Big congrats go out to Elyse Saugstad, who took home first on day one of the Tram Face comp. Elyse slayed the beast (actually Silverado) with the best of them.

Here's what Elyse has to say about stop number two of the Freeride World Tour:

"I would like to update you on how the Freeride World Tour in Squaw Valley is going. Earlier in the week Squaw was unfortunate enough to receive a bit of rain, which completely ruined the Tram Face that we were to compete on. The only way we were (are) going to compete on the infamous face is to receive at least another foot of snow. Since yesterday was forecasted as the only possible blue day during our event's waiting period, the organizers acted quickly and decided to take advantage of the situation and moved the event to an area at Squaw called Silverado. With sunny skies and and a few inches of Sierra butter on an already smooth face, the event went off with a bang. The men went first and holy cow did we some amazing skiing and snowboarding go down. The women were to follow the men, and as I had drawn first for the females in the bib draw I felt the need to continue the superb level of skiing and show that the women are able to keep up with the men. My run was fast, smooth, and had 3 nice sized airs throughout. My run was so much fun, I was completely stoked when I came through the finish! It wouldn't have even mattered where I finished in the placings, runs like that are what we live for.

Wonderfully I ended up in 1st place, and with a bit of a lead in the points I have a nice cushion going into the Tram Face. As the situation lies now, we are expecting a storm in the next fews and are hoping to receive enough snow that the Tram Face will become possible to ride. We will wait out the rest of our waiting period, which lasts until March 5th, and hopefully get to ride what I have been staring at and dreaming about for the past few years."

Here's what the tour has to say about her run:

"The women truly impressed the spectators present at the bottom of the face, especially the Freeride World Champion 2008, Elyse Saugstad. She won the women’s ski competition hands down with a fast run that could have competed with the men."

And here's what you're all waiting for anyway, the video. Elyse's run is at 5:05

Labels: Elyse Saugstad, Freeride World Tour, silverado, Squaw Valley, tram face

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