Mammoth Hosts its 10th Sprint U.S. Grand Prix

MAMMOTH MOUNTAIN, CA (Jan. 29, 2015)—The Sprint U.S. Grand Prix tour continues with its second stop at Mammoth Mountain, CA Feb. 4-7. Celebrating its 10th year of hosting Grand Prix events, Mammoth is poised and ready to host the highly anticipated continuation of the 2015 season.

Olympic legend Kelly Clark (West Dover, VT) and the newly crowned X Games snowboarding halfpipe gold medalist, 14-year-old Chloe Kim (Carlsbad, CA), will be battling it out for a victory in Mammoth’s 22-foot halfpipe. The men’s American freeskiing slopestyle sweep trio, Joss Christensen (Park City, UT), Gus Kenworthy (Telluride, CO) and Nick Geopper (Lawrenceburg, IN), will all be looking to add another medal to their collection in the slopestyle competition.

The Mammoth Grand Prix will also serve as a World Snowboard Tour Elite level event and a platinum-level Association of Freeskiing Professionals (AFP) event. Halfpipe and slopestyle freeskiing and snowboarding will all be broadcast on NBC and NBCSN along with live streaming of the finals on NBC Sports LiveExtra.

MAMMOTH MOUNTAIN HIGHLIGHTS

• History:  Mammoth Mountain has a long and legendary Grand Prix history, hosting ten years of Grand Prix events and serving as the naming site for both the 1998 and 2014 Olympic snowboarding teams. 
• World Snowboard Tour: The Mammoth Mountain Grand Prix will serve as the second elite-level event of the year on the World Snowboard Tour.
• Platinum AFP: Freeskiers will earn platinum-level event points for halfpipe and slopestyle contributing to the overall world ranking list.
• Sanctioning: Dual sanctioning for both freeskiing and snowboarding creates additional value for the athletes as they accrue points in all needed areas to secure spots at international competition

GRAND PRIX TOUR HIGHLIGHTS

• General: This year’s tour events are slated at top resorts that support the progression of freeskiing and snowboarding. Colorado’s Copper Mountain Resort, Mammoth Mountain, CA and Utah’s Park City Mountain Resort will be showcasing the best athletes in the world on the best terrain in the world.
• Network TV: Each stop on the Sprint U.S. Grand Prix will be broadcast on NBC and NBCSN, as well as on Universal Sports Network. Finals from Mammoth will be live streaming on NBC Sports LiveExtra.
• Partnership: Grand Prix partner Paul Mitchell will be title sponsor of the Paul Mitchell slopestyle skiing and both halfpipe events at Mammoth Mountain, along with snowboarding slopestyle snowboarding in Park City.
• Visa Freeskiing: The Sprint U.S. Grand Prix also incorporates the Visa U.S. Freeskiing Grand Prix with freeskiing events at Copper Mountain, Mammoth Mountain and Park City Mountain Resort.

EVENT SCHEDULE 

Wed. Feb. 4 — Freeskiing halfpipe qualifier — 6:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Wed. Feb 4 — Snowboarding slopestyle qualifier — 6:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Thu. Feb. 5 — Snowboarding halfpipe qualifier — 6:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Thu. Feb. 5 — Freeskiing slopestyle qualifier — 6:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Fri. Feb. 6 — Freeskiing halfpipe finals — 7:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Fri. Feb. 6 — Snowboarding slopestyle finals — 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Fri. Feb. 6 — Delta Booth Autograph signing with Maddie Bowman — 12:00-1:00 p.m.
Sat. Feb. 7 — Snowboarding halfpipe finals — 7:00 a.m. - 9:30 p.m.
Sat. Feb 7 — Freeskiing slopestyle finals — 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Sat. Feb. 7 — Delta Booth Autograph signing with Greg Bretz — 3:30 - 4:30 p.m.

BROADCAST SCHEDULE (times EST)

Live Streaming
Finals will be live streamed on NBC Sports LiveExtra.

Feb. 6 — 1:00-6:30 p.m. —Freeskiing halfpipe & Snowboarding slopestyle
Feb. 7 — 1:00-6:30 p.m. — Snowboarding halfpipe & Freeskiing slopestyle

TV
NBCSN — Feb. 7 — 12:30-2:00 p.m. —Freeskiing halfpipe & Snowboarding slopestyle
NBC — Feb. 8 — 4:00-5:00 p.m. — Snowboarding halfpipe
NBCSN — Feb. 8 — 6:00-7:00 p.m. — Freeskiing slopestyle

TOUR QUOTES
Eric Webster, Grand Prix Tour Director
Mammoth has been a classic Grand Prix partner over the history of the series and we are looking forward to coming back to Mammoth for a 10th year and bringing elite level snowboarding and freeskiing back to Mammoth.

Michelle Tomaier, Mammoth Mountain, director of events, sponsorship and athletes
As longtime partners, we couldn’t be more excited to produce our 10th Grand Prix together with the team at USSA. The Unbound Terrain Park crew has been working around the clock to build another creative slopestyle course and halfpipe. We look forward to watching the best freeskiers and snowboarders in the world compete on the Mammoth stage.

Devin Logan, Olympic silver medalist, slopestyle freeskiing
I'm really excited for Mammoth Grand Prix after coming off of XGames. I am feeling very good with my skiing after some injuries earlier this season. Mammoth is one of my favorite places to ski and the parks are always amazing being built by TJ Dawoud. I'm so excited to be back there and see the set up!

Kelly Clark, three-time Olympic medalist, halfpipe snowboarding
I always look forward to Mammoth events. Last year's Mammoth Grand Prix was one of the best halfpipes we rode all season. I can't wait to get in this one.