The 2024/25 halfpipe season continues this weekend in Copper, Colorado for the third round of the FIS World Cup circuit. Just two weeks after Secret Garden, China the stunt ditch specialists arrive in Copper to go head-to-head once more.
Hanna Faulhaber boosting out of the Copper Mountain halfpipe that sits at over 3000m elevation.
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Halfpipe World Cup Returns to Copper
In China, Nick Goepper took his first halfpipe World Cup win, cementing his transfer from slopestyle skiing. While on the women’s side, Eileen Gu continued her dominance with a comfortable win, putting down a fairly safe run after shaking off a couple of heavy slams earlier in the day.
Men's Secret Garden Halfpipe Highlights
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How to Beat Eileen?
Ski switch more and grab better – simple, right?
The only current flaw in Eileen’s run is her single switch hit, which in China was a switch 360 japan. Riders like Amy Fraser have back-to-back switch hits in their locker – last year linking switch 720s with switch 900s. However, the issue is that the tricks cannot be fully rewarded if they are not well grabbed. It is certainly easier said than done, but if Amy can grab well on the run she was putting down last year, which included spinning in all four directions, she will be challenging for the top spot. At the moment however, Elieen and Zoe Atkin are the only two skiers grabbing consistently throughout their runs and are hard to touch because of it.
The Guys
Nick Goepper’s win should not really come as a surprise to anyone who has followed his career so far. What is shocking is the speed he has been able to translate his jump skills into the halfpipe without losing much, if any, of the execution on his tricks. Nick is able to grab better than most of the field, besides maybe David Wise, and the judges are rewarding him for it. Just as the four spots for the US halfpipe Olympic team looked to be pretty settled, Nick has put the cat amongst the pigeons.
Having gone unbeaten all of last season, Alex Ferreira has now come second in the first two events of this season. Second is not to be sniffed at but after such a sustained period of dominance, Alex will want to prove that he is still the man to beat.
Finley Melville Ives gave us an exciting glimpse of the run he is threatening to put together in China. If he can clean it up and link it together, we could see him elbow his way towards a podium.
Alex Ferreira's winning run from last years event.
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Copper Halfpipe World Cup Live Stream Information
Both the Mens’s and Women’s finals will go down on 21 December. If you have access to a VPN you can watch live on Youtube for free. You will need to set your VPN to Iceland, New Zealand or Australia. Or you can watch it on the FIS Live stream website but connecting from Switzerland
- CBC Sports (CAN) – live streaming and delayed
- CT Sport (CZE) – delayed
- ESPN (Latin America) – live streaming
- Eurosport Asia & Europe – live and streaming
- ORF SPORT+ (AUT
- Polsat 2 (POL) – live
- Rai Sport (ITA) – delayed
- Ski and Snowboard Live (USA) – live streaming
- V Sport + (NOR) – live
- Viaplay (GBR) – live streaming
- Viaplay Vinter (DEN, FIN, SWE) – live streaming