Snowboard halfpipe stars Torah Bright and Nate Johnstone led the way as Australia's Winter Olympics stocks rose on a record weekend of World Cup success.
Australia's winter sports athletes enjoyed the best 24 hours in their World Cup history, picking up two victories and three other podium finishes in the United States and Canada.
Reigning Olympic champion Torah Bright and 2011 world champion Johnstone pulled off a winning double in the World Cup halfpipe event at Copper Mountain, Colorado.
Bright triumphed in the women's event ahead of former Olympic champion Kelly Clark (USA) and Spanish rider Queralt Castellet.
One of just five Australians to win a Winter Olympics gold with her victory in Vancouver in 2010, the 25-year-old from Cooma showed she's returning to her best form almost a year out from the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
Johnstone, 22, regained the world No.1 ranking with his win on Saturday, showing his readiness for the world championships in Stoneham, Canada, next week.
AIS halfpipe coach Benny Alexander rated the victory from Americans Luke Mitrani and Louie Vito in an 83-man field one of the best of Johnstone's career because of the quality of the field.
The youngster from Sydney's northern beaches was forced out of the 2010 Winter Olympics just two weeks beforehand when he suffered an ankle injury.
Australia's other reigning Olympic champion Lydia Lassila took another step towards her dream of back to back gold medals in Sochi 2014 when she finished second in World Cup aerial skiing in Val Saint Come, Canada.
Lassila's silver medal was her second podium finish in a week, after returning to World Cup competition in China last weekend for the first time in three years.
China's Mengtao Xu backed up her win last weekend with another, while compatriot Yu Yang was third.
Lassila's countrywoman Laura Peel returned to form with a fourth place, her best result for the season, and Danielle Scott scored a World Cup personal best when fifth.
Lassila and Scott are ranked two and three in the world and, together with Peel, Australians fill three of the top six places.
On the men's side, comeback aerial skier David Morris recorded his best World Cup result, a fourth.
In the newly-added Olympic discipline of slopestyle skiing, Australians Anna Segal and Russ Henshaw finished third and second respectively in the World Cup event at Copper Mountain.
