| 2008 Animal British Slopestyle Championships
and Big Air Jam
The 2008 British Snow Tour headed ‘Eastside’
to Chatham this weekend, 12th & 13th July for the
Animal Slopestyle Championships and Big Air Jam. Chatham’s
impressive slopestyle course, which included a monster
60ft rail, set the stage for over 80 of the UK’s
best freestylers who linked together an amazing assortment
of technical rail and kicker combo’s. Inspired
by the Schools Tour Team and local ripper Cody Hierons
over 200 beginners headed to the event to check out
the action and take part in the FREE lessons up for
grabs courtesy of the Animal Lesson Academies.
The Animal Big Air Jam opened up Saturday’s competition
with local riders, Callum Wilkin, Cody Hierons, Ryan
Lewis and Alex Spence leading the way and taking the
top spots with a variety of huge backside 540’s
and switch 360’s. Fresh from his Big Air win in
Halifax, Jamie Nicholls continued his top form to take
the men’s under 16’s big air title with
a textbook 720 and cab underflip. In the women’s
competition, Samantha Rogers front-flipped her way into
first place, with Katie Ormerod who was attempting 720’s
in a close second.
The sun finally started to shine as the afternoon’s
Animal Slopestyle Championships got underway with the
top eight male and top four female riders making it
through to the two run final. In the women’s final,
Samantha Rogers linked together a smooth and technical
run to take home first place and the women’s Animal
Slopestyle title. Her choice of tricks included a switch
180 to frontside 360, backside 180 and 50-50 on the
monster 60ft down-flat-down box. Katie Ormerod finished
in second place after an impressive run including a
backside 360, cab 180 and grind on the C-box, whilst
Becca Richardson secured her spot in third place with
a tidy collection of 180’s and 50-50’s on
the rails. In the men’s final, Jamie Nicholls
stomped a technical run which included, a backside 720,
50-50 to 180 out on the rocket rail and a noseslide
to 270 out on the 40ft rail, securing him first place
and his second British Championship Title in as many
weeks. Local Chatham boys Callum Wilkin and Cody Hierons
were charging the course all day, with Callum finishing
in second place after pulling off a huge frontflip nosegrab
on the big kicker and a stylish tailslide to noseslide
on the 60ft box. Cody finished in third place with a
selection of stylish 360 truckdrivers and a solid frontside
boardslide on the 40ft “Animal rail”.
Animal Big Air Jam Results
Women
1st – Samantha Rogers – Bracknell
2nd – Katie Ormerod – Bradford
3rd – Rebecca Richardson – Middlesex
Men’s under 16’s
1st – Jamie Nicholls – Bradford
2nd – Cody Hierons – Chatham
3rd – Ryan Lewis – Chatham
Men’s over 16’s
1st – Callum Wikin – Maidstone
2nd – Josh Law – London
3rd – Alex Spence – Chatham
Animal British Slopestyle Championships Results
Women
1st – Samantha Rogers - Reading
2nd – Katie Ormerod - Bradford
3rd – Rebecca Richardson - Middlesex
Men
1st – Jamie Nicholls - Bradford
2nd – Callum Wilkin – Maidstone
3rd – Cody Hierons – Chatham
Day two of the Animal Slopestyle Championship event
made way for the UK’s top freeskiers, who were
out in force and ready to impress, throwing down switch
spins and inverts in the Big Air Jam. Kelly O’Donnell
perfectly landed a frontflip and 540 to beat off stiff
competition and take first place in the women’s
Jam. In the men’s Big Air Jam, Tyler Harding nailed
a huge backflip to take the under 16’s title,
whilst James Machon’s stylish 720 secured him
top spot in the over 16’s men’s category.
In the Afternoon the highly anticipated Animal Slopestyle
Championships got underway and the standard of skiing
was extremely high. Flips and switch tricks were being
thrown down with the hopes of making it through to the
final. In the women’s final Katie Summerhayes
linked together a fluid and technical run, which included
a 270 off on the top rail, smooth 540 over the kicker
and a grind on the bottom rail to take the women’s
Animal Slopestyle title. Second place went to Kelly
O’Donnell with a technical 270 off on the rail,
whilst Rowan Cheshire claimed third with a selection
of grinds on the rails. In the men’s final it
was a close call for a podium spot, but it was Charlie
Smith who pulled it out of the bag with an impressive
switch grind to 270 out on the top rail, 270 on onto
the kick rail, Lincoln Loop over the kicker and a 270
on onto the bottom 40ft “Animal rail” to
take first place and the 2008 Animal Slopestyle Title.
Chris Mavin finished in second place with a grind to
270 out on the up-rail before lining up to front flip
the middle kicker. Harry Hancock opted for the kicker
line and landed a textbook 720 to take third.
Animal Big Air Jam Results
Women
1st – Kelly O’Donnell - Stoke-on-Trent
2nd – Katie Summerhayes - Sheffield
3rd – Rowan Cheshire - Stoke-on-Trent
Men’s under 16’s
1st – Tyler Harding - Halifax
2nd – Jordan Bailey - Barnsley
3rd – Harry Hancock - Stoke-on-Trent
Men’s over 16’s
1st – James Machon - Sheffield
2nd – Charlie Smith – Stoke-on-Trent
3rd – Chris Mavin – Bracknell
Animal British Slopestyle Championships Results
Women
1st – Katie Summerhayes - Sheffield
2nd – Kelly O’Donnell - Stoke-on-Trent
3rd – Rowan Cheshire - Stoke-on-Trent
Men
1st – Charlie Smith – Stoke-on-Trent
2nd – Chris Mavin – Bracknell
3rd – Harry Hancock - Stoke-on-Trent
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