The Canadian Shield Tour Tremblant Recap

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Feb 13th 2012
By: schmuck

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Words by The Canadian Shield Tour
Photos courtesy of Jason Mousseau

Two days at Mont Tremblant saw skiers and snowboarders from all over the country competing for $20,000 cash, gear, AFP and TTR points and the bragging rights to the podium at the first ever stop of The Canadian Shield Ski and Snowboard Slopestyle Tour.

On the ski side of things, doubles dominated as Alex Bellemare captured first place (with Ian Cosco in second and Matt Wilcox in third) in the Men’s Pro Open division and earning $5,000 for his win. He rode consistently and put down highly technical runs throughout the competition, including his winning run that consisted of a 450 on to the down rail, to a 270 on 450 off of the rail deemed the green canon, followed by a switch double cork 9, an effortless double flat spin and finished things off with a switch 9.

Alex Bellemare

Nevin Metzger narrowly missed the podium by one spot but still managed to walk away with some cash for the SBC Skier Magazine Men’s Standout Trick Award for a double underflip. On the women’s front, Yuki Tsubota captured the win in the Pro Open by charging through the course all day and stomping some effortless cork 720 tail grabs, which earned her $2,000 and the SBC Skier Women’s Standout Trick Award.

Ian 'Chug' Cosco en route to second place.

The K2 Skis Amateur Open division saw several strong performances throughout the day marked by a high level of trick difficulty being thrown down, including double back flips, double flatspins and technical rail variations. Simon Gingras dominated the men’s division from start to finish, easily capturing the win with scores well above the rest of the field. For the women, Maude Thoriault-Gauthier walked away with top spot in the K2 Skis Women’s Amateur category and some brand new K2 Skis for her performance.

Matt Wilcox rounds out the podium at the Men's Pro Open division.

The Disney XD rookie categories thoroughly impressed the crowd and judges as well with their not so rookie talents. One of the day’s youngest competitors, ten year-old Luca Natale from Mont Tremblant, took top honors in the Disney XD X-Elerator 12 and under category with his strong performance.

Results

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Pro Open Men

1) Alex Bellemare
2) Ian Cosco
3) Matthew Wilcox
4) Nevin Metzger
5) Hugo Pelletier
6) Laurent-Olivier Martin
7) Samuel Beauchesne
8) Benoir Gendron
9) Jack Irvine
10) Samuel lagrange
11) Sebastien Chartrand
12) Ben Maxwell
13) Nicholas Chenard
14) Mitchell Wilson
15) Christ Bolduc
16) Ahren Stein
17) Terry Butt
18) Taylor Wilson

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Pro Open Women

1) Yuki Tsubota
2) Cassandra Sharpe
3) Olivia Lane
4) Zoe Beaulieu
5) Sophie Brubacher
6) Caroline Sauve
7) Marie-Pierre Donaldson

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K2 Skis Am Open Men

1) Simon Gingras
2) David Quesnel
3) Felix Gaudreau
4) Maxime Boudreault-Dunn
5) Jessy Desjardins
6) Luke Stein
7) Xavier Lacourse-Dontigny
8) Dustin Sittler
9) Jonathan Belec
10) Nicholas Payette
11) Ross Fedyna
12) Antonie Senay-Catendresse
13) Philippe Donaldson
14) Charlie Pint
15) Anthony Germain
16) Tam Kilbourn
17) Gabriel Lalande-Sauvageau
18) Marlon Bass Marlon
19) Mac Robertson
20) Olivier Bureau
21) Samuel Clairoux
22) Emmanuel Depault
23) Melkon Kechichian
23) Matt Dickey
25) Alex Miglierina

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K2 Skis Am Open Women

1) Maude Thoriault-Gauthier

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Disney XD X-Elerator+ Boys (13-15)

1) Mathieu Langevin
2) Philippe Clairoux
3) Billy Berthiaume
4) Max Moffatt Max
5) Lucas Vianna
6) Frederik Prathe
7) Kevin Desjardins
8) Jean-Christophe Vinette

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Disney XD X-Elerator+ Girls (13-15)

1) Anderson Rachael

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Disney XD X-Elerator Boys (12 & Under)

1) Luca Natale
2) Philippe Langevn
3) Alex Butt
4) Jean-Charles Morin
5) Cedriv Natale
6) Zak Castonguay
7) Philippe Gregoire-Bergevin
8) Xavier Courville

Canadian Shield Tour Standings

Women

1) Yuki Tsubota - 10,100
2) Cassandra Sharpe - 8,500
3) Olivia Lane - 7,500
4) Zoe Beaulieu - 6,500
5) Sophie Brubacher - 5,500
6) Caroline Sauve - 4,500
7) Marie-Pierre Donaldson - 3,500

Men

1) Alex Bellemare - 10,000
2) Ian Cosco - 8,500
3) Matthew Wilcox - 7,500
4) Nevin Metzger - 6,600
5) Hugo Pelletier - 5,500
6) Laurent-Olivier Martin - 4,500
7) Samuel Beauchesne - 3,500
8) Benoir Gendron - 2,500

*The top male and female skiers in the Pro Open categories at the end of the tour will receive a 7-day surf trip to Eldoardo Surf Resort in El Salvador.

The next stop of the Canadian Shield Ski and Snowboard Slopestyle Tour lands this weekend at Mt. Seymour, BC on February 17th - 19th, where in addition to the event, Sean Pettit will be on hand to ski with fans. For event details and registration, check out thecanadianshield.ca.

Canadian Shield Slopestyle tour, Mont Tremblant from M.Dandurand Photography on Vimeo.

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