Thursday night's World Cup Halfpipe saw the return of Eileen Gu's dominance as well as the first Finnish halfpipe victory in nearly a decade with Jon Sallinen taking the dub after a clutch final run. The shorter-than-most ditch in Calgary caused a few issues on Thursday but the wind was nonexistent. Tonight, the riders have had even more time to dial n their runs on the C.O.P halfpipe. The stage was set for another awesome night of skiing!

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Run 1:

Dillan Glennie put down a solid run to open the higher-scoring runs with a 71.75, featuring a locked-in right 7 mute right seven mute and stylish switch to switch reminiscent of Duncan Adams. Hannah Faulhaber's run with a signature tail grab air and both-way flairs scored 77.75, rewarded aptly for her amplitude. Svea Ivrving kicked off a stylish run with an alleyoop 3 mute and a left 9, some missed grabs and some looseness docked her some points, putting her in third just behind Dillan. Amy Faser, earning her first WC podium in Copper dropped a heater of a run; opening things with 3 switch hits - nine, five, seven - capping things off with back-to-back 9s. A bit of a shuffle on the first hit docked her point keeping it in the 50s, a run to watch though. Rachel Karker kept both ways nines going, opening her run with them. Followed by right flair to left seven and finishing things off with a switch left alleyoop five. A run worthy of 85.50 and preliminary first.

Kexin Zhang has a really nice flowy style through the pipe and has a great variety of switch tricks, locking grabs in on switch 3s and 5s the flow was and tech was rewarded with 81.75. Eileen took her time to visualise her run and opened with the same formula from her gold medal performance on Thursday. Right 9 Buick to left 9 Japan opened proceedings with a right 7 lead blunt, capped, and a switch left 3 to huge alleyoop 1 was the exclamation point on the end of the run. 90.00

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Run 2:

Daeun Kim took a hefty tumble off the coping getting tossed a little but not looking too phased. Dilan Gelennie did not improve on her first run score and neither did Hannah Faulhaber hip-checking early in the run. Svea Irving and Amy Fraser suffered the same fate on their second runs.

Rachel Karker was the first to put down a 1080. Although her run had some sketch in the landings and a wiffed grab meant she didn't improve her second run score. Kexin Zhang tried to improve on her first run score that had her in 3rd. Cleaning up her run and adding a nine, but her first run score remained the contender. Eileen continued to ski the halfpipe with ease, sending the alleyoop final hit to 5 with serious boost. This bumped her score to 93.50, her halfpipe dominance seems as constant as death and taxes at this point.

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Run 3:

Hannah Faulhaber put it down with style for her final attempt in the halfpipe. A tidier run and a huge left cork 9 was enough to add a couple of points to her score but not get her on the podium for the second time at the Snow Rodeo this week. Amy Fraser managed to put it down in her third run, lacing 3-way nines in her run, improving on her first run score. Rachel Karker went down on her switch 10 and would remain in second, Kexin Zhang went down on her switch 9 and so for a second final in a week we were treated to an Eileen Gu victory lap, with Rachel in second and Kexin in third.

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Run 1:

Noah Bowman, went down first hit on a right dub 14 landing a bit deep having also struggled in Thursday's final. Tristan Feinberg dropped back-to-back dub 12s and stomped a gorgeous, large cork 9 tail but hip checked on the final dub attempt. Alex Ferrier dropped after Cameron Broderick couldn't put down a clean run, his first hit was a little sketch on the landing, clipping the coping but he stomped the rest of the run with style his right dub 16 to left cork 10 backed up with a dub 10 had huge amplitude scoring 87.25 to take preliminary first. Finlay Melville Ives laced his run but had some trouble with a grab or two but enough to put a second-place score on the board. Jon Sallinen put down a run at the first time of asking tonight - opening with a switch double and getting both-way dub 12s in his run. David Wise put down a run early, having also struggled on Thursday, his opening switch right 9 was huge, he only managed 4 hits but they were all massive, his switch left dub 10 and closing left dub 12 were stomped. 86.00 put him just behind Alex Ferreira for now.

Birk Irving laced his run with style opening with a switch 9 nose to switch cork 7 going huge, his unique down-the-pipe dub flat 7 remains an exquisite final hit. This was enough to take the top spot with 91.0. Team USA held the top three spots with two Team Canada athletes finishing the opening round. Brendan Mackay's switch alleyoop left dub 12 was perfect but an underrotated second hit ending this runs competitive potential early. Simon D'Artois' opening Japan air to fakie was massive, the rest of his run followed suit and the alleyoop left dub 10 safety to close things was massive he held onto the landing with authority, 86.50 was enough to sit in third for now.

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Run 2:

Noah Bowman's struggles continued in run 2 unable to keep his opening dub 10 on his feet. Tristan Feinberg put down a near-perfect run although sitting back heavily coming out of a double 16 still going straight into a left dub 12 like it was nothing, he was, sadly, punished for this imperfection. Cameron Broderick sent an enormous right 9 blunt but the landing robbed him of the speed required to finish off the run cleanly.

Alex Ferreira showed his pedigree; switch left 10 to switch dub 16 with the cleanest left dub 12 to close it out. He was pumped. 94.50 for Alex changed up the top spot. Jon Sallinen went down hard early and looked a little sore as he cruised through the pipe, but we know these Finns are tough. Amplitude got the better of David Wise on his opening switch 9 before Birk Irving dropped to answer the call from Ferreira, upping his opening switch 10 to 12, followed by a gorgeous switch right cork 7 with large back-to-back 12s and his signature down-the-pipe dub flat 7 made for a great run. It was only enough for 93 remaining right behind Ferriera. Brendan Mackay hip checked early but boosted possibly the biggest hit of the night with a right dub 12 safety. D'Artois' air to fakie remains a classic and his final hit alleyoop dub 10 is something special, he increased the margin by which he held third by three points in run 2.

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Run 3:

Noah Bowman finally put down a run with a right dub 14 and a huge alleyoop dub 9. His run scored 90.50 and was enough to get into third, bumping D'Artois down a spot. Tristan Feinberg ripped a toepiece out in the transition after a massive 16. and Alex Ferreira bobbled on his second hit so wouldn't increase his breathing room at the top and would have to watch on as the rest of the field dropped with intention of unseating him from first.

Youngest competitor Finlay Melville Ives, 16, went down on a big double 16. While his first two of runs showed serious promise from the youngster. David Wise couldn't put down a final run to challenge the podium. Birk Irving opted to put down the switch down-the-pipe seven in the middle of his run, perhaps as the first hit was a cork 10 as opposed to 12, per his second run. He closed it out with a 14 and would stick with his second run score to stay in second. Brendan Mackay bobbled a landing leaving Simon D'Artois to drop, giving it everything was his undoing being unable to hold the final hit. Noah Bowman finished in third with Birk Irving in second and Alex Ferreira taking the W.

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