The stage was set for an incredible showdown in skiing’s most fearsome freestyle arena.
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Recap
Women
The ladies kicked things off with a bang.
This earned 90.50 leaving room to improve switch 3 Japan can go to 7.
Amy Fraser & Rachel Karker logged early DNIs either side of Zoe’s 2nd run.
A scary looking fall but she skied out all good.
Svea Irving fell and wouldn’t improve her final score.
Rachel Karker wouldn’t drop for run 3 given her fall on run 2.
Fanghui Li would scratch her final score after a wobble.
Cassie would do the same, taking her first podium since taking maternity leave from halfpipe skiing.
Eileen would take another victory lap and took a nasty looking bail on the final of her back-to-back flairs.
The aggression and intensity was what set this apart.
Birk Irving was the next to really push into the 80s.
His final hit left dub 16 was monstrous, 84.00.
86.00 and second place after 1 was his reward, with Birk in 3rd and Finlay in 1st.
The podium got shaken like a martini in run 2 for the mens.
Finley wouldn’t improve his score and spot in first place got decimated.
Birk Irving improved his 84.00 to an 85.00.
Ferreira and Goepper would put themselves on the podium at the end of run 2.
Final trick, pole swing - obviously.
94.75 and the score to beat going into the third.
Alex Ferreira put it down again but DNI’d.
