Thursday, April 10, 2008

Big Air Ski Qualifiers Wrapped Up Today

There are only so many free passes into the Big Air finale, Saturday April 12. The rest had to earn their piece of the sky, and their chance at that epic new jump, a 65 foot step over gap jump.

Here are the skiers who qualified today at the Big Air Ski Qualifiers Event, held on Blackcomb at the High Level Terrain Park:

Chris TURPIN
Ian WILLIAMS
Shinji OSADA
Michael CLARKE
Andrew TAYLOR
Ian COSCO
Austin ROSS
CarlFORTIN
Mike MERTION
Steffen Rena HAMRE

They will join the 5 prequalified athletes:
Justin DOREY
JF HOULE
Mike RIDDLE
Colby WEST
Akiharu YUZUKA


The following women will advance to a head to head final on Saturday:
Rosalind GROENEWOUD
Ashley BATTERSBY

Sarah Burke has been prequalied.

With $40,000 in cash prizes on the line, a sensational new feature, and a live soundtrack provided by Ravidrums and DJ Crooked, the ingredients are all there for an epic showcase.

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