Moguls & Aerials 2022/23 Nor-Am Cup season recap

Moguls

After a fourth-overall finish in 2021/22, 19-year-old Ali Macuga (USA) took it up a notch this season, earning 560 points on the strength of four victories and seven total podiums in eight competitions, while also getting her first taste of World Cup action a qualifying into finals in all but one event from nine competitions on tour so far in 2022/23.

Macuga’s teammate Kasey Hogg finished in second with Canada’s Ashley Koehler following up in third place.

“It feels so good,” said Macuga after scoring two podiums at the final events at Stratton, “After all this years of doing Nor-Am’s, finally being on top of the box feels very great. That’s what I’ve worked for and trained for all this year, putting my all so I’m so glad it worked out.”

“I’m really proud with my finals and my super final run, to be able to do my full and the cork and to get that full DD going. I’m super proud to stomp those runs. I have really close scores with the rest of the girls and it was a really good competition.”

Over on the men’s side a Nor-Am veteran Daniel Tanner of Canada finished as the most dominant man on tour with one victory and four top-3 finishes, earning 385 points and his first Nor-Am Cup title.

“I’m pretty stoked on winning the Nor-Am Cup”, said Tanner, “Traditionally I’m not so good at singles, so I’m really happy to have done well in singles this year and put some runs down.”

“It was definitely a high pressure day, because obviously we knew that the title was on the line. It was really tight between a bunch of guys, so it was a stressful day to say the least.”

“It was a rough start of the season for me, as I didn’t do so well in Apex, so it was definitely the season that built throughout the year. I really tried to stay in the process of it and be confident in myself. It was a good one.”

Behind Tanner finished his teammate Louis-David Chalifoux in second and Charlie Mickel (USA) in third.