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Samkova and Pullin triumph in second sbx race at Feldberg

 

Eva Samkova (CZE) and Alex Pullin (AUS) have claimed victory in this season's fifth snowboard cross race which was staged as second event of the Feldberg (GER) double Snowboard World Cup today.

 

While it was this season's second triumph for Samkova, Pullin earned his first in the running World Cup season on a perfectly shaped course on the Seebuck slope and in front of a stellar crowd.

 

However, it was actually best qualifier Samkova who impressed the hundredths of spectators in the finish area of the Black Forest venue most as she took a different approach compared to her competitors in the women's finals to secure her career's seventh.

 

Knowing that she had always been the last at the start, the 2014 Olympic champion decided to pull out of the gate with quite a gap but then went full throttle to finally pass her three rivals on the long and fast home stretch.

 

“I did that late start for the first time. We just decided after semi finals to do it because I was really bad at the starts. The timing was hard though because you don't know if you catch them again,” explained Samkova.

 

But the 23-year-old from Vrchlabi perfected her drag race skills, crossed the finish line as first and edged off four-time world champion Lindsey Jacobellis (USA) to the second rank.

 

“I caught them where I was planning to do so but you never know. But man, making it it's like... you feel like a God. It's crazy when you get out late and are the first one in the finish. That's the feeling why we do this sport,” Samkova added.

 

Chloe Trespeuch (FRA) had the luck on her side deciding the photo finish for third against World Cup leader Belle Brockhoff (AUS).

 

Crash in first turn key to historic Australian triumph

 

Over in the men's event, things went critical right in the first turn.

 

With three riders going into the left berm at the same time, Alessandro Haemmerle (AUT), being on the fast outside lane, touched the tail of best qualifier Alex Pullin (AUS) before catching the wrong edge and washing out together with Hagen Kearney (USA) over the first step down with the US-American landing hard on his back before being able to finish the race on his feet.

 

“Everybody went for it. I had the most speed and didn't know where to go with it as I was trapped between two riders. Then I hit Pullin's board, caught the wrong edge and took Kearney with me. I'm happy that nobody got hurt,” said Haemmerle who played the major role in the crash.

 

However, it was Pullin capitalising on the carnage which took place behind him to earn his career's seventh and a perfect redemption for yesterday's disappointing early out in the eighth finals.

 

“Yesterday was terrible, but I learned a lot of yesterday's qualifiers. It's been perfect and a really great turnaround for me because yesterday was pretty crappy although wining and losing is part of the sport. I'm really stoked,” Pullin stated.

 

As 2016 X Games gold medallist Jarryd Hughes (AUS) was able to avoid the crash in front of him, the rider from down under made it a 1-2 double for Australia – the countries best result in World Cup history.

 

Never before, two riders from Australia had placed on the podium together.

 

Alessandro Haemmerle rounded out the podium as third earning back the World Cup lead from Omar Visintin (ITA) again who ranked eighth today – the first time this season that the rider form South Tyrol missed the big finals.

 

As a result, “the focus is now on La Molina. I will focus on the Crystal Globe trying to make it in the finals there. And then it's time for the worlds and hopefully a medal,” said the new World Cup leader form Austria.

 

The snowboard cross World Cup tour takes a break of three weeks now with the next race scheduled in La Molina, Spain on March 4 and 5, 2017.

 

 

 

 

Full Results Men and Women

 

 

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Marino and Toutant shine out at slopestyle World Cup Quebec

 

Julia Marino (USA) and Sebastien Toutant (CAN) have claimed victory in the penultimate slopestyle World Cup event of the 2016-17 season which was staged as part of the 2017 Jamboree presented by Vidéotron Mobile in the Stoneham Mountain Resort, Canada.

 

And whilst riders had to face some flat light and therefore quite challenging conditions, the top-8 female and best 16 male qualifiers still delivered a great show in the two run best one count final in front of the stellar crowd which braved the cold weather whilst hoping for another top result of the Canadian roster.

