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Brisbane shines as world’s top athletes take on Aerial Skiing Water Jump Grand Prix

9/9/2023

 
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A glorious Brisbane day greeted competitors for the final of the FIS Freestyle Ski Summer Grand Prix Series, with competitors from Australia, Switzerland and Ukraine taking part.

The Geoff Henke Olympic Winter Training Centre at Sleeman Sports Complex hosted the final round of the Series which launched earlier this year with the opening two rounds taking place in USA and Switzerland.

Australian Airleigh Frigo took out today’s Freestyle Ski Summer Grand Prix, with a score of 85.36. The 24 year old finished ahead of fellow Aussie team mate Abbey Willcox (79.69) and Ukraine’s Diana Yablonska (68.44).

With today’s competition the first time in almost 20 years the Aussies have had the chance to compete on home soil, Frigo couldn’t be happier.

“It felt amazing, it was the first win for me in an Aerials competition and it was great to do it on home soil,” said Frigo.
“I train here all year round so I really know the facility and I think that was a huge advantage.

“It’s a great place to train, the weather is always great… hopefully there are more [events] to come in the future.
“With this facility we are able to train more and more often and get our jumps really good so when the winter comes it’ll all carry through.

“I’ll now finish off the water ramping season and then head overseas to start competing in World Cups.  We’ll be overseas until about March,” she said.

Missing from today’s line up was triple Olympian Laura Peel, who sadly sustained a calf injury during yesterday’s training. Despite not lining up, Peel took second overall in the Series.
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In the men’s it came down to Switzerland's Pirmin Werner and Noe Roth.  Roth was the last athlete on course and favored to win the day and the Series crown. But on his last run he lost a ski mid air and while the rules permitted a rerun, it wasn’t enough to secure the win over his teammate Werner.

Werner said: “It feels amazing, it’s always nice when you win. It’s my second time here in Australia. We were here last year for a training camp and then our winter season was pretty successful so we decided to come again.”

Hundreds of fans turned out to watch the showcase event, with Werner admitting it added to the festivities.
“It’s always nice when you have a crowd.  I would love to come next year to compete. It’s awesome here, we always have a good time and the weather is awesome, and we can do a lot of good and difficult jumps,” he said.

Today’s event capped off the inaugural FIS Freestyle Ski Summer Grand Prix Series, with competitors set to return to training and finalise preparations ahead of the World Cup season in the northern hemisphere. 

For full results from today’s competition - click here.

MEDALISTS I Brisbane Freestyle Ski Summer Grand Prix Series

Women

1.    Airleigh Frigo (AUS) 85.36
2.    Abbey Willcox (AUS) 79.69
3.    Diana Yablonska (UKR) 68.44

Men
1.    Pirmin Werner (SUI) 146.37
2.    Dmytro Kotovskyi (UKR) 122.62
3.    Oleksandr Okipniuk (UKR) 120.00

Article courtesy BTB/Lauren Ryan
Images - Rogue Gun Photography

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Laura Peel with Geoff Henke and her coach Mich Roth

FIS Freestyle Ski Summer Grand Prix Series takes off in Brisbane

8/9/2023

 
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Brisbane is all set to host the final leg of the inaugural FIS Freestyle Ski Summer Grand Prix Series tomorrow Saturday 9 September, at the Geoff Henke Olympic Winter Training Centre at Sleeman Sports Complex.

Athletes got their first taste of the venue at a training session today, with teams from Australia, Ukraine and Switzerland set to go head to head. 

Among the lineup is Australia’s triple Olympian and World Champion Laura Peel, who currently leads the Series. 
World Cup medalist and Olympic hopefully Abbey Willcox will be one of the Aussies featured in the line up tomorrow. She’s hoping to take advantage of her home ground. 

“Training went really well, this facility is absolutely incredible, it’s such a privilege to train here. I’m just working on a few little basics at the moment and looking forward to putting it down in competition tomorrow. 

“I don’t think Australia has held an aerials competition here in close to 20 years, so to be here in the Sunshine State competing in aerials skiing is a really cool experience.”

Switzerland's Noé Roth, Current World Champion, said the Brisbane facility is looking great and he’s excited to be down under to cap off the new Series. 

“I love it here, it’s a super beautiful place to be, it’s always a good time [in Brisbane]. I’m excited to jump tomorrow. 
“It’s going to be a really good show [tomorrow]... we’ve also got the Ukraine team here as well as the Australians. It’s going to be really good,” he said. 

Snow Australia CEO Michael Kennedy, said he hopes Brisbane locals will come along to enjoy this unique event. 
“We are thrilled to have Brisbane as the final destination of this inaugural FIS Freestyle Ski Summer Grand Prix Series.
“We have made this event free to the public to encourage as many locals to come along and see world class freestyle skiers in action.”

The FIS Summer Grand Prix will be held on Saturday 9 September at Sleeman Sports Complex, Old Cleveland Rd &, Tilley Rd, Chandler, Brisbane.

Gates open from 12:30pm with finals starting 1:00pm.  While tickets are free, spectators must register their attendance here.

Top Image - Abbey Willcox in action during official training © Rogue Gun Photography & Media

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Swiss team Noe Roth (left) with his father and coach Mich Roth, and teammate Primin Werner

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