Langland Lands Historic X Games Gold

ASPEN, CO (Jan­. 26, 2017) – Young Hailey Langland (San Clemente, CA) put down an historical performance in Thursday night’s big air competition at X Games, winning gold with a trick that had never before been landed by a female in competition. Julia Marino (Westport, CT) joined Langland on the podium, earning bronze at her first X Games appearance.

Langland stomped a Cab double cork 1080 off the 80-foot big air jump at Aspen to earn the highest score of the competition (49 out of 50). It was a trick that only one woman had landed before—Langland herself, when she did so in warm ups just before the comp.

“Tonight was the first time I tried (the Cab double cork 1080),” Langland said after the competition. “It happened totally by accident in practice. I’m so stoked.”

Langland adds X Games big air gold to the slopestyle bronze she earned at Aspen in 2016. It’s a notable start to a career that is clearly just beginning. Langland will make her second start in women’s X Games slopestyle on Saturday.

Marino demonstrated nerves of steel on one of action sports’ biggest stages, laying down two solid tricks to earn bronze, including what is becoming a signature Cab double underflip.

Langland and Marino were joined on the podium by Austria’s Anna Gasser, the current overall FIS points leader. Gasser has yet to finish outside the top two in six competition starts this season.

Jamie Anderson (South Lake Tahoe, CA) ended up just off the podium in fourth with a Cab 720 tailgrab and frontside 720 mute.

Up next for the U.S. Snowboarding athletes at X Games is men’s big air on Friday night, where Kyle Mack (West Bloomfield, MI) will face off against an international field.

HIGHLIGHTS

• U.S. Snowboarding pro slopestyle team member Hailey Langland won gold. She had a combined score of 66.00: Cab double cork 1080 mute (49.00) and frontside 360 indy (17.00)
• U.S. Snowboarding pro slopestyle team member Julia Marino earned bronze. She had a combined score of 61.00: Cab double underflip (35.00) and backside 720 mute.

QUOTES
Hailey Langland
I was a little bit nervous because I knew the other girls had a lot more tricks and a lot more experience. I came up with a mindset that I was going to do a couple 360s and kinda have fun with it. In practice I got this feeling that I wanted to try something and try to put something new down. It ended up happening totally spontaneously and I’m so stoked. I wanted to do it my first run, but my coach and I talked and just felt I needed to build up to it, make sure I had a score on the board. I got really lucky and I’m super happy. Honestly I was already stoked even to have learned that trick and I had the mindset that even if I didn’t podium—even if I just tried it—I won in my mind. I’m completely on cloud nine right now.

RESULTS
Women’s Big Air