 

The hosting nation's riders had been doing well in the Saturday night big air finals with Mark McMorris and Max Parrot securing a 1-2 double for the maple leaves – so hopes were high for a repetition.

 

And Team Canada did their home country proud with Sebastien Toutant (84.81) and Mark McMorris (84.60) claiming another 1-2 punch in a super tight showdown.

 

In a technical final which could have gone either way, it was Seb Toots who impressed the judges just a little bit more with his second run to take his career's third.

 

The local favourite from Quebec landed a cab double cork 1260 tail to frontside double cork 1080 mute and backside 1440 mute on the three-kicker jump line before stomping a tailslide to 270 out on the creative hip feature whist finishing things of with a 270 on 270 out and a cab 270 in the rail section at the bottom of the course.

 

However, he had to go through some hard times until he finally was able to stomp the run he had in mind and climb the top spot of the podium.

 

“Not making the cut in yesterday's big air was for sure a bummer with all my friends and family here. And then I fell on the first jump in my first run, I couldn't believe it,” he recalled.

 

“I had a ton of pressure in my second run for sure but I tried to stay focused. I knew I had that run which I landed a couple of times in practise.

 

I'm super happy that I put it down. Taking a win in Quebec in front of my home crowd is awesome,” stated Toutant who did not compete in his backyard since 2011 when he won the big air event in Quebec City.

 

Beaten by only 0.21, McMorris, who had looked like taking home a back-to-back win, was left standing as second knowing that the decision about the victory had not been in his hands.

 

The winner of the first ever FIS Super Series had thrown down a switch backside 1260 stalefish as well as a backside triple cork 1440 mute and frontside double cork 1080 mute to tail before stomping a tailslide 270 off, frontside boardslide to boardslide 270 out and a cab 270.

 

“You know, you can only land your run. I think it could have gone either way, just like yesterday. But I'm happy that I earned another good result. And hey, two Canadians on the podium, it could be worse,” he commented also knowing that “it was hard with the flat light but the level of riding was pretty technical today.”

 

Another proof for the superb level in the men's final was spinning wonder Markus Kleveland.

 

After putting down a solid run consisting of a cab 1260 melon to frontside double cork 1080 mute, backside 1440, boardslide prezel 270 out, cab 270 and a switch boardslide 270 out, the Norwegian Viking walked away with a 84.16 and a third rank finish saying:

 

“To compete with those guys it's a high level of riding. You have to push yourself to the max. It's been really fun.”

 

US ladies atop

 

And while the men put down some killer runs, the girls didn't want to be left behind with two US ladies taking a double win for the stars and stripes.

 

Coming off strong of her last nights second rank finish in the big air competition, Julia Marino claimed her career's second, her first in slopestyle though, thanks to her first run with which she set the bar too high for the rest of the field.

 

Marino was given a 76.43 for her frontside 540 indy to cab double underflip mute, backside 720 mute as well as a frontside nose bluntslide, frontside boardslide and a final 50-50 to frontside 360 therefore relegating Olympic champion Jamie Anderson to the runner-up position (72.78).

 

“I had a really fun time today although we had some flat light. But as the conditions were consistent it was good. However, it definitely wasn't easy. All the girls put down their hardest runs. But its cool, we push each other,” Marino said.

 

However, earning another 800 points for her second rank finish, Anderson took over the World Cup lead – despite the fact of being forced to deal with spare gear.

 

“I'm super happy to put one down after a super tough week here. I lost my bags which just showed up yesterday. So it was all new gear with which I wasn't comfortable with.”

 

Nevertheless, the US superstar who has had some ups and downs this season, was still able to throw down: cab 720 tail, switch backside 540 indy, frontside 720 mute, tailtap 270 off, frontside gap to boardslide and a frontside lipslide.

 

The women's podium was rounded out by Brooke Voigt (CAN; 67.43) who jumped on the podium for the third time in her career making the final day of the twelfth edition of the Jamboree one Canadian fans will never forget.

