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Scotty James wins back to back gold in China

23/12/2019

 
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It was another golden performance for Australia’s Scotty James overnight at the World Cup event in Secret Garden, China, site of the 2022 Olympic Winter Games competition.

The 25 year old VIS snowboarder took the first place podium for the second consecutive time this season.

James led the field with a mammoth 97.80 points in his second run, and held the lead for the rest of the event with a simple victory lap on his third and final run.

“It was definitely a pretty tough day with lots of elements to consider, some winds, a lot of snow, but I mean we prepare for the worst really, so I was really happy that was the run I wanted to do, regardless if it was sunny or snowing”, said the three time World Champion.

“My first run I wasn’t super happy, I did a little hand drag on the last hit, and I knew that I would get docked for that. I knew what I had to do on the second run and I just went back to the top refreshed and got ready to go again.”

“The Japanese athletes really brought it to me today, and I knew they would, so I just came out and gave it my best shot and it seems to be paying off.”

“I am really happy to leave my mark here and finish up with a win. With Secret Garden the Olympic venue in 2022, it was important for me to come here and not leave anything on the table, which I didn’t, and I am stoked.”

James is Australia’s most successful male snowboarder to date. The three time World Champion won an Olympic bronze medal at PyeongChang in 2018, has a plethora of X Games medals (2 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze) and now eight FIS World Cup medals (5 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze) to add to his collection.

Behind James on the podium were Japanese riders Yuto Totsuka (95.80) in second and Ruka Hirano (92.50) in third.

Also competing for Australia was NSWIS athlete and 2018 Olympian Emily Arthur, who missed out on the eight woman final placing 14th in the qualifying round.

James and Arthur will next compete at the Laax Open in Switzerland from January 14-18.



Cox finishes big air season ranked 11th in the world

22/12/2019

 
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NSWIS Snowboarder Matt Cox has finished the big air World Cup season ranked 11th in the world, after a number of impressive performances in the four big air events this season.

At the final stop in Atlanta, USA, SunTrust Park, home of the Atlanta Braves in Major League Baseball was transformed into a spectacular street style venue.

Cox finished in 20th place in Atlanta, his third top-20 performance of the big air season, with the other highlights being a fifth place in Cardrona, New Zealand, in August, and a tenth place finish last week in Beijing, China.Cox said despite the score, he was happy with his performance overall and is looking ahead to the next competition already. 
“I was super hyped, I landed both my runs.  I didn’t quite get the score I wanted which is a little bit of bummer but it’s on to the next,” said Cox.
“So this BIg Air here kind of wraps everything up for the season and we’re on to slopestyle next should be awesome.
“The venue has been incredible, we’re at a Baseball stadium… we got to sit in the locker room where the baseball players sit and walk out through the dug out into the venue,” he said.

With the big air tour now complete, Cox will not turn his attention back to the slopestyle discipline

IMAGE - The big air setup at SunTrust Park, Atlanta © FIS Snowboard

Scotty James wins snowboard halfpipe gold at US Grand Prix

15/12/2019

 
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It was a golden FIS World Cup opener for Australia’s Scotty James at the Land Rover US Grand Prix event at Copper Mountain, Colorado, USA.

The 25 year old VIS snowboarder, took the first place podium for the second consecutive year at the event.

James, a three time Winter Olympian, led the field with a mammoth 96 point first run in challenging snow and flat light conditions and held the first run lead for the rest of the event with a simple victory lap on his third and final run.

“I definitely put some added pressure on myself after last year with some big expectations” said the Australian Institute of Sport male athlete of the year.

“I had to iron those emotions over and just come out with a clear head and approach it as a new season. I did that and just came out today and knew what I had to do to be up top. The elements weren’t in our favour today but everyone rode really well and I knew they were going to, so I had to bring it today.”

James is Australia’s most successful male snowboarder to date. The three time FIS World Champion won an Olympic bronze medal at PyeongChang in 2018, has a plethora of X Games medals (2 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze) and now seven FIS World Cup medals (4 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze) to add to his collection.

Yuto Totsuka (JPN) took silver with 94.5 and Ruka Hirano (JPN) took bronze with 89.25.

NSWIS rider Emily Arthur finished in 25th place, missing out on the eight woman final.

James and Arthur will now travel to Secret Garden in China for the next FIS World Cup on December 22.

Matt Cox records top-10 performance in Air & Style Beijing

14/12/2019

 
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NSWIS snowboarder Matt Cox has posted his second top-10 performance of the season at the Air & Style World Cup Big air event in Beijing, China.

Cox had a great qualifying performance on the spectacular city scaffold venue in Beijing, placing second in his qualifying heat, with the third highest score of all athletes to make it through to the final.

In his first qualifying run, Cox performed a front side 1440, which scored 90.50, the second highest scoring jump of all athletes in the qualification phase. In his second jump, Cox jumped a cab 1260 to score 77.50, giving him a total score of 168 points.

Unfortunately in the final, Cox was unable to replicate his scores from qualifying, finishing in 10th place.

Max Parrot (Canada) wont he event, followed by Sven Thorgren (SWE) and Chris Corning (USA).

Cox will now head to Atlanta, USA, for another big air city event on December 20.

The event in Atlanta will take place in SunTrust Park, home of the Atlanta Braves in Major League Baseball.

IMAGE - Matt Cox in the start gate in Beijing © Stan Wu

Scotty James takes out top male trophy at Australian Sport Performance Awards

11/12/2019

 
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Pyeongchang bronze medalist and current World Champion and X Games champion Scotty James has been awarded Male Athlete of the Year after completing the perfect season, winning six of six events.

This is the second time James has won the prestigious male athlete of the year, after first having done so in 2017.
James enjoyed another exceptional snowboard season, including an unprecedented third consecutive halfpipe title.

A veteran of the sport at age 25, James finished the season with wins at The Dew Tour, X Games, US Grand Prix, Laax Open and the US Burton Open.

James was unfortunately unable to attend on the night, as he is currently preparing for his first event of the season in Copper Mountain (USA) in the Snowboard Halfpipe World Cup that starts tomorrow, see below his video acceptance speech.

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