Barwood finished 19th in the 114-strong field after starting in bib 33, clocking a combined time of 1min 34.01sec to score his best 33.64 result and lower his world slalom ranking. He was the third fastest junior in the race. The overall winner was Petter Brenna, of Norway, in 1.31.20.
Following the Vail competition, Barwood and team-mate Finlay Neeson (19), of Oakura, who both train with the Sugar Bowl Academy in the United States, competed at the Sugar Bowl series which included two giant slaloms and three slalom races and attracted fields of about 100 athletes.
Barwood was on fire, winning two slaloms and claiming the bronze position in the third. He won the silver medal in one of the giant slaloms while Neeson won the bronze medal in one giant slalom and fourth place in the other.
Barwood was a clear winner in both his gold medal events.
In the first, he had a combined time of 1.20.29 (35.04 points) ahead of Dylan Brooks, of the US, in 1.21.12 and Aldo Ballabio, of Italy, in 1.21.29. In his second slalom gold medal win, the Queenstown man had an even clearer lead, finishing in 1.21.98 (35.63 points) ahead of Brooks in 1.23.62. He won the bronze medal in the third slalom in a tight finish, scoring 1.21.35 (37.86 points) behind Alex Leever (US) in 1.21.17 and Ballabio in 1.21.31.
Barwood's silver in the Sugar Bowl giant slalom was again a close tussle and he finished in 1.40.77 (36.61 points), just behind Garret Driller (US), who claimed the gold medal in 1.40.22.
Neeson was fourth in 1.42.03.
In the second giant slalom, Neeson clocked 1.43.20, just behind second placegetter Brooks in 1.43.12, to take third place and score a 38.57 result to lower his world ranking.
Driller claimed his second gold medal, recording 1.42.70, to win the race.
