The third stage of the Freeride World Tour was held yesterday on the Silverado venue in Squaw Valley USA. With its playful terrain us riders could put up a great show, pushing the limits with a ‘best of two runs’ format. My first run was solid and fluent and I had a lot of fun jumping some nice features like a big natural windlip on the top of the face. I am really happy with my 2nd place here in Squaw Valley. Riding my two runs with the golden bib number, leading the Freeride World Tour was definitely a great feeling...... read more.....
The competition already took off at yesterdays sunrise as California is warm and we had to be fast to ride down some good lines before the sun could bake the snow. Unfortunately we were not able to ride the Tram Face because of security reasons. With the changing temperatures the snow gets baked really fast and frozen again. To get similar conditions through a whole field of riders would have been very difficult. After a large avalanche occurring on Tram Face spontaneously about 30 feet below the starting gate just minutes before the first men were to start their runs, the comp was postponded straight away to Silverado face on Monday.
Video of Squaw Valley N24
The Final Stage of the Freeride World Tour will be happening at the 20th of March, the 15th Anniversary of the Verbier Xtreme. 15 years of passion for freeriding, 15 years of great sports performances at its highest level will be celebrated at the “grande finale” of the Freeride World Tour 2010. We will once again tackle the mythical North Face of the Bec des Rosses.
Tram face inspection at 6 o´clock
Bib draw
Me riding at Silverado
Eva and me before the competition
David trying to get a serious interview with me....haha
