US FREESKIING NATIONALS AT SNOWBIRD: WORLD TOUR DAY #1
By Holly Walker

100 foot front flip to flat. A Goliath move but not rewarded. Today was the day of the Davids.

The clouds rolled in, the clouds rolled out. In between, Day 1 of the World Tour kicked off on Silverfox with the women. They charged hard and many fell. In the end three small statured women led the fleet: Snowbird locals Alaina Huestis and Kelly Holland, plus none other than Laura Ogden of Tacoma, Washington.

The men followed, with more clouds rolling in than out. Not 15 men deep did the flight show go off. Snowbird local Julian Carr, threw a 100 foot front flip and lost a shoe. His Goliath flip won the crowds but not the battle to Day 2. It was the clean runs of little guys Christian Boucher of Whistler, Nick Greener of Snowbird, Aurelien Ducroz of Chamonix and Olivier Meynet of Bellevaux that led the pack.

Then the clouds rolled in too deep. Six men were left on the battle field with no battle to fight. Tomorrow, Aaron Hunt, Johnny Law, Jesse Bryan, Erich Kunz and Jason Bruce will load the Bird's Tram at 8am to finish Day 1 and hopefully continue to Day 2.

Tomorrow the US Freeskiing Nationals will take place on North Baldy, so if you are in the Snowbird neighborhood, come check out how the final battle ends.