Yesterday’s Winning FWT Run Was Wild

Kristoffer Turdell’s winning run at yesterday’s FWT event was just wild. After a few days of weather hold, the venue opened early Wednesday morning with a few inches of fresh snow, making conditions just about perfect. Turdell was one of the first skiers down the face, so he was able to link huge cliff drops into nearly virgin snow, making it all look way too easy.

The competition turned pretty rowdy, with several riders going down hard. According to an update on the FWT facebook page this morning, skiers Bene Mayr and Ivan Malakhov were released from the hospital and are recovering at home, Jeremie Heitz has a knee injury, Mark Mikos broke an ankle, and Dennis Risvoll has a broken hand and fractured vertebrae and will require a lengthy hospital stay. Healing vibes to all the competitors!