The Park City, UT stop of the 2022 Futures Tour was plagued with cold temps but that didn't stop USASA freeskiers and snowboarders from throwing down some of the most heated runs of the year. In Park City Mountain Resort's legendary Three Kings Park, Futures Tour stop number one silver medalist Bode Raffa took top honors. Raffa who beat out 90 other freeskiers won by nearly 6 points over fellow Southern Vermont Series skier Connor Garber and local Big Mountain West skier Colby Johnson.
Eleanor Andrews, Isabel Parada, and Piper Arnold went one, two three in women’s freeski slopestyle, topping a field of 20 women. On the snowboard side, Upper Midwest Snow Series rider Rebbeca Fly continued her winning streak taking home her second Futures Tour gold in women’s snowboard slopestyle, besting Central Oregon Series' Aida Brown and local Big Mountain West rider Chelsee Kelley.
Snowboard men took to the course on the final day of competition with Rocky Mountain Series' Caleb Dhawornvej besting LJ Henriquez from the Mid-Atlantic Series and local Big Mountain West rider Gavin Berghorn. The Southern Vermont Series dominated the snowboard halfpipe men's competition with Sumner Orr putting down two progressive runs to finish ahead of fellow SVS rider and Okemeo local Tommy Okesson. Rocky Mountain Series Luke Leal nabbed third. On the women's side, 2017 USASA National Halfpipe Champion, Kinsley White from The Unbound Series beat out Amelie Haskell from the North Tahoe Series, and Big Mountain West rider Chelsee Kelley snagged her second bronze of the weekend.
On the freeski side, Pipe Arnold who earned bronze in women's slopestyle took home the win in halfpipe, beating our Idaho Mountain Freeride series rider Nikita Rubocki and Big Mountain West rider Kaitlyn Reital. Men wowed the crowd with large airs impressive spins, most notably from Big Mountain West skier Cael McCarthy who took the win over Central Oregon Series' Kellen Larson and Southern Vermont Series skier Liam Brogden.
The Futures Tour heads east this week for the first Snowboard and Ski Cross event of the tour at Gore Mountain, NY February 11th. Winterstick Snowboards, the presenting partner of the Alpine and SBX/SX Tour will be hosting a demo day on site. Be sure to stop by and demo one of their handcrafted Maine-made snowboards.
THE FUTURES TOUR PARK CITY PODIUM
SNOWBOARD SLOPESTYLE:
MEN:
Caleb Dhawornvej (Rocky Mountain Series), LJ Henriquez (Mid-Atlantic Series), Gavin Berghorn (Big Mountain West Series)
WOMEN:
Rebecca Flynn (Upper Midwest Snow), Aida Brown (Central Oregon Series), Chelsee Kelley (Big Mountain West Series),
SNOWBOARD HALFPIPE:
MEN:
Sumner Orr (Southern Vermont Series) , Tommy Okesson (Southern Vermont Series), Luke Leal (Rocky Mountain Series)
WOMEN:
Kinsley White (Unbound Series), Amelia Haskell (North Tahoe Series), Chelsee Kelley (Big Mountain West Series)
FREESKI SLOPESTYLE
MEN:
Bode Raffa (Southern Vermont Series), Connor Garber (Southern Vermont Series), Colby Johnson (Big Mountain West Series)
WOMEN:
Eleanor Andrews (Southern Vermont Series), Isabel Parada (Big Mountain West Series), Piper Arnold (South Tahoe Series)
FREESKI HALFPIPE
MEN:
Cael McCarthy (Big Mountain West), Kellen Larson (Central Oregon Series), Liam Brogdeni (Southern Vermont Series)
WOMEN:
Piper Arnold (South Tahoe Series), Nikita Rubocki (Big Mountain West Series), Kaitlyn Reital (Big Mountain West Series)
FULL FUTURES TOUR RESULTS