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ContestHappening 15 2016/17 | Verbier on Monday & X-Over Ride Recap

The season is drawing to a close

by Tobias Huber 04/01/2017
The season is also drawing to a close for the contests: the penultimate contest in the Alps was held on the Kitzsteinhorn in very spring-like conditions (followed by the 2* FWQ in Gastein next weekend). The Freeride World Tour has just confirmed that the final on the Bec des Rosses will take place tomorrow, Monday, April 3, 2017.

X-Over Ride

Even if the results no longer have much influence on the allocation of next year's Wordtour starting places: The X-Over Ride took place again on the Kitzsteinhorn with a top-class field of participants, 1100 qualifier points and a Salzburg home win. Salzburg skier Stefanie Noppinger defended her title in the women's skiing category. Manuela Mandl continued her impressive FWQ winning streak in the women's snowboarding category. Konstantin Ottner from Germany triumphed in the men's skiing event. Tyrolean Clemens Bergmann secured the top spot on the snowboarding podium.

"Spring shred" at its finest: When the Kitzsteinhorn calls, the sky above the X OVER RIDE contest face "Lakarschneid" is all too happy to present itself in deep blue. For a contest so late in the season, the difficult conditions meant that creativity was required today to secure the 1100 points for victory and thus also bring about a preliminary decision in the battle for the Austrian freeride champion title. Summery temperatures had put a strain on the face in the run-up to the race - a case for the Kitzsteinhorn specialists, who performed impressively. First and foremost Stefanie Noppinger, who successfully defended her title from last year: "I'm super happy that I received a wildcard from the organizers. I've never been as nervous as I was today. I wanted to ride a similar line to last year. The fact that it worked out is amazing", said the woman from Salzburg.

Vienna's Claudia Klobasa finished in second place, ahead of France's Megane Betend. In the race for the Austrian Freeride Series title, Sabine Schipflinger from Saalbach was able to make up further points on rival Jacoba Kriechmayr with fourth place.

Fifth contest - fifth victory for Mandl

After her return to the Freeride World Tour, Manuela Mandl was able to ride freely in the women's snowboarding competition today. The Vienna native defended her title from last year and celebrated her fifth win of the season on the qualifier tour: "I didn't expect it because I had a little uncertainty today. The conditions were very difficult and hard to assess." Second place went to Finland's Mikaela Hollsten, third place to Bettina Pickl from Innsbruck.

"Mr. Backflip" won the men's skiing

German Konstantin Ottner came out on top in the men's skiing, once again living up to his reputation as "Mr. Backflip". Creativity is his specialty: Ottner started with a "360", followed it up with a massive backflip and continued his hunt for points in the lower part of the run: "Finally a run turned out the way I wanted to do it and I'm super happy now. It's my favorite contest and my favorite face," beamed the premiere winner. Second place went to the reigning Austrian freeride champion Christoph Schöfegger, who was able to make up valuable points on Tao Kreibich from Voarlberg in the battle for the Austrian Freeride Series title. Third place went to Switzerland's Theo Cheli.

Tyrolean double victory in the men's snowboard

Tyrolean Clemens Bergmann came out on top in the strong field of men's snowboarders. The man from Fieberbrunn impressed with a strong line and two 360s, which he turned once frontside and once backside and landed perfectly. His compatriot Victor Heim took second place, while third place went to Germany's Timm Schröder. Alexander Hoffmann extended his lead over Andreas Zweibrot in the AFS with fifth place.

FWT finals

The live webcast starts at 8:45 am. The men's skiing and snowboarding will be broadcast on RedBull TV, the women will be broadcast as normal on www.freerideworldtour.com

The following starting order in the categories:?

- Snowboard Women - 9:00 am? - Ski Women - 9:20AM - Snowboard Men - 10:00AM - Ski Men - 10:20AM

Webcast normal (women):

Webcast men:

https://www.redbull.tv/live/AP-1QPMW81351W11/swatch-freeride-world-tour

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