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Andy Bennett jumped to new heights this weekend in the opening World
Cup Halfpipe event in Saas Fee, Switzerland. Andy has a long list
of trophies from British, European and American Big Air events but
he took on the world's best in the first ever FIS ski halfpipe and
shot to 16th place out of almost 60 entries.
Tricky talent
A member of the newly formed British New School Development Team,
Andy starred in the latest Warren Smith film 'Snows in the House
II' and is sponsored by Line and North Face.
'I decided to go high
and almost made it to the final ten as I was only 1 point off' reported
Andy. 'I was 18th in the first round but managed to pull off a few
more complex tricks in my second run. The top guys are doing crazy
jumps, really difficult, but with a bit more training I can be there
too.'
Champion injured
Andy's team-mate Tom Last was not so lucky. The British Big Air
Champion, injured his knee in training but hopes to be back for
the next event in Tignes in December.
British Freestyle Team Manager Simon Ashton has been overseeing
the team's development. 'This is the result we knew the team could
pull off and marks the start of a new phase in British Freestyle
skiing'. The team have just signed a sponsorship with new airline
Duo.
Results
1 - Mathias Wecsteen - FRA - 82.2
2 - Vincent Estorc - FRA - 80.0
3 - Amaud Rougier - FRA - 80.0
16 - Andy Bennett - GBR - 61.4
[Photo by Colin Shepherd]
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