Words & photos by Red Mountain Resort

RED Mountain Resort completed the final day of junior competition in The North Face Canadian Open Freeskiing Championships on Saturday, January 14th.

“Overall the event was an awesome celebration of freeskiing. The male 15-18 year old category was mind blowing. Those runs would have placed well even in our senior competition. This is a strong indicator that younger athletes are really going to take skiing to the next level in future years.” said Jeff Holden, the Canadian Open’s Head Judge.

“We’re pleased that the event went very well. There were a lot of kudos from parents and coaches on the event...this event was the best event ever. This year’s event saw elite athletes from California, Utah, Colorado through to Western Canada and it was the strongest set of competitors ever. George Rodney (Aspen, Colorado), our top 15-18 year old athlete, sailed off a cliff for about 50 feet and that sealed his fate as the top male athlete. Sally Steeves (Rossland, BC), had a very strong run. She showed a commitment to the run and jumped from her qualifying 4th place position to take the top spot in the 15-18 females,” said Mika Hakkola, RED Mountain Resort’s Marketing and Communications Manager.

George Rodney's winning run. Video by Noah Franklin

The Senior (19 years+) portion of The North Face Canadian Open Freeskiing Championships will run from January 19 - 21, with registration on Wednesday, January 18th. With 65 registered athletes, the senior event still has room for competitors. The weather forecast is calling for snow all week so the conditions for the senior event look favorable. As an “Open” format event, anyone over the age of 19 can register for competition. The senior event will see a cash purse up for grabs. Qualifiers will be held on Links Line and the semis and finals will be held on Mount Roberts.

Results

Female 7-11

1) Jemma Capel - 54.63

2) Erin Flood - 51.00

3) Mallory Stewart - 48.43

Male 7-11

1) Ezra Foy - 59.77

2) Simon Hillis - 59.37

3) Graham Bradish - 57.33

4) Jackson Phillips - 57.10

5) Carlo Ruggiero - 54.60

6) Sandy Phillips - 52.87

7) Logan Tanguay - 51.97

8) Nevan Fuller - 51.33

9) Ladd Costain - 49.27

10) Shaheed Livingstone - 27.93

Female 12-14

1) Mackenzie Flood - 60.33

2 ) Jessie Fuller - 60.20

3) Liah Harvie - 59.00

4) Hannah Sterpin - 54.03

5) Alex Beswick - 45.73

6) Teagan Bruns - 42.47

Male 12-14

1) Gerard Weyns - 68.93

2) Jackson Bathgate - 67.63

3) Sean Hogarth - 66.57

4) Garrett Capel - 65.90

5) Jeff Ashton - 63.90

6) Emerson Padley - 63.27

7) Sam Woodward - 63.20

8) Cooper Bathgate - 63.13

9) Parkin Costain - 62.00

10) Sam Kuch - 61.60

11) Jaiden Martinson-Hatt - 60.60

12) Cole Tepper - 60.03

13) Kaden Foy - 59.77

14) Sam Howard - 58.90

15) Tom Peiffer - 58.73

16) Ryan Statham - 58.60

17) Brendan Kelly - 55.37

18) Zeke Pierce - 54.07

19) Craig Murray - 51.40

20) Jacob Flood - 51.13

21) Conrad Murdoch - 48.40

22) Brennan Powell - 45.63

23) Cal MacConnachie - 45.37

24) Sam Powell - 44.40

25) Robert (Bobby) Eckles - 44.23

26) Duncan McNabb - 42.83

27) Finn Mahoney - 42.13

28) Seth Amundsen - 42.03

29) Michael Bloedel - 41.80

30) Liam Peiffer - 29.30

31) Nick Ruggiero - 28.30

Female 15-18

1) Sally Steeves - 68.63

2) Lauren Cameron - 66.20

3) Thea Ruzycki - 64.63

4) Camilla Loughlin - 61.00

5) Chloe Kuch South - 40.37

6) Robyn Sansom - 39.80

7) Orea Brown-Dahl - 39.57

8) Taylor Merritt - 25.37

Male 15-18

1) George Rodney - 81.67

2) Jake Teuton - 72.73

3) Dylan Siggers - 70.50

4) Bryce Barker - 67.83

5) Riley Rose - 67.77

6) Ian Borgeson - 67.37

7) Trace Cooke - 66.10

8) Vinzenz Keller - 64.83

9) Sam Poarch - 63.77

10) Isaac Freeland - 63.37

11) Charlie Murray - 63.27

12) Ben Homer - 62.70

13) Ben Evely - 62.63

14) Casey Rose - 61.93

15) Patrick Hughes - 60.83

16) Sean Ennis - 60.70

17) Nash Grimm - 59.77

18) Sean MacDonald - 59.70

19) Leroy Maarhuis - 59.00

20) Jessy Collings - 58.80

21) Edi Schreyer - 58.23

22) Graham Gallacher - 57.73

23) Drew Petersen - 57.23

24) Curtis Kovacs - 57.10

25) Christian Nichols - 53.13

26) Dale Cushway - 53.07

27) Jakob Van Houten - 52.40

28) Conor MacDonald - 50.70

29) Keegan Capel - 50.40

30) Mike Siggins - 48.90

31) Jamesa Hampton - 47.23

32) Julien Bernard - 46.60

33) Dylan Cairns  - 43.97

34) Kelley Humpherys - 33.20

35) Erik Hilb Vail - 32.60

For more information

on The North Face Canadian Open Freeskiing Championships and Red

Mountain Resort, check out http://www.canadianopenfreeskiing.com and http://www.redresort.com.