Saas Fee Ride 06 Results
SAAS-FEE RIDE 06 presented by Peak Performance - The Best Yet!
The second event in the 2006 Ride series took place Saturday 22nd July in the glacial resort of Saas-Fee, Switzerland. The European Summer Freeskiing championships, the Saas-Fee Ride 06 offered spectators the chance to see some of Europe’s finest Half Pipe and Big Air action in one full day of events.
Riders and organisers both agreed that the 4th edition of the Saas-Fee Ride was the best yet, especially considering the high temperatures this summer. The event pulled through the odds with the help of a few important factors; Europe’s best summer skiing glacier, the new design of the Snowpark and the extra efforts of snowpark shaper Nicklas Hoglund.
RESULTS SUMMARY - Images, Video + Full Results
By clicking on the orange results bar on the homepage of www.saasfeeride.com you will be able to view the full results from Saturday’s event with images and video clips showing the athletes in action.
HALF PIPE
Winner of the men’s half pipe competition was Loic Collomb-Patton (Dynastar, Sun Valley) of France. Loic who finished 4th in winter X-Games Ten and 2nd in the FIS World Cup Half Pipe Championships, took the Saas-Fee Ride 06 title with a run that thrilled the crowd in the snowpark and the judges as well. The winning run included an Alley Oop Flat Spin 540 that took him 4 metres out and above the pipe and a huge inverted unnatural 720.
Marta Ahrenstedt (Peak Performance, Roxy Optics) from Sweden took the 1st place in the women’s category with a strong and powerful descent showing clean grabs, back to back spins, switch riding and good height throughout.
BIG AIR
Henrik Harlaut (Scott, Salomon) of Sweden took 1st place with a Switch corked 900 mute grab which was super tweaked out. Amplitude was massive as he stomped clean near the bottom of the landing. This scored him extra points and sealed Henrik’s victory.
Marta Ahrenstedt (Peak Performance, Roxy Optics) of Sweden took 1st place in the women’s with a super clean 360 Truck Driver. The landing was stomped and she scored high on style taking the winners cheque. The Peak Performance rider made Saas-Fee Ride event history by becoming the first ever double champion taking both Half Pipe and Big Air 1st places.
WEB VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS - Watch the action in real time
The latest 3 minute TV News Highlights of the event are now available to view by clicking the ‘Action’ tab on the right hand side of the homepage. Here you will also find individual clips from different athletes in each discipline. Each clip has a 256kb per second playback rate so they can be viewed in real time streaming from the site.
24 MINUTE TV PROGRAMME - High Definition, Web, Podcast + Mobile Phone formats
One of the main focuses of the Ride Freesport events is to give the Athletes the media coverage they deserve and aid in the development of the sport of Freeskiing. Over the years, Verbier Ride, Saas-Fee Ride and London Ride have gained several thousand hours of television broadcast air time. Last years Saas-Fee Ride gained the athletes over 400 hours of television exposure.
This year a 24 minute TV programme will be released to the networks through Quattro Media and broadcast across the globe. This will be available at the end of August. Please contact Quattro Media (www.4msports.com) to acquire the TV programme.
The 24 minute programme will also be available to view in High Definition via www.saasfeeride.com. From the homepage of the site you will be able to click the screen and watch in WMV (Windows Media Video) or in Quicktime the full 24 minute programme before it hits the TV networks. There will be downloadable standard definition and high definition versions.
Also at the end of August you will be able to download a Podcast of the 24 minute programme from apple.com and watch it on your ipod. There will also be a 3GP clip available to download from the site that will play back on your mobile phone. This will broaden the audience for the event and give extra to the Athletes and sponsors.
