The Banked is Back!


After a few years of overcast conditions, the NZ Snowboarder magazine Banked Slalom finally ran in clear viz through ‘Shooter’ or 3rd Pipe in the Treble Cone Saddle on Friday the 27th, with a huge thanks to Colin Boyd, Ryan Bluett and past champ Niels Ypelaar for setting a mean as course.

60 keen riders took it on, all agreeing it was one of the best ever, big name entrants included past champs Rebecca Sinclair, Abby Lockhart, Will Jackways and Niels Ypelaar… and past  French Boarder Cross champion Antoine Blaizeau who eventually blitzed the field to take the Men’s crown…There was some debate over his winning time, but footage of his first run revealed a fall mid course…and even with that time, he beat Will Harris and Will Jackways into 2nd and 3rd respectively by around 2 seconds… His second run was off the scale at just over 50 seconds…SACRE BLEU!

In the women’s, it was once again Rebecca Sinclair who was in the money, showing her shred skills are definitely not limited to halfpipe and second place went to top contender Abby Lockhart. Long time local competitor Nick ‘Jobber’s Jobling put in a scorcher to secure the Masters over 35 crown and a shout has to go out to Kazu and the Japanese contingent, who traveled 27 hours from Tokyo to Wanaka, arriving at 11.00pm the night before…. huge effort, with 16 year old Yuki Kadano taking out the fastest junior time…


This comp was all about good times and that’s what went down. Everyone walked away with smiles…

The after party at MINT BAR saw lucky Englishman Will Hughes score the Capita Stairmaster 156 major spot prize and Niels Ypelaar lucked the free heli day from Harris Mountains..YEAH BOY!…..As the mega load of tees, sweatshirts and beanies got tossed, the free keg got drained and ILLFIGZ and NILESC spun the beats well in to the wee hours…cheers lads!

Big thanks to our sponsors CAPITA, UNION, NIXON, VZ, HARRIS MOUNTAINS HELI, POWERADE, MINT BAR, HUFFER, AND TREBLE CONE…see you all next year!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Open

Mens

 

