We're just a few weeks away from one of the highlight events of the FIS Snowboard and FIS Freeski seasons, with ModenaFiera ready to host the second stop of the 2018/19 FIS big air World Cup tour during the Skipass winter sport and tourism fair in Modena (ITA) from November 3-4. The massive 46 meter tall and 130 meter long big air jump, the biggest ever built in Italy, is … [Read more...] about Skipass Big Air: the World Cup Competitions program
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Seb Toutant wins Gold Medal in Big Air Snowboard at Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang 2018
Toutant landed jumps of 84.75 and 89.50 in the first two rounds at PyeongChang 2018 to put pressure on the rest of the field under the best-two-of-three-jumps format. Only Kyle Mack (USA) was ideally placed to challenge as a number of highly credentialed competitors failed to land the spectacular and technical jumps required to challenge for a medal. “Today I knew I had the … [Read more...] about Seb Toutant wins Gold Medal in Big Air Snowboard at Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang 2018
Anna Gasser wins Gold Medal in Big Air Snowboard at Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang 2018
Anna Gasser was extremely consistent in the women's big air final, landing a cab double underflip, a backside double cork 1080 and a cab double cork 1080 to take gold in the Inaugural Winter Olympic Games Women's Big Air Competition at the Alpensia Ski Jump Arena American Jamie Anderson held the lead throughout the three-jump final at PyeongChang 2018 until Gasser – the last … [Read more...] about Anna Gasser wins Gold Medal in Big Air Snowboard at Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang 2018
Gasser and McMorris victorious at Air + Style Beijing
Anna Gasser (AUT) and Mark McMorris (CAN) have earned an historic win triumphing in the Infinite 2017 Air + Style Beijing which was staged in the Worker's Stadium yesterday. It was the first time ever that the Asian offshore of the well-respected event series was sanctioned as FIS Snowboard World Cup, and the first time women did enter the contest. And while it also was … [Read more...] about Gasser and McMorris victorious at Air + Style Beijing