Streetstyle as an event is unique in itself with a course emulating the nature of the urban environment, such as handrails, electrical boxes, and even offering a dumpster feature in this year’s setup. It’s an accessible area for the public to watch at the base area and is one of the best shows the Dew Tour has to offer.
This year, Dew Tour added a women’s category to Streetstyle, which is a huge step for not just the girls competing, but for skiing as a whole. Giving girls who don’t typically ride in the contest scene the opportunity to showcase their skiing at an event like Dew Tour is a great way to shed light on a wildly underrepresented facet of freeskiing. Urban skiing in itself is a niche, and with more girls breaking into the scene with banger video parts and focusing on filming, the addition of a ladies category is entirely warranted.
The stoke was high as crowds gathered along the fencing, with copious amounts of cheers erupting from the audience, which included plenty of young girls looking up to the ladies throwing down.
Some of the best rail skiers in the game stepped up to the plate for Streetstyle this year. Seasoned contest riders like Mathilde Gremaud and Johanna Killi competed in a jam format alongside style queens like Taylor Lundquist and up and comer Mckenna Brown. The judges were looking for the overall top three, as well as who would throw down the best trick.
All of the girls absolutely crushed it, but some action that stood out included a left 2 disaster on the down flat down by Taylor Lundquist, a backslide over the jersey barrier by Mathilde Gremaud, and a steezy stall on the electrical box by Brooke Potter, a Summit County local and no stranger to street skiing. Creativity was rewarded, and the best trick award went to Johanna Killi for her front swap transfer over the closeout to a pretzel 2 out, a trick that was not only executed well but one that has a higher risk factor than some of the other approaches on that feature. Johanna also took the first place spot for her consistent hammers, with Mathilde Gremaud in second and Taylor Lundquist taking third.
“It’s nice to mix contest riders with street and style riders, and to include people who aren’t necessarily savvy in contests,” said Taylor Lundquist.
Full Results:
1st – Johanne Killi
2nd – Mathilde Gremaud
3rd – Taylor Lundquist
Best Trick – Johanne Killi – Front swap transfer over the close-out, pretzel 270 out
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