Yang’s win is his second podium of the season after he finished third in Beijing.
With Saturday’s result and four out of five big air events of the World Cup season completed, Hasegawa has all but locked up what could be the first Crystal Globe of his career on the strength of Saturday’s finish along with his win in Klagenfurt last week and his victory in Chur. With 309 points, Hasegawa is 99 points ahead of second overall finisher Ian Matteoli of Italy.
In the women’s World Cup standings, Brookes now leads the big air and overall Park & Pipe rankings ahead of Japan’s Mari Fukada. Saturday marks the first time in four big air events that 18-year-old Fukada did not claim a podium spot since the season began.
Brookes, on the other hand, has finished within the top three, including back-to-back wins at Klagenfurt last week and in Beijing in December, at every big air event this season. The British teenager was also runner-up at the slopestyle season-opener in Cardrona (NZL) in September.
The last big air competition of the 2024/25 FIS Snowboard World Cup season will take place in Aspen between 5 and 6 February 2025.