With a plethora of athletes in town to compete in the first stop of this season’s Winter Dew Tour, the Association of Freeskiing Professionals decided it would be a good idea to crown the first official World Champions in an awards ceremony at the Gold Pan in Breckenridge last night.
Freeskier and Coors provided the party atmosphere with bottle service and an endless stream of Coors Light tall boys. Those who didn’t have to compete today threw down, while the athletes were there to collect their much-deserved awards, delivered by Voice Hero Luke Van Valin.
Pretty much every athlete was in attendance, including the AFP Champs Rosalind Groenewoud, Jen Hudak, Tanner Hall, Simon Dumont and Tom Wallisch. Congratulations to all the 08/09 AFP Champions! Here are the official AFP standings for the 2008/2009 season:
Overall Men
Simon Dumont
Overall Women
Rosalind Groenewoud
Big Air
1) PK Hunder
2) Jacob Wester
3) Russ Henshaw
Halfpipe Men
1) Tanner Hall
2) Justin Dorey
3) Simon Dumont
Slopestyle Men
1) Tom Wallisch
2) Henrik Harlaut
3) Sammy Carlson
Halfpipe Women
1) Jen Hudak
2) Sarah Burke
3) Rosalind Groenewoud
Slopestyle Women
1) Kaya Turski
2) Anna Segal
3) Keri Herman
Check out the photo gallery here, and keep checking back for continued Winter Dew Tour coverage.
Freeskier schwaged the local crowd hard with a huge box of goodies provided to us by our friends in the industry. Special thanks to Coors, Armada, Atomic, Hestra, Burgess Custom, Poor Boyz Productions, Nimbus and the guys over at Public Works (fine craftsman who made the AFP trophies) for the support in making a great party here in Breckenridge!
