Freestyle skiing

[Josh 11,497]

Bronze for Rachael Karker at the season opening halfpipe WC in Cardona! 
 

Disappointment for Cassie Sharpe as she bows out in qualification with no clean runs (she was visibly upset after her final run, nice gesture from her some of fellow competitors to console her)

[Josh 11,497]

Gold and bronze for Brendan MacKay and Andrew Longino in men’s halfpipe at the Cadrona WC as well!

[Josh 11,497]

Bronze for Dylan Deschamps at the Chur Big Air WC!

[Josh 11,497]

Mikael Kingsbury with WC victory #91, really starting to close in on 100, with gold in moguls at the Ruka WC!

 

Edit: Also, a 4th for Maia Schwinghammer. Best ever WC result in moguls for her. 

Edited November 30, 2024 by Josh

[Josh 11,497]

Bronze for Dylan Deschamps in men’s big air at the Beijing WC.

 

Honestly not quite sure how to feel about it… Harrington had a higher combined score than him and tied for the lead at 183.00 and yet somehow finished in 4th?

[NearPup 3,488]

1 hour ago, Josh said:

Bronze for Dylan Deschamps in men’s big air at the Beijing WC.

 

Honestly not quite sure how to feel about it… Harrington had a higher combined score than him and tied for the lead at 183.00 and yet somehow finished in 4th?

That's a really, really old rule in FIS Big Air - the two counting jumps must be of a different direction (depending on the competition, either clockwise / counterclockwise or having every variation of forward/switch or goofy/regular and clockwise/anticlockwise/straight count as a unique direction).

 

That is what the A, B and sometimes C on the result list refer to - not which direction (sadly that's not listed), but whether the jump is a repeated direction or not.

Edited December 1, 2024 by NearPup

[Josh 11,497]

Mikael Kingsbury with WC victory #92, with gold in men’s moguls at the Idre Fjall WC!

[Josh 11,497]

54 minutes ago, Josh said:

Mikael Kingsbury with WC victory #92, with gold in men’s moguls at the Idre Fjall WC!

Maia Schwinghammer also won bronze in women’s moguls, for her first career WC podium in moguls!

[Surlympics 1,142]

2 hours ago, Josh said:

Maia Schwinghammer also won bronze in women’s moguls, for her first career WC podium in moguls!

Incredible! She is my Alysha Newman of the Italy games.

Edited December 6, 2024 by Surlympics

[Josh 11,497]

23 hours ago, Josh said:

Maia Schwinghammer also won bronze in women’s moguls, for her first career WC podium in moguls!

Apparently she’s now in 4th, and her score got changed? Didn’t even know that was possible, but she’ll have to wait for her first career moguls WC podium.