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Britain's most successful ever skier in World Cup competition, Sheffield's James 'Woodsy' Woods, has won the first Slopestyle Skiing World cup staged in New Zealand this morning.
The 23 year old, who had been top qualifier, scored 90.2 points on the first of his three runs, and remained the only man to score more the 90 during the entire competition , taking the pressure off a little for the other two runs, Woods said.
"Even three runs, if you bin the first run you're like 'my goodness, I've only got two runs' Whereas it definitely gives you that buffer and the pressure is always different. You know there's a big dog coming behind you,"
Norway's Oystein Braaten and American Joss Christensen took the other two podium places.
Woods had already won one slopestytle contest since arriving in NZ but this was the first FIS ranked World Cup title of the 2015/16 season.
Woods told media his victory hadn't "quite sunk in yet" He is also expected to compete in the Big Air final on Sunday.