Freestyle Skiing - 2022/23 Season Wrap

Australia’s freestyle skiers have had a phenomenal year on the international circuit, with a number of athletes certain to be in the running for the Snow Australia Awards on Thursday 27 April in Melbourne.

Season 2022/23 saw our moguls and aerials skiers bring home two crystal globes, 10 World Cup wins, 18 World Cup podiums and three World Championship podiums. It was the second most successful winter for our freestyle skiers, only bettered by the 27 podiums scored by Britt Cox, Matt Graham, Danielle Scott, Samantha Wells, Lydia Lassila, Brodie Summers, Laura Peel and David Morris in 2016/17.

Moguls
Beijing 2022 gold medallist Jakara Anthony backed up her historic Olympic campaign with a stellar season, winning four moguls World Cups - including three of the first four events - plus a silver and bronze to claim her third crystal globe.

Matt Graham was a measure of consistency throughout the year, making the World Cup podium five times - including victory at Deer Valley where he and Anthony claimed double gold for Australia - while he also medalled in both moguls and dual moguls at the World Championships.

George Murphy and Jackson Harvey both made their moguls World Cup and World Championships debuts this season and Cooper Woods added a pair of World Cup top ten results to his first two last year.

Eight moguls skiers went to the Junior World Championships in Italy, with Oliver Logan and Lottie Lodge leading the way with top ten performances in the individual event. Logan combined with Charlotte Wilson for fifth place in the mixed dual moguls, while Lodge was the highest-placed athlete in dual moguls, reaching the eighth final for 15th place.

Aerials
In her tenth World Cup season, Danielle Scott broke through for her first Crystal Globe, topping the season rankings with compatriot Laura Peel finishing second overall.

Scott never finished outside the top 10, winning three World Cups and finishing second at the World Cup Final to claim the title. She also finished second at the World Championships in Georgia, her third podium appearance at the event.

Peel also had a fantastic season, winning two World Cup events and placing second in another, meaning the Australian duo took five of the six World Cup gold medals in 2022/23.

Following her World Cup debut in December 2021, Airleigh Frigo competed at five events this season with a best placing of 12th, while she finished 14th on World Championships debut as well.

Three former gymnasts went to the Aerials Junior World Championships in Austria, with Miriana Perkins finishing 4th, Sidney Stephens 7th and Reilly Flanagan 18th. The trio combined for sixth place in the team event.

Over the coming weeks snow.org.au will continue to wrap the international season as we breakdown the 2022/23 campaigns in Ski & Snowboard Cross, Park & Pipe, Cross Country & Ski Mountaineering, Alpine Skiing & Snowboard and Parasnowsports.

Jakara Anthony was named Athlete of the Year at the 2022 Snow Australia Awards.

Will she win again? Will another freestyle skier take home the prize?

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