Laax Open 2022 Friday: Slopestyle Semi Finals
Tiarn Collins. Photo: Matt McHattie
Bianca Gisler, Photo: Matt McHattie
Laax yet again delivered the perfect set up as we headed into the men and women’s slopestyle semi-finals. 31 women got reduced down to 8 for tomorrows slopestyle finals. Tess Coady from Australia impressed the judges the most, who rewarded her a best score of 79.5. Anna Gasser has seemingly broken her Laax curse and came second and Cool Wakushima qualified in third place. The final will see 8 riders take part and interestingly the riders come from 8 different countries too.
Mons Roisland Photo: Matt McHattie
Klaudia Medlova, Photo: Matt McHattie
For the men, 24 riders started the semi-final and 12 made it through to the final. New Zealand’s Tian Collins got the top spot with 87.71 points, Marcus Kleveland got second and Takeru Otsuka came third. Tomorrow is the day we have all been looking forward to with both women’s and Men Slopestyle finals in the day and in the evening, we will witness the men and women’s pipe finals, held at night at 2,252 meters above sea level.
Results:
Women’s Slopestyle Semi-finals.
Tess Coady (AUS) 79.35
Anna Gasser (AUT) 78.81
Cool Wakushima (NZL) 75.36
Reira Iwabuchi (JPN) 71.00
Enni Rukajarvi (FIN) 70.46
Melissa Pepperkamp (NED) 69.16
Annika Morgan (GER) 68.15
Bianca Gisler (SUI) 67.61
Men’s Slopestyle Semi- finals
Tiarn Collins (NZL) 87.71
Marcus Kleveland (NOR) 79.63
Takeru Otsuka (JPN) 79.18
Ryoma Kimata (JPN) 78.53
Leon Vockensperger (GER) 76.48
Yiming SU (CHN) 75.00
Brock Crouch (USA) 73.93
Staale Sandbech (NOR) 72.83
Sean Fitzsimons (USA) 72.80
Matthew Cox (AUS) 72.08
Jake Canter (USA) 70.28
Niek Van Der Velden (NED) 68.36