The 2015/16 snowboard season has begun in style with the (Mountain) Dew tour in Breckenridge Colorado. Kicking things off was the Women’s slopestyle competition, with a final six comprising of; Spencer O’Brien, Hailey Langland, Anna Gasser, Cheryl Maas, Katie Ormerod, Klaudia Medlova and Anna Gasser. The roster for the final was strong, with all competitors putting in strong performances and no competitor achieving a score lower than 73.60. The top three justified their places on the podium, achieving scores greater than 85, however Anna Gasser was a cut above the rest with a mighty score of 91.20. The 24 year old Austrian won her first ever major competition putting on a master class in spinning tricks, stomping a frontside 540 , a cab 540, a switchback 180 and a frontside 720 to finish her strong run a full 4.80 points ahead of Spencer O’Brien in second. Hailey Langland who finished top in the semi-finals with a score of 93.60 finished in third.
- Anna Gasser – 91.20
- Spencer O’Brien – 86.60
- Hailey Langland – 85.60
- Cheryl Maas – 82.40
- Katie Ormerod – 75.00
- Klaudia Medlova – 73.60
Watch Anna Gasser’s winning run
The men’s snowboard Super pipe final and women’s snowboard super pipe final are set to take place today (Dec 12th) at 12pm and 2.30pm ET time respectively.
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