2022 Toyota U.S. Grand Prix and Visa Big Air presented by Toyota
Welcome to the 2022 Toyota U.S. Grand Prix and Visa Big Air presented by Toyota – a FIS Freeski & Snowboard World Cup halfpipe and big air event at Copper Mountain, Colorado!
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General Key Facts:
- The Woodward Copper Superpipe, located on Copper's lower Main Vein trail, is the first Olympic-size halfpipe to open in North American every season.
- The pipe stands at a massive 22-feet tall, the Olympic qualifying standard, and is nearly 550 feet in length and 70 feet wide with an 18-degree pitch.
- Athletes typically perform about five skills throughout the length of the superpipe.
- Those wanting to watch the event will be able to hike to the base of the Superpipe from Center Village and can stand along the bottom of the pipe or the pipe’s left wall during the competition.
Toyota U.S. Grand Prix Facts
- The Toyota U.S. Grand Prix is the longest-running winter action sports tour and has served as a major part of the U.S. Freeski Team and U.S. Snowboard Team Olympic qualification series since 1998, launching Olympic medalists including Chloe Kim, Jamie Anderson, Red Gerard, Shaun White, David Wise and Nick Goepper toward medals.
- In Copper, the Toyota U.S. Grand Prix is a halfpipe competition for both snowboard and freeski.
- In the qualifications phase, the best one of two runs counts.
- In the finals, the best one run of three runs counts.
- There will be spectator zones and fans are encouraged to attend.
- The Snowboard & Freeski FIS Event Page includes the event program, start lists, results and live scores during the event.
- The next Toyota U.S. Grand Prix will take place at Mammoth Mountain, Feb. 1-4, 2023.
Visa Big Air presented by Toyota Facts:
- Big air competition returns to Copper for the first time since the 2017-18 season.
- Located on the Lower Bouncer trail, the 70-foot big air jump will provide a showcase for those in Center Village.
- Competitors will be taking off from a snow and scaffolding start, standing nearly 70 feet off the ski trail to ensure enough speed and height to clear the jump.
- Those wanting to watch the competition can stand at the base of the jump’s finish corral in Center Village, located to the left of the American Eagle lift.
- The Snowboard & Freeski FIS Event Page includes the event program, start lists, results, and live scores during the event.
Competition Schedule:
2022 Toyota U.S. Grand Prix and Visa Big Air presented by Toyota
(all times in MT)
- Monday, Dec. 12, 2022
- 8:30 - 10:00 a.m. - snowboard big air training, group 1
- 8:30 - 11:45 a.m. - freeski halfpipe training
- 10:00 - 11:45 a.m. - snowboard big air training, group 2
- 12:00 - 3:15 p.m. - snowboard halfpipe training
- Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022
- 8:30 - 11:45 a.m. - snowboard halfpipe training
- 12:00 - 3:15 p.m. - freeski halfpipe training
- 12:15 - 1:45 p.m. - snowboard big air training, group 2
- 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. - snowboard big air training, group 2
- Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022
- SNOWBOARD HALFPIPE QUALIFIERS
- 9:30 - 11:00 a.m. - women's snowboard halfpipe qualifiers
- 12:00 - 1:10 p.m. - men's snowboard halfpipe qualifiers, heat 1
- 2:10 - 3:20 p.m. - men's snowboard halfpipe qualifiers, heat 2
- FREESKI BIG AIR QUALIFIERS
- 9:35 - 10:45 a.m. - men's freeski big air qualifiers, heat 1
- 11:50 - 1:00 p.m. - men's freeski big air qualifiers, heat 2
- 2:05 - 3:15 p.m. - women's freeski big air qualifiers
- SNOWBOARD HALFPIPE QUALIFIERS
- Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022
- FREESKI HALFPIPE QUALIFIERS
- 9:30 - 11:00 a.m. - women's freeski halfpipe qualifiers
- 12:00 - 1:10 p.m. - men's freeski halfpipe qualifiers, heat 1
- 2:10 - 3:20 p.m. - men's freeski halfpipe qualifiers, heat 2
- SNOWBOARD BIG AIR QUALIFIERS
- 9:35 - 10:45 a.m. - men's snowboard big air qualifiers, heat 1
- 11:50 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. - men's snowboard big air qualifiers, heat 2
- 2:05 - 3:15 p.m. - women's snowboard big air qualifiers
- FREESKI HALFPIPE QUALIFIERS
- Friday, Dec. 16, 2022
- 10:00 - 11:40 a.m. - freeski big air finals
- 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. - snowboard halfpipe finals
- Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022
- 10:00 - 11:35 a.m. - snowboard big air finals
- 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. - freeski halfpipe finals
For more details, reference the FIS schedules:
Halfpipe - HERE
Big Air - HERE
Start lists will be published the night before each event and linked below; results will be published right after the event.
Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022
Snowboard halfpipe qualifiers
Freeski big air qualifiers
Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022
Freeski halfpipe qualifiers
Snowboard big air qualifiers
Friday, Dec. 16, 2022
Snowboard halfpipe finals
Freeski big air finals
Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022
Freeski halfpipe finals
Snowboard big air finals
CREATIVE ASSETS
B-roll: No more than 3:00 minutes total usage geoblocked to the USA only.
- Video - Dropbox
- Freeski (links to come)
- Snowboard (links to come)
- Event highlights for embed (links to come)
- Photo - SmugMug
News:
- Toyota U.S. Grand Prix and Visa Big Air presented by Toyota Kicks Off at Copper Mountain Dec. 12-17
- Toyota U.S. Grand Prix and Visa Big Air Qualifier Results
- Henderson Siblings Top Americans in Visa Big Air presented by Toyota at Copper
- Gold Fourth, Mastro Fifth at Toyota U.S. Grand Prix
- Langland, Corning Second at Visa Big Air presented by Toyota
Broadcast & streaming schedule
- Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022
- Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022
- Friday, Dec. 16, 2022
- Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022
- Sunday, Dec. 18, 2022
- 12:30 p.m. - Toyota U.S. Grand Prix snowboard halfpipe finals - tape delayed on NBC and simulcasted on Peacock
- 4:30 p.m. - Visa Big Air presented by Toyota freeski and snowboard finals - tape delayed on NBC and simulcasted on Peacock
- Saturday, Dec. 24, 2022
- 5:00 p.m. - Toyota U.S. Grand Prix freeski halfpipe finals - tape delayed on NBC and simulcasted on Peacock
All times EST - Please refer to this link for most up-to-date schedule.
Media contacts:
Leann Bentley, U.S. Freeski & Snowboard Team Press Officer, leann.bentley@usskiandsnowboard.org
Olivia Butrymovich, Copper Mountain Communications Coordinator, obutrymovich@coppercolorado.com
Loryn Roberson, Copper Mountain Communications, lroberson@coppercolorado.com