The FIS Freeski World Cup was back in business this week at the world-famous Stubai Zoo snowpark in Austria, with the first slopestyle competition of the season. NZ's Finn Bilous achieved a solid result, finishing in eighth place.
The first place on the day went to the veteran Henrik Harlaut (SWE) who proved to be the most consistent rider of the day, stomping both of his runs with ease and style, squeezing in a nice combination of a switch left triple 1260 to a right dub 1260 on the jumps and an extremely smooth rail section for a final score of 88.88 points and his first slopestyle World Cup victory.
The second place went to the US rookie Mac Forehand with Ferdinand Dahl (NOR) finishing the competition in third.