 

The snowboard freestyle World Cup tour will continue next weekend with the Olympic halfpipe test event staged in the Bokwang Phoenix Park Resort, South Korea from February 17 to 19, 2017.

 

 

 

 

Full Results Men and Women

 

 

 

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Clark and James win Olympic halfpipe test event

 

Kelly Clark (USA) and Scotty James (AUS) have claimed victory in the 2016-17 season's final halfpipe World Cup event which took place in the Bokwang Phoenix Park Resort, South Korea today, whilst also serving as official test event for the 2018 PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games, too.

 

While James, who had triumphed in the X Games earlier this season, therefore walked away with his career's second Crystal Globe since 2014, Chloe Kim (USA) celebrated the title on the women's side of things; it was her career's first.

 

However, the teenage halfpipe sensation who had kicked off the season with back-to-back wins had to settle for fourth today as Clark (94.00), fresh off a win at Mammoth Mountain (USA) as well as Chinese shredders Jiayu Liu (91.50) and Xuetong Cai (86.50) threw down runs which impressed the judges more.

 

33-year-old veteran Clark landed a frontside air to backside 540 mute, frontside 1080 indy, cab 720 invert and a crippler indy knowing that she is finally back at her game:

 

“This is a huge step for me in my process just coming back from my hip surgery to get my riding back to a really high level. Since last week, I finally feel that I'm back to where I was before I got injured.

 

I'm thankful to put down the run I did today, and I'm stoked of my snowboarding and even more stoked to end up atop of the podium,” she said.

 

To do so, she was able to step it up after her first run wasn't as good as she was hoping it to be whilst sitting in second position behind of Liu who had set the bar high with her high and well executed backside air to frontside 900 tail, backside mute, frontside 720 stalefish and cab 720 tail.

 

“In practise I did some cleaner runs. In my first run, I landed in the flat a couple of times and kind of under-rotated a few things. It was good to get one under my belt but I knew I could do it cleaner.

 

And that was just my whole approach: land higher on those walls, hang under those grabs longer because I know that execution is important at those events. That was what I really was trying to do,” Clark recapped her career's 13th World Cup win.

 

Her season's second was also the fourth consecutive triumph in an official Olympic test event World Cup after prevailing in Bardonecchia (ITA) in 2005, Cypress Mountain (CAN) 2009 and Sochi (RUS) back in 2013.

 

“I have hoped that I can build. It's awesome to be at a test event knowing that I have a whole year to progress,” she added.

 

James atop

 

Over in the men's event, reigning world champion Scotty James added another big win to his palmares earning the highest score of the day with a 96.00 in his third run which consisted of a backside double cork 1260, frontside double cork 1080, cab double cork 1080 and frontside 900 therefore putting so far leading US superstar Shaun White under pressure.

 

But the two-time Olympic gold medallist couldn't step up his game as last to drop in keeping his 95.00 from run one earned for a massive method to frontside double cork 1080, cab double cork 1080, frontside 900 and a final backside double cork 1260.

 

“It's extremely disappointing,” White said. “I absolutely came here to win and do my thing. It was a great test run for the Olympics. Yeah, I think lesson is learned.”

 

Especially as he knew where and when he might lost it today:

 

“The truth is, I rode for two days and then went for shopping in Seoul, then rode qualifying and went back to shop in Seoul. So, I am really tired. By the time I got to my last hit my back leg kinda gave out. So, I'm just disappointed of myself although it's super nice suites I got. So, I hope there is less shopping next time and taking it more serious.

 

But anyway, Scotty had a great run with four magical hits.”

 

And with those four huge hits landed, Scotty James finally had his first ever World Cup win in store:

 

“It feels amazing winning the test event. I absolutely love South Korea. Every run here has been so awesome. The crowds and fans have been so welcoming and very helpful. They put on an awesome pipe here for us to ride, and yeah, I'm really excited.

 

It's twelve months down the track from today. It's going to be another exciting day in one year. And with a halfpipe like that anything is possible. It's going to be awesome.”

