The first FIS slopestyle competition was held in La Molina, Spain over the weekend. According to ESPN, “Nineteen year old Seppe Smits, from the flat country of Belgium, has just become the very first FIS-backed World Champion of Slopestyle Snowboarding today in La Molina, Spain.”

There’s no official release as yet but apparently “Due to the small size of the jump in La Molina, and the softness of the landing, competitors were held to 1080 variations during the finals.” According to Smitts, the “course and the judging were not ideal” – this is likely to further fuel the debate reignited last weke in the open letter from Terje (see the report here).

Robbie Walker competed and placed 23rd – we’re waiting on details from him at the moment. For more, hit the ESPN article here.

FIS La Molina, Spain – Snowboard Slopestyle Results
1. SMITS Seppe BEL
2. MATTSSON Niklas SWE
3. PAUMOLA Ville FIN
4. LANDMARK Zebastian SWE
5. SCHATTSCHNEIDER Clemens AUT
6. BEAULIEU Julien CAN
7. BALHARRY Robby CAN
8. KOSKI Markku FIN
9. MACHO Michael AUT
10. PIIROINEN Petja FIN
11. NECAS Jan CZE
12. VERGES Isaac SPA
13. ZEESTRATEN Stef NZE
14. LUNDSTROM Tor SWE
15. KAEPPELI Mario SUI
16. CATTON Elliott CAN
17. KRAINER Adrian AUT
18. MANICH Carlos SPA
19. STONE Zachary CAN
20. JONG, DE Dimi NED
21. SZIGETI Viktor HUN
22. HAMILTON James NZE
23. WALKER Robbie AUS
24. TORNER Carles SPA
25. STRATEN, VAN Rocco NED