Stifel U.S. Alpine skier Sam Morse posted a career best 10th place finish in the Val Gardena Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup downhill. Morse made the jump from bib 38.

Behind Morse was Stifel U.S. Alpine athlete Ryan Cochran-Siegle in 14th place, Jared Goldberg with a solid run in 23rd, Bryce Bennett in 29th and Travis Ganong in 30th. Stifel U.S. Alpine athletes Kyle Negomir finished in 47th place, and Erik Arvidsson finished in 55th. 

“It’s such a confirmation of all the hard work I put in, there’s a lot of tough days out on the hill,” said Morse. “To finally have one come together, and in Val Gardena, it's such a sweet spot for Americans so I’m stoked.” 

The top three finishers for the day included Austrian skier Vincent Kriechmayr in first, swiss skier Marco Odermatt in second, and Mattias Mayer of Austria in third. 

It was a picture-perfect day for downhill at the Val Gardena track with warm temperatures high vibes, and the men’s speed team skiing fast. The U.S. skiers have a rich history of success on this hill. Since the new millennium, there have been almost a dozen podiums. 

“You definitely have to put it all on the line and execute every section,” said Ryan Cochran-Siegle. “It’s a very cool course, us Americans love to ski here.” 

Now the Stifel U.S. Alpine athletes will focus on super-g on Friday and the second downhill Saturday. The second downhill has been added as a replacement to the canceled Birds of Prey downhill. 

The Stifel U.S. Alpine women’s speed team also reconvenes with downhill in St. Moritz on Friday.

RESULTS
Men's Downhill

HOW TO WATCH

4:30 a.m. FIS Alpine World Cup, Women’s Downhill, St. Mortiz, streaming LIVE on skiandsnowboard.live

5:45 a.m. FIS Alpine World Cup, Men's Super G, Val Gardena, streaming LIVE on skiandsnowboard.live.

U.S. Ski & Snowboard and Copper Mountain Resort will host two events Dec. 12-17, 2022: the Toyota U.S. Grand Prix and the Visa Big Air presented by Toyota. 

The world’s best freeskiers and snowboarders will return to Colorado’s Copper Mountain Resort for the annual World Cup series. The Toyota U.S. Grand Prix includes men’s and women’s halfpipe competitions while the Visa Big Air presented by Toyota will feature a big air competition for men and women. 

The Toyota U.S. Grand Prix, which has been held at Copper Mountain since the early 2000s, is recognized as the longest-running winter action sports tour. On Dec. 14 and 15, freeski and snowboard athletes, including freeski halfpipe Olympian champion David Wise and Olympic freeskier Hanna Faulhaber and Olympic snowboarders Taylor Gold and Maddie Maestro will descend on Woodward Copper’s legendary 22-foot superpipe for two qualification runs. Finals for the snowboard halfpipe competition will take place on Dec. 16, with freeski finals on Dec. 17. 

Returning to Copper Mountain once again is the Visa Big Air presented by Toyota competition, where athletes will debut their latest tricks on a massive scale at “The Athlete’s Mountain” for the first time since the 2017-18 season. A 70-foot metal scaffolding jump, the skiers and riders will jump right into Copper Mountain’s Center Village. Many U.S. Freeski and Snowboard Team athletes are set to compete, including Olympic freeski slopestyle champion Alex Hall, Olympic freeski big air silver medalist Colby Stevenson, along with Olympic snowboard slopestyle champion Red Gerard and X Games big air champion Hailey Langland. Qualifiers for the freeski big air will take place on Dec. 14, with finals on Dec. 16. Qualifiers for snowboard big air will begin on Dec. 15, with finals on Dec. 17. 

This premier event has been a regular World Cup stop for the U.S. Snowboard and Freeski Team for several seasons and during Olympic years is a qualifying event for those pursuing their dream of being named to the U.S. Olympic Team. 

2022 Toyota U.S. Grand Prix and Visa Big Air presented by Toyota Competition Schedule

(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
• 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
• 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

HOW TO WATCH

All events are streamed LIVE and FREE on Outside. You can find an in-depth schedule including times for qualifications and finals at usskiandsnowboard.org.

The FIS Snowboard World Cup tour headed to Canada for The Style Experience Big Air World Cup in Edmonton’s Commonwealth Stadium. U.S. Snowboard Team rider Chris Corning found the podium, finishing in second.

