GAME 1 || Taylor Lundquist vs. Anri Kawamura || SLVSH CUP GRANDVALIRA '25

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Anders Fornelius

Profile and significance

Anders Fornelius is a park and street-focused freeski rider whose name pops up wherever creative rail work and crew-driven filming thrive. Rather than chasing ranking points, he earned a following through independent edits, a head-to-head appearance on the SLVSH format, and segments that highlight line design over contest scaffolding. Viewers first discovered him in raw, rail-heavy street edits and in the summer rhythm of Mount Hood laps, then again in the rider-packed ensemble film “Zootspace,” a touchstone for the modern street scene. The through-line is consistency: clean approach angles, efficient speed management, and trick choices that read clearly without slow motion. For fans looking beyond podiums, Fornelius represents a film-first skier whose clips reward repeat viewings.



Competitive arc and key venues

Fornelius has appeared where style-centric skiing lives. A public-facing milestone came in the SLVSH ecosystem with a friendly game filmed at Brighton Resort in Utah, a hill famous for creative park lines and quick-lap culture that exposes any inefficiency in a skier’s approach. In the Pacific Northwest, he turns up in summertime park sessions on Mount Hood, particularly at Timberline Lodge and Mount Hood Meadows, whose parks are a factory for repetition—and for the kind of clip-driven progression that fuels street projects each winter. While he hasn’t built a résumé on FIS calendars, his presence in these venues—paired with recurring roles in rider-led films—cements him as a recognizable name in the filming-first lane of freeskiing.



How they ski: what to watch for

Fornelius skis with a deliberately economical style. On rails, he favors early edge commitment and centered balance that allow quick lock-ins, surface swaps, and tidy exits without killing speed. That economy keeps his lines intact when parks run fast or when the setup compresses time between features. On jumps, he opts for held grabs and landings that stay over the feet rather than forced heroics; when the terrain calls for it, he’s comfortable adding a touch of creativity—think body-position variations and off-axis touches that still resolve into clean outruns. The net effect is footage that looks smooth to casual viewers yet shows careful trick math to experienced eyes.



Resilience, filming, and influence

The bulk of Fornelius’s footprint comes from filming blocks and crew trips. A street part credited from Salt Lake City years back showed he could translate park habits to the stiffness of winter concrete, and “Zootspace” reinforced that he can contribute inside a dense roster of street specialists. His name also threads through Mount Hood summer edits, a testing ground where riders iterate quickly and carry new ideas into winter. That cycle—park repetition, street execution, park refinement—has made him a useful reference for skiers who learn by watching line composition as much as isolated tricks. He’s not chasing season-long contest narratives; instead, he delivers segments that feel cohesive and age well on rewatch.



Geography that built the toolkit

Place explains a lot about his skiing. Timberline Lodge and Mount Hood Meadows provide long park seasons, consistent shaping, and the kind of run frequency that bakes timing into muscle memory. Those laps are visible in his speed control and the way he protects momentum between features. Brighton in Utah, via Brighton Resort, adds a different ingredient: short in-runs, quick compression zones, and creative lines that punish sloppy exits. Together, these venues produce the same hallmark you see in his edits—calm shoulders, early grabs, and exits with space for the next setup. When projects shift to urban settings, that foundation survives on steel and concrete.



Equipment and partners: practical takeaways

Across edits and appearances, Fornelius has been seen riding park-oriented skis from culture-first brands such as Vishnu Freeski and collaborating around Portland-built ON3P Skis. The gear lesson for progressing skiers mirrors what his clips show: pick a durable, symmetrical or near-symmetrical park ski with a mount point that supports presses without compromising takeoff stability; keep edges tuned but not grabby so surface swaps stay predictable; and prioritize goggles and outerwear that maintain vision and mobility through long park days. None of this replaces technique, but it supports the repeatability that defines his skiing.



