This season, however, the COVID-19 pandemic has decimated her schedule. Karker will drop into the Buttermilk Mountain halfpipe Friday for her first competitive runs of the winter. This is our first event and our only scheduled event at this point, Karker told The Canadian Press.
The 23-year-old from Erin, Ont., finished second in women s halfpipe last year in Aspen.
Karker was a rookie on the Canadian team in 2019 when she placed third in Aspen and fourth in the world championship.
What international competition is happening in snowboard and freestyle skiing this winter varies widely across disciplines. Freestyle halfpipe has been a desert so far.
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Anderson and Mattsson secure slopestyle success at Snowboard World Cup in Laax Friday, 22 January 2021
Two-time Olympic gold medallist Jamie Anderson clinched victory in the women’s slopestyle at the International Ski Federation Snowboard World Cup in Laax, while Swede Niklas Mattsson triumphed for the first time in the men’s contest.
Anderson rose from third to first with a super second-run score of 84.35 to secure her first win of the season in the Swiss resort.
It was the American star’s 10th World Cup victory, with eight of those coming in slopestyle. This is super important, said Anderson, who won gold at Sochi 2014 and Pyeongchang 2018 in slopestyle.
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