Aspen, CO – Young Hailey Langland put down an historical performance in Thursday night’s big air competition at X Games, winning gold with a trick that had never before been landed by a female in competition. Sixteen-year-old Langland, of San Clamente, Calif. stomped a Cab double cork 1080 off the 80-foot big air jump at Aspen … Continue reading Hailey Lands First Cab Double Cork 1080 at X Games
Seiser Alm, Italy – With the 2016-17 snowboard slopestyle World Cup season already in full swing, it’s time for the tour’s third event this week. Some of the best riders in the world have traveled straight from the Laax Open to Seiser Alm to take over control of one of the best terrain parks in … Continue reading Seiser Alm to Debut as World Cup Host
Laax, Switzerland – With perfect weather in a perfect halfpipe, American snowboarders dominated the Laax Open on Saturday, which also served as a stop on the FIS World Cup tour for the first time in 2017. Chloe Kim, of Torrance, Calif., and Idaho’s Chase Josey earned the wins for the women and men, respectively. Laax Open 2016 … Continue reading Kim and Josey Sweep Laax Open Halfpipe
Laax, Switzerland – Finland’s Enni Rukajarvi and Canadian rider Max Parrot won Friday’s Laax Open 2017 slopestyle event, which was part of the FIS Snowboard Freestyle World Cup tour for the very first time this year. Facing superb conditions under bluebird skies on the creative 500-meter long course at Crap Sogn Gion, 26-year-old Rukajarvi, the 2014 Olympic … Continue reading Rukajarvi and Parrot Top Laax Open 2017 Slopestyle
Font Romeu, France – Park City’s McRae Williams scored his first World Cup win at the freeskiing season’s opening slopestyle World Cup event in France on Saturday. Both men’s and women’s finals were canceled due to weather. It was a great win for Williams, who finished second at last season’s Mammoth U.S. Grand Prix/FIS World Cup slopestyle … Continue reading Williams Wins World Cup Slopestyle
Kreischberg, Austria – Austria’s Anna Gasser and Mons Roisland of Norway each claimed victory at this season’s first slopestyle World Cup competition staged on the 2015 world championships slope at Kreischberg on Saturday. Gasser, the 25-year-old local favorite, lived up to expectations in dominant fashion by keeping the momentum from a second-rank finish at last weekend’s Moscow big … Continue reading Gasser and Roisland Win Slopestyle World Cup Opener
Waterville Valley, NH – It was a great week for U.S. Snowboarding at the Toyota U.S. Revolution Tour, with Kyle Mack (Bloomfield, Mich.) taking a win and Lyon Farrell (Haiku, Hawaii) taking second for the men and Nora Healey (Plymouth, N.H.) earning a win for the women. The Waterville Valley stop of the Rev Tour featured … Continue reading Mack And Healey Top Podium At Waterville
