The top four women and top six men of today are now pre-qualified for the remainder of the 2010 Subaru Freeskiing World Tour. They now have the opportunity to get their skills noticed, gain Tour points and, hopefully, wrangle some sponsors.

Two-year consecutive winner of the Tour Qualifier, Claudia Bouvier, of Vail, CO, had a great comeback today. She made up over 11 points from yesterday to grab the top spot on the podium for the women. Bouvier’s run started strong as she whipped out of a tight cornice on the top aspect of the venue, Mountain Quail, and then charged down a frozen waterfall between the trees in Review, cut a hard right, hit a 15-footer, and then sent it straight into a ten-footer, absolutely stomping it.

Guest judge and seven-year Freeskiing World Tour competitor, Cliff Bennett, was positioned at the top of the venue because of poor visibility and said that Bouvier looked the best of both the men and women.

“She flashed down the top,” Bennett said.

The competition between the men for first and second has been quite the nail biter throughout the two-day competition. Local skier, Travis Wolfe, of Telluride, CO, nabbed first place today by a hair with a 37.67 to Whit Boucher’s second place finish with a 36.33.

“I’m so happy,” said Wolfe after the awards in Telluride’s Mountain Village, “I came here confident and had lots of support.”

Because Travis Wolfe was pre-qualified, Boucher captured the first pre-qualified spot, followed by Lundin, Ryan Hawks, of Grand Targhee, WY, Kent Hyden, of Alta, UT, who also received the Sickbird Award, Chason Russell, of Telluride, CO, and Nick Fountain, of Sugarloaf, ME.

After Telluride, the Subaru FWT continues to the legendary steeps of Crested Butte, Colorado, and then onto the famed Cirque at Kirkwood, California. Long known as the premier venue on the Subaru FWT, Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort will host the 2010 Subaru Freeskiing World Championships, with the tour leaders battling for top positions in the final runs of the year down the infamous North Baldy.