Teenage snowboarding sensation Valentino Guseli won his first half-pipe World Cup gold medal while Australian aerial skier Danielle Scott also thrived in Canada, regaining the overall lead with a silver medal.

Guseli, 18, led from start to finish, posting the highest score of the final with a 91.50 in his second run ahead of Japan’s Ruka Hirano (88.25) and

Shuichiro Shigeno (86.75).

It was the Beijing Olympian’s second World Cup victory, with the teenager having already won a Big Air event in late 2022 – also in Canada.

“I’m so happy,” said Guseli, who moved up to second overall behind Hirano, relegating injured fellow Australian Scotty James to third.

“I really love Canada. The two wins I had were in Canada and I’m super happy.

“The pipe and the snow were great…I did well in my races and I’m happy.”

Scott claimed his fifth podium in six starts to reclaim first place in the race for the Crystal Globe trophy with two World Cup events remaining, claiming second place at Lac Beauport in Quebec.

In difficult conditions with intermittent rain and sticky snow, Scott increased his degree of difficulty in the super-final, with a double backflip double full-full triple twist but struggled on the landing to finish with a final score of 84.24 points.

She finished behind American Karenna Elliott (89.18) while local hopeful Marion Thenault (83.19) collected bronze.

Fellow Australian Abbey Willcox finished fifth to move up to eighth place in this season’s overall standings.

Scott’s silver medal took her back to the top of the standings with 280 points, ahead of American Winter Vinecki by 28 points, while Thenault third with 182.

“Super excited, the yellow bib was the biggest thing, and I’m very happy with it,” said Scott, 33, from New South Wales.

“It was a really tough day, everyone struggled at the start.

“But I nailed my jumps. I’m pretty happy with it and I still have some improvement to make, so hopefully we can bring it out tomorrow.”

A second World Cup will take place at Lac Beauport on Sunday (Monday AEDT) with the final event of the season scheduled for Almaty, Kazakhstan on March 10.