With a combined score of 173.20 points, Zimmermann beat Dahlstrom by 0.20 as Norway’s Tiril Sjaastad Christiansen rounded off the podium, 12.4 behind in a stadium that is normally home to the Major League Baseball side Boston Red Sox. 

The German started the finals with cork 720 that earned her fourth spot after the first run and followed it up with a huge switch 720.

She failed to land it on the first try but corrected the speed and delivered on her final attempt.

"I was struggling a little bit today so I was really happy to land two tricks in the finals," said Zimmermann, the slopestyle world champion

"It was quite sketchy to drop in switch, but I survived and it paid off."

Christiansen kept her lead in the overall World Cup standing with 205 points from three stops.

Zimmerman is 13 points behind in second, while Italy’s Silvia Bertagna, fourth in Boston, is a further 46 back.

Canada’s Vincent Gagnier came out on top in the men’s event after posting a score of 185 points to finish ahead of Switzerland’s Andri Ragettli, second with 183.

"Conditions tonight were perfect," said Gagnier, Big Air gold medallist at the 2015 Winter X Games in Aspen.

"Good landings and perfect speed.

"I did my tricks and it worked out for the best."

Ragettli’s team-mate Jonas Hunziker, wearing a replica jersey of local ice hockey team Boston Bruins, came third with 176.80 points. 

American Joss Christiansen still heads the World Cup leaderboard with 160 points, despite pulling out of the competition in Boston due to a minor knee injury.

Great Britain’s James Woods, 11th in Boston, is four points behind in second followed by the United States’ Mcrae Williams, fourth in Boston, who is a further two back.

A large scaffolding competition ramp was created at the venue. 

The structure stood 43 metres above centre field at the stadium, more than three times higher than the field's "Green Monster" left-field wall.

It is hoped that the skiing version of Big Air will one day be a full medal event at the Winter Olympics after snowboarding big air was accepted on the programme for Pyeongchang 2018.

The FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup tour is set to continue next week with a slopestyle competition in Pyeongchang; considered a test event for the Winter Olympics.

Qualifiers are scheduled for February 18 with the finals on February 20.