SSA Weekend Wrap | 21 Jan
Published Sun 20 Jan 2019
The Aussies are flying high after a weekend of outstanding results. Jakara Anthony notched up here first career World Cup gold medal, Scotty James continued his winning ways and there was plenty more action from Aussies on snow around the world.
ANTHONY CLAIMS FIRST WORLD CUP CAREER GOLD
Australian mogul skier Jakara Anthony has claimed her first ever World Cup gold medal at the Lake Placid World Cup tour event.
The 20-year-old set one of the fastest times of the day while also landing both of her tricks to top the leader board with 78.76, after qualifying through to the final in fourth position.
Anthony, who finished fourth at her Olympics debut at PyeonChang in 2018, currently sits third overall in the FIS Freestlye Women's World Cup overall standings.
Read more about Anthony's first World Cup career gold medal here.
PyeongChang silver medallist Matt Graham also made a podium appearance, taking bronze in the men's division and is nicely placed in 6th spot for the FIS Freestyle Men's World Cup overall standings.
Women’s Lake Placid World Cup Moguls Results
- Jakara Anthony – 1st
- Britt Cox – 9th
- Taylah O’Neill – 21st
- Claudia Gueli– 24th
- Sophie Ash – 25th
Men’s Lake Placid World Cup Moguls Results
- Matt Graham – 3rd
- Brodie Summers – 13th
- Rohan Chapman-Davies – 27th
- Cooper Woods-Topalovic – 34th
- James Matheson - DNF
JAMES GOES MASSIVE AT LAAX HALFPIPE WORLD CUP
The best halfpipe riders in the world gathered at what is perhaps the best halfpipe in the world for an evening showdown that saw PyeongChang bronze medallist Scotty James reign supreme.
The 24-year-old put down what must be the run of the year up to this point in his first turn in the final. Kicking things off with an insanely difficult switch backside 1080 indy, he proceeded to launch a backside 1080 mute, frontside 1080 tailgrab, cab double 1080 mute, and a frontside double 1260 stalefish, with all five hits consistently at five metres out of the pipe, or higher.
Scoring a massive 95.75 earnt James his first victory at Laax, and his second World Cup win of the season. Read more here.
Fellow Aussie rider Kent Callister picked up 9th place in Switzerland for his efforts on the world renowned pipe.
TOP 10 FOR PEEL AT LAKE PLACID WORLD CUP
Four Australian ladies competed in the FIS Freestyle Lake Placid Aerials World Cup in America.
Ladies Lake Placid Aerials World Cup Results
- Laura Peel – 10th
- Brittany George – 20th
- Gabi Ash – 22nd
- Abbey Wilcox – 23rd
PARA ALPINE
PyeongChang Paralympics bronze medallist Melissa Perrine has sent an ominous warning to her competitiors from Zagreb, Croatia after she finished second and third respectively in the two Para Alpine World Cup Slalom races held in the region.
Perrine and sighted guide Bobbi Kelly have now joined their Australian team mates in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia for the 2019 World Para Alpine Skiing Championships.
2019 FIS NORDIC JUNIOR WORLD SKI CHAMPIONSHIPS
AUSSIE APLENTY IN EUROPA CUP SBX
There were 11 Aussie riders in action at German town Grasgehren for two Europa Cup races over the weekend - find out their individual results below.
| Europa Cup race 1 result | Europa Cup race 2 result | |
| Emily Boyce | 10th | 6th |
| Ellise Turner | 29th | 28th |
| Adam Lambert | 4th | 5th |
| Josh Miller | 6th | 15th |
| Adam Dickson | 13th | 9th |
| Bryn Nicholas | 29th | 32nd |
| Angus Pennington | 35th | 40th |
| Finn Sadler | 49th | 45th |
| Kye Chaplin | 50th | 35th |
| Alec Gordon | 55th | - |
| Henry Baff | 63rd | 47th |
TWO SKI CROSS RACES FOR KENNEDY-SIM IN SWEDISH WORLD CUP
Sami Kennedy-Sim improved across both her FIS Ski Cross World Cup races in Sweden during the weekend.
After making it to the ski cross quarter finals and placing 14th, she went on to notch up a birth in the small final and finish 8th place.
GRETA SMALL HITS THE SLOPES AGAIN
In the Ladies FIS Alpine World Cup Super G event hosted in Italy, PyeongChang Olympian Greta Small finished 38th.
For more event information - click here.