Andreas Haatveit and Jossi Wells are AFP ChampionsAs the season draws to a close it is two Atomic riders that finsish the top of the rankings of the Association of Freeskiing Professionals.
The official rankings of the Association of Freeskiing Professionals consider all major Freeskiing
competitions in the three disciplines Superpipe, Slopestyle and Big Air from summer 2009 until now,
including the NZ Open in New Zealand, all important in-city big airs in autumn, both X Games, the
Dew Tour, all major Open events and the most prominent invitational contests in winter.
With the Jon Olsson Invitational Big Air last week and the WSI Superpipe this Tuesday, the AFP season has finally concluded. Jossi Wells comfortably added the discipline title in Superpipe to his AFP Overall World
Championship that he had already secured earlier this season. Andreas Haatveit on the other side
needed a win in the last event to clinch the Big Air rankings. Congratulations to the new AFP
Superpipe and Big Air Champions!
JOSSI WELLS DOMINATES THE SUPERPIPE
The freestyle prodigy from New Zealand, Jossi Wells, took an early lead in the superpipe rankings
winning the NZ Open Superpipe on his home ground.
He managed to keep hold of the top position throughout the long season, as he consistently made Top 5 finishes in all Dew Tour events which earned him the Superpipe Dew Cup, including a win at Snowbasin, and a second place at the X Games Superpipe in Aspen. Jossi Wells didn’t even compete at the last event in Whistler, the WSI Superpipe, following a slight injury at the Jon Olsson Super Sessions in Sweden, but was still managing to comfortably take home the superpipe title.
ANDREAS HAATVEIT CLINCHES THE BIG AIR TITLE
It was a different story for Andreas Haatveit. The Norwegian had placed incredibly well in several in-
city big airs in autumn, including a win at the King of Style in Stockholm and two podiums at the
freestyle.ch in Zurich and the London Freeze, but as he doesn’t consider himself a big air specialist,
he didn’t take the season ranking too seriously. Thus he needed a win at the last event of the season,
the Jon Olsson Invitational in Are last week. The calm and concentrated performer he is, Andreas
Haatveit managed to show his best riding when it counted most and clinched the AFP Big Air Title in
the last minute. Of course, he was more than happy after his win at the JOI: “I didn’t really think of it before this event came up. But then I got the chance and I took it! Maybe I have to focus on big air a
bit more in the future.“
With these outstanding results, the season has almost ended for the ATOMIC Freeski Team beside
several film shoots of some riders. With many victories at the major events throughout the season,
the AFP Overall World Championship and two out of three AFP discipline titles in its possession, it is
safe to say that the ATOMIC crew is the leading force in the freeski world.
Posted by Online Editor - Fri, 23/04/2010 - 11:51am
As the season draws to a close it is two Atomic riders that finsish the top of the rankings of the Association of Freeskiing Professionals.
The official rankings of the Association of Freeskiing Professionals consider all major Freeskiing
competitions in the three disciplines Superpipe, Slopestyle and Big Air from summer 2009 until now,
including the NZ Open in New Zealand, all important in-city big airs in autumn, both X Games, the
Dew Tour, all major Open events and the most prominent invitational contests in winter.
With the Jon Olsson Invitational Big Air last week and the WSI Superpipe this Tuesday, the AFP season has finally concluded. Jossi Wells comfortably added the discipline title in Superpipe to his AFP Overall World
Championship that he had already secured earlier this season. Andreas Haatveit on the other side
needed a win in the last event to clinch the Big Air rankings. Congratulations to the new AFP
Superpipe and Big Air Champions!
JOSSI WELLS DOMINATES THE SUPERPIPE
The freestyle prodigy from New Zealand, Jossi Wells, took an early lead in the superpipe rankings
winning the NZ Open Superpipe on his home ground.
He managed to keep hold of the top position throughout the long season, as he consistently made Top 5 finishes in all Dew Tour events which earned him the Superpipe Dew Cup, including a win at Snowbasin, and a second place at the X Games Superpipe in Aspen. Jossi Wells didn’t even compete at the last event in Whistler, the WSI Superpipe, following a slight injury at the Jon Olsson Super Sessions in Sweden, but was still managing to comfortably take home the superpipe title.
ANDREAS HAATVEIT CLINCHES THE BIG AIR TITLE
It was a different story for Andreas Haatveit. The Norwegian had placed incredibly well in several in-
city big airs in autumn, including a win at the King of Style in Stockholm and two podiums at the
freestyle.ch in Zurich and the London Freeze, but as he doesn’t consider himself a big air specialist,
he didn’t take the season ranking too seriously. Thus he needed a win at the last event of the season,
the Jon Olsson Invitational in Are last week. The calm and concentrated performer he is, Andreas
Haatveit managed to show his best riding when it counted most and clinched the AFP Big Air Title in
the last minute. Of course, he was more than happy after his win at the JOI: “I didn’t really think of it before this event came up. But then I got the chance and I took it! Maybe I have to focus on big air a
bit more in the future.“
With these outstanding results, the season has almost ended for the ATOMIC Freeski Team beside
several film shoots of some riders. With many victories at the major events throughout the season,
the AFP Overall World Championship and two out of three AFP discipline titles in its possession, it is
safe to say that the ATOMIC crew is the leading force in the freeski world.