Belmont Lake's Cameron Spalding Shreds For Gold In Snowboard Slopestyle at World Cup Event In Switzerland

Belmont Lake’s Cameron Spalding is at the top of the podium as he finished with a gold medal at the snowboard slopestyle World Cup event in Laax, Switzerland on Saturday.

Spalding’s top score of 86.63 points eeked out American Red Gerard (86.22) and German Noah Viktor (83.72).

“I'm just always trying to have as much fun as possible,” said Spalding. “That's when I snowboard my best, that's when everything clicks for me.”

The win makes Spalding the fifth Canadian to win the event.

“On a course like this, everything is so flowy and the course work so well together,” he explained. “I'm just trying to go out there and have as much fun as possible, then the rest is out of my hands.

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In 2023, Spalding placed 44th in Switzerland and 16th in Mammoth Mountain just north of Los Angeles in World Cup events. He got his first medal in February of that year with a bronze medal at the Calgary Snow Rodeo FIS Snowboard World Cup.

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Belmont Lake's Cameron Spalding Makes First-Career Podium Appearance With Bronze In World Cup Snowboarding

It was the first podium appearance for Belmont Lake’s Cameron Spalding as he finished third place with a bronze medal at the Calgary Snow Rodeo FIS Snowboard World Cup on Sunday.

The 17-year-old scored 77.33 to get the first World Cup medal of his career behind USA’s Dusty Henricksen and Spalding’s teammate Darcy Sharpe (who came first place). Spalding came first in the qualifier event held on Friday.

The Canadians snagged four of the six available medals during the event.

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Earlier this year, Spalding placed 44th in Switzerland and 16th in Mammoth Mountain just north of Los Angeles in World Cup events.

His performance ranks him 10th overall in the World Cup slopestyle standings with 75 points. Spalding also ranks 19th overall (as the top Canadian) in men’s park and pipe event standings with 111 points.

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