Kiwi snowboarder beats Olympic champs

First placed Christy Prior of New Zealand competes during the women's final Slopestyle competition at the Burton European Open in Laax, Switzerland. Photo / AP

A big win for kiwi snowboarder Christy Prior.

She's won the European Open in Switzerland, beating the Olympic gold and silver medalists to do so.

It comes just a week after Prior won bronze at the X-Games in Aspen.