Photo by Kelsey Brunner / The Aspen Times A jolting January finally turned in Chris Corning’s favor earlier this week after it dealt him some bad fortune earlier this month. Though he was the top-scoring American at the season-opening Kreischberg, Austria, World Cup big air contest, Corning did not make the cut for finals. His performance came after his gear was lost in transportation to Europe, meaning Corning had to compete on borrowed gear he was unfamiliar with. A week later, Corning got word he and the majority of the U.S. Snowboard Team’s other slopestyle pros would not be able to compete at the Laax Open in Switzerland. Corning quarantined but never tested positive for the virus.