Big White hosting Freeride Days; inaugural event ends Sunday

Scores of mountain bikers have gathered at Big White near Kelowna for Freeride Days.

The inaugural, four-day event started Thursday and wraps up Sunday.

The competition includes slopestyle events, best trick, a kids race and air downhill.

Thursday’s lone event was the bronze open slopestyle. Liam Wallace took first with a two-run total score of 91.00. Placing second was Soren Farenholtz at 89.33, with Liam Baylis in third at 85.66.

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Placing sixth at 80.66 was Jackson Goldstone, who is the first alternate for Saturday’s gold invitational slopestyle event.

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Friday’s events included women’s slopestyle and best trick, with Saturday’s schedule featuring the gold invitational slopestyle, the kids race and a whip-off. Sunday’s lone event is the air downhill.

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