ContestHappening 08 2017/2018

Snowboard boys

In the men's snowboard event, there was no way around the strong Americans, who made up the largest delegation at the Junior World Championships in Kappl with 16 riders: Triple victory in the men's snowboarding, led by Jesse Aves, who was able to celebrate the biggest success of his career to date: "This is unbelievable. The lower section in particular was more challenging than I thought it would be, but I managed it well and I'm super happy." Holden Samuels also showed what he is capable of with one of the highest airs of the season, ultimately finishing in second place. Fellow countryman Andrew Kraatz completed the podium with a technical run and a steep and creative line.

Snowboard girls

In the women's snowboard category, Italy's Jazmine Erta impressed once again, even though she chose the winning line at literally the last minute: "I changed my line again three minutes before the start. I just wanted to have fun. As a result, I wasn't expecting another title and I'm over the moon." Anna Martinez from Chamonix impressed the judges with her confident line in the steep area of the face and took second place ahead of the defending champion from Canada, Heidi Farmer.

Ski girls

Switzerland's Marie Bovard is the new junior world champion in the women's ski event. She jumped to first place with a massive and technically demanding drop: "I'm so happy and can't believe I won. It's my first time at the Junior World Championships and it's amazing that I was able to win here straight away." Megan Rielly from the USA finished in second place thanks to a fluid run. Caroline Dreier (FRA) completed the podium in third place. Jill Frey was unlucky: the only German starter crashed in the upper part of the face and was therefore unable to live up to her expectations.

Ski guys

"The line of the day" in the men's ski category went to Dylan Lavenex from Switzerland. Style, creativity, a fluid run and a huge 360 to finish - the young Swiss skier showed everything it takes for a top run. Canadian Ben Woodward also managed a textbook run, with plenty of airtime, three technically demanding jumps and another 360. With three of the highest jumps of the day and a completely different line choice to the rest of the field, Spaniard Abel Moga not only won the hearts of the spectators, but also those of the judges and therefore third place.

Also worth mentioning is the run by Leif Mumma (USA), who mastered the face solidly with an impressively clean skiing technique and took by far the highest cliff of the day at the end, but fell victim to the aforementioned avalanche deposits after landing. Markus Krispler from Salzburg also had a mishap on his way to an absolute top placing. Krispler lost his bearings and was disqualified despite his actually good line: "That's extremely annoying. I went in a little too early at the top and got my bearings wrong. I then got into a gully that was already outside the permitted zone," said the Salzburg native, expressing his disappointment. Here are all the results from the FJWC 2018.