Olympic gold medalists Chloe Kim and Alex Hall earned victories at the Toyota U.S. Grand Prix at Aspen, Colorado, nearly one year out from the Milan Cortina Games.
Kim, a two-time Olympic snowboard halfpipe champion, prevailed with a 91.75-point first run that included a switch frontside double cork 1080, plus back-to-back 900s, according to commentary.
Gaon Choi of South Korea took runner-up with 88.75 points.
Kim has now won a halfpipe contest on three consecutive Saturdays, all with a double cork 1080, which no woman had previously landed in competition.
Hall, the 2022 Olympic ski slopestyle champion, earned his fifth career World Cup slopestyle victory, leading a U.S. one-two with 2022 Olympic big air silver medalist Colby Stevenson.
Hall tallied an 88.21-point first run, edging Stevenson’s 87.15. Norwegian Birk Ruud, who won the 2023 World Championships and 2024 X Games, was third with 85.10 points.
This season’s worlds are next month in Switzerland.
Then on Sunday, two-time Olympic medalist Alex Ferreira led the second U.S. podium sweep this season in a men’s ski halfpipe World Cup.
He was followed by three-time Olympic ski slopestyle medalist Nick Goepper and Matt Labaugh, who notched his first World Cup podium.
