Another FIS Big Air contest, another day that the Japanese sweep the top podium spots.
Miyabi Onitsuka and Hiroto Ogiwara won the top spots in the World Cup event in Colorado this past weekend.
Onitsuka put down a backside double cork 1080 Weddle for a score of 83 in her first run. She then put down a cab 1260 Weddle for a 91. That threw her atop the leaderboard.
“I can’t believe it. I spent a lot of time on the cab 12, so I’m happy,” Onitsuka said in a post-event interview.
The win helped her secure the women’s Crystal Globe. Meanwhile, for the men, China’s Su Yiming won the Crystal Globe, despite not competing in Steamboat.
Australian rider Ally Hickman finished in third, and Korea’s Seungeun Yu claimed second.
Two-time Olympic gold medalist and mother of two Jamie Anderson competed in her first slopestyle contest since 2022. The 35-year-old finished in sixth place and had her daughter by her side during the entirety of the post-contest events.
As for the men, American 17-year-old Ollie Martin kept the Japanese riders from sweeping yet another podium. He landed a frontside triple cork 1620 Weddle pullback in his second run, which put him in third place. It was a trick that’s never been done in competition.
Ogiwara laid down a backside 1980 tailgrab in his third and final run, another trick that has never been done in competition, to pick up a 94.75 from the judges. That launched him from fifth into first place. Teammate Ryoma Kimura needed a first-place finish to beat out China’s Su Yiming in the Crystal Globe rankings, but fell short.
It was the first World Cup win for Ogiwara since Beijing in 2024.
“I’m so happy to (have) won this. First time of the season. So happy, super happy,” Ogiwara said after.
Japan’s Kira Kimura finished in second place.
The final chances at Olympic qualification for Big Air and Slopestyle riders will come during two January slopestyle World Cups: One in Aspen and another at Laax. The Olympic Qualification Quota list will be published on January 19, 2026.
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