Canada's Jasmine Baird captures gold at big air World Cup in Edmonton

Jasmine Baird nailed an underflip 900 on her first jump of the night — and never looked back.

The rider from Georgetown, Ont. won gold in Saturday's FIS World Cup Big Air event at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton.

Holding the lead through two jumps, Baird rode last in the final round. She watched the other six finalists fail to match her scores, and to a chant of "Jasmine, Jasmine" from the home-nation crowd, she launched herself down the 15-storey man-made slope for a celebratory third jump.

"I've never had the luxury of a victory lap before," said Baird. "My coach came up to me and gave me a big hug. I usually don't like to watch anyone else drop, for some reason. I don't like to look at the scores. But coach came up, I was the last to drop, and he said, `Congrats on your win."'

GOLD for Jasmine Baird