It was a nice early start of the season for a pair of Sea to Sky residents at the Dew Tour Mountain Championships in Breckenridge, CO. this past weekend.
麻豆社国产residents Mike Riddle and Roz Groenewoud competed at the tenth annual event, which features men and women competing in both snowboard and freeski events.
Riddle, who won silver at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics in the Freestyle skiing halfpipe, placed sixth in Friday鈥檚 (Dec. 12) freeski superpipe semifinal with a top score of 86.75 to advance to Saturday鈥檚 (Dec. 13) final.
He finished ninth on Saturday with a top score of 80.
For Groenewoud, a berth in the women鈥檚 freeski superpipe final proved to be an early birthday present. She placed eighth in the semi-final with a score of 64 on Dec. 10 but then made her birthday a happy one later that day by scoring a 73 in the last chance qualifier round to advance to the finals.
She finished sixth with a top score of 75.5 on Friday鈥檚 final round.
Stay tuned to The 麻豆社国产 for continued coverage of local winter athletes.
