Continental Cup success for SBX and Moguls

Courtesy OWIA

A relatively quiet weekend on the World Cup circuit gave way to Continental Cups with Australian athletes scoring strong results in the northern hemisphere.

SNOWBOARD CROSS EUROPEAN CUP - COLERE, ITA
Three-time Olympian Belle Brockhoff has finished with a gold and silver medal at the European Cup snowboard cross event in Italy, as she prepared for the next rounds of World Cup competition. The NSWIS rider now has five career European Cup medals.

Joining Brockhoff on the podium was NSWIS teammate James Johnstone, who finished in second place on day two for his first ever European Cup medal.

This weekend another double European Cup event will take place in Grasgehren, Germany, with events on February 24 and 25.

• Women's Snowboard Cross #1: 1st Belle Brockhoff, 11th Maya Billingham
• Men's Snowboard Cross #1: 11th Angus Jones, 19th James Johnstone, 25th Kobi Dent, 31st Cameron Turner, 33rd Declan Dent, 44th William McCarthy, 47th Max Vardy, 51st Robert Jones, 58th Angus Young, 64th David McLean
• Women's Snowboard Cross #2: 2nd Belle Brockhoff, 15th Maya Billingham
• Men's Snowboard Cross #2: 2nd James Johnstone, 15th Declan Dent, 16th Cameron Turner, 18th Kobi Dent, 25th Angus Jones, 29th William McCarthy, 30th Angus Young, 37th Max Vardy, 58th Robert Jones, 66th David McLean

MOGUL SKIING NOR-AM CUP, APEX CAN
At the Nor-Am mogul competition in Apex, Canada, NSWIS skier George Murphy made it back-to-back podium performances in the dual moguls event with a silver medal finish, to go with his bronze medal from the week before in Deer Valley.

First up was the single moguls, where Oliver Logan - who has also competed in World Cup events this season - had Australia's best result in fourth place. Youth Olympic Games silver medallist Lottie Lodge made the super-final, and finished sixth.

In the dual moguls, youth Olympian Edward Hill nearly joined Murphy on the podium skiing to a personal best Nor-Am finish of fourth place.

• Women's Single Moguls: 6th Lottie Lodge, 11th Lucy Pernice, 24th Emma Bosco, 26th Kareema Wakim, 27th Xanthia Coote, 33rd Charlotte Wilson
• Men's Single Moguls: 4th Oliver Logan, 23rd George Murphy, 25th Edward Hill, 26th Mac Livissianos, 29th Tristan Rowley
• Women's Dual Moguls: 12th Lottie Lodge, 20th Xanthia Coote, 21st Charlotte Wilson, 25th Kareema Wakim, 30th Emma Bosco
• Men's Dual Moguls: 2nd George Murphy, 4th Edward Hill, 27th Oliver Logan, 28th Tristan Rowley, 32nd Mac Livissianos

The Nor-Am series moves to Val St Come, Canada, for a single moguls competition on February 24, followed by a dual moguls on February 25.