 

And that's for sure if the 22-year-old keeps on progressing like the past year.

 

“I put a lot of hard work in 2016, and I kind of continuing on this year as well. I changed up and put a lot of people in place who are pushing me forward to where I want to be. I have got such an amazing team behind me. Me and my coaches have a similar mindset towards where I wanna be. Australia and all my sponsors have been really supportive.”

 

That said, it's obviously that the adjustments pay off.

 

“I'm just trying to develop as a person and as a rider. Being happy is the most important thing for me, and I'm really happy at the moment. And things like this are a plus,” James said with an eye on his Crystal Globe.

 

Yiwei Zhang (CHN), the first rider who had stomped a triple cork in the pipe, rounded out the men's podium as third with a score of 93.25.

With the season's last halfpipe World Cup in the books, the great finale of the snowboard freestyle overall World Cup tour is slated to take place in Spindleruv Mlyn (CZE), where a slopestyle competition will wrap up things from March 24 till 25, 2017.

 

However, it's time to battle for gold, silver and bronze at the 12th FIS Snowboard World Championships a fe days before with the title decisions taking place in Sierra Nevada (ESP) from March 7 till 19, 2017.

 

 

 

 

Full Results Men and Women

Halfpipe World Cup 2016/17 Final Ranking Men and Women

 

 

 

 

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Season's last parallel giant slalom interrupted

Too much fog to race in Erciyes-Kayseri

The World Cup season's final PGS race staged in Erciyes-Kayseri (TUR) has been interrupted due to heavy fog after the visibility got too poor to guarantee a safe and fair competition.

 

Following an unanimous jury decision, the race will resume tomorrow at 8 AM CET with the quarter finals of both, women and men.

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Ughhh, Rado Yankov failed in the qualification and with the nightmare win of Prommeger it almost certain he will lose the Big Globe.. 

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What day on the snow for our team! After Goggia in alpine skiing, Michela Moioli won in women's SBX and Omar Visintin won the bronze in men's SBX! Amazing! 

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Ledecka and Prommegger triumph in season's last PGS

Ester Ledecka (CZE) and Andreas Prommegger (AUT) have come out victorious of the 2016-17 World Cup season's final PGS which was staged in Erciyes-Kayseri today successfully repeating their last year's triumph on the Turkish volcano.

 

It was an uncommon race both prevailed in as the parallel giant slalom race originally scheduled for yesterday got interrupted after several delays due to heavy fog and low visibility.

 

But Ledecka and Prommegger dealt best with the situation keeping the motivation high over night.

 

The competition finally resumed this morning with the quarter finals under a blue bird sky and the reigning PSL world champion underlined her claim on another gold medal at the upcoming world championships which will take place in Sierra Nevada (ESP) from March 7 to 19.

 

In a heart beat women's final, Ledecka edged off Tomoka Takeuchi from Japan by the tiny mere of 0.03 seconds bringing home her career's ninth.

 

“It was a great race, although yesterday was pretty tough. But that's nature. But his way, it was interesting with the race taking place on two different days. It was a new experience. I happy that I have another good result. It was a good training for Sierra Nevada. I'm looking forward to competing at the world championships,” Ledecka said.

 

Ramona Hofmeister (GER) rounded out the podium as third beating Austrian champion Daniela Ulbing in the small final.

 

Over in the men's event, history was made as Sang-ho Lee and Bo-gun Choi secured the first ever medals for Korea in an alpine snowboard World Cup event finishing as respective second and third behind of Andreas Prommegger who celebrated a back-to-back win after his victory in the Olympic test event in South Korea three weeks ago.

 

Thanks to his career's 15^th win, Prommegger took over the lead in the parallel overall World Cup standings from Radoslav Yankov (BUL) who finished 17^th today but claimed the PGS World Cup title.

 

“It's been two pretty tough days. They tried to finish the race yesterday but it wasn't possible due to the sleet.

