Verbier Ride Big Mountain Results

**Tyrone Shoelaces** · 03-09-2005, 10:13 AM

Results from the Verbier Ride Big Mountain Event were recently posted here:
http://www.verbierride.com/2002/comp...sults_2005.htm

They usually put up some rockin vids too so keep checking back there.

And have to throw another shout to Craig Garbiel from Kirkwood again as he got 8th. Dude's killin it this year...top 10 at Snowbird (and won the Sickbird), top 10 here at Verbier, and 1st place at Taos.

RESULTS - FEMALE
BIB NO NAME NATIONALITY J1 J2 J3 J4 J5 TOTAL Average Rank
61 Shelly Robertson USA 33 33 29 30 34 159 31.8 1
58 Giulia Monego ITALY 27 31 27 28 30 143 28.6 2
54 Lorraine Huber AUSTRIA 24 21 23 27 25 120 24 3
55 Marie Pierronne FRANCE 26 22 22 22 22 114 22.8 4
56 Katharina Mihaljevic GERMANY 22 20 21 25 25 113 22.6 5
59 Martha Burley AUSTRALIA 22 23 22 21 25 113 22.6 5
51 Tanja Peter SUISSE 23 21 23 23 22 112 22.4 7
53 Huere Darquier ARGENTINA 25 21 18 22 21 107 21.4 8
57 Rachael Burks USA 20 20 17 20 18 95 19 9
60 Amélie Simon FRANCE 17 16 17 20 22 92 18.4 10
52 Steffi Frank GERMANY 20 17 17 20 17 91 18.2 11
50 Kelly Holland USA 14 14 16 16 17 77 15.4 12

RESULTS - MALE
BIB NO NAME NATIONALITY J1 J2 J3 J4 J5 TOTAL Average Rank
78 Ted Davenport USA 37 37 36 37 36 183 36.6 1
77 Ian McIntosh CANADA 35 33 33 34 34 169 33.8 2
86 Rollet Brice France 31 32 28 31 31 153 30.6 4
79 Aurelien Ducroz France 31 32 31 30 30 154 30.8 3
92 Thibaud Dushosal FRANCE 30 32 29 31 31 153 30.6 4
73 Damien Challeroux France 29 31 26 32 32 150 30 6
90 Gunner Newquist 31 31 28 29 30 149 29.8 7
80 Craig Gabriel USA 32 29 28 30 28 147 29.4 8
95 Olivier Meynet FRANCE 29 31 29 29 29 147 29.4 8
99 Julien Gaidet FRANCE 27 31 28 30 30 146 29.2 10
71 Cory Zila American 30 29 28 29 29 145 29 11
91 Adrien Coirier FRANCE 27 28 28 30 30 143 28.6 12
68 Daisuke Sasaki Japan 29 29 29 26 27 140 28 13
84 Ross Janzen CANADA 27 30 28 27 28 140 28 13
87 Tomas Bergemalm SWEDEN 28 28 27 28 28 139 27.8 15
82 HAMISH acland NZ 29 27 27 26 26 135 27 16
88 Tommy Sundstrom SWEDEN 28 28 26 26 27 135 27 16
72 Chris Rowe UK 29 27 24 26 28 134 26.8 18
103 Fredrik Nilsson SWEDEN 27 27 26 26 26 132 26.4 19
106 Karsten Gefle NORWAY 25 26 26 26 27 130 26 20
98 Mathieu Imbert FRANCE 27 27 25 25 25 129 25.8 21
101 William Kocher FRANCE 25 27 26 26 25 129 25.8 21
83 Shane Carmichael CANADA 26 26 25 26 24 127 25.4 23
100 Todd Windle NZ 27 25 26 24 24 126 25.2 24
76 Chad Sayers CANADA 25 25 26 23 24 123 24.6 25
105 Magnus Axberg SWEDEN 24 22 25 24 25 120 24 26
70 Yannik Odiet Suisse 25 22 24 23 25 119 23.8 27
102 Thomas Diet FRANCE 20 22 24 24 25 115 23 28
97 Johan Edentag SWEDEN 24 21 22 20 24 111 22.2 29
28 Simon Guillaume FRANCE 22 20 22 23 23 110 22 30
96 Stefan Häusl AUSTRIA 18 19 20 19 19 95 19 31
74 John Witherspoon USA 18 19 18 16 20 91 18.2 32
75 Kyle Sul USA 16 19 18 19 19 91 18.2 32
69 Daikei Sasaki Japan 16 18 18 16 19 87 17.4 34
93 Cyril BARAT-DUBOIS FRANCE 14 15 16 18 19 82 16.4 35
94 Jochen Reiser GERMANY 14 15 16 19 18 82 16.4 35
104 Glen Parsons UK 15 18 15 15 19 82 16.4 35
89 Eric Spongberg SWEDEN 14 12 15 16 17 74 14.8 38

