Local Skiier Wins Silver Medal at Tyrol Basin
The Midwest Shreds At Tyrol Basin
The Gatorade Winter Free Flow Tour charged to Wisconsin this weekend to see what the Midwest shredders are throwing down these days. We had athletes come in from Minnesota, Michigan, Illinois, and Colorado to shred with the local Wisconsin rippers and compete for the chance at a spot in the Gatorade Free Flow Finals.
The 21 and under skiers started the Slopestyle contest off on Saturday making it obvious that the Midwest is full of rippers. Michael Wilhelm was one of many Vail Ski Club shredders to fly in to Wisconsin to compete in their second Free Flow contest in that many weeks. Michael tied for 4th with local Tyrol ripper Alec Nelson. 12 year old Willie Borm made the decision to forgo the Junior Jam division and compete in the open division for his shot at the trip to Mt Snow. It was sick to see Willie make that decision to push his skiing and compete with the older guys, he ended up in third place with his big left 7’s. 16 year old Tyler Wellman from Boyne City, MI took second place with a big switch corked 5. Austin Torvinen came down from Spirit Mountain in MN to put down a super clean run that included a corked left 9 to take the win and earn his Gatorade bottle trophy
The open division snowboarders were up next and did not disappoint. Oliver Larsen and Gabe Anderson took the 5th and 4th places respectively. 15 year old Kyle Kelley from Raging Buffalo in Lake in the Hills, IL took third place. Wisconsin shredder Scott Moline placed second with a sick front 3 shifty. Chaz Roberts made the long trip from Vail to Tyrol well worth it by taking the win in the Snowboard Slopestyle division. Chaz put down a switch back 5 to front 7 then proceeded to slay the rail section with confidence to win the trip to Mt Snow.
It was awesome to see the ladies ripping Tyrol’s park. Ally Goebel and Kendall Elliot took 2nd and 3rd respectively. Makayla Meixner landed a front 3 and cleaned the rainbow box to place in a contest for the first time! We will be seeing Makayla in VT as she took the win
Cass Sheridan came in from Vail after winning last week to take back to back Junior Jam wins. Ethan Kondo and Jake Rath followed Cass with the second and third places. Davis Elm from Green Bay, WI took the Junior Jam snowboard win with Ethan Rau and Troy Johnson finished second and third.
Tyler Wellman, from Boyne City, Michigan, stands on the left in this picture taken at the Wisconsin Gatorade Tour at Tyrol Basin. Young Tyler made his hometown proud when he won a silver medal.
