Sebastien Toutant wins World Cup snowboard slopestyle gold
Canada’s Sebastien Toutant scored gold at a World Cup snowboard slopestyle event in Laax, Switzerland on Friday.
The L’Assomption, Que., native scored 87.25 points in his second run to reach the top of the podium.
«I took a really heavy slam in practice [and was] questioning if I was going to compete in the final, but I’m glad I did,» Toutant said after the event.
Here is my run from Semifinals today at Laax Open! The Final is Friday ??? <a href=»https://twitter.com/hashtag/ItsOn?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw»>#ItsOn</a> <a href=»https://twitter.com/hashtag/slopestyle?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw»>#slopestyle</a> <a href=»https://twitter.com/hashtag/letsgetit?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw»>#letsgetit</a> <a href=»https://t.co/zjz9AIRxKR»>pic.twitter.com/zjz9AIRxKR</a>
—@SebToots
Americans Redmond Gerard (85.45) and Justus Henkes (82.33) took silver and bronze, respectively.
You can watch more live World Cup snowboard coverage on Saturday at 11:30 a.m. ET with the halfpipe event.
