Freestyle Fest crowns Australia's next generation at Mt Buller

Some of Australia’s best junior freestyle talent descended on Mt Buller recently for the Bounce Inc Freestyle Fest, with skiers and snowboarders from resorts around the country competing over three days for a $12,500 prize pool put up by major sponsors Adams Estate Agents and Bounce Inc.

BY ANDREW PATTISON

By MANSFIELD COURIER

The action opened with the Adams jNats Mogul event on Bourke Street on Friday 7 August, drawing a 100-strong field that competed throughout the day before night finals lit up the iconic run.

Olympic mogul skiing gold and silver medallist Dale Begg-Smith added to the occasion, presenting medals to the podium finishers.

Saturday’s Bounce Inc Big Air event moved the action to the Skyline Terrain Park, where skiers and snowboarders tackled one of the biggest publicly accessible jumps in Australia.

The festival wrapped up on Sunday with the Bounce Inc Rail Jam, held in tough conditions in the rail park in the Gliders area near Spurs/Northside Express.

Thanks go to Mt Buller for hosting the event, prize sponsors Oakley and Black Crows, and Snow Australia for supplying the event medals.

Congratulations to the following event winners.

jNats winners – see page 15.

Bounce Inc Big Air

Ski Junior Female: first Lyla Sherwood; second Anabel Marburg; third Georgia Bolton.

Ski Junior Male: first Ryder Shook-Edwards; second Oliver Creswell; third Max Mailing.

Snowboard Youth Female: first Zara Kwee; second Paris Stavretis; third Jordyn Provan.

Snowboard Youth Male: first Xander Brown; second Blake Fong.

Snowboard Junior Female: first Audrey Lou.

Snowboard Junior Male: first Ben Pearce; second Joel Fahl; third Austin Lou.

Bounce Inc Rail Jam

Ski Youth Female: first Maya Gregory; second Lola Dowd; third Grace Rist.