Bad weather fails to halt the halfpipe action at the Brits

In the worst weather day at the Brits since the contest moved to Laax, the Brits continued with the Sno!Zone Halfpipe Championships today.

Despite heavy snowfall and sporadically high winds, visibility in the pipe (which had been painted almost entirely blue) was good enough for the contest to run.

MC James Thorne had his work cut out keeping the riders motivated in such cold, unpleasant conditions but his string of useless facts and rider-teasing kept every one happy on a pretty miserable day.

In the women’s contest, Olympians Kate Foster and Lesley McKenna were in action alongside newcomers such as Roxy’s new signing Aimee Fuller and other respected riders including Ivy Taylor and Laura Hill.

The guys were going huge all day. Sparrow Knox sparked a jubilant family pile up after his awesome qualifying run whilst riders with three letter names shone all day – shooting seriously high out of the massive pipe. Dom, Dan, Ben, Sam to name four of them. I was wondering how I’d add Angus Leith to this bunch but when one of the photographers shouted ‘Yeah Gus!’ during one of his final runs it became pretty clear he could safely join the three letter rider gang too.

Prize-giving takes place tonight – once we’ve all dried and thawed out!