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PORETS LOOKING TO KEEP
THE TITLE IN THE FAMILY
SZYMURA LOOKING FOR
F-4S TITLE HAT-TRICK AND
NATIONS CUP SUCCESS
SKI GP1 Ladies
ROK LOOKING FOR
THE PERFECT SCORE
Defending Ski GP1World Champion
Jeremy Poret sets out in search of a
fourth title, but will have to fend off
the likes of Italian veteran Alberto
Monti,
Spain’s
Nacho
Armillas
and Slovenia’s Tomaz Kete, not to
mention his brothers Mickael and
Morgan.
The two elder Poret brothers have
dominated the Championship with
one or other taking it home to
France for the last five years, Jeremy
winning in 2011, 2012 and last year,
big brother Mickael in 2010 and
2013. Who knows, this might be the
year that the youngest of the three
Morgan adds his name!
Twenty-one-year-old
Mike
Szymura will start his bid to win
theF-4STrophy for a thirdyear at
the season-opener inDoha.
TheyoungsterfromBerlinsawoff
stiff opposition from Australia’s
Briney Rigby last season to clinch
the title with a race to spare, a
string of four wins on the bounce
in China and Qatar, laying the
foundations for his second title.
Szymura will have a busy
schedule inDoha as he alsoheads
up Germany’s debut outing and
challenge in the Nations Cup
and will be partnered by Austrian
Bernd Enzenhofer, facing teams
from Belarus, Italy, Qatar, Russia,
Saudi Arabia and theUAE.
Who will win in the aerial insanity
of Freestyle in Doha and this
season is anyone’s guess, but
what everyone will be watching
out for is the perfect score from
The ‘Rok’ Florjancic.
Last season in China he carded
99 out of a possible 100 and
promised to ‘try to improve and
do better’!!
There are few superlatives left
to describe the extraordinary
talents of the Slovenia Freestyle
star as he looks to remain
unbeaten on the tour since first
turning up and blowing everyone
away in China in 2011, winning
24 heats, 12 Grand Prix and two
World titles.
Once again the Ladies will be mixing it with their male peers
with last year’s race winners from France, Jennifer Menard
and Estelle Poret and Spain’s Sandra Fernandez Rodriquez
the trio likely to be the front runners in Doha and in the 2015
title race, defending Champion Menard the one to unseat!
Taking them all on is world number three Marta Sorrentino
from Italy, Sweden’s Jonna Borgstrom and tour newcomers
Yuki Kurahashi from Japan and Kylie Elmers from New
Zealand.
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n° 1 March | 2015