A week after winning the Yukon Freestyle Ski Championships, Etienne Geoffroy has become the territory's first national champion.

The 16-year-old freestyle skier finished first in his age group during yesterday's slopestyle competition at the Canadian Junior Freestyle Championships in Le Relais, Quebec.

"It hasn't completely sunk in yet,” Geoffroy told the Star yesterday. "I think it's a really great building block for the next competition, which is senior nationals in Calgary.”

The Grade 11 student at F.H. Collins Secondary School student said he did his best to focus solely on his own runs, rather than the tricks being pulled off by his rivals from the provinces.

"I wasn't really trying to look at other people's runs,” he said. "I was really trying to focus on what I had to do, and what I came here to do, and I delivered what I wanted to deliver.”

Geoffroy completed two identical runs to pick up the slopestyle victory in the 16-to-18 age category.

"They were definitely some of the biggest runs I've ever put to my feet,” he said. "I'm glad I could deliver that during the competition.”

Geoffroy, one of the youngest skiers in the category, scored a 93.8 on his second run.

Another Yukon stalwart, Josh Harlow, finished behind Geoffroy in second place, scoring an 87.6.

Last year, Harlow won bronze at junior nationals – the first time a Yukoner had ever medaled at the Canadian championship.

"I was extremely pumped to see I took second and even more stoked to see my fellow Yukoner in first,” Harlow said.

"It feels good to be able surprise people from all across Canada.”

Yukoner Dylan Reed finished fifth and Aidan Allen placed 11th.

In the 14-to-15 age category, Kyran Allen placed seventh, and Niko Rodden finished 24th.

Today, the team is competing in the big air competition.

"I'm really happy because the trick I was doing in slopestyle is my big air trick, so I'm really comfortable doing it already,” Geoffroy said. "It's a switch bio-1080 tail grab.”

The Yukon's freestyle team arrived three days early to spend some time getting accustomed to the ski hill in Le Relais.

Geoffroy said the preparation time made yesterday's competition feel like just another training day.

"Looking at it that way, we didn't feel too much pressure and could do what we had to do,” he said. "I think I just really did really clean and smooth runs, and I didn't sketch out during any of my tricks. I got good altitude on every trick and the difficulty level was also up there.”

Coach Steven Harlow said Geoffroy's runs were something special.

"Top to bottom, he did them both awesome,” he said. "The second one was actually the highest score of the entire competition.”

Tricks completed included a switch 270, a 900 mute, a switch 720 with a mute grab, and the switch bio-1080 tail grab.

The event was scored by a five-judge panel.

Harlow said he wasn't surprised by Geoffroy or his younger brother Josh's results.

"Honestly, I don't want to sound arrogant, but I kind of expected it,” he said. "I definitely saw it coming and expected one or more podium results.”