BOARD FREERIDE (MEN)

1st Xavier Rosset CH 87
2nd Sacha Hamm UK 79
3rd Jamie Baker UK 70
4th Claude Gendre CH 55
5th Jonny Melander SWE 42
6th Bud Gallimore UK 40

BOARD FREERIDE (FEMALE)

1st Yvette Craig UK 50

SKI FREERIDE (MEN)

1st. Wilfred Glanznig AUT 94
2nd Romain Tavelli CH 87
3rd Tony McCutcheon NZ 80
4th Glenn Parsons UK 78
5th Frederic Nillson SWE 77
5th Mike Roduit CH 77
7th Andy Buckmeier UK 75
8th Jason Shott UK 73
8th Damien Jeannerat CH 73
10th Wolfgang Huber AUT 70
10th Andreas Kuepper GER 70
12th Woodie Bouma AUS 68
12th Ted Josefsson SWE 68
14th Arnaud Bruchez CH 66
15th Sammy Seppa FIN 64
15th Thomas Hofstadter AUT 64
17th Antoine Darbellay CH 62
17th Frank Bernes-Heuga FRA 62
17th Jean Michelle Gouadain FRA 62
17th Henrick Anderson SWE 62
21st Mike Fisher GER 58
22nd Karl Shutter AUT 56
23rd Phil Martin UK 54
23rd James Vernon UK 54
23rd Christian Mank GER 54
23rd Johan Strand SWE 54
27th Dan Evans UK 48
28th Jonas Delogne CAN 46
29th Jonas Abrahamsson SWE 42
DNF Joel Cooke NZ
DNF Sandy Trust SCO
DNF Thomas Ottosson SWE
DNF Richard Candwell NZ
DNF Nicholas Cruz FRA

SKI FREERIDE (FEMALE)

1st Meagan Carney ` US 79
2nd Cornelia Danzel AUT 70
3rd Alexandra Boetsius FIN 54
4th Sian Hutchinson UK 40
5th Monica Sanones SWE 38

SKIER X PRO (MEN)

1st Isidor Gruener AUT
2nd Oscar Sosa ARG
3rd Elias Andersson SWE

SKIER X PRO (FEMALE)

1st Cornelia Danzel AUT
2nd Monica Sanones SWE
3rd Meagan Carney

US SKIER X AM (MEN)

1st Peter Rahm AUT
2nd Jean Michelle Gouadain FRA
3rd Andy Bachmeier

UK SKIER X AM (FEMALE)

1st Emily Banks AUS
2nd Alexandra Boetsius FIN
3rd Sian Hutchinson

UK BOARDER X PRO (MEN)

1st Toni Korttila FIN
2nd Harald Benselin CH
3rd Stan Imesch AUT

BOARDER X PRO (FEMALE)

1st Yvette Craig

UK BOARDER X AM (MEN)

1st Martin Voloriane CH
2nd Pascal Michellod CH
3rd Bud Gallimore UK

UK BOARDER X AM (FEMALE)

1st Sofie Pargament CH
2nd Mienke Van de Griend HOL
3rd Lucinda Scragg AUS

TELEMARK X PRO (MEN)

1st Carl Rydell NZ
2nd Hannu Kukiconen FIN
3rd Arska Saarimaa FIN

TELEMARK X PRO (FEMALE)

1st Janne Borge NOR
2nd Matty Norman NOR
3rd Martine Kveim NOR

A word from Warren Smith (Organiser):

"The weather tried to beat our arses, we retaliated!" The Verbier Ride this year was a lot of hard work battling against the odds to try and organise an event that brought together many communities in Freeride and Freestyle competition. We managed to run an exciting Skier/Boarder/Tele X event on the Wednesday with storm weather that brought a bit of extra snow for the Freeride on Thursday. Unfortunately the Big Air could not take place due to the bad weather putting our time schedules way, way back. The Big Air has been re-scheduled to the first week in April. So watch this space... It was great to welcome the IFSA to the RIDE and with it their high level of professionalism. Bernie Schulke, a Chamonix Guide and representative of the IFSA, was a great help with pulling it all together.

Quote from Francine Moreillon
(1998, 1999 World Extreme Champion)

"When I heard that Verbier was going to be the host of the British Freeride Championships, I guess like most of the people around, I thought: “what kind of skiing is that going to be?”… But as a judge, I must say I was very impressed by the level of skiing. Freeriders from all over Europe and Australasia were there to prove that the skier who would win the British champion title wasn't a Pommy!!" We saw some huge back and front flips, some very solid and fluid skiing and very creative lines. By the end, all the judges agreed without a doubt on the victorious skiers' run of the day. For sure, this contest had international values in both the skier’s and the snowboarder’s fields. Well done all of you and see you next year!

Quote from Matt Reardon
(Fischer International Freeride Team)

"The Verbier Ride comp came off last week with no shortage of 60ft backflips, skiercross carnage, austrian domination mixed down nicely with a cool vodka redbull. The vibe was kickin’ on the skiercross day even though the weather was kickin’ our arse, with gale force blizzard winds... but that's freeride and we'll have a good time anywhere. The talent roster that arrived to throw down on the freeride day was out of hand and it was a good surprise to see the weather open up all day just so we could see from the judges platform. There was plenty of fresh pow laid down for the boys to huck and chuck but fluidity won the comp. The ladies charged the course with style and a sick display from a few crazy telemarkers made the day interesting. All in all the comp was smooth...the vibe was insane...the red bull amped us all for the after party...and everyone teed off in true freeride spirit. This comp has a huge future to become of the premiere freeride competitions on the IFSA circuit".