{"id":9164,"date":"2023-06-25T11:26:42","date_gmt":"2023-06-25T09:26:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/43ride.com\/en\/?p=9164"},"modified":"2023-06-25T11:27:19","modified_gmt":"2023-06-25T09:27:19","slug":"emil-johansson-takes-the-triple-triple-breaks-record-for-winningest-slopestyle-athlete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/43ride.com\/en\/events\/2023\/emil-johansson-takes-the-triple-triple-breaks-record-for-winningest-slopestyle-athlete\/","title":{"rendered":"Emil Johansson takes the ‘Triple Triple’ & Breaks Record for Winningest Slopestyle Athlete"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Emil Johansson has now made history, breaking the record held by Brandon Semenuk for the most number of Crankworx World Tour Slopestyle gold-medals (12 gold medals!!!), not to mention securing the Triple Crown of Slopestyle Award for 2023. Today was no easy feat for the Swede after battling through some wind conditions and getting his top score of 92.5 from run 1 bumped by Red Bull rider, Dawid Godziek.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dawid Godziek \/ photo: Clint Trahan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Many of the riders struggled to put down a clean run, including Dawid Godziek who had a banger first run but then crashed on the landing of the final jump. When Johansson laid down a clean run and getting a score of 92.5, it appeared that he was going to have the competition in the bag, but Godziek was out for blood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Miguel Guerrero \/ photo: Florian Breitenberger<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Godziek knew he had to give it his all to dethrone Johansson. Throwing down impeccable combos like triple tailwhip on the first hip to then a cashroll barspin on the next jump, to then stomping a cashy whip on the final jump, Godziek succeeded in knocking the Swede off the top box, earning himself a score of 95.25. Rumour has it, Emil had a big smile on his face when he saw Godziek\u2019s score. He knew he now had to step it up on his second run; a moment he has been eagerly waiting for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was unreal. I felt like I nearly had a heart attack after the first run because the wind was affecting me so much. When I got halfway down the course, I could just feel the wind and I thought \u2018I just gotta make it down this time, please!\u2019. Then making it down, I was so out of breath, I\u2019m glad that one worked out. Then sitting up top and seeing when Dawid bumped me \u2013 it\u2019s tough knowing that you actually have to pull out the things you\u2019ve been prepping for.

I\u2019ve been prepping for so many contests prior, I\u2019ve been put in this scenario where if I haven\u2019t crashed the first run, then my second run is usually a victory lap. But now I got an amazing score on the first run, and then Dawid pulled a great run out and the judges thought that was better than my first run. I\u2019ve been waiting for this! Honestly, it makes it way more exciting if you do the first run and then second run starts and I have been prepping with all these thoughts in mind, but then usually someone pulls out or someone crashes, and then I can drop off, but now I knew I needed to be hyper-focused until the end and pull the run down.

When I pulled off the 2nd<\/sup>\u00a0run, I had a bit of a bobble, but I still felt like I compensated enough from the other features compared to my first run where I was just hoping that that was going to be enough and sure enough \u2013 it was. That felt great. It was good fun!<\/p>Emil Johansson<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Emil Johansson \/ photo: Clint Trahan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Johansson most certainly compensated pulling out two world\u2019s firsts in a Crankworx Slopestyle Contest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I did an oppo 3 windshield wiper on the last one, I did an oppo 3 unturndown to regular double downwhip. I brought the switch truck to double downwhip out in Rotorua and that kind of opened up my mind to how I can flip this and make it different. I thought about it and I came up with this trick that I started working on later on and all of a sudden I felt like it was close enough to try it. The jumps back home doesn\u2019t really allow me to try it and it goes for all riders, these jumps are generally at least a midpack in the first jump or bigger than what we usually ride so they allowed for a bit more tricks. Which was great!<\/p>Emil Johansson<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Emil Johansson \/ photo: Clint Trahan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Not only did Johansson earn himself the Triple Crown of Slopestyle in today\u2019s event, he also broke the record held by Brandon Semenuk for most Crankworx Slopestyle gold medals. Here is what he had say about it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It feels unreal as Semenuk for me is the GOAT. He\u2019s for me, looking at inspiration growing up, it would be a lie to say that he hasn\u2019t been the most influential like he has been. He\u2019s made an immense path for himself and to see how many gold medals he was able to take throughout his career with less available Crankworx events then kind of in the pioneer days of the whole sport. When he was a bit younger than me the world tour was formed and he has been a huge influence for me as well as multiple other riders at the Crankworx scene throughout the years. Definitely a surreal moment.<\/p>Emil Johansson<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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