Kaya Turski made history Friday by becoming the first female freeskier to land a switch 1080 during the finals of the Nine Queens big air competition in Serfaus-Fiss-Ladis, Austria. Unfortunately, at an event that hos...

Kaya Turski made history Friday by becoming the first female freeskier to land a switch 1080 during the finals of the Nine Queens big air competition in Serfaus-Fiss-Ladis, Austria. Unfortunately, at an event that hosted a week of unprecedented progression for womens freesking, being the first was not enough to win. That honor went to Maria Bagge, a 24-year-old from Sweden who became the second woman to land a switch 1080, holding her mute grab a bit longer than Turski did. Keri Herman and Emma Dahlstrom tied for third place.

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