 

But yeah, I'm really happy. I won here last year, and I was able to pull of this feat again. It was pretty close but I'm very relieved. Of course, the focus is on the world champs now but the overall World Cup ranking is also one thing I'm going for,” he explained knowing that it will be a tight battle with Yankov for the overall crown.

 

The Austrian veteran is currently sitting in first with 4,350 points but the defending champion is close behind with 3,950 points while Benjamin Karl can also nail it on the last day of the season with 3,600 points.

 

However, it's the Bulgarian superstar Prommegger has to have an eye on first. And Yankov is still motivated for more: “I'm happy. I managed to take home the Crystal Globe in the PGS, and I'm really happy with this, even though I didn't do well here finishing 17^th.

 

Now I'm focusing on competing in the Sierra Nevada which are the most important races of the season. And then Winterberg will bring a pretty tough showdown for the overall win with the Austrian guys. But first, it's the worlds.”

 

Alena Zavarzina (RUS) brought home her career's first Crystal Globe also leading the overall standings of the women with only one more race to come.

 

However, before finally putting her hands on the coveted Crystal Globe, the 2014 Olympic bronze medallist had to go through some hard times:

 

“The delay yesterday and re-scheduling of the race was very stressful for me as I was going for the Crystal Globe and didn't have much of an advantage [on Patrizia Kummer]. This waiting situation was nerve-wrecking. It was like the worst day of my life. I tried to make the best of the situation but almost puked this morning after breakfast. But I kept going. It was dramatic, I was hoping to finish on the podium in the last race.

 

I was waiting for this moment, and of course I'm happy and very proud. It was my goal ever since I started my career. It definitely took away the stress prior to the world champs.”

 

The alpine snowboard World Cup tour will wrap up things with the final parallel slalom and parallel slalom team event slated to take place in Winterberg (GER) from March 17 to 19.

 

However, the 12^th FIS Snowboard World Championships are up next for the raceboarders with the pgs medal decisions scheduled for March 14 and the ones for PSL for March 15.

 

 

 

Full Results Men and Women

 

2016/17 Parallel Giant Slalom World Cup Final Ranking Men and Women

 

 

 

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Moioli and Vaultier victorious in La Molina SBX

 

Michela Moioli (ITA) and Pierre Vaultier (FRA) have prevailed in the 2016-17 season's penultimate snowboard cross World Cup event which was staged in foggy conditions in La Molina, Spain today.

 

Moioli, fresh off a first and sixth place finish earned at the last World Cup stop in Germany underlined her current form by keeping her rivals in a thrilling women's finals at bay.

 

“The final was pretty difficult. We were pretty close together in the first bank, I gave my best to keep the lead I had gained in that turn. Now I'm happy about the win. That was a good confident boost for the world championships,” Moioli stated.

 

The 21-year-old from Alzano Lombardo had crossed the finish line first ahead of Eva Samkova (CZE) who therefore took over the World Cup lead with a total of 4,370 points from former top rider Belle Brockhoff (AUS; 4,060) who lost some precious ground today finishing in seventh position.

 

“It feels good to be first in the World Cup ranking after finishing second last season. But it's still super close, and it will be a tough fight in Veysonnaz,” explained Samkova.

 

Chloe Trespeuch (FRA) rounded out the podium in third with 2015 La Molina winner Charlotte Bankes (FRA) placing fourth.

 

Over in the men's event which featured a lot of passing manoeuvres, tight battles from start to finish and several photo finish decisions, it was Olympic champion Pierre Vautier earning his career's 19^th win ahead of Austria's Lukas Pachner who therefore wrote his history.

 

The 25-year-old became the first ever athlete from Vienna to podium in an individual World Cup competition.

 

Nick Baumgartner (USA) finished in third position while Omar Visintin (ITA) came in fourth after being the last to be back on track after Pachner, Baumgartner and the South Tyrolean had crashed down in the first left berm of the course therefore paving the way to an easy win for Vaultier.

