Freestyle skier Dara Howell went big to end the season and it paid off big time.<\/p>\n
The Sochi Olympics gold medallist took to the skies in Quebec City on March 24 for the final competition of the freeski World Cup 2017\/18 season. The FIS Big Air Freeski World Cup was held at \u00celot Fleurie, a park beneath the Dufferin-Montmorency highway in Quebec City\u2019s Lower Town district, on a 40-metre high and 110-metre long ramp.<\/p>\n
Howell typically competes in slopestyle competitions and had been training hard in the lead up to the PyeongChang Olympics in February<\/a><\/span> where she dropped a ski on the landing of a difficult jump, ending her chances at a second gold medal.<\/p>\n She was up against some of her fellow Olympians for the Big Air competition in Quebec City\u2014her first\u2014and once again gave it her all, this time rising to the top of the field.<\/p>\n “Patience & A little Faith!” she wrote on her Instagram feed. “Haven\u2019t been on top of the podium in a very long time. All the feels \u263a Head down, work hard, stay humble has been something I\u2019ve told myself over and over all season and finally it paid off.” In a separate post she thanked “those who haven\u2019t given up on me.”<\/p>\n She was joined on the podium by Silvia Bertagna from Italy in second and fellow Canadian Megan Cressey in third.<\/p>\n\n