Sildaru and Hall close out Mammoth weekend with slopestyle wins

“I’m really so stoked,” Sildaru said just after the final results were in, “My baggage got lost  on my way here and I haven’t done any training, only the warmups before the qualies and the finals. So I’m happy that I was able to put a good run down.”

The win was Sildaru’s second of the season after she took top spot at the slopestyle World Cup season-opener in Stubai (AUT) back in November, and she remains atop the slopestyle standings with a perfect 200 points.

Behind Sildaru in second was Gu, making Sunday’s competition her first World Cup of 2021/22  that she hasn’t won (Gu did not compete in Stubai).

Gu’s first run saw her go 270 on to 270 out on he first rail, switch left 270 disaster on the flat-down, to left foot front swap to switch on the rainbow rain, and then a switch left bio 900 tail  to right 900 Buick on the jumps for a score of 91.00.

While Gu would try to up the difficulty in her second run, she went down on her final hit dub 1260 and would not improve her score. Still, with her sixth podium of the season Gu is well out ahead in the FIS Freeski overall standings, with 580 points to Sildaru’s 369.

Maggie Voisin of the host U.S. team matched her result from Mammoth two years ago, earning a score of 90.00 and third place with a run that saw her start with a left 270 on to 270 out on the down rail, into a switch left 270 disaster on the flat-down, and then a right foot slide to backside 270 out on the rainbow rail, and then right 900 tail, and finally a switch left 720 high safety to finish it off on the jumps.

HALL PUTS IT ALL TOGETHER IN THE FINAL RUN OF THE WEEKEND

For the men it was Alex Hall coming through with some final run heroics, as the top qualifier from earlier in the day waited until the very last drop of the Mammoth weekend to put on a rail clinic and two exceptional jumps, bumping his teammate Nick Goepper from top spot and claiming the win.

Hall began his run with a switch right 270 nose tap on to pretzel 450 out over the chain and onto the down rail, and then left 270 front swap to pretzel 270 out on the dip rail, into a switch left 270 front swap to 630 out on the rainbow – far and away the most technical rail line attempted at any point over the last week in Mammoth.

Finishing things off with a switch right dub 1080 double Japan and then a switch left dub 1440 mute to shifty on the jumps, Hall would earn a score of 95.50 and his fifth career World Cup win.