The World Heli Challenge
The World Heli Challenge
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The World Heli Challenge, the
most exotic free ride and free ski event on the planet,
debuts onto the international snow sports calendar this
year.
Wanaka, New Zealand will play host to this
legendary event, coming back on the scene due to the immense
support from global media and already athletes are knocking
down the door to claim their spot.
The World Heli
Challenge consists of 3 days of helicopter-accessed
competition, staged over a two-week period to allow for
perfect weather conditions. Athletes vie for top honours in
Extreme, Free Ride and Downhill events and the coveted
overall World Heli Challenge Champion.
“The World Heli
Challenge offers the athletes the best conditions of which
to ultimately test their all round ability as a snow
athlete. The unrivalled camaraderie among athletes, the two
weeks of continuous adrenaline activities that the Wanaka
region is renowned for and the incredible helicopter skills
of Harvey Hutton and the Back Country Helicopter pilots make
this event quite simply one of a kind” event organiser
Tony Harrington exclaims.
The event has secured
substantial global media distribution across the platforms
of TV, print and online media.
The are only 50 spots
available for athletes, divided into 18 male snowboarders,
18 male skiers, 7 female boarders and 7 female
skiers.
Some of the named athletes to take part in the
World Heli Challenge include:
Matthew Annetts, Jackson
Hole: Overall title winner of the 2009 North Face Masters
Janina Kuzma: Ski winner of the Engadine Snow in St
Moritz
Maria Kuzma: 3rd in the Engadine and 5th in the
World Tour Finals in Verbier, Switzerland
Ralph
Backstrom: 4th place overall North Face Masters World
Tour
Rachel Sheidow: 2 x Dicks Ditch J.H. winner and
former 3rd Alyeska Extremes, Alaska
Chris Davenport:
“The World Heli Challenge is my favourite competition on
earth. No other ski or snowboard event combines freestyle,
extreme and psycho downhill skills like the Heli Challenge."
2 x World Champion and inaugural World Heli Challenge
Champion.
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ENDS