Martin Podiums at Visa Big Air in Steamboat

Hydro Flask U.S. Snowboard Team's Ollie Martin stepped onto the podium at the Visa Big Air presented by Toyota at Steamboat, taking third place and a big stride forward to qualifying for the Milano Cortina Olympic Winter Games in February. Jamie Anderson was the top American woman in sixth place. 

It was a beautiful sunny day in Colorado with a packed crowd for Saturday's finals. Martin threw down his first two tricks flawlessly- a front triple 18 and a contest first cab 16 pull back, a trick the 17 year old first landed at a training camp in Stubai. He finished behind Japanese teammates Hiroto Ogiwara in first and Kira Kimura in second. American Judd Henkes was sixth, stomping his signature butter 14 & hardway back 10 mute en route to another top-8 result.

On the women’s side, Anderson led the charge for the Hydro Flask U.S. Snowboard Team women. It was her first FIS competition since the 2022 Olympic Winter Games. Her daughters greeted her in the finish, and joined her on the podium as she was crowned national champion for big air alongside Martin. Martin also won the Visa Best Trick Award for his NBD cab 16 pull back. 

Lily Dhawornvej, Rebecca Flynn, Jess Perlmutter, Giada Brienza, Kaitlyn Adams and Courtney Rummel did not qualify to finals for the women. Jake Canter, Brooklyn Depriest, Sean Fitzsimons, Fynn Bullock-Womble, Dusty Henricksen, Liam Johnson, Lucas Ferry, Caleb Dhawornvej, Will Solomon, Lys Fedorowycz, Evan Wrobel, Brock Crouch and Brian Rice did not qualify for the men.

Next up, the halfpipe team will compete at the Toyota U.S. Grand Prix at Copper Mountain, Dec. 17-20, while the slopestyle/big air team will look toward the Toyota U.S. Grand Prix at Aspen after the new year. Both events are Olympic qualifiers. 

RESULTS
Women’s big air
Men’s big air