66 Simon Guthrie NZ TDQ TDQ TDQ TDQ TDQ TDQ
81 Kiffor Berg TDQ TDQ TDQ TDQ TDQ TDQ
85 David Allemoz TDQ TDQ TDQ TDQ TDQ TDQ

**bad_roo** · 03-09-2005, 10:24 AM

Brits crush the Swedes. We rule.

**AKA** · 03-09-2005, 10:34 AM

Kirkwood in the top 10.

**crashnburn'd** · 03-09-2005, 10:40 AM

Originally Posted by bad_roo

Brits crush the Swedes. We rule.

US crushes the Brits. We rool more.

**Greydon Clark** · 03-09-2005, 11:08 AM

Tyrone, A couple years ago you “beat” Ted Davenport in the Kirkwood qualifier, you should have quit your lucrative job a pursued a life of poverty and marginal fame on the big mountain circuit… you’d be on the podium. While I’ve never spoken to Craig, I’m stoked a Kirkwoodite is showing the frogs how we ski in motherfucking California. REPRESENT!

**splat** · 03-09-2005, 11:13 AM

I was talking to Craig's fiance, Adrienne, yesterday. She said he was kinda bummed he didn't place higher. He was there with Dana and Barbara and they were in such a hurry to get to Cham, he didn't even get to hang around for the awards ceremony. He's staying with Benji in Cham now.

**Knockneed Man** · 03-09-2005, 12:13 PM

Yeah Ted!!!!

**Hicks** · 03-09-2005, 02:21 PM

BTW has any body got word what happened to the event at Les Arcs?
Couldn't find anything at IFSA, ridelife.com or the resort's homepage.

**tarkman1** · 03-09-2005, 02:42 PM

The comp was on Mont Gele, not Bec de Rosse. I wonder why not the Bec de Rosse.

**FigureEleven** · 03-09-2005, 03:12 PM

Originally Posted by Hicks

BTW has any body got word what happened to the event at Les Arcs?
Couldn't find anything at IFSA, ridelife.com or the resort's homepage.

Hicks... Here is the Les Arcs short list...

Men

1 : GAIDET Manu - Fra - 72,2 pts
2 : SASAKI Daisuke - Jap - 67,4 pts
3 : BLANC Baptiste - Fra - 66,4 pts
4 : MCINTOSH Ian - Can - 63,2 pts
5 : GAIDET Julien - Fra - 62 pts
6 : SAYERS Chad - Can - 59,4 pts
7 : COIRIER Adrien - Fra - 57 pts
8 : GALUCHOT Victor - Fra - 51 pts
9 : ACLAND Hamish - NZ - 49,6 pts
10 : IMBERT Matthieu - Fra - 49 pts

Women

1 : BURGE Jamie - USA - 58,6 pts
2 : DES LAURIERS Kit - USA - 58,2 pts
3 : PIERONNE Marie - FRA - 54,6 pts
4 : BAKER Jessica - USA - 50,8 pts
5 : ROBERTSON Shelley - USA - 46 pts

Nice to see Daisuke Sasaki placing well... that guy travels the world destroying himself going huge.

**Mulletizer** · 03-09-2005, 03:29 PM

Originally Posted by tarkman1

The comp was on Mont Gele, not Bec de Rosse. I wonder why not the Bec de Rosse.

Have you ever skied off the Bec des Rosses? It's not a mountain that you can hold an open-to-all freeskiing competition on. All the faces on it are huge, very steep with horrible exposure. It's in a totally different league to the faces that other freeskiing comps are held on. If there was a freeskiing competition there people would die. And that's why the Extreme is invitation only.

**FollowMe** · 03-09-2005, 03:37 PM

USA NO. 1

**Tyrone Shoelaces** · 03-09-2005, 04:35 PM

Originally Posted by Greydon Clark

Tyrone, A couple years ago you “beat” Ted Davenport in the Kirkwood qualifier, you should have quit your lucrative job a pursued a life of poverty and marginal fame on the big mountain circuit… you’d be on the podium.

pfft...I didn't just beat him...I TOTALLY KICKED HIS ASSS!!!

(actually I think Ted fell or something that day....)

