Freeride World Tour hits Engadin St Moritz
Big airs and creative lines mark action-packed Nissan Freeride Engadin St. Moritz 2011 by Swatch
Sundays’s event showed that seemingly-invincible Xavier de Le Rue (FRA) can, in fact, be beaten as the three-time Freeride World Champion seemed to have an off-day.
Nissan rider Xavier spoke after the event, "I am happy with my run. It went well with a big jump and good speed up until the tight couloir where I got caught by the sluff. This was an error from my side. The snow was really fast and it was difficult to control speed today."
In the end the day belonged to Matt Annetts (USA) who launched his run with a nice jump followed by a good four-meter drop that had taken out the skier just before him. He then hit the middle of the course with fast smooth style before finishing with another clean air at the bottom.
Filling the remaining podium spots were Mitch Toelderer (AUT) who took the lead early with a fast, fluid run that included several drops. His run was just enough to push him past third place finisher Flo Örley (AUT) who is returning to competition after taking a year off.
Check out the full results at http://www.freerideworldtour.com/fwt11-snb-men.html
Keep up to date with all the action on Nissan’s you tube channel and website.
Vincent Wijnen, VP Marketing Nissan in Europe said:
“This is Nissan’s fourth year supporting the FWT, and we’re looking forward to seeing the riders compete as they continuously challenge themselves against the extremes of the terrain. This year we’re stepping up our activity to get as many people as possible interested in the FWT and the athletes, to give them the audience they really deserve – starting with our support of a second season of the Freeride Spirit TV series, now on air on Eurosport.”
Posted by Online Editor - Wed, 02/02/2011 - 12:08pm
Big airs and creative lines mark action-packed Nissan Freeride Engadin St. Moritz 2011 by Swatch
Sundays’s event showed that seemingly-invincible Xavier de Le Rue (FRA) can, in fact, be beaten as the three-time Freeride World Champion seemed to have an off-day.
Nissan rider Xavier spoke after the event, "I am happy with my run. It went well with a big jump and good speed up until the tight couloir where I got caught by the sluff. This was an error from my side. The snow was really fast and it was difficult to control speed today."
In the end the day belonged to Matt Annetts (USA) who launched his run with a nice jump followed by a good four-meter drop that had taken out the skier just before him. He then hit the middle of the course with fast smooth style before finishing with another clean air at the bottom.
Filling the remaining podium spots were Mitch Toelderer (AUT) who took the lead early with a fast, fluid run that included several drops. His run was just enough to push him past third place finisher Flo Örley (AUT) who is returning to competition after taking a year off.
Check out the full results at http://www.freerideworldtour.com/fwt11-snb-men.html
Keep up to date with all the action on Nissan’s you tube channel and website.
Vincent Wijnen, VP Marketing Nissan in Europe said:
“This is Nissan’s fourth year supporting the FWT, and we’re looking forward to seeing the riders compete as they continuously challenge themselves against the extremes of the terrain. This year we’re stepping up our activity to get as many people as possible interested in the FWT and the athletes, to give them the audience they really deserve – starting with our support of a second season of the Freeride Spirit TV series, now on air on Eurosport.”