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 The
Jon Olsson Invitational proved to be one of the largest and most
successful skier Big Air comps in recent years.
Almost 5000 persons came to see the 16 invited top riders in Are
this weekend, showing off massive airs and technical tricks.
The riders did their best to impress the judges and the audience
and the level was sky high when riders as TJ Schiller, Derek Spong,
Josh Bibby and Jon Olsson himself made high and clean jumps as switch
1080´s, inverted 900´s and rodeos.
Josh Bibby 720 mutegrab |
Young Norwegian Espen Linderud |
Grete Eliasen, 360 mutegrab |
Olsson both designed
and shaped the course with two gigantic Big Airs and a wall ride,
spending nights preparing the jumps to perfection.
In the qualifiers riders were given two runs each from which top
eight qualified to the head-to-head rounds. In the semi-finals,
TJ Schiller v. Jon Olsson and Jacob Wester against Josh Bibby battling
for the gold. Jon ended fourth, TJ took third place.
Wester and Bibby were given three jumps in the final and they gave
the judges a hard time! But as Wester crashed in his last run Bibby
won the competition and US$10,000
The world's top female new school riders Sarah Burke,
Michelle Parker and Grete Eliasson performed a great session in
the evening, proving with their huge airs that they are not far
behind the guys. Grete Eliasson did the most impressive runs and
won a diamond ring.
Results: Jon Olsson Invitational 2005, Åre
Sweden
1. Josh Bibby, Canada
2. Jacob Wester, Sweden
3. TJ Schiller, Canada
4. Jon Olsson, Sweden
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