Nicholls’ teammate Rowan Coultas, who had gone directly into finals after a solid qualification performance, finished 8th in the final, with Aimee Fuller placing an impressive 4th in the women’s competition. Matt McCormick just missed out on finals after finishing 11th in the semi-final.
Jamie Nicholls said after his third place: “I am really happy to finish the season off on a high with a podium in the Czech Republic. I won here last year, so I am glad I was able to perform again and land my 1440. To get second on the World Cup Tour is amazing as well, a good end to the World Cup season.”
At the end of the most successful season ever for both GB Park and Pipe’s snowboarders and skiers, the team will now move over to Laax, to compete in next week’s BRITS, alongside the GB Park and Pipe Pathway riders.
After claiming 16th place at the Men’s Snowboard Halfpipe World Championships in Laax, Glen Ironside claimed another good result, finishing 10th in the Snowboard Halfpipe Europa Cup in Kühtai, Austria.
British Snowboard Cross
Zoe Gillings-Brier and Maisie Potter teamed up to compete for Great Britain in the Team Event at the last Snowboard Cross World Cup of the season in Veysonnaz, Switzerland, finishing 6th overall. The day before, Gillings-Brier had put in a solid performance in the individual World Cup race, finishing 15th overall, with Potter finishing in 24th place.
British Speed Skiing
British Speed Skiing stars Jan Farrell and Benja Hedley were in action in a World Cup and then the World Championships in Idre Fjäll, Sweden. In the World Championships race, Farrell finishing in 20th overall and in the World Cup, Farrell finished in 22nd place, with Hedley finishing 26th in a field of 54 athletes.
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