Jaime Anderson and Chris Corning impose themselves in Cardrona in the opening round of the season.

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Americans Jamie Anderson and Chris Corning opened their season in the best way going to win the first race of the World Cup snowboard you & egrave; held in Cardrona, New Zealand, on the occasion of the Audi New Zealand Winter Games. & Nbsp;

Tuesday 25 August 2015 4 minutes reading time

This & egrave; was a race slopestyle historic because for the first time in a World Cup race of the scores awarded to the athletes have been calculated based all''SLS System, In the women & egrave; Jaime Anderson was to bring home the win with a score of 87.88, inflicting a large detachment of the competition. For the Olympic champion in office this & egrave; was the third successful career in the world circuit maximum slopestyle, the 'least of which had arrived two years ago in Cardrona. Second place, with a score of 74.50, the Canadian Laurie Blouin, gi & agrave; junior world champion in Erzurum in 2013, the first podium of his career in the World Cup. The podium & egrave; It was completed by the surprising US Hailey Langland, fifteen years old last August 2, his first appearance in a race of the highest world circuit slopestyle. The young American has closed its race with 73.73 points, improving by two positions the fifth place finish in the qualifying race. Ugrave & much more; behind all the other competitors. Suffice it to say that the Swiss Eva Koenz he reached fourth place with 58.31 points, 15:42 less than those made by the mark Langland. In the men's Chris Corning she has won a great victory at the end of a highly contested race, in which only in his third and final run the US & egrave; He managed to score the score of 87.55 that allowed him to bring home success. The young athlete of Colorado, who compir & agrave; sixteen years on September 7, was the second World Cup race of his career after that of last February 27 in Park City where he was ranked thirty-first. Second place went to the nineteen Japanese Yuki Kadono, winner of the qualifying competition, which does not & egrave; enough for a score of 85.81 to center the victory. Third place went to the Canadian Michael Ciccarelli with 83.43 points, while the 'home athlete Carlos Garcia Knight, the first third of Kadono's Last Run, & egrave; He was forced to slip off the podium and to finish his race in fourth place with 80.85 points. The next round of the World Cup snowboard sar & agrave; the weekend with the first race of the halfpipe. Friday & Igrave; August 28 there will be the qualifications and the finals on Sunday 30th. & Nbsp;

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