Utah 2019 big air World Champion: N/A (cancelled)
Sierra Nevada 2017 big air World Champion: Anna Gasser (AUT)
17 years into her international career still at the absolute pinnacle of the sport, Jamie Anderson of the host U.S. squad comes into Aspen 2021 looking for one of the only titles she doesn’t yet own, as she seeks to add world champs gold to her extensive trophy case. With back-to-back Olympic slopestyle gold medals and the PyeongChang 2018 big air silver, two crystal globes, eight X Games golds, ten World Cup wins, eight US Open victories, and innumerable other accolades, Anderson’s CV is the heaviest in all of snowboarding. The 30 year-old has shown nothing but excellence once again this winter, and we expect nothing less than that from her this week in Aspen.
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McEachern took silver in the event in 2020. The Canadian has competed in one slopestyle World Cup this season back in November.
The COVID-19 pandemic that has decimated the international competition calendar also had McEachran competing in front of zero fans Sunday at Buttermilk Mountain s terrain park. It feels really good to be on the podium here two years in a row and add another one to the start of the collection, McEachran said. Obviously we didn t have too many contests since last year s X Games. Kind of came here not knowing what to think or what to expect, but just got here and kind of put that out of my mind, skied the best I could and manage the course.
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Canada s Rachael Karker competes during the women s World Cup freestyle ski halfpipe event in Calgary, Alta., Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019. The X Games are Karker s first and perhaps only chance to compete this season. The Canadian freestyle skier s breakout performances in Aspen, Colo., the last two years launched her into the world s elite in halfpipe. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh January 28, 2021 - 7:30 AM
The X Games are Rachael Karker s first and perhaps only chance to compete this season.
The Canadian freestyle skier s breakout performances in Aspen, Colo., the last two years launched her into the world s elite in halfpipe.
This season, however, the COVID-19 pandemic has decimated her schedule. Karker will drop into the Buttermilk Mountain halfpipe Friday for her first competitive runs of the winter.