2nd place @ freeride world tour in mammoth

a second place just 0,1 points behind alex coudray from switzerland at the nissan mammoth challenge in mammoth mountain, first stop of the 2008 world tour.
it was a pretty hard time in california: the comp was canceled 2 times, and both times we were already at the start, full of adrenaline and ready to go. but the weather turned bad on both days, with more than half a meter of snow accumulating. finally we had to move to a mountain close to the ski resort to make the event possible. it was a short but challenging face.
after a so-so first run i decided to risk more in the second run. with a nice three at the top and a high speed straight out at the bottom i got the highest score of the day and managed to overtake almost everybody in the ranking. 
all the info about the results are online on www.freerideworldtour.com/mammoth
there was only litte time to celebrate though, as we had to pack up the morning after the party following the prizegiving to make our way home. after a stopover at santa monica beach in los angeles we flew back to europe, repacked out bags in insbruck, went to ispo in munich and straight to the airport again.

THE NEXT EVENT
while i am writing this, i am already in the ski area of krasnaya poliana near sochi in the kaukasus mountains of russia for the next stop of the tour.
check it out on www.freerideworldtour.com/en/nissan_caucasus_classic
here are the winners from mammoth, left to right: me, alex coudray (ch), cyril neri (ch)
more pics soon.

keep your fingers crossed for the next comp!


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