Freestylers Entertain The Crowds During Remarkables Rampage (24-Aug-08)

The Remarkables, NZ, August 24, 2008 - Top New Zealand and international freestylers wowed the crowds

Top New Zealand and international freestylers wowed the crowds during The Remarkables Rampage Slopestyle event.

Conditions were perfect for competitors who impressed both judges and spectators with their consistently strong technical ability.

Josh Clark, Youth Action Sports Co-ordinator for The Remarkables and Coronet Peak said the crowd enjoyed some pretty gnarly tricks.

“It was quite a challenging course in that it was long and included seven major features but the standard of performance was really strong,” he said.

He said Nick Hyne (member of the Parklife Rider Team) won the Men’s Snowboard event by putting together some impressive jumps and fairly technical freestyle moves.

“Shelley Gotlieb always rides hard and strong and put in a solid performance to win the Women’s Snowboard event.”

Jonas Marcinko and Jennifer Hirsh won the Men’s Ski and Women’s Ski events respectively.

Results were as follows:  

Men’s Snowboard       
Nick Hyne 1st
Robett Hollis 2nd
Mark Anderson 3rd

Women’s Snowboard
Shelly Gotlieb 1st
Sina Candrina 2nd
Callie Conaghan 3rd

Men’s Ski
Jonas Marcinko 1st
Matt Johnson 2nd
Matt Soundy 3rd

Women’s Ski
Jennifer Hirsch 1st
Amy Sheehan 2nd