David Wise of the United States set a new quarterpipe height world record of 11.70 meters at the Audi Nines event held in Solden, Austria on April 22.
Wise, double Olympic halfpipe champion in Sochi and Pyeongchang, set the record with a straight air tail grab, breaking the mark of 10.82 meters set by fellow-American Simon Dumont in 2008. A quarterpipe jump is where a rider lands back on the same surface he or she departed from.
Other fine performances included Andri Ragettli of Switzerland who landed a quad cork 1980, which was first achieved by fellow-Swiss Fabian Bosch at the X Games in Aspen, United States this January.
In Solden, Bosch performed a switch double cork 1620, while Anna Gasser of Austria, the 2018 big air Olympic champion, demonstrated her snowboarding skills at nearby Obergurgl-Hochgurgl.
The Audi Nines continues until Saturday, April 27.
By Mike Brock
