Dewi Stanczak and Sarah Gillespie were crowned king and
queen of the mountain after their wins in the revived
Triple Comp event, held at Treble Cone during the
penultimate weekend of the ski season. Photo by Antony
Hansen.
More than 70 competitors battled it out at Treble Cone
during the penultimate weekend of the snow season in a bid to
be crowned the king and queen of the mountain at the skifield's
revived Triple Comp event.
Sarah Gillespie, of Lake Hawea, claimed the queen's tiara,
while New Zealand-born Dewi Stanczak, of the United States,
claimed the king's crown in the men's event.
The skiers won their titles for carding the best overall
performances in the three "cross-mountain" disciplines of
expression session freeriding, banked slalom racing and the
big air contest, held during Saturday and Sunday at Treble
Cone.
Gillespie's wins in the freeriding expression session and big
air contests, and third placing in the banked slalom race,
secured her the women's crown.
She edged Wanaka skier and former New Zealand Winter Olympic
2006 giant slalom representative Nicola Campbell into second
place.
The men's competition across the three disciplines was a
tightly contested affair: Stanczak's win in the big air event
clinched him the title, after his third placing in the
freeride session and eighth in the banked slalom.
University of Otago student Claire Nash was the best female
snowboarder in the two-day event, while Eli Pope impressed
with his aerial moves in the men's snowboard big air contest
and Austen Butler showed versatility in the freeride session.
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