Canadian Jasmine Baird won in front of the home crowd for the women, with Evy Poppe of Belgium in second and Reira Iwabuchi of Japan in third. Valentino Guseli of Australia took the win for the men and the first snowboard big air win for Australia in World Cup history. Canadian Nicolas Laframboise was third.

It was a chilly night, but the men and women put on a show for the Canadian crowd. Corning, who has two crystal globes in big air, showed that he will be a threat again this season. He put down a backside triple cork 1800 melon for his first trick, which earned him a high score of 93.50, but his last trick—a frontside 1440 truck driver—left him just a half point shy of Guseli’s total, knocking him to second place.

Jake Canter finished 13th and Sean FitzSimons was 17th. Jack Coyne, Fynn Bullock-Womble and Liam Johnson did not qualify for finals. Kaitlyn Adams was the only U.S. woman to compete, and she did not qualify for finals.

The riders now head to Copper Mountain for their next big air at the Visa Big Air presented by Toyota, as well as the first halfpipe World Cup of the season as part of the Toyota U.S. Grand Prix.

RESULTS
Men’s big air

Elizabeth Lemley’s first FIS Freestyle World Cup podium was a win in Idre Fjall, Sweden, taking first place in dual moguls. Nick Page, who won Saturday’s individual moguls World Cup, podiumed again in third place. Cole McDonald was just off the podium in fourth place.

16-year-old Lemley had been right on the cusp of the podium over the last year, with four top-five finishes, including in Saturday’s individual moguls World Cup. She carried her momentum from Saturday and was confident in her cork 7 Japan and was clean on all of her exists. “She kept throwing good punches and ended up on top of the podium!” said Head Moguls Coach Bryon Wilson. “Liz’s consistency was impressive and it was a great day.”

Lemley beat Anri Kawamura of Japan in the final dual moguls race. Perrine Laffont of France was third. Jaelin Kauf made it to the quarterfinals and finished sixth. Olivia Giaccio was ninth, Tess Johnson 11th, Hannah Soar 12th, Alli Macuga 13th and Kasey Hogg 18th.

Page and McDonald faced each other in the small final and the two men went all-out for the podium. Page edged out Cole in their first World Cup dual against each other, to score his second podium of the weekend and his first career dual moguls podium.

“Today was really fun—it felt great to back up yesterday’s win with another strong result on the podium,” said Page. “There’s something really special about competing in Sweden. From my first World Cup podium back in 2020, to my first win yesterday, and now my first dual moguls podium—I love it here. The energy, the kindness of the people here, and the great event they put on makes it high up on my list to come to every year.”

Mikael Kingsbury of Canada won the competition, besting Filip Gravenfors of Sweden in the final race, who was second. On the U.S. side, Dylan Walczyk qualified for the quarterfinals and finished seventh, Landon Wendler was 12th, Ian Beauregard 13th and Charlie Mickel 21st.

The U.S. Moguls Ski Team next heads to Alpe d’Huez, France for a moguls and dual moguls World Cup weekend before heading home for a holiday break.

RESULTS
Women’s dual moguls
Men’s dual moguls

Stifel U.S. Alpine Team star Mikaela Shiffrin was back on the Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup podium in the slalom in Sestriere, Italy, finishing second. Paula Moltzan was close behind in fifth place, tying her career-best finish in the event, and Zoe Zimmermann scored her first World Cup points in 27th.

The conditions in Sestriere Sunday were an improvement from the day prior, with a better surface and colder temperatures. The sun shone all day, drawing a large crowd to the Sestriere slope. On the podium with Shiffrin was Wendy Holdener of Switzerland with her second career slalom World Cup win and Petra Vlhova of Slovakia in third. 

It was Shiffrin's second time on the podium in the Sestriere slalom, having won at the Italian venue in 2016.  But she said she was tired, and knows she has more in her. “I am quite exhausted," said Shiffrin. "I think I had some really good turns and some things to fix for the next slalom. It is a step from Killington and a step in the right direction."

Moltzan was very excited about her individual result, but also the strength that the women’s team showed. “I'm proud of myself and I'm proud of my teammate Zoe,” said Moltzan. “Getting your first points is really hard, so to finally cross that threshold is only the beginning for her.”

It was the first time that Zimmermann had qualified for a second run and she scored her best World Cup result. “I was pretty nervous for the second run, but I'm so happy that I finished and I'm so happy that I got points today,” said Zimmermann.

