Airtime - News from The British Freestyle Team
Skier Cross
World Cup Finals
This season saw two of Britain's female Ski Cross riders qualify
for the prestigious World Cup Ski Cross Finals held in Valmalenco,
Italy on Sunday 16th March. Durham's Emily Sarsfield (24)
and Britain's Sarah Sauvey (24) headed over to the finals
on there own and met Emily's sister Victoria who managed to
get a few days off work to help support the girls and coach
them at the biggest Ski Cross event on the World Circuit this
season.
Sarsfield and Sauvey skied really well and secured there
best results of the season with Sarsfield placing 11th and
Sauvey 13th. Sarsfield's 11th position is the best result
of British Skiing this season, a great achievement! more
Angus Morison - 2 podiums in Europe
Angus Morison (27), Britain's top male ski cross athlete produced
the best result of his career on the 23rd of March at a Europa
Cup event in the Czech Republic. Angus produced a solid qualifying
run on a flat but tricky course to leave him battling for
top honors in the main event.
The semi finals proved to be a battle for Angus as he tussled
with a German athlete as they were both gunning hard for a
place in the final. Angus however, came through strong to
see himself go through. With the toughest lane draw in the
final, Angus had a difficult job to make it to the podium.
A strong and aggressive run saw Angus move into 3rd place
just before the finish line and leaving him standing on a
Europa Cup podium for the first time! more
Half Pipe News
 Em
Lonsdale Soars to 9th Place in the X-Games!
Emma Lonsdale proved she was World class earlier this year
when she became the first British Free-skier to compete in
the Half Pipe at the very prestigious Winter X Games, Aspen
Colorado. The Winter X Games was the first ever winter action
sports event, with invited snowboarders and free-skiers travelling
across the globe to compete.
She was up against the likes of World Cup leader and 2007
Winter X Games Champion, Sarah Burke and US Open Champion,
Jen Hudak. 23 year old Emma linked together a smooth and stylish
run, consisting of grabs and spins and finished in an excellent
9th place overall.
Emma said: "I'm super stoked with the result and really
looking forward to the rest of the season. Entry into the
X Games is strictly by invitation and includes the best riders
in their featured disciplines so im really excited to be here
and with my result!" The event was won by World Cup leader
and previous Winter X Games Champion, Sarah Burke of Canada.
Moguls News
Ellie Koyander - World Cup debut
Racing against the best female moguls skiers that the world
has to offer, Ellie Koyander (17) took to the FIS World Cup
stage earlier this year with the intelligent focus and maturity
that she is becoming recognised for. Nothing seems to faze
her and she displayed great composure with a confident performance
finishing in 24th place in her first WC race and then 20th
place in the penultimate FIS World Cup of the season in Are,
Sweden.
She continues to deliver inspiring results - this season
has seen her on the podium twice, qualifying in 5th place
at FIS NORAM, making the finals at the USSA Selections and
now settling in on the World Cup arena with excellent results.
more
Andy Longley - Europa Cup
Andy has had an excellent season hitting the FIS Europa Cup
circuit hard and producing some very encouraging results in
Germany and France. Working with coach Jeffrey Fozzard, he
has made a huge leap forward with both his training and competition
programme and is a real talent to watch. His sights are targeted
now at qualifying for World Cup and he will be working hard
with Jeff over the summer training period to maximise his
potential.
Aerials Ski Team News
Sarah Ainsworth - narrowly misses podium at FIS Europa Cup
4th place in any competition is the hardest place to finish
and at the Meiringen Hasliberg FIS Europa Cup aerials event
in March, this is exactly where twenty two year old Olympic
hopeful Sarah Ainsworth ended up, narrowly missing out on
the podium.
The Aerials Team has gone from strength to strength and Sarah's
results on WC and Europa Cup circuit this year have re-established
British Aerials back on the international FIS circuit along
with fellow team members Siobhan Murphy who earlier in the
season placed 5th at Nauders FIS Europa Cup, and Tim Lever
who finished in 11th in the Meiringen Europa Cup.
New Notational Analysis Software
Thanks to a new initiative from the Freestyle executive, Great
Britain freestyle athletes will have the benefit of new video
analysis software. Funding of £4000 was obtained from
a private sponsor with the assistance of the Skiers Trust
of Great Britain to purchase the software and this will be
a vital part of on going training with the freestyle teams.
The executive would like to extend their grateful thanks to
the Skiers Trust of Great Britain for helping make this happen.
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