The final World Cup Big Air and Slopestyle showdown in Tignes

Big Air

Taking place at the base of the slope, in the center of Tignes Val Claret, the perfect pre-form jump is the ideal stage for the last hurrah of the big air season. Last year, thousands gathered around the landing, as the light-show more fitting a festival stage lit up the night sky and chainsaw engine smoke filled the air.

The Women

Born in Bourg-Saint-Maurice at the base of the mountain, home-hill hero Tess Ledeux has qualified in first place, followed by Flora Tabanelli and Rell Harwood. Flora has already secured the Crystal Globe for big air with incredible consistency over the season and whatever the result will be rewarded the trophy at the end of the night-time finals.

The Men

In what some of the judges have described as one of the heaviest big air qualifiers to date, Tormod Frostad and Miro Tabanelli came out on top of their respective heats. The field is stacked with many of the usual suspects from Alex Hall to Elias Syrah. 

One surprise finalist from Val Thorens France, Matias Roche, landed the most proper nose butter triple cork 1620 we have seen in a long time. Currently without a full-time coach or any real sponsors, and certainly not on the French team, the paragliding instructor has earned his start bib in Tignes through results in Europa Cup and French Cup contests – making him impossible to ignore. 

The Crystal Globe has all but been decided after the current leader, Matej Svancer has failed to make finals and rival Luca Harrington has qualified – a good result from Luca would see him take home the hardware. 

Slopestyle

Both Crystal Globes hang in the balance, with a number of riders able to step up and put their names in the history books. The course is challenging but presents riders with the opportunity to put down their biggest tricks on each section – expect a high-scoring banger fest.

The Women

Almost back to her best, Kirsty Muir has qualified in first, followed by Lara Wolf, who is also on a comeback of her own. Surprise omissions from finals include last year’s Tignes slopestyle winner Tess Ledeux and winner in Stoneham, Flora Tabanelli. With the top three Crystal Globe contenders out of the picture, Rell Harwood has a good chance of snatching victory at the last hurdle.

The Men

Current standings leader, Colby Stevenson has done enough to qualify for finals but he is in strong company – five of the top six ranked men have also qualified from finals – and with only a few points separating them, this season is going to go down to the wire. As is usual in Tignes, the course is massive and diverse, giving riders plenty of options to express themselves. This one is almost impossible to call – the judges will have their work cut out.

Tignes Mountain Shaker Slopestyle World Cup Live Stream Information

The men’s and women’s big air finals will go off tonight 13 March at 19:00 CET. If you are in the local area, entry is free and the vibes are normally extremely high – think screaming chainsaw engines, loose fireworks and free-flowing genepi.

Slopestyle finals will kick-off tomorrow 14 March at 10:00 CET.

If you have access to a VPN, you can watch live on the FIS Freestyle Skiing 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 by connecting from Switzerland. 

Otherwise both events will be broadcast live on television across Eurosport, L’Equipe, Viaplay, Rai Sport, CBC Sports – depending on your country.