Issue 1,230
Local News for Local Communities
Friday 24th April 2026
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LOCAL SKIER WINS JUNIOR WORLD FREERIDE CHAMPS Local Springfield skier, Hamish Henderson (18) has just returned home from a successful season competing in Europe. In January, Hamish was crowned the Junior World Freeride Champion after an exceptional performance in Kappl, Austria, winning the Men’s Ski event. His winning run began with a big 360 jump, followed by the first cleanly landed 720, and then successfully landing a big cliff, which caught out many riders. Hamish delivered a run five points ahead of the nearest competitor, leaving the commentators in awe. “We are speechless” they said and went on to describe his winning run as a “Kiwi performance at its finest”. Each competitor had just one run to showcase their skills on the ungroomed mountain face – made up of steep gradients, technical terrain and cliff drops. The overall quality of the run is scored on line choice, fluidity, technique, control, and execution of airs and tricks off natural features. Competitors don’t get to practise their run. Line choice is based purely on visually scoping the venue from a distance beyond the venue boundary, as the venue is out of bounds before competition day.
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Hamish performing a backflip in the final FWT Challenger competition at La Sauze, France.
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