The British World Cup Halfpipe and Snowboardcross Teams proved they where World class last weekend (25th – 27th January) when they competed and achieved top results at the Winter X Games, Colorado, USA and the World Cup in Bardonecchia, Italy.

Zoe Gillings equalled her best result of the season so far on Saturday when she finished in an impressive 6th place in the Snowboardcross at the 2008 Winter X Games, Aspen, Colorado. Gillings made an excellent start in the final but was wiped out by another competitor at the first banked turn, effectively ending her challenge for victory. Olympic silver medallist and World ranked number one, Lindsay Jacobellis went on to take the title. Zoe is consistently impressing this season, she is currently ranked 6th in the world at only 22 years of age. After the race, Zoe said: “Even though this is one of my best results, I should have done better, I can’t wait to go to Leysin, on Wednesday for the next round of World Cup competitions.”

Meanwhile over in Bardonecchia, Italy the British Halfpipe Team were on top form and achieving great results in the World Cup Halfpipe event. Aviemore’s Lesley McKenna finished an excellent fourth in the Women’s World Cup Halfpipe, behind winner Anne Sophie Pellissier of France. Kate Foster also competed and finished in an impressive 14th place overall. In the men’s World Cup Halfpipe event, Dan Wakeham, finished 14th behind winner Manuel Petropoli of Italy, whilst Ben Kilner came 27th and Sam Cullum 31st out of the 46 competitors.

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