Ana Hankevich 1st @ Kanin Freeride Battle
Tuesday, March 8th, 2011Two days of competition under blue skies and exciting runs by a strong field of riders are what 6th edition of Slovenia’s freeride event will be remembered for.
Saturday’s final run of 50 riders concludes Freeride Battle, a two day ski and snowboard freeride competion held on Mt. Kanin in western Slovenia, a Freeride World Qualifier two star event.
The winners are Ana Khankhevic (AMPLID) of Russia women’s ski, Austrian Manuela Mandl in women’s snowboard, German freeride rookie Dominik Hartl in men’s ski and Slovenia’s own Matevž Maček in men’s snowboard categories.
It was only in fourth edition of the Battle on Kanin (the event has been held on another mountain twice before moving here) that this competition was lucky enough with the weather (more…)