Marino Cashes In With Another X Games Win
ASPEN, CO (Jan. 28, 2017) – U.S. Snowboarding athlete Julia “Jules” Marino (Westport, CT) had a breakout performance this week at the X Games. After earning a bronze medal in big air on Thursday night, she dominated the slopestyle competition on Saturday, stomping her way to a gold medal. She bested veteran Jamie Anderson (South Lake Tahoe, CA), who earned silver.
Marino became the first female snowboarder to earn two medals at a single X Games since Lindsey Jacobellis (Stratton Mountain, VT) earned medals in both snowboardcross and slopestyle 14 years ago. Marino earned a score of 94.66 for a nearly flawless run that featured a technical rail section and a huge, perfectly stomped Cab double underflip on the final jump.
Anderson, who had a rough fall in the big air competition on Thursday night, was in excellent form for her 12th career slopestyle start at X Games. Her first run featured her trademark smooth style, and she held the top spot until Marino overtook her in the second run. Anderson earned her fifth-consecutive silver medal in X Games Slopestyle, remaining podium perfect—she has earned 12 slopestyle medals in 12 appearances.
Katie Ormerod of Great Britain rounded out the women’s slopestyle podium with a bronze-medal performance. Hailey Langland (San Clemente, CA) had a strong showing as well, finishing just off the podium in fourth. Karly Shorr (Milford, MI) was added to the field at the last minute when Spencer O’Brien of Canada dropped with injury; Shorr finished sixth.
Up next for the U.S. Snowboarding athletes at X Games is women’s halfpipe on Saturday night, then men’s slopestyle on Sunday afternoon.
HIGHLIGHTS
- U.S. Snowboarding pro slopestyle team member Julia Marino won gold. Her second run scored 94.66: 50-50 to boardslide, boardslide to fakie, Cab 270 on to fakie, switch boardslide to regular, backside 720, frontside 540, Cab double underflip
- U.S. Snowboarding pro slopestyle team member Jamie Anderson earned silver. Her first run scored 91.33: Boardslide to 270 out, boardslide to fakie, switch boardslide to 50-50 to backside 180 out, switch lipslide, Cab 720, switch backside 540, frontside 720
RESULTS
Women’s Slopestyle
