3rd in the Freeride World Tour Qualifier in Fieberbrunn

I have been doing a few competitions lately on the Freeride World Qualifier Tour, with the goal set on making it back to the Freeride World Tour. I started out pretty well in Flaine, France, where I took a fourth place. The riding went well, but I was upset with myself for choosing a line that was little bit too easy.

After that we headed straight to Engadin (see www.engadinsnow.com for more info).

 

As you can see it was a pretty rocky ride in Engadin (the line I did is marked with red). My run was going really well until I jumped the cliff in the middle of the run and rolled forward. Ended up with a disappointing 10th place.

After Engadin I managed to make it back to Engelberg and ride for one day. Christian Björk came over from Andermatt and we hooked up with Magnus Loo and Adam Widen and had a super fun day of riding. The next day I left for Fieberbrunn with Wille Lindberg and Jana Lindquist, and I was having a good feeling after a really good day of riding.

 And the feeling proved to be right.

 

I´m the happy guy in the yellow suit. 3rd place!

  

Cruising down the mountain in Fieberbrunn 1

Cruising down the mountain in Fieberbrunn 2

The start of the run

 

Wille Lindberg was riding solidly and took a fifth place.

The women had a FWT event. Janette Hargin took second and Ane Enderud first. Scandinavian dominance! Check out www.bigmountain-fieberbrunn.at for more info.

Right now I am on a 7th place on the Freeride World Qualifier Tour (19th on the Freeride World Ranking).  The three best make it to next years FWT, but two of the riders ahead of me are already riding the FWT. So I need to climb two positions to make the FWT. If I make the podium in Nendaz 12-17 march I have a good chance! So stay tuned!