Why fans and progressing skiers care

Fornelius matters because he embodies a pathway many viewers actually follow: learn to read a park like a line, not a checklist; carry that rhythm to street features when the snow stacks up in the city; then return to summer parks to refine the craft. His segments offer a clear lens for what makes modern freeskiing satisfying to watch—good speed, honest grabs, smart rail decisions—without needing scoreboards to validate it. If you track freeski for filming and style, his clips are reliable viewing; if you’re building your own park game, study the way he creates space between tricks and protects line speed from the first feature to the last.

Anri Kawamura

Profile and significance

Anri Kawamura is a Japanese freestyle moguls specialist who vaulted from junior champion to one of the fastest, most precise skiers on the FIS World Cup. A student of tempo and absorption, she pairs lightning fall-line speed with clean, axis-honest airs, which is why judges and fans cite her as a modern reference for how moguls should be skied. She captured the 2021 Junior World title, then erupted onto the senior tour with multiple victories and podiums across the 2021–22 and 2022–23 seasons, including headline wins at Canada’s Val Saint-Côme and the Alps. At the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 she finished fifth, confirming that her form scales from World Cup courses to the sport’s biggest stage. Backed by Red Bull and visible in brand content and broadcasts, Kawamura has become a go-to example for viewers who want to understand why great moguls runs feel both fast and effortless.



Competitive arc and key venues

Kawamura’s arc is a rapid climb through verifiable milestones. After winning the 2021 Junior Worlds in Krasnoyarsk, she stepped into the 2021–22 World Cup and immediately stacked results: victory at Idre Fjäll in Sweden, another win at Tremblant in Canada, and a statement triumph at Deer Valley in Utah—the tour’s most scrutinized venue. She arrived at Beijing 2022 leading the season standings and finished fifth in the Olympic final, a signature of consistency under pressure. The following winter she proved staying power with a December dual-moguls win at Alpe d’Huez and then a rare weekend double at Val Saint-Côme in Quebec, plus further podiums at early-season stops like Ruka. Across these venues she demonstrated range: firm, early-season ice at Ruka; chalky, televised cauldrons at Deer Valley; and technical Canadian layouts that reward immaculate timing. More recently she has continued to appear at the sharp end of heats, a fixture in super finals and duals where small decisions separate medals from the rest.



How they ski: what to watch for

Kawamura skis with a “quiet approach, decisive exit” philosophy that coaches love to slow-mo. Look first at absorption and extension: her knees track straight over the zipper line, with upper body quiet and hands level so turns never look busy. She builds a firm platform before each air, then pops cleanly into axis-true rotations—most often a precise backflip or tidy 360—using grab connection to stabilize the shape rather than decorate it. Landings are driven to the fall line with immediate re-centering, so she accelerates out instead of bleeding speed. Through the middle section she keeps a consistent turn cadence and trims line only with micro edge sets, not skids, which is why her run times stay competitive even when trick difficulty rises. For viewers learning to evaluate moguls runs, three checkpoints stand out in her clips: stable head and shoulders, matched pole plants that cue timing rather than steering, and a release at the end of each turn that happens under her rather than behind her.



Resilience, filming, and influence

Big-stage pressure arrived early and she handled it with poise. After racing to the top of the standings during her breakout season, she carried that form into the Olympic finals—a psychological test many talents fail on their first try—and then returned to the tour to win again on different courses and snowpacks. Her weekend sweep at Val Saint-Côme is often cited by commentators because it required two high-quality runs on back-to-back days in winter cold, with minimal room for error. Off-hill, she has leaned into athlete storytelling with Red Bull features and federation media that unpack training blocks, air-bag sessions, and dryland prep. The influence is tangible in Japan’s deep pipeline and among international juniors: her skiing is both aspirational and readable, a template athletes and coaches can copy frame-by-frame.



Geography that built the toolkit

Although her World Cup map spans Scandinavia, North America, and the Alps, two clusters shaped her habits. Japan’s domestic circuit—including classic stops around Fukushima Prefecture such as Inawashiro—delivers variable winter surfaces and steep pitches that sharpen speed control and stance integrity. On the tour, early laps at Idre Fjäll and Ruka provided hard, high-frequency training on firm moguls, where any upper-body noise shows immediately. North American weeks at Tremblant, Val Saint-Côme, and Deer Valley added televised pressure and the kind of crisp air takeoffs that reward exact timing. In the Alps, venues like Alpe d’Huez introduce altitude, glare, and shadow changes that punish sloppy absorption. The throughline is transferability: the same quiet approach and centered pop, tuned to whatever the day’s surface and light offer.



