Su and Iwabuchi on top in historic day of big air action at Steamboat
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“I was super nervous before I dropped for my third run,” said Iwabuchi before the awards ceremony, ”I couldn’t breathe before I started. But I’m so happy to land the double 10 and the back 12. I haven’t landed those two runs together in finals before so I’m so stoked. The women are getting to another level before the next Olympics, so I’m just doing my best.”
The backside 1260 would also earn Iwabuchi women’s “Best Trick” honours and an extra $2500 for her efforts.
As mentioned, all-time great Gasser would have to settle for second behind Iwabuchi, after opting for what is considered by her lofty standards to be something of a safety combo, with a backside double cork 1080 melon and her patented cab double underflip 900 weddle grab giving her a score of 148.00.
Third place on the women’s side was Annika Morgan (GER), who made a bit of history both for herself, with her first career World Cup podium, and for German snowboarding, by earning the first-ever women’s big air World Cup podium for her nation. Stomping a super stylish cab double underflip 900 and a backside 1080 melon, Morgan finished with a score of 132.25 and a place in the record books for her efforts.
Su comes through with historic big air win
The history-making theme continued on the men’s side of things, as 17-year-old Chinese phenom Su Yiming pulled off what is certain to rank among the greatest achievements yet for snowboarding in his nation by earning the first-ever podium in either big air or slopestyle for a Chinese rider, and earning that podium in the form of an emphatic victory.
Not only that, but by stomping a backside triple cork 1800 indy and a frontside 1800 tail grab for a score of 155.15, Su became the first rider ever to land 1800s two ways in FIS competition – announcing to the world that he is very much in the medal conversation come time for Olympic competition on his home soil at Beijing 2022.
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