VAIL – It’s going to be a young final in the women’s slopestyle finals at the Burton US Open Snowboarding Championships on Friday, if that final takes place.
Julia Marino, who qualified in second place, said she attempted the best run thought she could do after hearing the forecast, and knowing the history of the US Open slopestyle in Vail. Marino said at the top of the course, the riders were reminded “if finals didn’t happen, they would take these results.”
“I think that’s why everyone decided to do their best stuff,” she added.
Marino was one of several competitors to perform a twice inverted maneuver, the coveted “double cork,” once only performed by male competitors.
Jamie Anderson, Laurie Blouin and Jasmine Baird also put double cork 900s to their feet on Wednesday.
Baird, 19, said she had only tried the trick three times in her life, landing it once, but knew the Burton US Open was the place to try it again.
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Moving forward, “I’m hoping to get the double on lock,” she said.
Marino is 21, which makes her the second oldest competitor in finals.
Zoi Sadowski Synnott, 17, finished in first place and will be the last competitor to drop into finals on Friday.
Enni Rukajarvi finished in third place; she is 28 years old, which makes her seven years older than the second oldest competitor.
Miyabi Onitsuka, 20, finished fourth; Hailey Langland, 18, finished fifth; and Annika Morgan, 17, finished sixth to round out the top-6 spots which will advance to Friday’s finals, set for 11 a.m. on Friday.