 

Baumgartner was the first to go down and recapped the situation like this:

 

“I knew that it would be a battle going on, especially as I'm not known for my starts. So I knew I would have to pull something out. So I went to the inside to make something happen, and that turn just deteriorated. There was a big hole on the inside, and unfortunately I went down.

 

And then I saw the guys go down next to me, and they got tangled up but got up fast again. So I was just doing everything I can to get on that podium.”

 

Nevertheless, the race for the win was already decided.

 

“I didn't expect to win here. The start of the season was complicated but then I figured out to be back on the podium in the last races. This win prior to the world champs is great. I'm feeling really good”, Vaultier said.

 

“I had a good start in the finals, and then I noticed that everybody was falling behind of me. But I tried to stay focus for the rest of the run,” he added.

 

Although he didn't podium today, Visintin had enough reasons to be OK with the result as he took back the lead from Alessandro Haemmerle (AUT) who had missed today's knock out finals placing only 53^rd in yesterday's time trials.

 

Ever since the season's second race the lead has changed back and forth between both riders with Visintin now leading the World Cup ranking with 3,470 points ahead of Vaultier (3,450) and Haemmerle (3,114.60) – with only one last race to come.

 

However, before it's time for the showdown in Veysonnaz (SUI) from March 24 to 26, when an individual as well as team snowboard cross race will be staged, it's time to go for Gold, Silver and Bronze at the 12^th FIS Snowboard World Championships which are slated to take place from March 7 to 19 in Sierra Nevada (ESP).

 

The snowboard cross is scheduled for March 11 and 12 with the first ever world championships team SBX event following on March 13.

 

 

Full Results Men and Women

 

 

 

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Schoeffmann and Baumeister victorious in season's PSL finale

 

Sabine Schoeffmann (AUT) and Stefan Baumeister (GER) have claimed victory in the 2016-17 FIS Snowboard World Cup season's last parallel slalom race which was staged in Winterberg (GER) in pouring rain today while Ester Ledecka (CZE) and Andreas Prommegger (AUT) capped off an incredible season with the alpine snowboard overall World Cup title.

 

But before things got fired up in front of some hundred spectators which were braving the weather and cheering for their favourites, it was time to say good-bye to Isabella Laboeck (GER) as the 2013 PGS world champion had announced her retirement from competitive snowboarding for health reasons.

 

Ongoing problems with her right ankle had led to the decision to go for one last run in front of a home crowd – as a result, the 30-year-old two-time Olympian performed as forerunner of the knock out rounds before the world's best were ready to go for one last race for the podium – and the last title decisions.

 

In fact, the battle for the four remaining Crystal Globes was still an open one; and it wasn't always the leading athlete to walk away with the precious prize and glory.

 

In the women's event, Sabine Schoeffmann earned her career's second crossing the finish line of the 350 metres long course on the Poppenberg slope only 10 hundredths ahead of 2017 PGS world champion Ester Ledecka therefore underlining, that she can deal with bad weather conditions.

 

Back in 2014 in Montafon, Austria Schoeffmann had secured her career's first win in a shower of rain, too: “I guess I'm a fan of rain, but yes, I'm glad that I was able to perform well despite the weather conditions, especially as things didn't went the way I wanted them to at the world championships. It was a tough week, but I'm happy with things turned out.”

 

With Ledecka finishing in second position, the Czech superstar who had earned a Gold and a Silver at last weeks world champs was able to head off Alena Zavarzina on the home stretch snatching the alpine snowboard overall World Cup title (4,860) with the so far leading Russian having to settle for second (4,500) after wrapping up her season with a seventh rank finish.

 

“It was a great race again. I am very happy to be here, it was a great organisation, the slopes were quite similar so it was a very nice race for everybody, and I am happy because I enjoyed every single run, and at the end I got the big Crystal Globe.

 

Actually, that was a big surprise because I have missed three races when I attended the alpine ski world championships last month. But I didn't think of of the title at all. So, I'm very happy about the title and finishing off the season as second of the PSL World Cup, too. It was a great season, and I'm already looking forward to the next one.

