Byron Wells sixth in X Games superpipe final

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HIGH FLYER: Byron Wells pictured in practice last year. He was sixth in the superpipe at the X Games.

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New Zealand skier Byron Wells has finished sixth in the superpipe final at the Winter X Games in France.

A day after his older brother Jossi won silver in the slopestyle final, Byron lined up in an eight-man field to contest the superpipe final in Tignes.

He scored 87.66, six points adrift of American winner Torin Yater-Wallace.

At just 17, Yater-Wallace was the youngest skier in the field but managed to defend his gold medal from the last X Games.

"I think everybody skied really well. It was just such a high-level competition. I was so surprised: I couldn't believe I won again," Yater-Wallace said.

Jossi had also contested the superpipe event but was eliminated in the qualification round.

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