23 year old British freestyle skier James ‘Woodsy’ Woods won the Slopestyle World Cup competition staged at Cardrona in New Zealand earlier today.
The win marks two out of two for Woods, although this was the first World Cup title of the 2015/16 season.
Described as “unbeatable from start to finish” in the competition by local media, Woods from Sheffield beat Norway’s Oystein Braaten and American Joss Christensen in silver and bronze.
Woods was the top qualifier for the finals and scored 90.2 out of a max 100 points in his first run, the only performance by any athlete scoring above 90 points.
“Even three runs, if you bin the first run you’re like ‘my goodness, I’ve only got two runs,’ said Woods, “Whereas it definitely gives you that buffer and the pressure is always different. You know there’s a big dog coming behind you.”
According to reports Woods will also compete in the big air final on Sunday where he could sad to his medal haul.