Today LAAX woke up under the snow ! Day 3 of competition at The BRITS 2015 saw the snow falling all day long.
The day started off with the Bangers and Cash Rail Jam. The set-up was composed of two flat rails, a double kink rail, a flat box and a flat tube. This nice set-up offersmany possible options. Several riders already with a Brits title in the pocket took part to the jam – Amber Fennell, Rowan Coultas, Jamie Trinder or Matt McCormick. The jibbers of all ages went pretty gnarly with the hopes of taking home some hard earned cash. A two- hours’ session rank the 12 finalists. A lot of good things went down during this jam session, the youngters nailed it !
Bossing the men’s contest from start to finish was Scotsman Matt McCormick. The GB Park and Pipe athlete stood head and shoulders above the rest of the field, especially in the finals.
Fresh off the podium, McCormick commented “I’m stoked obviously! It was a bit snowy and stuff, so pretty hard, but it was really fun. The setup was sick, the transfer feature was great, and you don’t see a double kink that often in rail jams”
The women’s competition was also dominated by one rider – Sabrina Burnham.
Stoked on her win, Sabrina said, “I really enjoyed it. I was happy it snowed over night so it was a little bit softer. The set up was really fun because of the variety of features, and it was great hiking and shredding with the other girls.”
The sun came and went but the shred stayed !
The British Snowboard Halfpipe Chamionships was slightly delayed to reshape the halfpipe after the overnight snow fall. For the men Peter Speight put in two huge clean runs to claim the British title.
Speight said after his win: “It was a good day up there. We were lucky with the weather and it feels good to top the podium. It is my first win here at The BRITS so I am stoked. Murray and I compete together all season, so we both know the level of each other. We’ve beaten each other in the past, so it really could have gone either way today. We travel and compete against each other a lot and we are good friends, and to be honest it could have gone either way today.”
For the women, Madi Rowlands took victory, showing why she was the recent Winter Youth Olympic Halfpipe Gold Medallist.
Rowlands was stoked after collecting her gold medal: “There is no doubt that I am really happy. I didn’t really feel much pressure because I have been doing World Cups so to be honest I just enjoyed shredding with the younger athletes and showing them what it is like. I was so happy for Kirsty taking the bronze, she definitely deserved it. To see her throwing the tricks she did at her age is amazing.”
Snowboard Bangers & Cash Results
Men Open: 1st Matt McCormick, 2nd Matt Corry, 3rd Harry Waite
Women Open: 1st Sabrina Burnham, 2nd Cerys Allen, 3rd Maisie Hill
Ski Halfpipe Results
Men Open: 1st Peter Speight, 2nd Murray Buchan, 3rd Tyler Harding
Credit – Chris Madoc-Jones
Women Open: 1st Madi Rowlands, 2nd Emma Lonsdale, 3rd Kirsty Muir
Credit – Chris Madoc-Jones
Check all the results and picture galleries of the day at www.the-brits.com
Main image credit – The-Brits.com | Aivars Zee Zarins
