{"id":803472,"date":"2020-01-26T11:04:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-26T18:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/jamie-anderson-holds-off-laurie-blouin-in-slopestyle-for-17th-career-x-games-podium\/"},"modified":"2020-01-26T11:04:00","modified_gmt":"2020-01-26T18:04:00","slug":"jamie-anderson-holds-off-laurie-blouin-in-slopestyle-for-17th-career-x-games-podium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/jamie-anderson-holds-off-laurie-blouin-in-slopestyle-for-17th-career-x-games-podium\/","title":{"rendered":"Jamie Anderson holds off Laurie Blouin in slopestyle for 17th career X Games podium"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery p402_hide\" readability=\"6.9274900398406\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-378034-237\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/sxsbslopewomen-atd-012620-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/sxsbslopewomen-atd-012620-1-1024x724.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times | X Games women\u2019s snowboard slopestyle gold medalist Jamie Anderson, center, smiles while Miyabi Onitsuka, left, and silver medalist Kokomo Murase give an interview on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"2\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"15\">\n<p><strong>X Games women\u2019s snowboard slopestyle gold medalist Jamie Anderson, center, smiles while Miyabi Onitsuka, left, and silver medalist Kokomo Murase give an interview on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times)<\/strong><br \/>Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/sxsbslopewomen-atd-012620-1-1024x724.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"X Games women\u2019s snowboard slopestyle gold medalist Jamie Anderson, center, smiles while Miyabi Onitsuka, left, and silver medalist Kokomo Murase give an interview on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/sxsbslopewomen-atd-012620-1-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/sxsbslopewomen-atd-012620-1-1-1024x682.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"AP | Summit Daily News | Jamie Anderson takes home the gold medal in the women\u2019s snowboard slopestyle final at X Games Aspen on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020, at Buttermilk Ski Area in Aspen Snowmass, Colo. (Liz Copan\/Summit Daily News via AP)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"1\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"13\">\n<p><strong>Jamie Anderson takes home the gold medal in the women\u2019s snowboard slopestyle final at X Games Aspen on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020, at Buttermilk Ski Area in Aspen Snowmass, Colo. (Liz Copan\/Summit Daily News via AP)<\/strong><br \/>AP | Summit Daily News<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/sxsbslopewomen-atd-012620-1-1-1024x682.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"Jamie Anderson takes home the gold medal in the women\u2019s snowboard slopestyle final at X Games Aspen on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020, at Buttermilk Ski Area in Aspen Snowmass, Colo. (Liz Copan\/Summit Daily News via AP)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/sxsbslopewomen-atd-012620-1-2-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/sxsbslopewomen-atd-012620-1-2-1024x722.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times | X Games gold medalist Jamie Anderson catches her breath after finishing a run during the women\u2019s snowboard slopestyle final on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"0\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"11\">\n<p><strong>X Games gold medalist Jamie Anderson catches her breath after finishing a run during the women\u2019s snowboard slopestyle final on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times)<\/strong><br \/>Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/sxsbslopewomen-atd-012620-1-2-1024x722.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"X Games gold medalist Jamie Anderson catches her breath after finishing a run during the women\u2019s snowboard slopestyle final on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/sxsbslopewomen-atd-012620-1-3-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/sxsbslopewomen-atd-012620-1-3-683x1024.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times | Summit Daily News | Canada\u2019s Laurie Blouin smiles after finishing second in the women\u2019s snowboard slopestyle on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"0\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"11\">\n<p><strong>Canada\u2019s Laurie Blouin smiles after finishing second in the women\u2019s snowboard slopestyle on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times)<\/strong><br \/>Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times | Summit Daily News<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/sxsbslopewomen-atd-012620-1-3-683x1024.