Canadian Cameron Spalding captured the men’s crown at a snowboard slopestyle World Cup event Saturday. Spalding, of Havelock, Ont., posted a winning score of 86.63 points. He finished just ahead of American Red Gerard (86.22) and German Noah Viktor (83.72).
19-year-old from Havelock, Ont., edges 2018 Olympic champ Red GerardThe Canadian Press
· Posted: Jan 18, 2025 1:11 PM EST | Last Updated: January 18
Canada’s Cameron Spalding, pictured last season, earned his second career World Cup victory on Saturday after earning a score of 86.63 points in the men’s slopestyle event in Laax, Switzerland. (Mayk Wendt via Keystone via The Associated Press)Canadian Cameron Spalding captured the men’s crown at a snowboard slopestyle World Cup event Saturday.
Spalding, of Havelock, Ont., posted a winning score of 86.63 points. He finished just ahead of American Red Gerard (86.22) and German Noah Viktor (83.72).
Liam Brearley of Gravenhurst, Ont., finished fourth. Spalding became the fifth Canadian to win here.
“It’s unreal, I can’t believe it,” he said. “This event has so much history, and obviously the Canadians have done super well here over the years.”
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Ontario native Spalding strikes for gold in Laax
Cameron Spalding of Havelock, Ont., won his second straight snowboard slopestyle event of the season recording a score 86.63 in Laax, Switzerland.
Spalding also earned his second consecutive slopestyle win after capturing the season opener in Cardrona, N.Z. The 19-year-old Canadian went into Saturday’s final with the goal of enjoying himself.
“I’m just always trying to have as much fun as possible,” he said. “That’s when I snowboard my best, that’s when everything clicks for me.”
“On a course like this, everything is so flowy and the course (features) work so well together.”
British teenager Mia Brookes won the women’s event, topping the field with a score of 84.86 points. New Zealand’s Zoi Sadowski Synnott (77.29) was second ahead of Japan’s Kokomo Murase (71.15).
