Highlander Slopestyle 2010
Published: 16/03/2010
"It was a typically Scottish day with low cloud hanging around. However it still did not stop the 27 entrants from getting their shred on. The Nevis Range staff had been working hard all week to get the park back together again after it was buried last week and they did not disappoint. Multiple rails, boxes and kickers littered the Summit run but the 3 kickers in a line had to be abandoned due to a distinct lack visibility. After a heavy bit of dye the rails were good to go for the revised format of a rail jam. The raised box and the down rail were the acquired targets and the riders unleashed wave after wave of destruction and carnage against them. The Scottish locals far outnumbered their English counterparts who had made the journey up from the Shire to take part, but that did not stop them unleashing terrible fury and style to tip the results in their favour. With many of the younger riders throwing down tech trickery that would put most adults to shame, they were also oozing style, to really lay it on thick. However with age comes experience and the old boys were not going to take it lying down. Butters on and lipslides a plenty were the order of the day from them and war was waged. The old gondola car was a focal point for the afternoon as it provided some shelter and housed the DJ who kept the tunes going throughout the day.
Format was two runs on each rail and the best scores counting. As everyone was a tad wet and the judges couldn’t feel their fingers and toes the final was cancelled and everyone legged it to the restaurant to get some food and dry off. The upside to this was most folk could make it back home in time to see the Scotland England rugby match.
Now the results have been processed there are already a few people who have won the Scottish Overall Titles for 09/10. Based on combined World Cup points for each event, the pre requisites were they had competed on both snow and artificial slopes and be a competitor with Snowsport Scotland to be eligible. 09/10
Overall Winners 16+ Ski – Hector Barbour 12-15 Ski – Harris Booth 8-11 Ski – Chris McCormick 16+ Board – Danny McCormick Thanks to Nevis Range for pulling out all the stops to get the park together for the event and prizes and to all the sponsors for supporting the series - Snozone, Armada, Freeze Pro Shop, Bawbags, Level 1, Skullcandy, Boax, Synergy Snowsports & Joystick.
The final leg of the Highlander is the week after the Brits on the 3rd April at Cairngorm. With the plentiful snow Scotland has seen this winter there is a large pile of snow for the kicker and some of the rails are already out. Hope to see you there."