpine | USA | 36.67 | 35.5 | ||
13 | Drew Krawczuk | 18 | Squaw Valley | USA | 35.23 | 35.8 | ||
14 | Carlo Travarelli | 10 | Snowbird | USA | 34.5 | 34.7 | ||
15 | Lucas Matelich | 32 | Snowbowl | USA | 37.77 | 30.633333333333 | ||
16 | Ben Wheeler | 90 | Snowbird | USA | 36.73 | 28.333333333333 | ||
17 | Nick Greener | 101 | Snowbird | USA | 42.87 | 18.366666666667 | ||
18 | Tony Seibert | 41 | Vail | USA | 39.4 | 19.5 | ||
19 | Broc Sheue | 107 | Sun Valley | USA | 36.03 | 21.566666666667 | ||
20 | Cliff Bennett | 15 | Mt Navajo | USA | 40.43 | 16.066666666667 | ||
21 | Ted Davenport | 50 | Aspen | USA | 37.27 | 19.033333333333 | ||
22 | Harrison Hogan Holley | 78 | Deer Valley | USA | 39 | 17 | ||
23 | Jesse Bryan | 36 | Snowbird | USA | 38.93 | 14.2 | ||
24 | Mark Filippini | 29 | Vail | USA | 40.33 | 11.866666666667 | ||
25 | Chuck Mumford | 74 | Snowbird | USA | 35.27 | 16.3 | ||
26 | Joe Augusten | 43 | Taos | USA | 37.23 | 14.166666666667 | ||
27 | Fraser McDougall | 57 | Treble Cone | NZE | 38.3 | 12.366666666667 | ||
28 | Rob Greener | 76 | Snowbird | USA | 35.67 | 14.533333333333 | ||
29 | Kevin O’Meara | 53 | Squaw Valley | USA | 43.37 | TDQ | ||
30 | Oakley White-Allen | 23 | Middlebury Snowboal/Snowbird | USA | 40.63 | TDQ | ||
31 | Josh Daiek | 27 | Kirkwood | USA | 39.5 | TDQ | ||
32 | Mark Mikos | 81 | Crested Butte | USA | 39.1 | DQ | ||
33 | Griffin Post | 4 | Jackson Hole | USA | 38.9 | TDQ | ||
34 | Daimon Bushi | 35 | Snowbird | USA | 36.4 | DQ | ||
35 | Cam Doane | 94 | Sugarbush | USA | 35.5 | TDQ |