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"Canada\u2019s Laurie Blouin smiles after finishing second in the women\u2019s snowboard slopestyle on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/sxsbslopewomen-atd-012620-1-4-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/sxsbslopewomen-atd-012620-1-4-1024x682.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"AP | Summit Daily News | Jamie Anderson takes home the gold medal in the women\u2019s snowboard slopestyle final at X Games Aspen on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020, at Buttermilk Ski Area in Aspen Snowmass, Colo. (Liz Copan\/Summit Daily News via AP)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"1\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"13\">\n<p><strong>Jamie Anderson takes home the gold medal in the women\u2019s snowboard slopestyle final at X Games Aspen on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020, at Buttermilk Ski Area in Aspen Snowmass, Colo. (Liz Copan\/Summit Daily News via AP)<\/strong><br \/>AP | Summit Daily News<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/sxsbslopewomen-atd-012620-1-4-1024x682.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"Jamie Anderson takes home the gold medal in the women\u2019s snowboard slopestyle final at X Games Aspen on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020, at Buttermilk Ski Area in Aspen Snowmass, Colo. (Liz Copan\/Summit Daily News via AP)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/sxsbslopewomen-atd-012620-1-5-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/sxsbslopewomen-atd-012620-1-5-1024x682.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times | X Games gold medalist Jamie Anderson gives an interview after the women\u2019s snowboard slopestyle final on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-0.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"10\">\n<p><strong>X Games gold medalist Jamie Anderson gives an interview after the women\u2019s snowboard slopestyle final on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times)<\/strong><br \/>Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/sxsbslopewomen-atd-012620-1-5-1024x682.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"X Games gold medalist Jamie Anderson gives an interview after the women\u2019s snowboard slopestyle final on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/sxsbslopewomen-atd-012620-1-6-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/sxsbslopewomen-atd-012620-1-6-683x1024.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"AP | Summit Daily News | Jamie Anderson takes home the gold medal in the women\u2019s snowboard slopestyle final at X Games Aspen on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020, at Buttermilk Ski Area in Aspen Snowmass, Colo. (Liz Copan\/Summit Daily News via AP)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"1\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"13\">\n<p><strong>Jamie Anderson takes home the gold medal in the women\u2019s snowboard slopestyle final at X Games Aspen on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020, at Buttermilk Ski Area in Aspen Snowmass, Colo. (Liz Copan\/Summit Daily News via AP)<\/strong><br \/>AP | Summit Daily News<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/sxsbslopewomen-atd-012620-1-6-683x1024.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"Jamie Anderson takes home the gold medal in the women\u2019s snowboard slopestyle final at X Games Aspen on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020, at Buttermilk Ski Area in Aspen Snowmass, Colo. (Liz Copan\/Summit Daily News via AP)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/sxsbslopewomen-atd-012620-1-7-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/sxsbslopewomen-atd-012620-1-7-1024x720.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times | X Games snowboarder Jamie Anderson poses with her medal after getting gold for the women\u2019s snowboard slopestyle event on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"0\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"11\">\n<p><strong>X Games snowboarder Jamie Anderson poses with her medal after getting gold for the women\u2019s snowboard slopestyle event on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times)<\/strong><br \/>Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/sxsbslopewomen-atd-012620-1-7-1024x720.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"X Games snowboarder Jamie Anderson poses with her medal after getting gold for the women\u2019s snowboard slopestyle event on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/sxsbslopewomen-atd-012620-1-8-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/sxsbslopewomen-atd-012620-1-8-683x1024.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"AP | Summit Daily News | Anna Gasser competes in the women\u2019s snowboard slopestyle final at X Games Aspen on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020, at Buttermilk Ski Area in Aspen Snowmass, Colo. (Liz Copan\/Summit Daily News via AP)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"1\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"13\">\n<p><strong>Anna Gasser competes in the women\u2019s snowboard slopestyle final at X Games Aspen on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020, at Buttermilk Ski Area in Aspen Snowmass, Colo. (Liz Copan\/Summit Daily News via AP)<\/strong><br \/>AP | Summit Daily News<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/sxsbslopewomen-atd-012620-1-8-683x1024.