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Posted on Friday August 27th at 8:05 p.m.
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A still bluebird day greeted competitors and despite some firm and variable conditions the competitors managed to stick some big lines and huge drops to wow the judges and the on-looking crowd positioned in the comfort of the Whakamaru day lodge's deck.
Whakamaru Lodge
Middle Basin Chutes
Morning Briefing
Luke Potts launches
Sam Lee finds his line to qualify
After the first day of competition the field was halved with those that made the cut progressing onto day two, where they will have two runs to impress the judges. From Craigieburn Valley, the competition moves to Mt Olympus where the top skiers and riders will combine their top scores from both venues to decide the overall winner.
Qualifiers after day one are:
Alex Lynden in the chute.
Male - Ski
Cam McDermid
Sam Lee
Alex Lynden
David Alzieu
Ferdinand Winter
Neil Williman
Alexander Kristensen
Campbell Smith
Orry Grant
Flo Huttenbrenner
Michael Norrie
Romain Bellon
Tom Brownlee
Pete Oswald
George Pengelly
Fabian Lentsch
Sebastian Fischer
Roy Schott
Justin Richard
Jason Waters
Luke Potts
Simon Reeves
Simon Evans
Tyrone Low
Blake Lepper
Marc Walker
Male - Snowboard
Scotty Heale
Seb Zink
Ruari Mcfarlane
Johannes Scharl
Female - Snowboard
Malin Lindroos
Hayley Flintoff
Female - Ski
Sohpia Mitteregger
Birgit Ertl
Sarah Martinais
Victoria Beattie
Julie Scott-Hansen