Bormolini & Miki raise globes, Austrians dominate the day in Winterberg
Mar 15, 2025·Snowboard AlpineThe final individual race of the 2024-25 VISA FIS Snowboard Alpine World Cup was a thrilling end to a captivating season. The conditions were warm and the snow was a bit slushy but that did not stop Sabine Payer (AUT) and her compatriot Mattheus Pink (AUT) from taking the victories.
It was a surprise result for Pink who battled past the eight men battling for the PSL crystal globe to top the podium. It was the first World Cup podium and victory for the 23-year-old Pink and he beat his teammate Arvid Auner to do it.

It was his 45th start. Pink became the third Austrian to man win a race this season.
Rounding out the podium was Auner (AUT) in second after a DNF in the big final. Auner did not go home empty handed as he clinched the PSL crystal globe with his second place finish. Maurizio Bormolini (ITA) ended his career-best World Cup campaign with his eighth podium of the season.
Austrian Sabine Payer (AUT) also had a great day picking up her third win of the season, bouncing back after struggling with illness earlier this year. It was a great performance for Payer amidst her recent return to form.

It was the tenth individual World Cup victory for Payer and her second at Winterberg. It was her 40th career World Cup podium. She will team up with fellow winner Pink in the team event on Sunday in Winterberg.
Payer took out the mighty Ramona Theresia Hofmeister (GER) in the big final. Hofmeister finished the season on the podium in eight of the final nine races. Zuzana Maderova (CZE) earned her spot on the triumvirate for the first time this season by winning the small final.
It was a happy moment for Hofmeister to clinch a podium in her home country.

Auner clinches the PSL crystal globe
Going into Saturday, eight men had a chance at the final individual crystal globe up for grabs. Dario Caviezel (SUI) had the longest shot but did not qualify for the finals. Benjamin Karl (AUT) took himself out of the race by skipping Winterberg to prepare for the World Championships.
That left six snowboarders with Auner in the slight lead to start the day with Bormolini as a strong challenger to earn his third globe of the season.
In the end Auner’s second-place finish gave him 80 points and secured the globe for the Austrian. Auner took out Gabriel Messner (ITA) in the quarterfinals, Messner was just three points behind in the standings before Saturday’s race. It is the first career crystal globe for Auner.
Elsewhere Daniele Bagozza (ITA), Aaron March (ITA) and Andreas Prommegger (AUT) all lost their chance for the globe with losses in the early knockout rounds on Saturday.
On the women’s side Tsubaki Miki (JPN) missed the podium for only the fourth time this season after losing in the quarterfinals. She will have to settle for her sweep of the three season crystal globes instead.

The young rising star is hoping she can begin a trend of athletes in her sport from Japan.

Bormolini will also settle with some hardware of his own. He raised the overall globe on Saturday after clinching the title earlier this month.

It was not an easy road for Bormolini.
Let’s take a look at the final standings of the overall and disciplines as the individual season comes to a close.
Men’s Overall Final Standings
Maurizio Bormolini (ITA) - 910 points
Andreas Prommegger (AUT) - 731 points
Daniele Bagozza (ITA) - 594 points
Women’s Overall Final Standings
Tsubaki Miki (JPN) - 1209 points
Ramona Theresia Hofmeister (GER) - 1034 points
Sabine Payer (AUT) - 914 points
Men’s PSL Final Standings
Arvid Auner (AUT) - 299 points
Gabriel Messner (ITA) - 252 points
Daniele Bagozza (ITA) - 237 points
Women’s PSL Final Standings
Tsubaki Miki (JPN) - 405 points
Sabine Payer (AUT) - 326 points
Ramona Theresia Hofmeister (GER) - 261 points
Men’s PGS Final Standings
Maurizio Bormolini (ITA) - 692 points
Andreas Prommegger (AUT) - 495 points
Radoslav Yankov (BUL) - 455 points
Women’s PGS FInal Standings
Tsubaki Miki (JPN) - 804 points
Ramona Theresia Hofmeister (GER) - 773 points
Sabine Payer (AUT) - 588 points

The final event of the VISA FIS Snowboard Alpine World Cup will occur on Sunday from Winterberg with the mixed team PSL race. Qualifying will begin at 9:30 local time and the finals will commence at 10:30. The snowboard Alpine world championships will be March 20-23 in Engadin/St. Moritz, Switzerland.
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