The winners of the World Heli Challenge were announced last week. The event which is held in Wanaka, New Zealand is a competition featuring a handful of the top athletes from around the world. The goal is to find out who is the best "all around" rider by combining their freeride and freestyle skills.
To showcase their overall talents the event is broken up into two days; an Extreme Day and a Freestyle Day. The Extreme Day has athletes riding big steep mountains and dropping cliffs. The object is to see how good a rider can "flash" it down the course riding hard, fast, in control and utilizing the features of the mountain. The Freestyle Day is used to showcase the athlete's acrobatic and aerial skills. Riders take what they have learned in the resorts and apply it to the back country. The scores from each day are added to determine the best all around rider.
This years winners in the ski division were New Zealanders Sam Smoothy and Janina Kuzma. Among the snowboarders, Australian Benny Bright took top honors in the men's division and New Zealander Abby Lockhart won the women's event.
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