Anna Gasser

SNOWBOARD WORLD CUP 2020/21 AWARDS RECAP

With the conclusion of the 2020/21 FIS Snowboard World Cup seasons at the end of Sunday’s slopestyle competitions in Silvaplana (SUI), the last of this season’s major trophies were distributed to the top athletes and nations. Today we’re taking a look back at the big winners of a season unlike any other…

Pictured: Marcus Kleveland (NOR). Image credit: FIS Snowboard

IWABUCHI, KLEVELAND AND GASSER BIG WINNERS AT SEASON FINALE IN SILVAPLANA

The final event of the 2020/21 FIS Snowboard Park & Pipe season took to the slopes of a brand-new venue for the world’s best riders, and the slopestyle competition that went down on the unique and exciting course at Silvaplana’s Corvatsch 3303 resort did not disappoint. In the end, Reira Iwabuchi (JPN) and Marcus Kleveland (NOR) would take the wins with standout performances on Sunday, while Kleveland and Anna Gasser (AUT) would end the season as the big winners with double crystal globe finishes.

Pictured: Marcus Kleveland (NOR) ends 2020/21 World Cup season with slopestyle and Park & Pipe overall crystal globe titles, after winning FIS Snowboard Slopestyle World Cup Corvatsch, at Corvatsch Park, Silvaplana, Switzerland, March 28, 2021. Image credit: Mateusz Kielpinski / FIS Snowboard

THE AUDI NINES 2021: THE SESSION IS ON

The team behind the Audi Nines are thankful and excited to announce: It’s official, the Audi Nines are back and it’s game on! Buckle your seatbelts folks — in exactly two weeks, a special instalment of the pioneering action sports series will debut in a brand-new location.

For the first time the Audi Nines will bring its unique blend of action sports éclat to Crans-Montana, Switzerland from the 7th-10th April, 2021

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SILVAPLANA IS GETTING READY TO HOST FIS SNOWBOARD WORLD CUP CORVATSCH THIS WEEK

The world’s best freeskiers and snowboarders are on their way to Silvaplana in Switzerland to join the last Slopestyle World Cup of the season. It’s the 8th edition of the Freeski World Cup (March 26th – 27th) at Corvatsch park while it’s the premiere for the Snowboard World Cup (March 27th – 28th). The short-notice addition of Snowboarding which was originally planned in Czech Republic was a no-brainer for Corvatsch AG, as they just handed in the application for the Ski-Freestyle and Snowboard World Championships 2025. This week it’s all about important event titles, a prizemoney of CHF 100.000 in total (CHF 50.000 for each sport) and last but definitely not least the small crystal globes for the final Slopestyle World Cup standings 2020/21, a pre-Olympic season.

Filip Zuan / Corvatsch AG

GASSER AND KLEVELAND CHECK OUT OF ASPEN WORLD CUP WITH SLOPESTYLE WINS

After the conclusion of the Aspen 2021 FIS Snowboard and Freestyle World Championships on Wednesday, Saturday afternoon saw the action in Aspen (USA) rolling on with the first of this weekend’s back-to-back World Cup competitions taking to the Buttermilk Mountain slopestyle course, where springy conditions and the occasional gusty wind made for some occasionally tough riding, but where Anna Gasser (AUT) and Marcus Kleveland (NOR) rose to the challenge and walked away with impressive wins.

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ACTION ROLLS ON IN ASPEN WITH WORLD CUP HALFPIPE AND SLOPESTYLE AT THE LAND ROVER US GRAND PRIX

With the Aspen 2021 FIS Snowboard and Freeski World Championships only just finished up on Tuesday, we are right back to action at Buttermilk Mountain from Thursday through to Sunday with FIS Snowboard World Cup slopestyle and halfpipe action at the Land Rover US Grand Prix.

Image credit: Mark Clavin / US Ski & Snowboard