South
African Freestyle Ski & Snowboard Championships
* QuikSnow 2008 *
The SA National Freestyle Ski & Snowboarding
Championships were held at the Tiffindell
Ski Resort. Quiksilver were once again the
headline sponsors of this prestigious event
and were throwing their weight behind the
competition to ensure that the bar was once
again raised to allow both South Africans
and International skiers and snowboarders
to showcase their skills.
Two
development junior skiers taking first and
second place in the Junior Skier Cross event.
Rhodes locals who have been afforded the opportunity
to have ski lessons are skiing streets ahead
of their peers, the results of this contest
show their talents in the sport.
Alex
Heath is still a major contender for the 2010
Winter Olympics, and has been showing top
form in both Skiing and Snowboarding so far
in the event.
Marco
Caromba gets air on the rollers in the Boarder
Cross course.
Quiksnow
is presented by Virgin Mobile in association with Resolution.
Other sponsors include Red Bull and the Tiffindell Ski
Resort.
In
a windy and dramatic final day, the Quiksilver National
Freestyle Ski and Snowboard Championships were run to
completion, with action and excitement aplenty on the
slopes of Tiffindell Ski Resort.
Highlights
of the final day:
Skiiing:
Alex Heath and Bradley Stephenson both posted top results
and both plan to compete overseas from later this year.
Alex will be heading to Austria for the first stop on
the Skier Cross World Cup circuit, while Bradley will
be heading to Australia to begin his international career
fulltime.
Big Air:
Martin Jekot pulled a Back-side Rodeo (corked 540degree
rotation) and posted the top score on the big air contest
all day.
Robbie Alunni performed consistently landing all three
of his competitive big-air attempts posting a score
not far behind the contest winner.
Girls:
The girls performance was consistent throughout the
contest seeing some progressive snowboarding in the
female field. Marta Jekot and Nikki Caromba both earned
special mention for their world-class riding in all
three disciplines. Brigitte Heeb also received special
mention for throwing herself into all aspect of the
competition in body and spirit, and taking several hard
knocks!
Junior Snowboarding:
Chad Laybourne, Dean Van Greunen and Andrew Le Roux
all showcased their talent on the slopes throughout
the contest and chased each other to the finishing podium.
This
year the Mens Snowboarding had 72 competitive riders,
and for the first time ever their were 6 Junior snowboarders
representing the U18 age group. There were also 32 freestyle
skiers, which added a whole new dimension to the event
this year.