As we already mentioned in a previous post our freerider Jonathan “Douds” Charlet snatched away the 2nd place at this year’s Freeride World Tour first stop in Revelstroke, Canada. The second stop was in Chamonix, Douds his local town. We still don’t know whether it was the cheering of all his friends and family or the Imperium snowboard under his feet, but he killed the mountain and stole first place.
This is what the official FWT site had to say of his local conquest:
Rock solid in Revelstoke, Douds was again on the top of his game taking a creative line on the extreme lookers right of the face. He was smooth and clean throughout, a textbook Freeride lesson for any youngsters with world tour ambitions. ”It’s great to win at home in Chamonix-Mont-Blanc. I threw a front side 360 at the top and dropped four cliffs overall. I tried to stay fast and clean and I think I achieved that.”
The third stop of the FWT was held in Courmayeur-Mont-Blanc. This is one of the best freeride spots in Europe with awesome steep passages, vertical drops and perfect views from all angles. In other words, perfect terrain for Douds! Flying and turing his way through the rocks and cliffs he again cruised into 2nd place. This also puts him in second place in the overall ranking.
Here’s a little secret… He’s riding the follow-up of this year’s Montana, how good is that one going to be? We believe that the results speak for themselves. Hopefully this winning combination can keep performing like this in the upcoming FWT stops in Roeldal, Fieberbrunn and finally the closing event in Verbier, Switzerland.
Congrats Douds!!!
1st stop: Revelstoke
2nd stop: Chamonix-Mont-Blanc
3th stop: Courmayeur-Mont-Blanc
Pictures: http://freerideworldtour.com/