Speed and agility led to Simapalooza glory on Sunday.
Twenty-six boarders and 20 skiers raced the Yukon Snowboardcross and Skiercross Championships, hosted by Snowboard Yukon, at Mount Sima on Sunday.
“It was really fun,” said Mackenzie Davy. “The course was kind of icy, but other than that, it was a really nice day.
“It feels super good (to win). Boardercross is super fun. It was good to race.”
After qualifying with the second fastest time behind defending champ Crystal Legoffe, Davy edged out Legoffe in the final to win the open female division for snowboardcross.
Legoffe took second in front of third place’s Rachel MacIntosh.
Davy, 17, was the only Yukoner to make it past the qualifying round in snowboardcross at the Canada Winter Games this past February.
“I think I had one of my better starts for boardercross and that helped me out in the beginning,” said Davy. “In the first corner Crystal and I were neck-and-neck. I just managed to get in front of her, but she was right behind me the whole time.”
Whitehorse’s Gabe Rivest considers himself “more of a freestyle guy” on the snowboard, but that wasn’t evident Sunday.
After posting the fastest qualifying time on the course, the 28-year-old cruised through the semi and final to regain the Yukon title that he last held two years ago.
It was close but no cigar once again for Mount Lorne’s Tim Schirmer. The 16-year-old placed second for the third year in a row ahead of third place’s Tyler Nichol, who designed the course.
“Tyler did a great job with it this year,” said Rivest. “It was nice that he had it on all winter so it gave everyone a better chance to train on it.
“I’d say it was fairly technical, especially the way the gates were set up. The corners were pretty tight and it was super icy, so it made it quite challenging.”
Both second-place finishers in the open categories – Legoffe and Schirmer – won slopestyle titles at the Yukon Snowboard Championships the previous day.
Sam Riemer outpaced last year’s masters winner, Jarrid Davy, to win the open men’s skiercross title.
Isabelle Gagnon, the event’s lone open female racer, was crowned the Yukon champ for women’s skiercross.
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Snowboard results
Open male
1st Gabe Rivest
2nd Tim Schirmer
3rd Tyler Nichol
4th Dan Boyle
5th Evan Harris
6th Ethan Davy
7th Urs Schirmer
8th Dexter Kotyluk
Open female
1st Mackenzie Davy
2nd Crystal Legoffe
3rd Rachel MacIntosh
4th Lindsay Patenaude
5th Corrie Firth
6th Emma Barr
7th Antje Schiebel
Masters male (over 30)
1st Gisli Balzer
2nd Matt Johnson
3rd David Yule
4th Ed Chandler
Males 15-16
1st Brody Ryckman
Males 13-14
1st Asher Brault
2nd Tyson Brulotte
3rd Sammy Mather
Males under 12
1st Syth Charchun
2nd Noah Gilbert
Females under 12
1st Riley Boland
Ski results
Open male
1st Sam Riemer
2nd Jarrid Davy
3rd Marc Pronovost
4th Ben Ross
5th Sam Schirmer
6th Dean Vollmer
7th Henry Barrett
8th Jean-Paul Molgat
Open female
1st Isabelle Gagnon
Males 13-14
1st Austin Shaw
2nd Liam Mather
3rd Mael Pronovost
4th Sam Fleming
Males under 12
1st Sullivan Bond
2nd Alex Arsenault
3rd Chris Aresenault
Females under 12
1st Luanda Pronovost
2nd Tori Vollmer
3rd Maude Molgat
4th Anaise Hildes