**FollowMe** · 03-09-2005, 04:41 PM

Chris/Ted, any relation?

**AKA** · 03-10-2005, 01:29 AM

Originally Posted by FigureEleven

Women

1 : BURGE Jamie - USA - 58,6 pts

.

Ill punch that bitch right in the mouth.

**verbier61** · 03-10-2005, 02:05 AM

Originally Posted by tarkman1

The comp was on Mont Gele, not Bec de Rosse. I wonder why not the Bec de Rosse.

Bec des rosses has been invented as a freeride contest place by the verbier xtreme folks. To keep the spot in its best possible shape, in the month before the xtreme a verb mountain guide take daily care on the bec and stops EVERYONE who tries to get in, climb and ride. The verbier ride is a different league event, and the W/NW face of mont gelè is cool enough for this contest. BTW, this year snow was

on the mont gelè (the lift has never been opened so far), and it has been widely debated whether or not use another spot for the verbier ride. Said that, this will be the second year for skiers at xtreme (last year locals dominated... but very few of other invited skiers really had a chanche to ride the bec des rosses before).

**verbier61** · 03-10-2005, 05:03 AM

and, BTW, let me introduce the new italian idol, giulia monego:

after her 2nd place at the verbier ride the italian ski forums went

. I guess she got the best result EVER for an italian (male or female) in a freeride contest

**Hicks** · 03-10-2005, 05:25 AM

Thanks Figure Eleven, right on! Can you pass on the link?

How're you doin'?

**jonski** · 03-10-2005, 05:53 AM

Originally Posted by tarkman1

The comp was on Mont Gele, not Bec de Rosse. I wonder why not the Bec de Rosse.

As was said for you to get just anyone on that face would be stupid. The terrain there is just scary. Sure it can be skied, as enough people do/have, but the kind of elevated risks taken in a comp would turn that face into a bloodbath.

Plus, Warren the organiser of the Ride, summed it up perfectly when I was speaking to him this summer. He has footage of a guy just tomahawking down the whole thing nearly, who's leg some how stayed on because the skin didnt get punctured and tear,even though his his femur basically disentigrated (sp?) during the fall, leaving it flopping around as he bounced down the slope to be heli'd out to ICU.
The guy decided to stop above a small 5-6ft drop and wait for his partner to clear and get safe. He then though he could take the drop and ski down. Unfortunately, a "small" drop on the 50 odd deg. slope sent him on a ride he didn't want.
Warren's personal comment on the face is that even having lived in Verbier for nearly 10 years now, the one time he has skied it is enough for him, and he's in no rush to get back up there on it. And with the amount of experience he has in gnarly terrain, if says its risky you can bet your house it is.

**Tyrone Shoelaces** · 03-10-2005, 11:02 AM

Originally Posted by jonski

As was said for you to get just anyone on that face would be stupid. The terrain there is just scary. Sure it can be skied, as enough people do/have, but the kind of elevated risks taken in a comp would turn that face into a bloodbath.

Plus, Warren the organiser of the Ride, summed it up perfectly when I was speaking to him this summer. He has footage of a guy just tomahawking down the whole thing nearly, who's leg some how stayed on because the skin didnt get punctured and tear,even though his his femur basically disentigrated (sp?) during the fall, leaving it flopping around as he bounced down the slope to be heli'd out to ICU.
The guy decided to stop above a small 5-6ft drop and wait for his partner to clear and get safe. He then though he could take the drop and ski down. Unfortunately, a "small" drop on the 50 odd deg. slope sent him on a ride he didn't want.
Warren's personal comment on the face is that even having lived in Verbier for nearly 10 years now, the one time he has skied it is enough for him, and he's in no rush to get back up there on it. And with the amount of experience he has in gnarly terrain, if says its risky you can bet your house it is.

gnarly...anyone have a pic of the Bec de Rosse face?

**Hicks** · 03-10-2005, 11:17 AM

Originally Posted by Tyrone Shoelaces

gnarly...anyone have a pic of the Bec de Rosse face?

Et Voila!

The face skied is the big steep one in pic's center running right off the top between the two clearly visible ridges (partly hidden behind the front ridge).
Ruoghly 2000 ft vertical at 50 - 60°.

**gonzo** · 03-10-2005, 11:22 AM

This shit is the real deal - flat out scares me. I would not want to be in this comp.

**Meathelmet** · 03-10-2005, 11:49 AM

Nice touch to the thing is that the competitors have to climb up. Seen pictures of the climb itself, and it looks intresting itself..
They only place the photographes on the slope with a heli.