About 60 freeride skiers from different countries participated in Ukrainian Freeride Masters Gemba FWQ 2* on February 22-24. The tournament is a qualifying stage of World Championship. Three judges evaluated the tournament with 10 points.

The 21-year-old Georgian Iva Tsiklauri received the highest 600 points. He was 150 points ahead of second-placed Anton Kayun of Ukraine.

Iva Tsiklauri is the first branded athlete of “Red Bull” in the region. He was born in Tbilisi. Iva started skiing at the age of 4. When he was 17 years old he started practicing freeride. The Georgian athlete achieved a lot of success:

Borzhava Snow Fest 2013, Ukraine – I place

Borzhava Snow Fest 2012, Ukraine – I place

Arctix Tamok 2012, Norway – qualifying stage of World Championship – I place

Georgian Freeride Championship 2011 – I place