Jossi Wells Makes The Podium, Finally!Jossi Wells finished a well-deserved second in Superpipe.
In yet another mind-blowing final at this year?s Winter X Games Jossi Wells finished a well-deserved second in Superpipe. His unmatched skiing style that had also brought him into Big Air and Slopestyle finals earlier on was only surpassed by Kevin Rolland?s unbelievable three double flips in one run.
Freestyle park skiing is only one part of the freeskiing universe, but even there specialisation is on the rise. In this year?s three disciplines of the 14th Winter X Games – Big Air, Slopestyle and Superpipe – only one skier managed to make the finals of all three competitions.
This one hero is New Zealand?s own style master Jossi Wells. And style is exactly what separates the 19-year-old member of the ATOMIC Freeskiing Team from the rest. The reason for specialisation in freestyle is, of course, the ever progressing level of technical difficulty. A phenomenon that again could be clearly seen in the Superpipe finals.
French pipe prodigy Kevin Rolland threw no less than three different double flips in his winning run: both a Leftside and Rightside Double Flare plus an unprecedented Double Cork 1260°! Although the Frenchman had only five hits in his run – the other two were a Alley-oop Flatspin 360° and a Switch 720° – and didn?t
grab the Rightside Double Flare, his otherwise flawless performance with solid grabs was without a doubt the winning run of the evening.
In an otherwise tight competition where freeski superstar Simon Dumont had to settle for fourth place and French defending X Games champion Xavier Bertoni got third, both showing technical runs with great amplitude, Jossi Well?s clean runs with outstanding style prevailed. His run of Leftside 900°, Rightside 900°, Double Flare, Alley-oop 720°, Switch 720° Shifty (!), Alley-oop Flatspin 540° and a perfect 1080° at
the end was a piece of utter beauty.
When the dust had settled, Jossi Wells was more than happy about his result: “I couldn?t be more stoked than for my second place right now. I am really happy with how I skied and I am particularly exited about how my double flip turned out.“
After missing the podium in Big Air by only one point, the silver medal was well deserved for the young New Zealander. His appearance in all disciplines? finals, a feat nobody else managed at this year?s X Games, proves that style remains an important factor in the action sports world. A relieving perspective in the current phase of double flip evolution. Thanks for that, Jossi!
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Jossi Wells finished a well-deserved second in Superpipe.
In yet another mind-blowing final at this year?s Winter X Games Jossi Wells finished a well-deserved second in Superpipe. His unmatched skiing style that had also brought him into Big Air and Slopestyle finals earlier on was only surpassed by Kevin Rolland?s unbelievable three double flips in one run.
Freestyle park skiing is only one part of the freeskiing universe, but even there specialisation is on the rise. In this year?s three disciplines of the 14th Winter X Games – Big Air, Slopestyle and Superpipe – only one skier managed to make the finals of all three competitions.
This one hero is New Zealand?s own style master Jossi Wells. And style is exactly what separates the 19-year-old member of the ATOMIC Freeskiing Team from the rest. The reason for specialisation in freestyle is, of course, the ever progressing level of technical difficulty. A phenomenon that again could be clearly seen in the Superpipe finals.
French pipe prodigy Kevin Rolland threw no less than three different double flips in his winning run: both a Leftside and Rightside Double Flare plus an unprecedented Double Cork 1260°! Although the Frenchman had only five hits in his run – the other two were a Alley-oop Flatspin 360° and a Switch 720° – and didn?t
grab the Rightside Double Flare, his otherwise flawless performance with solid grabs was without a doubt the winning run of the evening.
In an otherwise tight competition where freeski superstar Simon Dumont had to settle for fourth place and French defending X Games champion Xavier Bertoni got third, both showing technical runs with great amplitude, Jossi Well?s clean runs with outstanding style prevailed. His run of Leftside 900°, Rightside 900°, Double Flare, Alley-oop 720°, Switch 720° Shifty (!), Alley-oop Flatspin 540° and a perfect 1080° at
the end was a piece of utter beauty.
When the dust had settled, Jossi Wells was more than happy about his result: “I couldn?t be more stoked than for my second place right now. I am really happy with how I skied and I am particularly exited about how my double flip turned out.“
After missing the podium in Big Air by only one point, the silver medal was well deserved for the young New Zealander. His appearance in all disciplines? finals, a feat nobody else managed at this year?s X Games, proves that style remains an important factor in the action sports world. A relieving perspective in the current phase of double flip evolution. Thanks for that, Jossi!