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"Anna Gasser competes in the women\u2019s snowboard slopestyle final at X Games Aspen on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020, at Buttermilk Ski Area in Aspen Snowmass, Colo. (Liz Copan\/Summit Daily News via AP)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/sxsbslopewomen-atd-012620-1-9-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/sxsbslopewomen-atd-012620-1-9-1024x775.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times | X Games gold medalist Jamie Anderson hugs competitor Zoi Sadowski-Synnott after the end of the women\u2019s snowboard slopestyle event on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"0\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"11\">\n<p><strong>X Games gold medalist Jamie Anderson hugs competitor Zoi Sadowski-Synnott after the end of the women\u2019s snowboard slopestyle event on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times)<\/strong><br \/>Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/sxsbslopewomen-atd-012620-1-9-1024x775.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"X Games gold medalist Jamie Anderson hugs competitor Zoi Sadowski-Synnott after the end of the women\u2019s snowboard slopestyle event on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/sxsbslopewomen-atd-012620-1-10-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/sxsbslopewomen-atd-012620-1-10.jpg\" data-sub-html=\" | \" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/sxsbslopewomen-atd-012620-1-10.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/sxsbslopewomen-atd-012620-1-11-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/sxsbslopewomen-atd-012620-1-11-683x1024.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"AP | Summit Daily News | Miyabi Onitsuka gets ready to drop in for practice before the women\u2019s snowboard slopestyle final at X Games Aspen on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020, at Buttermilk Ski Area in Aspen Snowmass, Colo. (Liz Copan\/Summit Daily News via AP)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"1\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"13\">\n<p><strong>Miyabi Onitsuka gets ready to drop in for practice before the women\u2019s snowboard slopestyle final at X Games Aspen on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020, at Buttermilk Ski Area in Aspen Snowmass, Colo. (Liz Copan\/Summit Daily News via AP)<\/strong><br \/>AP | Summit Daily News<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/sxsbslopewomen-atd-012620-1-11-683x1024.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"Miyabi Onitsuka gets ready to drop in for practice before the women\u2019s snowboard slopestyle final at X Games Aspen on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020, at Buttermilk Ski Area in Aspen Snowmass, Colo. (Liz Copan\/Summit Daily News via AP)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/jamie-anderson-holds-off-laurie-blouin-in-slopestyle-for-17th-career-x-games-podium\/#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/jamie-anderson-holds-off-laurie-blouin-in-slopestyle-for-17th-career-x-games-podium\/#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText DropCap\">ASPEN \u2013 Jamie Anderson\u2019s snowboarding goals were and remain relatively humble. The Tahoe legend has racked up an unprecedented amount of podium finishes over her career, but she says that was never the peak she was trying to climb to.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cI just dreamed of having fun and being able to travel and be around my people, because I love the mountains so much and I love the community of snowboarding,\u201d Anderson said Saturday from Buttermilk Ski Area. \u201cEverything else is just a bonus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Still, those podiums are worth talking about. The 29-year-old added to her mythos Saturday when she won X Games Aspen gold in women\u2019s snowboard slopestyle, the sixth time she\u2019s won the event in her career. Her first slopestyle win at Buttermilk came in 2007, with wins also in 2008, 2012, 2013 and 2018.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The two-time reigning Olympic slopestyle champion, Anderson\u2019s win Saturday was her 17th career Winter X Games medal between slopestyle and big air contests. This is tied for the second most medals all time with motorsports icon Joe Parsons. Halfpipe snowboarder Shaun White and men\u2019s snowboarding big air and slopestyle star Mark McMorris are tied for the Winter X Games record with 18 medals. