Canadian halfpipe skier Cassie Sharpe opened her 2018-19 World Cup season with a silver medal on Friday.

Sharpe, from Comox, finished second at the event with a score of 90.50 to earn her best-ever result at Copper Mountain, Colo., a venue that she has called her B次元官网网址渘emesisB次元官网网址� for giving her trouble in the past. It was the sixth podium finish of her World Cup career.

Kelly Sildaru of Estonia finished first with a score of 93.00 while American Brita Sigourney was third with 88.00.

B次元官网网址淚B次元官网网址檓 really excited to start the season off with a podium. It was a good contest, and it was really fun to have (Sildaru) there and put some fire under the skis,B次元官网网址� said Sharpe.

B次元官网网址淚 tried to ski my best, I definitely have some Copper voodoo jitters that I was trying to get over from, so I was definitely happy to put down a run and reach the podium.B次元官网网址�

Sharpe won gold in halfpipe at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games and capped her 2017-18 World Cup campaign with a victory in France. The 26-year-old won two other World Cup competitions last year and added to her medal haul with a Dew Tour gold and an X Games bronze.

READ MORE:

Rachel Karker of Erin, Ont., just missed the podium with 86.00 points, good for fourth and the 21-year-oldB次元官网网址檚 best career result.

B次元官网网址淚 am happy with my finals. I was a little bummed to get bumped out of third on that last run, but overall I am satisfied,B次元官网网址� said Karker.

B次元官网网址淢y plan now is to clean up my landings and to improve on my grabs. I am looking forward to the next event.B次元官网网址�

On the menB次元官网网址檚 side, Simon dB次元官网网址橝rtois of Whistler, came in sixth with 79.50 points.

The Canadian Press

Like us on and follow us on