Dear Park and Pipe Community,

The Northern winter continues to rage on with plenty of Aussie Park and Pipe action having taken place between the beginning of the New Year and today.

Today marked the final day of the Winter Youth Olympic Games in Gangwon, South Korea. Australian Park and Pipe athletes included: Daisy Thomas & Joey Elliss (Freeski Big Air/Slopestyle), Ally Hickman & Milo Botterill (Snowboard Big Air/Slopestyle), and Sascha Elvy, Amelie Haskell & Tai Vaughan (Snowboard Halfpipe). Ally Hickman made it to the finals in the Snowboard Big Air event, finishing 9th, while Daisy Thomas and Joey Elliss were both able to make finals, with Joey finishing 5th and Daisy securing Australia’s first Youth Olympic Games Big Air medal with her 2nd place finish.

Results for the Winter Youth Olympic Games can be viewed here:

Freeski results: FIS Freestyle - Gangwon/Welli Hilli (KOR) - Event Details (fis-ski.com)

Snowboard results: FIS Snowboard - Gangwon/Welli Hilli (KOR) - Event Details (fis-ski.com)

Over to the World Cup scene, Halfpipe Snowboarders Scotty James and Valentino Guseli made history in Laax, securing the 1st and 2nd places respectively in what was an extremely talented field. Tess Coady narrowly missed out on her second podium of the season at the Slopestyle event taking out 4th place after finishing 2nd in the qualification.

The results for the Laax Snowboard events can be viewed at the following links:

Snowboard results: FIS Snowboard - Laax (SUI) - Event Details (fis-ski.com)

Scotty James was able to continue his hot streak heading to Aspen for the X-Games and taking out the Gold medal in the SuperPipe event, marking his third straight X-Games SuperPipe win, you can read more about it in the article below. On the women’s side of the SuperPipe, Olympian Emily Arthur finished 7th in her X-Games debut.

Results for the X-Games SuperPipe can be viewed below:

Men’s and Women's results: Current and Past Results - X Games

This morning (AEDT), Emily Arthur, and World Cup debutant, Misaki Vaughan, compete in the Snowboard Halfpipe World Cup at Mammoth Mountain, Arthur finished 11th whilst Vaughan 15th. Following weather delays, Kai Martin will compete in the Freeski Slopestyle Qualification early tomorrow morning.

Results for the Women’s Snowboard Halfpipe Qualification can be viewed below:

Qualification Mammoth Mountain (USA) (fis-ski.com)

Live results for the Men’s Freeski Slopestyle Qualification can be viewed here:

Qualification Mammoth Mountain (USA) (fis-ski.com)

Following these events, Australian athletes, Emily Arthur, Sascha Elvy, Scotty James and Valentino Guseli will compete in the Calgary, Canada Snowboard Halfpipe beginning Feb 10th.

Don’t forget you can now watch most World Cup events live thanks to FIS.TV. To see the schedule for all the Aussies in Action visit Snow.org.au/live.

As always stay safe and enjoy your summer.

Park and Pipe National Discipline Committee

Aussie snowsport fans can now catch all the FIS World Cup action this season for free via FIS TV.

Snow Australia has acquired the rights and are proud to be delivering this free of charge for Aussie fans during the 2023-2024 World Cup season.

Park and Pipe February World Cup Events:

Expressions of Interest for the Junior World Championships in Livigno, Italy on March 22 - March 30 2024, are now open. Click through to read the event information and selection criteria to see if you are eligible and then submit your interest via the online registration.

The EOIs close on Feb 10, so if you are eligible and willing to compete, please ensure you have submitted your EOI before then.

In a historic night for Australian snowboarding, Scotty James and Valentino Guseli have claimed gold and silver in the halfpipe event in Laax, Switzerland, the first time Australia has taken out the top two spots in the sport. 

In a spectacular final under lights, both James and Guseli put down two great runs with both riders displaying huge amplitude, style and super difficult tricks.

James' best score in the two-run final came in his first run, where he scored 94 points to record the ninth World Cup win of his impressive career and third victory in the Laax halfpipe.

Guseli scored 90 points on his first run, and then in the final round stepped it up performing a trick that had never been landed in competition, stomping a frontside 1620 tailgrab to score 92.25 points and finish in second place.

Freestyle skier Daisy Thomas has won Australia’s first ever Winter Youth Olympic medal in Big Air, claiming silver at the Winter Youth Olympic Games (WYOG) in Gangwon, South Korea today.  

Daisy cleanly executed two of her three jumps, a left double 10 safety and a switch left bio 9 safety, to claim the silver medal with a combined score of 172.75, just 7.25 points behind gold medallist Flora Tabanelli from Italy.

Scotty James has joined legendary snowboarder Shaun White as the only men to win three straight X-Games SuperPipe titles following an impressive win in Aspen today.

James has now won an incredible six X-Games golds and has nine career medals in the prestigious invitation only-event.

In the best-of-three run final, James led from the outset. His 88-point first run was enough to start the competition in front before a switch-back-1260 on the final hit of his second run earned 93 points from the judges.

The winter snow season might be over, but our National Snowsports Training Centre in Jindabyne is a year-round facility! Find out about our summer programs and discounted membership plans to make the most of the warmer months to hone your skills on dry land before next year's snow season.