First up we had the ladies competing for the Big Air titles. Sadly, everyone’s favourite Slovakian brown-haired beauty, Klaudia Medlova, had to drop out as she wasn’t feeling too good (no, it wasn’t coronavirus). On this note, shout out to the organisers for making hand sanitizer accessible at every corner of the event – if only our livers would feel as good when constantly being soaked in alcohol.

“On this note, shout out to the organisers for making hand sanitizer accessible in every corner of the event”

Despite the unfortunate drop out, we still had eight amazing ladies competing for the Big Air gold with Anna Gasser placing first after nailing a Cab double cork 1080 Indy on her last run. The Austrian was followed by Japanese Miyabi Onitsuka and Canadian Laurie Blouin (who was rocking an absolutely banging pink outfit!).

Results Snowboard Big Air Women
1. Anna Gasser (AUT)
2. Miyabi Onitsuka (JPN)
3. Laurie Blouin (CAN)
4. Jamie Anderson (USA)
5. Kokomo Murase (JPN)
6. Zoi Sadowski-Synnott (NZL)
7. Enni Rukajarvi (FIN)
8. Brooke Voight (CAN)

As the sun began to set, the highlight of our day drawing closer – the Knuckle Huck. After what the boys laid down in Aspen a couple of months back, we were beyond stoked to witness this competition upfront. After a few dropouts, the Knuckle Huck ended up a battle between five Norwegians.

“After a few dropouts, the Knuckle Huck ended up a battle between five Norwegians”

The boys threw down some pretty epic stuff, but Knuckle King Kleveland was above the rest and placed highest on the podium with tricks highlighted by a butter 540 to nollie 1080 and a butter Cab 720 to backside 720 – a well-deserved win in a competition one could say to be inspired by the man himself. Marcus Kleveland has barely been back on snow for a year after his injury, so we’re pretty stoked to see what the next year will bring for this 20-year-old (the guy also has a constant smile on his face, making us like him even more).

Results Snowboard Knuckle Huck
1. Marcus Kleveland (NOR)
2. Stian Kleivdal (NOR)
3. Fridtjof ‘Fridge’ Sæther Tischendorf (NOR)
4. Mathias Eckhoff (NOR)
5. Ulrik Badertscher (NOR)

Sunday started off with Women’s Slopestyle Finals, with Zoi Sadowski-Synnott bringing home her second X Games Slopestyle gold. Her first run highlighted technical prowess in the rails at the top of the course with combos like backside bluntside to backside 180 sameway and a boardslide pretzel. On the third run, her switch backside double cork 900 stalefish earned Zoi the biggest trick of the contest and a solid first place. The New Zealander was followed by Japan’s Kokomo Murase and Canada’s Brooke Voigt, who earned her first X Games medal by winning bronze.

Results Snowboard Slopestyle Women
1. Zoi Sadowski-Synnott (NZL)
2. Kokomo Murase (JPN)
3. Brooke Voigt (CAN)
4. Anna Gasser (AUT)
5. Laurie Blouin (CAN)
6. Jamie Anderson (USA)
7. Enni Rukajarvi (FIN)
8. Miyabi Onitsuka (JPN)

For the final competition of the games, we got to see eight snowboarders battle for Men’s Slopestyle gold. The two Canadian Big Air champs had a close race for the top spot, but Max Parrot’s full pass on run 4, including a 50-50 pole jam to wildcat backflip up top and a frontside triple cork 1440 mute at the bottom, helped push him to the top. His cab triple cork 1620 from run 1 and frontside bluntslide to 450 out from run 2 were also two of the biggest tricks of the contest. Keeping his fellow countrymen happy, Norwegian Stale Sandbech secured his place on the podium with a bronze medal.

Results Snowboard Slopestyle Men
1. Max Parrot (CAN)
2. Mark McMorris (CAN)
3. Ståle Sandbech (NOR)
4. Sven Thorgren (SWE)
5. Mons Røisland (NOR)
6. Rene Rinnekangas (FIN)
7. Marcus Kleveland (NOR)
8. Darcy Sharpe (CAN)

All in all, it was a weekend to remember – great vibes, ground-breaking snowboard performances and most importantly, no cases of coronavirus were to be recorded. Until next year Norway!