Swiss party dominates the big air finals in Quebec City
Aug 31, 2018·Freeski Park & Pipe
Quebec City (CAN) - Swiss party led by Mathilde Gremaud and Kai Mahler has dominated the big air World Cup finals staged at 2017 Snowjamboree downtown in Quebec City.
The event in front of a huge crowd of spectators also served as final stop of the first ever big air Super Series, a tour within the tour.
In the ladies' competition Mathilde Gremaud led the Swiss podium sweep with Giulia Tanno finishing on second and Sarah Hoefflin ending up on third. After two second places in Milan and Mammoth earlier this season, 17 years old Gremaud made it all the way up on top of the podium earning her first ever World Cup victory.
Swiss athletes also grabbed the overall Super Series win with atotal of 225 points, 25 points ahead of the runner-up Silvia Bertagna(ITA) who finished the day just behind the podium on fourth.
"I'm just supper happy," Gremaud said following the award ceremony, "I'm also a little bit surprised, because I didn't know I could also win the overall Super Series. It was the sickest competition I've ever done and I'm also super proud of my teammates Giulia and Sarah who share the podium with me tonight."
On the men's side Kai Mahler stomped exact the same tricks that got him the win in the first city big air stop in Milan back in November, and once again, perfectly executed switch dub misty 1260 mute grab and carved tripled 1620 safety were just enough to secure the spot on top of the podium.
Similarly to Gremaud, also Mahler took home the overall Super Series win, jumping over the second on the day Henrik Harlaut of Sweden, by a margin of as much as 7 points.
"I was not expecting to do the triple at all," Mahler said from thefinish area. "The shapers added a little bit more pop on the jump, so Idecided in the training to try one and it worked out pretty well. I alsowasn't expecting to get the Super Series win, because Henrikwas skiing really good, but it was a tight battle and with two wins inMilan and Quebec I managed to land on top."
Mahler's teammate Andri Ragettli rounded out the men's podium on third.
After the fourth big air World Cup stop in Quebec City it is still Swedish duo of Emma Dahlstrom and Henrik Harlaut to sit on top of the leaderboard with only one more competition in the schedule, taking place on Friday, March 24 in Voss (NOR).
The FIS freestyle skiing World Cup tour will continue on Sunday in Stoneham Mountain Resort where the penultimate slopestyle event of the season will take place with the finals kicking of at 1pm EST.
TOP TRICKS:
Ladies
1st - Mathilde Gremaud: right rodeo 900 safety, switch left 720 mute
2nd - Giulia Tanno: left 900 tail, switch left 1080 tail
3rd - Sarah Hoefflin: switch right 720 mute, switch left 540 safety
Men
1st - Kai Mahler - switch dub misty 1260 mute, carved triple 1620 safety
2nd - Henrik Harlaut - switch dub 1080 shifty to lead japan, dub flatspin 1280 tandy/tail
3rd - Andri Ragettli - switch dub 1440 mute, triple 1440 mute
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Ladies' big air results
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