LAAX OPEN 2018 - Halfpipe Finals - And the winner is…
- 6 years ago
The well-known LAAX Superpipe up on Crap Sogn Gion Mountain was the center of attention today for the Halfpipe finals. Jiayu Lin/CHN and Iouri Podladtchikov/SUI take home the win and glory in front of an excited crowd.
In the Women’s field the Chinese riders were the dominating force – like in the Semi’s two days ago. Jiayu Liu earned once more the top score and her first LAAX OPEN Halfpipe title. Her very progressive winning run started off with a Switch Backside Air, followed by a Cab 720 Melon, Frontside 540 Stale, Backside 540 Mute and finished with a Frontside 720 Stale. Jiayu had this to say: „It’s my very first time in LAAX and I’m very happy that I won as LAAX is just a great place!“
In the men’s finals Swiss Iouri Podladtchikov - Olympic Gold Medallist 2014 – won his fourth title here in LAAX today after winning the Burton European Open in 2012 & 2014 and the LAAX OPEN in 2015. Iouri secured his victory with his first run which consisted of a Frontside 900 Tailgrab, a Backside 900 Nosegrab, Frontside Double Cork 1080, Cab Double 1080 Mute and finishing off with an Alley Oop Double Backside Rodeo 900 Melon. A stoked Iouri said: „I counted it a while ago and I believe this is my 10th podium here in LAAX and it’s getting better every time.“
In the Women’s field the Chinese riders were the dominating force – like in the Semi’s two days ago. Jiayu Liu earned once more the top score and her first LAAX OPEN Halfpipe title. Her very progressive winning run started off with a Switch Backside Air, followed by a Cab 720 Melon, Frontside 540 Stale, Backside 540 Mute and finished with a Frontside 720 Stale. Jiayu had this to say: „It’s my very first time in LAAX and I’m very happy that I won as LAAX is just a great place!“
In the men’s finals Swiss Iouri Podladtchikov - Olympic Gold Medallist 2014 – won his fourth title here in LAAX today after winning the Burton European Open in 2012 & 2014 and the LAAX OPEN in 2015. Iouri secured his victory with his first run which consisted of a Frontside 900 Tailgrab, a Backside 900 Nosegrab, Frontside Double Cork 1080, Cab Double 1080 Mute and finishing off with an Alley Oop Double Backside Rodeo 900 Melon. A stoked Iouri said: „I counted it a while ago and I believe this is my 10th podium here in LAAX and it’s getting better every time.“