Top 10s for GB Park and Pipe in Milan Big Air
This weekend saw world-class performances from GB Park and Pipe snowboarders and skiers over the weekend at the Big Air World Cup in Milan
Aimee Fuller claimed the best finish of all the GB Park and Pipe riders, with an impressive 4th place in the Ladies Snowboard Big Air final on Saturday, a World Cup personal best. Katie Ormerod just missed out on finals, but finished 10th overall.
Fuller said after the event: “Today was great. I loved the atmosphere in the stadium and the jump was really good. It is my first scaffold jump and I am stoked with how I rode. To get fourth is a brilliant start to the season.”
In the men’s Snowboard competition, Billy Morgan threw down some impressive tricks and was mixing it up with the medal contenders. But after overshooting his third jump, he eventually finished in 7th, a solid start to the season. Rowan Coultas and Jamie Nicholls didn’t qualify for finals, and finished in 20th and 24threspectively.
In the Ski Big Air, GB Park & Pipe’s Katie Summerhayes and Madi Rowlands finished in 8th and 9th place respectively, in the first of three City Big Air ‘Super Series’. The next stops in the series are in Moenchengladbach, Germany and Quebec City.
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