THE MILE HIGH 2012 - Event Day 1 Recap and Gallery

28th of August 2012

Robbie Walker is no stranger to big jumps, he managed to finish up in 4th spot after Day 1 of competition, switch backside 900 Image:: Alex Roberts

The Mile High | Day 1 Recap

The Mile High By Carlton Dry kicked off yesterday in Thredbo, NSW, Australia.

UPDATE: Strong winds unfortunately stopped the event from continuing as planned, as a result all rider standings from Day 1 became the final results.

The World Snowboard Tour Pro Slopestyle event had a great start in its first ever event with perfect conditions and an amazing course. All riders were stoked with the set up.

"The second longest jump line I have ridden in my whole life and the only event with more jumps was Euro X Games 2009. X Games and then Australia so this is very special". Silvia Mittlemuller (GER) - Women's Day 1 winner.

Maxence Parrot, won best trick with a backside 1260 double cork. Image:: Alex Roberts

The stand out of the day's riding was Tor Lundstrom (SWE) who had run after run of clean and high scoring runs. Tor is currently sitting on top of the leader board with only one more day of competition to go. Tor's major standouts were his miller flips over the bin gap and his backside 10 double cork into a front 10.

Winner of the Carlton Dry 30 (30 min best trick comp) was Maxence Parrot from Quebec, Canada who threw down all day but shut the Carlton Dry 30 in under 5 min with a perfect back double cork 1260.

"My first time in Australia and I have not seen any kangaroos yet! I The competition was really good, the level of riding was really high and we all had some good times out there" said Maxence.

Jess Rich was shredding hard all day, backside 7 tail Image:: Alex Roberts

Winner of the women's slopestyle day 1 was Silvia Mittlemuller from Germany and the winner of the women's Carlton Dry 30 (best trick) went to Courtney Phillipson from Australia with a backside 5.

Top 5 placers are:

1st Tor Lundstrom (SWE)
2nd Ben Comber (NZ)
3rd Max Parrot (CAN)
4th Robbie Walker (AUS)
5th Jye Kearney (AUS)

And in the women's:

1st Silvia Mittermuller (GER)
2nd Biba Turnbull (AUS)
3rd Katie Blundell (AUS)
4th Jess Rich (AUS)
5th Courtney Phillipson (AUS)