Silver Belt Finalists Announced After Heavy Qualifiers Round at Sugar Bowl

Featured Picture: Jake Burchmore

The Qualifier spherical of The 2025 Silver Belt comp at Sugar Bowl Resort was a huck fest for the ages. On scene with cameras in hand, the FREESKIER crew watched as over 100 skiers and boarders took to the world to showcase their greatest line and impress their friends.

We noticed extra doubles than we will rely, cork 7s, hand drags, straight strains and extra. It was merely a murals. Sugar Bowl noticed an unimaginable storm to start out the week, so the rivals have been handled to idyllic delicate circumstances. Whereas each rider put down terrific runs, we have been completely impressed with the younger weapons on track.

14-year-old Jasper Rodgers and Bodie Hilleke each took to the skies and stomped dub backflips off one of many bigger options, Pyramid Rock. Tahoe native Abby Winterberger put down a cork 7 as the gang lit up. And we’d be remiss with out mentioning Oskar Roner, who had a hell of a line and practically put a dub flat to his toes. We might go on, but it surely’s secure to say the way forward for freeride is in good fingers.

A couple of of our favourite highlights included Reid Litwiller taking a singular entrance from the far skier’s proper, Rob Ruud and Keva Kelly lacing the cork 7’s of the millennium, and Mac Winterberger placing down a dub flat spin on the final soar of the course.

Sadly, there’s solely room for therefore many within the finals. The athletes scored each other and, after 16 heats of athletes, our finals roster was locked and loaded.

Try the FULL checklist of finalists and photograph gallery from Qualifiers beneath

and test again to FREESKIER.com after the occasion to vote in your favourite line from Finals.