Teenage ski sensation Indra Brown has capped off her debut World Cup season with an impressive second‑place overall ranking, following a sixth‑place finish at the final event in Silvaplana, Switzerland.
 
Competing in windy conditions that limited amplitude across the field, the New South Wales Institute of Sport (NSWIS) scholarship holder opened the two‑run final with a score of 77 points. She improved on her second run, posting 77.50 points after adding an extra 360‑degree rotation on her second hit.
 
Brown’s highest scoring run included a left cork 900, right 540, left 720, switch right 540, switch left 260 and left alley-oop with all tricks completed with grabs.
 
Victory in Silvaplana went to Great Britain’s Zoe Atkin with a score of 86.75 points, while Mischa Thomas of New Zealand finished second on 80.75 and Russia’s Aleksandra Glazkova placed third with 80 points.
 
The win secured the Crystal Globe for Atkin with 360 points on the final standings, moving her ahead of Brown, who finished the season second overall on 290 points. Brown also finished the season ranked second on the FIS Overall Park & Pipe World Cup standings, which includes results from halfpipe, slopestyle and big air.
 
Brown’s end‑of‑season ranking is the best ever by an Australian winter sports athlete in their first World Cup season, highlighted by three World Cup podiums including a victory, a silver medal at her debut X Games, and a fifth‑place final finish in her first Olympic Winter Games.
 
Brown also competed in the slopestyle event in Silvaplana, where she finished 19th, while Joey Elliss placed 55th in the men’s slopestyle competition.

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