Women's snowboard
The victory in the women's snowboarding event went to defending champion Marion Haerty (FRA), who scored 68.67 points for her technical run. Manuela Mandl (AUT) took second place in Fieberbrunn and is now the favorite to win the overall title. The Viennese showed a fast, flowing run with two airs and collected 67 points. Anna Orlova (RUS) came third with 65.67 points. For Shannan Yates (USA), the result in Fieberbrunn means that she will be the only female snowboarder in the field not to qualify for the upcoming FWT season.
Women's skiing
The high level of skiing among the women was once again evident in Fieberbrunn: defending champion and last year's Fieberbrunn winner Lorraine Huber (AUT), who had a slow start to the season, made a comeback in Fieberbrunn and collected 88 points with a double cliff drop, a huge jump off a high rock and two more airs. 2015 and 2016 World Champion Eva Walkner from Kuchl (AUT) started with a similar line to Huber and impressed with another high air in the lower slope area. She received 84.67 points for her fluid run and finished second ahead of Rachel Croft (USA), who scored 74.67 points. Arianna Tricomi leads the overall ranking with 7200 points ahead of Eva Walkner with 6900 and Hazel Birnbaum (USA) with 5625 points, so it will be exciting right to the end. Lorraine Huber has moved up to fourth place with 5580 points thanks to her victory in Fieberbrunn and is therefore qualified for Verbier. "I'm absolutely delighted that I can now race the Bec des Rosses in Verbier. The victory means all the more to me after such a mixed start to the season," said Lorraine Huber. The battle for the overall title will be between Arianna Tricomi and Eva Walkner: Can Tricomi score points with her playful style against the experienced Walkner on the Bec des Rosses, a face that probably suits Walkner a little better?
Snowboard men
Gigi Rüf (AUT), who recently came third in Andorra, split his run into a big mountain and a freestyle section: He started with two jumps in the upper steep section and followed it up with two 360s in the lower section. 78.33 points gave the Vorarlberg native victory. Second place with 77 points at his FWT premiere went to wildcard holder Elias Elhardt (GER), who chose a creative and equally technical and playful line with numerous jumps on the rarely skied left side of the slope. Thomas Feurstein from Schruns (AUT) took third place with a series of 360s and 75.67 points. Thomas Feurstein thus maintains his lead in the overall standings and heads to Verbier with 6380 points. Lurking just behind him is Gigi Rüf with 100 points less to his name. Davey Baird (USA) is third with 6155 points.
Men's skiing
The victory in the men's category went to Mickael Bimboes (FRA), who chose a unique line and attempted a transfer on the groove at the bottom of the slope, which no other skier had ever done in a contest on the Wildseeloder. Second place went to Andorra winner Kristofer Turdell (SWE), who scored 85.33 points. Third place went to George Rodney (USA) with 78.63 points for a backflip in the upper section, paired with an alternative line and a drop at the end, which has never been jumped in a contest before. Stefan Häusl from Strengen (AUT) rode his last competition in his inimitable style and shone with a technically extremely difficult jump out of a chute. However, he was unable to land an air in the lower section completely cleanly. He finished eleventh with 64.67 points. "It all started for me in Fieberbrunn, where I won the first Austrian freeride contest and my first FWT contest. It's wonderful for me to finish my contest career here after nine years on the tour," said Stefan Häusl, bidding farewell to the FWT. "Now I'm concentrating on training my junior team at Skiclub Arlberg and on film projects." Fabio Studer (AUT) from Koblach finished in twelfth place with 60 points after a high cliff drop and an alley-oop 360. Felix Wiemers from Biedenkopf (GER) crashed and finished 21st, meaning that Studer and Wiemers are no longer qualified for the coming season for the first time after several years on the tour.
Kristofer Turdell is already the overall winner with 6680 points. Markus Eder (ITA) is second in the overall standings with 5340 points ahead of Loic Collomb-Patton (FRA), who has 60 points less. Felix Wiemers in 20th place, Fabio Studer in 21st place and Stefan Häusl in 22nd place did not qualify for the final.
