A small weather window opened up to squeeze finals in today before Mammoth gets hit with another snowstorm tonight.
The men struggled less with speed and threw some bangers down in this 2-run final.
Here’s what happened.
Her jumps were mellow, 5, switch 5 and cork 3.
Mellow by her standards but she said the course was running slow - conditions changing quickly.
It would be interesting to see how this affects the full comp.
Jay closed out their run with a nice cork 7 blunt.
Bailed on her left 9 blunt on the ‘money booter.’
I think I know where this is going.
Anni Kavara skied the rails with the most steeze.
Worthy of a preliminary first place.
Run 2:
A tailwind was now present for the ladies having struggled with speed in run 1.
Shoutout to Sarah for giving us conditions updates from the bottom of the run.
It’s tough to see out there apparently.
Jay wouldn’t beat their first run score, falling on the final jump.
Rell would lose a shoe on rail one as well.
Guillia Tanno cased the final jump really hard and looked to come off worse for wear here.
Not bad for a first World Cup appearance.
Amelie Cancel was another victim of the conditions, going down on the last jump.
Fabian Boesch got caught up on the rails and would scratch this run.
He scored less than Oliwer somehow but there it is.
He fell on his cork 10->9 things.
It continued to fuck around but I found out this was also direct on YT and things cleared up.
The Colby stepped up, super Ray Fed to 450 to regs, brutally clean.
This earned him second after 1, with Ben behind him and Colby in the driver’s seat.
Fabian Boesch would come up short on his second jump after a strong rail section.
Speed was now clearly affecting everyone.
He seemed relieved not to have to ski the course again, a testament to the difficult conditions.
Troy Podmilsak squiffed some rails so mellowed out his jumps to save the body and soul.
Ben Barclay would not move out of 4th.
This was enough for 83.75 and second place behind A Hall.
GOLD: Alex Hall
Silver: Colby Steveson
Bronze: Andri Ragettli
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