Canadian Spalding capture men’s event at snowboard slopestyle World Cup event
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This article was published 18/01/2025 (435 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
LAAX, Switzerland – Canadian Cameron Spalding captured the men’s crown at a snowboard slopestyle World Cup event Saturday.
Spalding, of Havelock, Ont., posted a winning score of 86.63 points. He finished just ahead of American Red Gerard (86.22) and German Noah Viktor (83.72).
Liam Brearley of Gravenhurst, Ont., finished fourth. Spalding became the fifth Canadian to win here.
Cameron Spalding of Canada competes in the men's Snowboard Big Air qualifying round during the FIS Snowboard & Freeski World Cup 2024 at the Shougang Park in Beijing, Saturday, Nov. 30, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Andy Wong
“It’s unreal, I can’t believe it,” he said. “This event has so much history, and obviously the Canadians have done super well here over the years.”
Spalding also earned his second consecutive slopestyle win after capturing the season opener in Cardrona, N.Z. The 19-year-old Canadian went into Saturday’s final with the goal of enjoying himself.
“I’m just always trying to have as much fun as possible,” he said. “That’s when I snowboard my best, that’s when everything clicks for me.”
“On a course like this, everything is so flowy and the course (features) work so well together.”
British teenager Mia Brookes won the women’s event, topping the field with a score of 84.86 points. New Zealand’s Zoi Sadowski Synnott (77.29) was second ahead of Japan’s Kokomo Murase (71.15).
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 18, 2025.