Over the last weekend 29th - 30th January, the North Face Polish freeskiing open took place at Harenda ski area in Zakopane. Competitors from all over Europe were on show in both a Big Air and Rail competition. British skiers Joseph Tomlinson who finished 5th in the Big Air and James Lawson who finished 6th in the Rail session were putting down some smooth tricks, including Joseph’s switch 1080 over the huge jump.

However, the undoubted highlight was watching 8 year old Estonian girl Kelly Sildaru (http://www.kellysildaru.com) throwing smooth 720’s in the ladies competition, she ended up coming 2nd place behind Zuzana Stromkova of Slovakiadue to the lack of grab in her spins but no doubt a future star - most 8 year old girls are home playing with their toys!