Mastro Earns Crystal Globe, Barbieri Grabs First World Cup Podium

Maddie Mastro secured the coveted FIS World Cup Crystal Globe with a second place finish and Alessandro Barbieri earned his first career World Cup podium at the FIS snowboard halfpipe World Cup finale in Calgary.

Dawning the FIS World Cup leader bib, two-time Olympian Mastro came out of the gates swinging and put down a solid first run score of 83.25 that kept her in the top spot for most of Friday's competition. After falling on her second drop, Mastro took it up a notch and laced together a run the judges deemed worthy of 85.25 to separate herself from the rest of the women's field. Holding the top spot with only one rider left to drop, Mastro watched as Japan's Sena Tomita dropped in the ditch for the final time and anxiously awaited as the judges debated the Japanese rider's score. Tomita's final run ultimately earned her the top spot on the podium, marking her first World Cup victory of her career, and cemented Mastro's spot in second place. Supportive as ever, Mastro joined competitors Tomita and Canada's own Elizabeth Hosking on the stack of hay bales for the final FIS halfpipe World Cup podium of the season. Sonny Alba, the only other American woman to make the final, earned eighth place overall.

Mastro was immediately called back up to the hay bales for the overall FIS women's halfpipe Crystal Globe presentation and this time took the top spot, earning the overall victory on the season by a landslide 60 point margin. The 2024-25 season will go down as historic for Mastro, who earned three never-been-dones and clocked her first individual World Cup victory in route to standing atop the FIS snowboard halfpipe World Cup standings. With her second place finish in Calgary, Mastro is the only female competitor to crack the 300 point mark on the season. Her victory comes after earning the second overall spot last season and third overall in the season prior, proving Mastro continues to trend in only one direction: up.

"I’ve been slowly building and I'm grateful for the people and the support system around me that have helped support me in this process," said Mastro. "I've put a lot of work in and I'm really proud to have achieved this goal. I couldn't have done it without all of the help from the people around me. I'm just really really grateful."

But the celebration didn't stop there. Hydro Flask U.S. Snowboard Team's Alessandro Barbieri earned his first World Cup podium of his young career. The 16 year old threw down the run of his life to earn a massive 83.25, besting New Zealand's Campbell Melville Ives's run by a fourth of a point. Pulling out his signature black ace card, Barbieri celebrated with teammate Lucas Foster, who joined him in finals and walked away with a respectable fifth place finish in a stacked men's field. American Jason Wolle finished ninth.

Mastro, Barbieri and Foster will head back to Aspen, Colorado for team legend Shaun White's inaugural Snow League event, Mar. 7-8, before heading back to Europe for the FIS World Championships, Mar. 17-30.

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