Equipment and partners: practical takeaways

Kawamura’s kit is built for precision and visibility, not flash. As a Red Bull athlete she balances travel and media with a race-style routine on snow. Her goggles and vision come via Oakley, and she is frequently associated with Armada Skis in brand materials—a pairing that highlights predictable flex and edge hold over graphic churn. For skiers looking to translate this into their own setup, the practical lessons are simple. Choose a moguls-appropriate ski or narrow, torsionally strong platform you can drive from the ankles; keep edges sharp from tip contact through underfoot for firm in-runs; and detune minimally at the very tip and tail so they stay forgiving without chattering. Boots should be snug with a progressive flex you can live in all day, and bindings should emphasize consistent retention with correct forward pressure. Finally, treat maintenance as a performance skill—fresh, temperature-appropriate wax for cold venues like Ruka, micro edge touch-ups after training days, and stance checks so ankles, not shoulders, initiate movement.



Why fans and progressing skiers care

Kawamura matters because her runs are both blazing fast and easy to read. She shows how modern moguls reward a calm top half, early platform building into the jumps, and landings driven straight back to the fall line so momentum survives the air. For fans, that makes her heats replay-friendly; for developing athletes, it offers a blueprint you can practice on any public course. If you’re stepping from resort bump lines into structured moguls training, borrow her habits: set a deliberate speed floor, keep approaches quiet, connect the grab early to stabilize the trick, and re-center the instant you land. Her career to date—Junior World crown, World Cup wins at Deer Valley, Val Saint-Côme, and Alpe d’Huez, and an Olympic final at Beijing 2022—shows that this approach scales from training lanes to the sport’s brightest lights. In a freeski landscape often dominated by slopestyle and big air highlight reels, Anri Kawamura reminds viewers that classic moguls—done with modern precision—remain one of skiing’s purest speed-and-style tests.

Sunset Park Henrik Harlaut by night

Overview and significance

Sunset Park Henrik Harlaut is Grandvalira’s floodlit night snowpark in the Peretol area of Grau Roig, Andorra—a purpose-built, progression-friendly venue named in collaboration with one of freeskiing’s most influential riders. It’s designed for repetition after dark: dependable lighting, compact laps, and a rotating mix of jibs and jumps that stay consistent when evening temperatures lock in the speed. Within the Pyrenees, it’s a standout because you can finish a full day elsewhere on the mountain and still stack productive park attempts under lights. For the resort-wide context, start with Grandvalira’s snowparks hub and the destination overview on Visit Andorra. Inside our own ecosystem, see skipowd.tv/location/andorra/ and the daytime counterpart at skipowd.tv/location/sunrise-park-xavi/ for planning a two-park routine.

What makes Sunset Park special is the cadence. Cold night air stabilizes lips and in-runs, the floodlights keep sightlines clean, and the footprint is compact enough to turn “one more lap” into twenty. Crews can film clips with a consistent look and feel, run coaching drills without crossing half a mountain, and wrap a day of freeride or slopestyle elsewhere with high-quality repetitions in Peretol.



Terrain, snow, and seasons

The park sits alongside the Peretol pistes in the Grau Roig sector at mid-to-high resort elevation by Pyrenees standards. Typical Andorran winters mix Atlantic and Mediterranean weather, bringing quick refreshes and frequent freeze–thaw swings. Nights are the equalizer. As temperatures drop, groomed lanes and salted takeoffs hold a predictable sheen, and the snow stays fast and shapeable—ideal for timing pop and landing stance. When high pressure takes over, you’ll get classic, firm corduroy on the approach early in the session, softening gradually as the evening wears on.

