Campbell River skier Teal Harle got his freestyle skiing World Cup season off to a good start on Friday.

At the Big Air Chur festival in Chur, Switzerland, Harle was joined by two other Canadians in the final, Max Moffatt from Caledon, Ont. and Evan McEachran from Oakville Ont. In their first attempts, all three skiers fell, but Harle was able to recover with a left-side triple 1260, earning him a massive score of 98.50 and putting him at the top of the podium.

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Moffatt scored 87 points, and McEachran score 21.00, placing fifth and ninth respectively.

This is HarleB次元官网网址檚 sixth World Cup medal, and his third in the Big Air competition. He last medaled in Atlanta in December 2019, where he won bronze.

Canada was also on the podium for the womenB次元官网网址檚 event, where Elena Gaskell won bronze.

GaskellB次元官网网址檚 first jump, a switch bio 1080 mute grab, earned her 91.00 points. She was beaten in the second run by French skier Tess Ledeux (95.25) and Swiss skier Sarah Hoefflin (93.25).

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