“Laurie, she had two 1080s as well so it just came down to who had the best combined score,” she said. “But it’s pretty cool being that position when you get knocked out of first place into second. I’m not complaining.”
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Zoi Sadowski-Synnott backed up her win in the slopestyle with a second place finish in the big air. Sadowski-Synnott led for most of Wednesday’s final after combining a stylish frontside double 1080 melon grab with a backside 1080 weddle grab to score a combined 176.75 points from her first two runs. But she was relegated to second when Blouin nailed an attempt at a cab double 1080 indy grab to surge to the top of the leaderboard with only two riders left to compete.
Snowboarding: Miyabi Onitsuka wins big air bronze at world c ships
Japan s Miyabi Onitsuka finished third in the women s snowboard big air Tuesday on the final day of the International Ski Federation Snowboard and Freeski World Championships in Aspen, Colorado.
Onitsuka, a slopestyle world champion in 2015 and a slopestyle bronze medalist at the 2017 worlds, is the first Japanese, male or female, to claim a world championships podium finish in the big air event.
Miyabi Onitsuka competes in the snowboard big air finals at the International Ski Federation Snowboard and Freeski World Championships in Aspen, Colorado, on March 16, 2021. (Getty/Kyodo)
Canada swept the snowboard big air titles as Laurie Blouin earned the women s gold and Mark McMorris won the men s gold. In big air, riders have three runs, and their best two scores for different tricks are added together for a final score.
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Miyabi Onitsuka competes in the big air competition during the world championships in Aspen, Colorado, on Tuesday. | GETTY / VIA KYODO
KYODO Mar 17, 2021
Miyabi Onitsuka finished third in the women’s snowboard big air Tuesday on the final day of the International Ski Federation Snowboard and Freeski World Championships in Aspen, Colorado.
Onitsuka, a slopestyle world champion in 2015 and a slopestyle bronze medalist at the 2017 worlds, is the first Japanese, male or female, to claim a world championships podium finish in the big air event.
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