Operational windows vary by season, but the pattern is consistent: afternoon into night sessions on a posted schedule, with feature count scaling to the snowpack. Expect a more jib-forward vibe early winter when base depth is building, then fuller jump lines as coverage grows through mid-season. Always check the resort’s park status before heading over from another sector to make sure the lights are on and the set is live.



Park infrastructure and events

Sunset Park Henrik Harlaut is built around a clean progression ladder. You’ll typically find a small/medium line with boxes, rails, and rollers for first hits, plus medium tables, hips, and creative steel for advancing riders. The shaping philosophy is repetition first: tidy lips, long forgiving landings, and lines that let you take two or three features in sequence, then reset quickly. Rail gardens rotate regularly so there’s always a new puzzle to solve even if you’re lapping the same lane for an hour.

Event energy is grassroots and rider-led. Expect cash-for-tricks evenings, club meetups, and filming nights rather than stadium-scale contests—exactly the kind of sessions that help you progress without sacrificing flow for show. For bigger features or daytime slopestyle variety, pair a day at El Tarter’s flagship park with Sunset Park at night; for fundamentals, run a Sunrise Park Xavi morning in Grau Roig and return to Peretol after dinner to lock in muscle memory under the lights.



Access, logistics, and on-mountain flow

Base your evening in Grau Roig/Peretol for the shortest approach. If you’re already skiing elsewhere in Grandvalira, plan a mid-afternoon transit so you arrive as features open and lips have set. Driving from Andorra la Vella or Encamp is straightforward; parking and local shuttle details are posted on Grandvalira’s site. Because this is a night venue, think “arena” logistics: layer for static time between laps, bring a pocket scraper for quick speed fixes, and swap to a clear or low-light goggle lens before lights come on.

Flow is simple and efficient. Start with a two- or three-feature circuit in the smaller line to calibrate speed and wax, then move to the medium tables and more technical rails once the in-runs feel automatic. When you need a reset, take one groomer lap on the adjacent piste to re-center your timing, then drop back in. If you’re filming, bank the most technical tricks in the first hour under the lights—when surfaces are crisp—then pivot to creative lines and presses as the snow softens slightly later in the session.



Local culture, safety, and etiquette

Sunset Park is compact and popular, so Park SMART rules are non-negotiable. Inspect first; call your drop loudly enough to be heard; hold a predictable line; and clear landings and knuckles immediately. Give shapers room when ropes are up—they’re preserving speed for everyone. Expect a healthy mix of locals, visiting crews, and coached groups; be patient with teaching lanes and slot your laps so takeoffs don’t bunch up.

Nightlighting helps, but shadows and glare can still hide ruts. Take one speed-check hit on any feature you haven’t ridden under lights before, and detune rail contact points while keeping edges sharp enough for firm corduroy. Inside resort boundaries you’re far from avalanche terrain, yet closures and signage still matter—respect any temporary feature or lane closures when the crew is doing touch-ups or safety changes.



Best time to go and how to plan

Mid-winter is prime. Late January through early March usually delivers the coldest, most repeatable night surfaces and the fullest feature sets. Early season is ideal for building rail mileage on smaller sets; spring brings forgiving dusk laps that are perfect for learning new tricks at lower speeds before the lights click on. The winning routine is a two-park day: daytime slopestyle in El Tarter or progression at Sunrise Park Xavi, dinner and a quick tune, then a two-hour focused session at Sunset Park to lock in what you learned.

Check the Grandvalira snowparks page each afternoon for that night’s operating plan, confirm lift access in Grau Roig/Peretol, and pack for cold-soaked stops between laps. If your crew includes non-park skiers, point them to nearby groomers or timing-friendly meeting spots so you can reconvene easily without leaving the lights.



Why freeskiers care

Because Sunset Park Henrik Harlaut turns evening hours into high-value progression. You get reliable lighting, crisp night surfaces, and fast laps on a compact, well-shaped set—plus the freedom to combine it with Grandvalira’s daytime parks for a full, park-first itinerary. If your goal is to learn fast, film clean, and keep momentum when the sun goes down, this is the Pyrenees venue that makes it happen.