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/parrots-1800-powers-him-to-x-games-snowboard-big-air-gold\/\">McMorris took silver Saturday night in big air to tie White<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Including the X Games events in Norway and France, Anderson has found the podium in all 15 slopestyle events she\u2019s competed in, winning silver on seven occasions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cThere is kind of an ebb and flow. Sometimes I feel a lot of pressure because of how long I\u2019ve been in the game and I\u2019ve medaled almost every time I\u2019ve been,\u201d Anderson said. \u201cSometimes I get a little discouraged of what if I don\u2019t do well, but I just try and do me and enjoy the process and ride the best I can.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">She was on top of her game Saturday. Like nearly every contest at X Games Aspen this winter, the slopestyle competition was a continuous jam session with an \u201coverall impression\u201d format to scoring. Anderson was holding onto third place going into the third of an eventual four runs and delivered with some big tricks that pushed her into first place.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Despite crashing hard on her final run \u2014 she appeared shaken up at first but said she was OK \u2014 Anderson held off Canada\u2019s Laurie Blouin for the win.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cI knew I wanted to put down one run and I fell on my first run, so when I did put down my more mellow run I decided to just go for it and when it popped me into first I was stoked,\u201d Anderson said. \u201cBut I honestly didn\u2019t think it would last. I thought I would need to up it to a (1080), but I\u2019m really happy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">While Anderson winning was no surprise, Blouin taking second was \u2014 mostly because she wasn\u2019t even supposed to compete. Julia Marino, the 2017 slopestyle champion, announced on social media Friday she had broken her wrist and withdrew from Saturday\u2019s competition. This sent Blouin, the alternate who won big air gold in 2019, into the field of eight riders.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cI was third alternate, actually. I was coming in here focusing on big air,\u201d she laughed. \u201cI didn\u2019t have any pressure because I wasn\u2019t sure if I would get in. But when I got in, I was, \u2018All right, I\u2019m just going to have fun.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Winning bronze Saturday was 15-year-old Japanese sensation Kokomo Murase. California\u2019s Hailey Langland, who won big air gold in 2017 and slopestyle silver in 2019, was just off the podium in fourth place.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Last year\u2019s X Games slopestyle champion Zoi Sadaowski-Synnott of New Zealand was fifth, followed by reigning Olympic big air champ Anna Gasser in sixth, Miyabi Onitsuka in seventh and Finland\u2019s Enni Rukajarvi, who won her lone slopestyle gold back in 2011, in eighth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Onitsuka, a 21-year-old from Japan, won Thursday\u2019s big air contest for her first X Games medal, holding off Murase and Reira Iwabuchi on the all-Japan podium.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cSuch a fun course today. It was so good. The conditions were insane. X Games is always a fun course to ride,\u201d Blouin said of slopestyle. \u201cThe speed was harder the last couple of days (in practice). Everyone was struggling. This morning I put in everything I wanted to do and I\u2019m really stoked. It\u2019s probably one of my most progressive slopestyle runs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Blouin, a 23-year-old from Quebec who also finished second to Anderson at the 2018 Winter Olympics, was in the lead Saturday before Anderson\u2019s third run sent her over the top. Still, it was Blouin\u2019s first slopestyle medal at X Games. She was fifth in Thursday\u2019s big air contest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cYesterday I was like, \u2018There is no way I\u2019m getting into slopestyle.\u2019 And this morning I get that news,\u201d Blouin said. \u201cI\u2019m pretty happy about that. I\u2019ve been dreaming about a slopestyle medal at X Games and it just happened.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText Tagline\"><em>This story is from AspenTimes.com<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/jamie-anderson-holds-off-laurie-blouin-in-slopestyle-for-17th-career-x-games-podium\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Summit Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>X Games women\u2019s snowboard slopestyle gold medalist Jamie Anderson, center, smiles while Miyabi Onitsuka, left, and silver medalist Kokomo Murase give an interview on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times)Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times Jamie Anderson takes home the gold medal in the women\u2019s snowboard slopestyle final at X Games Aspen on Saturday, Jan. 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