 

In today's battle for third, Daniela Ulbing was left standing with nothing after her Austrian teammate Julia Dujmovits had crossed the finish line first.

 

But the surprising winner of the 2017 world championships parallel slalom race was able to defend her lead in the PSL World Cup standings bringing home her career's first Crystal Globe (2,300).

 

“Of course I was going for the podium, and although I missed it, I'm very pleased as I won the PSL World Cup title. It's incredible. I'm super happy,” explained Ulbing

 

Over in the men's event, Baumeister beat Aaron March in the big final to secure his career's first with the slight advantage of 0.31 seconds on his rival from Italy.

 

Although having been defeated in the final run of the day, the South Tyrolean athlete claimed his career's first Crystal Globe as the fifth ranked rider of the 2017 parallel slalom world championships event moved onto the top of the PSL World Cup standings with a total of 1,560 with Baumeister (1,440) and former leader Christoph Mick (ITA; 1,410) wrapping up the season as respective second and third of the discipline ranking.

 

“It was tough today as it was raining all day long. I knew I have to give it everything I have to have a chance for the podium, and I have tried to concentrate on my racing. This went out pretty well.

 

I knew that I would have a slight chance for the Crystal Globe, but everything had to fall into place. And well, that's what just happened. So, I'm very happy. Taking the title is amazing. It was a dream of mine since I have been a little kid,” March said.

 

In the men's small final, it was Austria's Alexander Payer bringing home the third rank ahead of double Olympic champion Vic Wild (RUS).

 

Andreas Prommegger, fresh off two Gold medals from the 2017 world championships in Spain, placed 13^th but finished off the season as dominating raceboarder securing the alpine snowboard overall World Cup title and therefore his career's third Crystal Globe.

 

“The whole season was crazy, especially the last week was intense. I had a very good streak with for wins in a row, which unfortunately ended today in tough conditions.

 

But, having the luck on my side, things went to my favour, so I was able to claim the overall World Cup title. It was an incredible season I would have never expected to experience,” the double world champion of the 2017 worlds said.

 

The alpine snowboard World Cup tour will close out the season tomorrow with the season's second PSL Team event staged in Winterberg on the same slope. It's the first time ever a German venue will host a team event. Finals are slated to take place at 10:15 AM CET. Check this link for LIVE TV times.

 

 

 

 

Full Results Men and Women

2016/17 World Cup Parallel Slalom Final Ranking Men and Women

2016/17 World Cup Parallel Final Ranking Men and Women

 

 

 

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Ochner and March triumph in Winterberg PSL Team event

 

The 2016-17 FIS alpine snowboard World Cup season closed out in Winterberg today with a PSL team event staged on the Poppenberg slope in pouring rain again.

 

Italy's Nadya Ochner and Aaron March grabbed the win ahead of 2017 PSL world champions Daniela Ulbing and Andreas Prommegger of Austria.

 

“It was a fantastic race. It weren't the best conditions with the rain but the slope hold out pretty well. It was a pleasure to ride with Aaron today. I was pretty confident that he would do well today after he finished second yesterday. So, I just had to make sure that I go as fast as I could – and it worked out well,” said Ochner with teammate March adding:

 

“It's a fantastic finish of the season. It was fun racing today, especially as Nadya was paving the road to victory very well. She gave me some pressure to go fast.”

 

Germany's Carolin Langenhorst and yesterday's triumphant racer Stefan Baumeister rounded out the podium as third doing their home country proud by beating Switzerland's Julie Zogg and Dario Caviezel in the small final.

 

The second PSL Team event was the first one ever to be staged on German soil.

 

In the team event, the second racer starts as soon as the first one has crossed the finish line.

 

It's a format which provided tons of thrilling duels from start to finish today – including the battle for first and third as both heats featured some exciting head to head racing and were decided by the tiny mere of 0.03 seconds.

 

 

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