The new week begins with an update from your furry personal FIS Junior World Championships reporter, Brown Bear. After snowboard heroes stole the show last week, this weekend the focus was on young skiers.

On Saturday the Freestyle Ski Cross competitions of the 2010 FIS Junior World Championships took place at Cardrona Alpine Resort. In the women’s section Fanny Smith from Switzerland took out the title after a fierce final, with Katrin Ofner from Austria and Yulia Livinskaya from Russia coming second and third. Fanny Smith said: “It was a great race and very tough. I didn’t start as well as I could have but I came here to win […] and it worked!

The men’s race was just as thrilling: Norwegian Didrik Bastian Juell came first after qualifying in third. His team mate Morten Ring Christensen and Georgy Kornilov from Russia rounded the podium. Didrik Bastian Juell couldn’t believe that he actually won the title: “It’s amazing and I never expected this – it’s quite a shock!”

On Sunday the centre of the action was Cardrona’s massive 22-foot halfpipe with the Freestyle Ski Halfpipe competitions taking place. The start of Sunday’s FIS Junior World Championship competitions were delayed as the superpipe had to be emptied after heavy snowfall. But from 1pm everything ran smoothly – especially for Noah Bowman from Canada and Britta Sigourney from the USA who took out the titles.

In the men’s section Walter Wood from the USA and Kristopher Atkinson from Canada came second and third. However, the men’s finals had to be decided on just one run due to dense fog which was disappointing for New Zealand skier Byron Wells who didn’t land his first run.

In the women’s Freestyle Ski Halfpipe competition the finals also reverted to a one-run final. Here, Hannah Haupt from the USA came second and Devin Logan earned bronze. At the end of the competition the USA received the Nations Trophy as the most successful nation in the freestyle ski disciplines.

The final event of the 2010 FIS Snowboard & Freestyle Junior World Championships will take place tomorrow. The Champs will end with live music, the Snowboard Big Air and the official closing ceremony.

Noah Bowman from Canada

Freeski Ski Cross Women's Final

Freeski Ski Cross Men's Final