Jossi Wells going big. Photo courtesy of Alli, Alliance of Action Sports

The freeski superpipe finals at the Winter Dew Tour in Breckenridge went down on Saturday with Canadian Mike Riddle taking home the win with his score of 93.00. With a fall on his first run, Riddle knew he needed to pull it together on his second and that he did with a double flatspin to right 900 to left 900 to alley oop flatspin 360 to switch 900. He stomped each trick. Everyone's favorite kiwi, Jossi Wells came in a close second with a score of 91.50 after his run with multiple 900s including a flawless switch 900. In third was Xavier Bertoni from France who showed up with a double flatspin, left 900, right 900, alley oop flatspin 360, and a switch 720.

Winter Dew Tour Men's Freeski Superpipe Finals

1. Mike Riddle Sherwood Park, CAN 93.00
2. Josiah Wells Wanaka, NZL 91.50
3. Xavier Bertoni Bonneville, FRA 90.75


Stoked skiers. Photo courtesy of Alli, Alliance of Action Sports

Words: Jeff Schmuck (www.newschoolers.com)
Photos: Dominic Zimmermann

The incomparable Henrik Harlaut took home another major win this week at the inaugural Freestyle.Berlin in Germany.



Henrik topped the field with a flawless and stylish double cork 1260, edging out Freestyle.ch champion Sammy Carlson, who placed second, 2009 X Games slopestyle gold medalist TJ Schiller, who placed third, and Jacob Wester, who was attempting the first ever double cork 1440's and landed in fourth for his efforts.






With two of the five major pre-season stadium big airs in the books, we now look ahead to the highly anticipated London Freeze on October 31st, the recently announced Barcelona Snow Show on November 7th, and the always exciting Stockholm Winter Jam (aka King of Style) on November 21st.



Stay tuned to Newschoolers.com as they'll be bringing you coverage on all three events as the snow begins to fall and the 09/10 ski season quickly approaches.

Results

1) Henrik Harlaut
2) Sammy Carlson
3) TJ Schiller
4) Jacob Wester
5) Andreas Htveit
6) Jon Olsson
7) Bobby Brown
8) Elias Ambhl
9) Fridtjof Fredricsson
10) Nicolas Vuignier
11) Thomas Hlawitschka
12) Russ Henshaw
13) Jossi Wells
14) Andri Ambhl
15) Martin Misof
16) Colby West
17) Benedikt Mayr
18) Richard Permin
19) Simon Dumont
20) Oscar Scherlin

Words & photos by Dan Carr

The weather gods were so stoked with how the slopestyle competition went down yesterday, they decided to stay and watch the pipe comp today too.

After the freeskiing insanity that was the New Zealand Open slopestyle competition, the pipe competition today had a lot to live up to. Another gloriously blue day greeted the athletes, along with a beautifully shaped pipe, albeit with one hard wall and one soft wall.

The girls kicked things off in style with some of the riders demonstrating just how versatile they can be. Fresh off her slopestyle victory, Canada's Dania Assaly boosted her whole run and picked up third spot. In second place was Anais Caradeux from France who sacrificed a little amplitude and replaced it with a lot of style and technicality. Her solid run even enticed a little shriek of delight from the otherwise normally quiet French girl. First place though went to none other than Wanaka local, Janina Kuzma, last week's winner of the New Zealand Open Big Mountain competition. It seems she is just as at home with her park skis on as her powder skis.

Women's Results

1) Janina Kuzma - 81.4
2) Anais Caradeux - 80.8
3) Dania Assaly - 78.6
4) Shuri Terada - 68.0
5) Bridie-Anne Read - 61.8
6) Amy Sheehan - 34.8

The men's pipe comp didn't have the same epic number of entries as the previous day's competition and none of the riders were pre-qualified for the finals. A two-run qualification picked the eight riders for the showdown.

Much the same as yesterday, there was a great vibe about the competition as the DJ pumped out the Reggae music. "The comp was run for the riders, which is like it should be" said Taylor Seaton. Certainly one reason why it felt more like a jam session than a contest with thousands of dollars up for grabs.

We haven't seen Jossi ski a lot of pipe recently but he proved he has forgotten nothing by placing first in front of the home crowd.

Men's Results

1) Jossi Wells - 84.6
2) Taylor Seaton USA - 81.6
3) AJ Kemppainen - 80.0
4) David Wise - 76.4
5) Lyndon Sheehan - 71.2
6) Tucker Perkins - 66.4
7) Thomas Krief - 62.0
8) Walter Wood - 24.8
9) Matt Margetts CAN - 18.4
10) Gus Kenworthy - 18.2