Music: {allcanada} Canada's Sharpe takes second in big air at worlds

Saturday, January 24, 2015

{allcanada} Canada's Sharpe takes second in big air at worlds

KREISCHBERG, Austria — Finnish snowboarder Roope Tonteri successfully defended his big air world title Saturday while Canada's Darcy Sharpe settled for silver.

Tonteri, who won silver in slopestyle three days ago, scored 79.75 points with his final jump to finish at 173.75. Sharpe, a Calgary native, was second with 169.50, while Kyle Mack of the United States took bronze with 163.50. It was Mack's second bronze after placing third in slopestyle.

Switzerland's Elena Koenz won the inaugural women's competition with 157.75 points. Merika Enne of Finland scored 148.75 for silver, while Koenz' Swiss teammate Sina Candrian won bronze with 143.25.

Big air, the final event of the snowboard worlds, is not an Olympic discipline but has been part of the men's program at the worlds since 2003.