MOUNTAIN SPORTS INTERNATIONAL
BIG SKY – Snow and low hanging clouds created visibility challenges throughout the day on April 5, but intermittent sun made the Subaru Freeride Series four-star finals possible on The Headwaters’ steep face at Big Sky Resort.
Riders competed in the SFS – a Freeride World Tour Qualifier – for points in hopes they would have enough to gain a spot on the 2015 FWT.
At the end of the day, Squaw Valley locals Iris Lazareschi and Andrew Irwin both took top honors in snowboarding. In women’s and men’s skiing, respectively, 2014 Freeride World Tour rider Francesca Pavillard-Cain of Crested Butte, Colo. and Forrest Jillison of Jackson Hole, Wyo. landed in the top podium positions.
Women’s snowboard
1st Place: Iris Lazzareschi, Squaw Valley, Ca., USA
2nd Place: Camila Brown, Snowbird, Utah, USA
3rd Place: Galen Bridgewater, Big Sky/Moonlight Basin, Mont., USA
Women’s ski
1st Place: Francesca Pavillard-Cain, Crested Butte, Colo., USA
2nd Place: Hazel Birnbaum, Kirkwood, Ca., USA
3rd Place: Ashley Bembenek, Crested Butte, Colo., USA
Men’s snowboard
1st Place: Andrew Irwin, Squaw Valley, Ca., USA
2nd Place: Christopher Galvin, Squaw Valley, Ca., USA
3rd Place: Jonathan Penfield, Whistler-Blackomb, CAN
Men’s ski
1st Place: Forrest Gillison, Jackson Hole, Wyo., USA
2nd Place: Kyle Taylor, Bridger Bowl, Mont., USA
3rd Place: George Rodney, Alta/Snowbird, Utah, USA
Watch the tape-delayed webcast on April 9 at 1 p.m. MST at subarufreerideseries.com
