Red Mountain Canadian Open Finals

View of Rossland B.C. Canada.

This is shot early morning getting ready to inspect the qualifier.

The Clouds you see are what the locals call the Rossland Sea.

The Valley when in Rossland is always dark and damp.

As soon as we got a few chair lifts up the sky would open.

This is the best shot I got of the qualifier.

The Clouds would drift up and down slowly through out the day.

It was a bit mystic.

Points from the Qualifier where going to be part of you score for over all points so I knew I was going to have to give it my best.

I had my run well planned in my head after pre skiing the slope at inspection.

By the time I was up for my run about 70 athletes had skied before me and the snow was even thinner and the bumps way bigger.

I was not able to ski my planned run the way I wanted. With quick changes thought out the run I was able lock down a smooth solid run to get me 11th tied with one of my buddy's I drove up with.Mt Robbert's.

A 20 minute hike from Red Mountains inbound skiing.

This is where the second and third day of the comp was held.

The second day was a bit harder. We had to hike to inspect the Slope, we had to hike to get out to get back to the base lodge. The run was long and had many options for air, speed, turns, and tricks.

I started my run with huge spraffy right of the top (a spraffy for those who don't know is a mix between a daffy and a spread eagle tweaked to the max) After landing I had a great amount of speed going. I ripped a few hard turns and cut left to some fresh snow working a fresh spine of snow and rock. Jumping back into the main chute. A hard right turn into the trees that bring you to0 the snagle tooth cliff. I stomped a double drop into the most open part of the run and picked up some speed for unnatural 360 (witch is spinning the 360 clockwise. For me normal is counter clockwise) Landing and a few more turn to the finish for day 2.

I move up a few spot to 7th place.

On the final day more of Mt Robbert's was opened for the comp.

It gave us more cliffs to hit on the top and a couple smaller air lower down and one big cliff band with lots of options.

The start I choose was a fast entry of the top to an air out of some trees. I stomped a big spraffy and had to slow it down to get to the next air. I sent a natural 360 ans stuck it clean. A few power turns to slow down for and air over some small trees. A hard right back to the snagle tooth. This time skiing it right off the top to a small transition that smoothed the impact.

A few turns and the biggest air of the day for me and yes no ones landed on my pillow of snow. Skiing away with ease but a lot of speed. Another unnatural 360, another smaller spraffy.

Now setting up for the last air. A blind roll over cliff drop. Wheres this take off??

Oh right here. Yes!!!! a few turns to shut it down and a little log jib and it's over.

But as I went to stop fell over loosing control for a second.

I lost a few points on that but Finished 3rd YEAAAAAA!!!

I also was nominated for the Ill' Eagle witch is the Canadian equivalent of the sickbird!!!!

Packed up for the ride back to Salt Lake.

After a quick stop in Montana to ski 3 resorts in the same day.

To Be Continued.