Results Round-Up: Brookes bronze in Calgary, Muir’s comeback continues

Britain secured a 29th podium of the season through Mia Brookes, while there were encouraging performances in Beidahu and Stoneham

Brookes takes Bronze in Calgary

Mia Brookes took British headlines in Calgary, landing a seventh World Cup podium of the season with Bronze in Calgary to leave her top of the overall Snowboard Park & Pipe standings. With the Big Air Crystal Globe already in her grasp and a Slopestyle World Championships title to defend next month, Brookes’ season remains live with intrigue as it draws towards a close with just one World Cup meeting remaining prior to World Championships.

Maisie Hill joined Brookes in Finals in Calgary, coming in with a credible 12th place finish, while the qualifying round wasn’t the day for Txema Mazet-Brown, who nevertheless showed some excellent signs throughout training in a season which has seen him deliver enormous amounts of breakthrough promise.

In the Halfpipe, Siddhartha Ullah bagged a career best World Cup result with a 19th place finish in a deep field, while Aaron Wild came in in 32nd place.

Muir’s comeback continues in Stoneham

Kirsty Muir continued her comeback from the major knee injury sustained in December 2023, qualifying for her second Finals of the season in the Stoneham Slopestyle World Cup. A final position of sixth demonstrated the young Scot’s ability to swiftly get back to parity with the world’s best Freeski talent, and marks another important step in Muir’s return to high class competition ahead of next month’s World Championships.

In the Men’s competitions, Tom Greenway and Chris McCormick endured frustrating days to leave them in 38th and 54th position respectively after qualifiers.

Jeannesson impresses in Beidahu

Mateo Jeannesson landed a brace of strong performances in the Beidahu Moguls World Cup, finishing tenth in Dual Moguls and 12th in Individual Moguls, the former giving the 20-year-old a fourth career top-10 World Cup showing, and his second this season following an eighth place finish in Val St Come at the start of the month.

With two World Cup meets and a World Championships showing still to come this season, the team next moves on to Almaty where Jeannesson will be joined in the line-up by Cali Carr.