Big Air is one of three disciplines included in PPOS 2016 in addition to halfpipe and slopestyle.
There is still time to get involved with the competition by voting for your favorite videos on thenorthfaceppos.com.
The voting and viewing window for slopestyle is open to the public until Thursday, March 10.
Every vote counts towards the selection of finalists and the Viewer’s Choice award.
“Big Air is a new category for PPOS this year.
“The content ranged from straight air jumps to triple corks.
PPOS allows people who otherwise wouldn’t participate in contests, an opportunity to show their skills.”
Competitors submitted footage of two big air tricks, one showcasing their style and one demonstrating their technical ability.
The public had one week to view and vote on the videos.
The judges met in Salt Lake City to analyze athlete submissions on an overall impression score of 100.
“Beaulieu-Marchand was pretty much perfect.
His clip was what we were looking for.
The perfect style tricka double seven bluntcombined with a massive switch triple.
He was one of the cleaner ones to throw down a triple.”
“I think she had the best trick, it was sick!”
The men’s open/pro category followed the technical and stylish trick requirements closely.
The competition was fierce with less than two points separating the top three finishers.
John Brown, second place finisher in the men’s open/pro category executed an impressive switch seven.
“His style was unique, unlike anything I have seen.
He landed a perfect double 12 blunt,” said Khai Krepela, PPOS judge and freeski athlete.
Sammy Schuiling of Vail Mountain finished first in the men’s amateur category.
“Not many amateur level competitors are showing such solid edge control and air awareness.
To combine both of those really set her apart.”
The juniors category gives up-and-coming talent, ages 14 and under, an outlet to showcase their abilities.
Complete results are available onlineHERE.
All competition video submissions can still be viewed on thenorthfaceppos.com
