Anderson dominates snowboard slopestyle at X Games
By Colin Bane, XGames.com
ASPEN — Jamie Anderson of South Lake Tahoe is now 6-for-6 in podium finishes in women’s snowboard slopestyle at the Winter X Games.
Her gold medal Friday is her third. She dominated the competition, posting a Run 1 score of 94.00, then improving to 95.33 in Run 3 — the highest score in a women’s Snowboard Slopestyle final at Winter X Games — to hold her lead over Kjersti Oestgaard Buaas and defending champion Enni Rukajärvi.
A dumping of fresh snow overnight at Buttermilk made for challenging conditions, and the four close-together jumps left little room for error.
Added to the difficulty factor was the light, which disappeared into afternoon shadows on the landings. Of the entire women’s field, only three finished complete runs.
“The toughest thing on the course was definitely the jumps,” Buaas said after the contest. “Jamie, you’re a gangster.”