Disbrowe crowned Freeski Big Air champion
Queenstown teenager Madeleine Disbrowe has been crowned the women FIS Australia New Zealand Cup Freeski Big Air champion.
Disbrowe, 16, took the win in the women’s competition at Cardrona Alpine Resort yesterday, putting down a stylish left corked 720 tail grab and impressed the judges with her clean execution. Caoimhe Heavey (GB) finished second, with Indra Brown (AUS) third.
"I was quite nervous, as I haven’t done a left corked seven before on that jump," Disbrowe says. "Landing that trick on the first run really helped take the pressure off my second run.”
Lucas Ball (Nelson, 16) won the men's freeski comp, with Cameron Waddell (AUS) and Finley Melville Ives (Wānaka, 18) in third.
Arrowtown's Lyon Farrell, 25, was second in the men's snowboard comp, after putting down a double corked 1800 with a double tail grab. Japan’s Hiroto Ogiwara took the win, in a field was stacked with World Cup podium athletes dropping in alongside up and coming local riders, while Rocco Jamieson (Wānaka, 18) finished third.
Held on Cardrona’s world class big air jump, over 60 ski and snowboard athletes representing seven nations dropped in to compete for valuable FIS and ANC points.
Age divisions (under 8-years to under 16-years) competed in their first day of competition for the week. The snowboarders took on the RIDE Slopestyle courses and the skiers flew down the Salomon Skier-Cross.
The Cardrona NZ Freestyle Nationals is being held at Cardrona Alpine Resort this week from 30 September – 4 October 2024. Included in the 2024 programme is the final stop of the 2024 FIS Australia New Zealand Cup series, with the Freeski and Snowboard Big Air, Halfpipe and Slopestyle events.
The Cardrona NZ Freestyle Nationals will also see the age division NZ National Champions crowned in Skier-Cross, Boarder-Cross, Freeski & Snowboard Halfpipe and Freeski & Snowboard Slopestyle. At the end of the week the overall National Champions will also be crowned for all age divisions.
Full Results:
Women's Freeski Podium. Photo: Ross Mackay / Snow Sports NZ
Men's Freeski Podium. Photo: Ross Mackay / Snow Sports NZ