NUMBER

FIRST NAME LAST NAME ORIGIN CLASS M/F RUN 1 RUN 2 BEST RANK

40

Antoine Blaizeau France Open M 1.07.176 0.50.676 0.50.676

1

23

Will Harris Wanaka Open M 1.09.027 1.08.385 1.08.385

2

61

Will Jackways Wanaka Open M 1.09.969 1.08.816 1.08.816

3

43

Tom Willmott Wanaka Open M 1.08.819 1.10.043 1.08.819

4

6

Colin Boyd USA Open M 1.09.44 1.09.203 1.09.203

5

9

Niels Ypelaar Christchurch Open M 1.18.793 1.11.558 1.11.558

6

38

Ben Holbrook Wanaka Open M 1.14.377 1.14.382 1.14.377

7

45

Luke Gane Wanaka OPen M 1.19.472 1.14.988 1.14.988

8

33

Yuki Kadano Japan Open M 16 years DSQ 1.15.502 1.15.502

9

30

Nick Walker Wanaka Open M 1.16.212 1.16.212

10

10

Ryan Bluett Christchurch Open M 1.22.518 1.17.383 1.17.383

11

32

Chris Rodgers Wanaka open M DSQ 1.17.894 1.17.894

12

56

Andrew White Wellington Open M 1.20.072 1.18.029 1.18.029

13

46

Rusty Downham Wanaka Open M 1.18.792 1.18.066 1.18.066

14

34

Yuta Kiyohara Japan Open M 1.19.039 1.25.773 1.19.039

15

52

Ross Whitelaw Wanaka Open M 1.20.217 DSQ 1.20.217

16

12

Seb Judge Auckland Open M 14 years 1.22.034 1.20.258 1.20.258

17

1

Tom Akass Scotland Open M 1.22.306 1.20.414 1.20.414

18

37

Alex Nimmo Wanaka Open M 1.21.243 1.26.282 1.21.243

19

50

Mike Handford England Open M 1.24.573 1.22.447 1.22.447

20

26

Chris Green Wanaka Open M 1.22.883 1.24.375 1.22.883

21

20

Bjorn Aeschlimann Switzerland Open M 1.24.012 1.25.609 1.24.012

22

4

Scott Duganzich Lower Hutt Open M 1.33.648 1.25.789 1.25.789

23

13

Freeman Andrews Tauranga Open M 14 years 1.32.804 1.28.540 1.28.540

24

18

Clayton Bishop USA Open M 17 years 1.29.864 1.32.349 1.29.864

25

55

Matt White Wanaka Open M 1.33.108 1.33.108

26

16

Mitchell Davern Auckland Open M 10 years 1.34.275 1.38.699 1.34.275

27

19

Chase Bishop USA Open M 15 years 1.34.437 1.37.802 1.34.437

28

7

Brodie Vagg Australia Open M 1.39.231 1.44.026 1.39.231

29

3

Gary Todd Cromwell Open M 1.42.276 1.42.276

30

39

Cole McIntyre Wanaka Open M 12 years 1.54.694 1.54.694

31

25

Liam Whiley Auckland open M

14

1.54.998 2.12.837 1.54.998

32

15

Lachlan Blackmore Wanaka Open M 10 years 2.38.499 1.58.006 1.58.006

33

36

Andrew Thompson Christchurch Open M 2.05.183 DSQ 2.05.183

34

11

Richie Johnston Wanaka Open M DSQ

14

Mike ramirez USA Open M

24

Joss McAlpin Australia Open M 17 years

27

Byron Raubenheimer Wanaka Open M

28

Regan Attwood Wanaka Open M

31

Kevin Clark Scotland Open M

51

Greg Buckley Wanaka Open M

59

Connor Clarke-Tinson Brisbane
Masters

 

NUMBER

FIRST NAME LAST NAME ORIGIN CLASS M/F RUN 1 RUN 2 BEST RANK

54

NIck Jobling Wanaka Masters M 1.15.284 1.15.001 1.15.001

1

49

Will Hughes England Masters M 1.22.333 1.20.948 1.20.948

2

48

Reon Moreland Wanaka Masters M 1.23.539 1.23.539

3

44

Carl Gerrard Wanaka Masters M 1.36.549 1.24.244 1.24.244

4

8

Brian Fox Dunedin Masters M 1.25.721 1.40.548 1.25.721

5

5

Ryan Commane Lower Hutt Masters M 1.35.471 1.51.416 1.35.471

6

2

Dick Schulze USA Masters M 2.39.423 2.59.230 2.39.423

7

 

FEMALE RESULTS

 

NUMBER FIRST NAME LAST NAME ORIGIN CLASS M/F RUN 1 RUN 2 BEST RANK

41

Rebecca Sinclair Wanaka Open F 1.15.804 DSQ 1.15.804

1

60

Abby Lockhart Wanaka OPen F 1.22.962 DSQ 1.22.962

2

35

Risa Nakashima Japan Open F 1.26.893 1.43.150 1.26.893

3

53

Liz Glazier Canada Open F 1.28.310 1.28.092 1.28.092

4

17

Alex Fitch Australia Open F 17 years 1.31.894 1.31.026 1.31.026

5

21

Corrah Phillips Wanaka Open F 15 years 2.08.794 1.48.420 1.48.420

6

22

Lucy Hayse Wanaka Open F 13 years 2.05.196 1.54.074 1.54.074

7

57

Ruby Edgerton Dunedin Open F DSQ 2.17.832 2.17.832

8

47

Chelsey Wilson USA Open F DSQ 2.35.361 2.35.361

9

58

Tara McKenty Auckland Open F
NUMBER FIRST NAME LAST NAME ORIGIN CLASS M/F RUN 1 RUN 2 BEST RANK

29

Sam Hudson Wanaka Masters F 1.29.868 DNF 1.29.868

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