The weather was grey and foggy preventing the final being run on Knife's Edge, but that didn't stop the field of 11 girls and 17 guys sending it and skiing full tilt. The judges positioned themselves on the venue and had an up close and personal view of the action.

The girls dropped in first in a tight battle for all podium positions. Sonja Lercher put her case forward right off the top, but Snaggle Tooth lower down ended her plight. Leah met a similar fate skiing to win when the tooth hooked her up too. Crystal Rose Lee skied strong and solid to step into third while Karolina Ekman just edged Crystal Rose out. The stand out female competitor though was Crystal Wright, skiing fast, fluid and clean to make it look easy.

Originally a pool of 36 girls, the womens competition was the strongest it has ever been and Crystal Wright took home a $2500 cheque thanks to the big turnout by the girls and the growing stature of this comp bringing more sponsors dollars.

The mens was a scrimmage, with every competitor skiing to win and all of them capable. Dave Treadway threw down the the highest line score of the comp, dropping a straight line from the top and almost coming unstuck. Richard Small skied another solid line but despite Alex Blais missing a feature at the bottom, and Matthieu Gagnon Theriault crashing, it wasn't enough to podium.

When it was all said and done, Matthieu took third, while the teen gang of Luke Nelson and Dane Tudor claimed the top 2 spots. Luke, a dark horse in his first senior freeski comp was smack in the middle of the judges radar and put his name on the map.

The whole week though was the Dane Tudor Show. Leading from Day 1, he had a 10 point buffer going into the final, but rather than ski a safe, easy line, he stepped up to the plate and skied a rowdy line to leave no doubt about whose title this one was. At 18, skiing in soft jib boots, but railing Roberts like a GS course, he looked as though he couldn't do a thing wrong. The kid has so much confidence in his skiing, but has humility to compliment his skills and his future looks white hot.

The party was rowdier than the 3 days skiing put together and left some sore heads to ski the 20cms of fresh on Sunday.

Another awesome comp put on by Red Mountain Resort, with title sponsor Ledcor, and Australian Wool Innovation, SPL, Teckcominco and the athletes themselves.

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Womens Final Results
1 185 Wright Crystal Wilson Jackson Hole 79.9
2 265 Ekman Karolina Gothenburg 77
3 168 Lee Crystal-Rose Whistler 76.5
4 169 Lercher Sonja Pemberton 74.7
5 268 Kuzma Janina Fernie 72.3
6 163 Hunt Phillipa SLC/Crested Butte 69.7
7 152 Carmichael Dana Squamish 69.2
8 156 Eriksson Rebecka Sweden 69.1
9 157 Evans Leah Rossland 68.2
10 179 Stroshin Kasie Whistler 67.8
11 155 Edwall Carolina Sweden 50.4

Mens Final Results
1 257 Tudor Dane Rossland 113.5
2 237 Nelson Luke Fernie 99.8
3 203 Gagnon Theriault Mathieu Whistler 99.2
4 190 Blais Alex Pemberton 97.4
5 236 Small Richard Fernie/ Whitewater 90.7
6 262 Young Eric Nth Vancouver 89.6
7 207 Haggard Darrell Frisco 88.6
8 256 Treadway Dave Golden 87.8
9 165 Lee Elijah Mt Baker 85.3
10 238 Oliver Carston Salt Lake City 84.5
11 272 Hopkins Mike Rossland 83.44
12 208 Harker Jeff Lethbridge 82.8
13 187 Banker Ryan Frisco 80.8
14 188 Beatson Colston Rossland 80.4
15 212 Janzen Ross Fernie 76.12
16 247 Schmidt Aaron Fernie 75.7
17 250 Spurgeon Gord Calgary 60