Rounding out the Stifel U.S. Alpine Team, Ava Sunshine and Allie Resnick did not finish the first run, and Nina O’Brien and Katie Hensien did not qualify for a second run.

The men’s slalom team also returned to competition Sunday in Val D’Isére. Luke Winters did not finish the first run. Ben Ritchie and Jett Seymour did not qualify for second run, finishing in 36th and 39th. Lucas Braathen of Norway took the win ahead of Manuel Feller of Austria in second and Loic Meillard of Switzerland in third. 

The next World Cup races for Stifel U.S. Alpine Team athletes include men’s speed in Val Gardena Dec. 15-19th and women’s speed in St. Moritz Dec. 16-18th. 

RESULTS
Men's slalom
Women's slalom

Nick Page took his first career win at the individual moguls FIS Freestyle World Cup in Idre Fjall, Sweden on Saturday. Page is the first U.S. man to win a moguls World Cup since Brad Wilson in 2016.

Cole McDonald also made final 2 and was fifth overall. Olivia Giaccio was the top finisher for the women, finishing just off the podium in fourth place, while Liz Lemley was fifth.  

It was a historic day for 20-year-old Page, who captured his first and only other career podium in Idre Fjall in 2020, when he took third place. He came into the comp with some fire after taking fourth place in last week’s World Cup in Ruka, and knew he could find the podium. He built from round to round, qualifying ninth on Friday, and ended up third for final 2. He didn’t hold anything back and stomped a cork 7 tail on top, had a strong skiing middle section and pinned his cork 10 on bottom. With his high degree of difficult and fast skiing, he secured his first win.

“What a day!” said Page. “That was so cool. There were a lot of peers surrounding me that I’ve looked up to a long time, and to be able to come out on top was really special. It’s pretty hard to put into words.”

Hailing from Park City, Utah, where U.S. Ski & Snowboard is based, this result is something he’s been dreaming of since he was a boy. And he did it in style: beating the reigning World Cup champion since 2012 Mikael Kingsbury from Canada, who was second, and the individual moguls Olympic champion Walter Wallberg from Sweden in third. 

“Mikael Kingsbury took me under his wing when I first joined the World Cup," said Page. "I remember when I was 14 years old, he and I were having dinner. He told me that the best wins are the ones that come when you beat someone at their best. Fast forwarding to now and sharing this win with someone I’m so close with and has done so much for me was really really special. I’ll be grateful for a long time.”

Behind Page and McDonald, Dylan Walczyk made the top 10 in ninth. Olympic silver medalist Jaelin Kauf and Alli Macuga both finished in the top 10 in seventh and 10th. It was Macuga's first ever top 10 finish in a World Cup. Hannah Soar was 13th. 

Next up, the team will look to capitalize on the momentum at hand and refocuses on dual moguls on Sunday.

RESULTS
Women's moguls
Men's moguls

HOW TO WATCH
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Sunday, Dec. 11, 2022
5:30 a.m. EST FIS Moguls World Cup, Men's and Women's Dual Moguls, Idre Fjall, Sweden, streaming LIVE on skiandsnowboard.live.

It was a strong day for the Stifel U.S. Alpine Team women with Mikaela Shiffrin finishing sixth and Paula Moltzan scoring eighth place in the Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup giant slalom in Sestriere on Saturday. It was Moltzan's career-best giant slalom finish.

Moltzan ran bib 20, landing in 10th after the first run. “After the first run, I was pretty excited with how I skied," said Moltzan. "I didn't know that crossing the finish line I'd sit in 10th, but I was happy with the clean skiing I put down and I was just excited to get a second run and push as hard as I could."

Moltzan skied into first when she came down after her second run and ultimately moved up two spots to eighth place. 

“I'm really excited about it. It's going to hopefully be the first step of many this season,” said Moltzan. 

Mikaela Shiffrin was the top Stifel U.S. Alpine athlete for the day, finishing in sixth. 

The top three finishers for the day include Marta Bassino of Italy in first, Sara Hector of Sweden in second, and Petra Vhlova of Slovakia in third. 

Stella Johansson started her first career World Cup, but did not qualify for a second run. Nina O'Brien also did not qualify. Katie Hensien, AJ Hurt, Ava Sunshine and Allie Resnick did not finish first run. 

In the men’s giant slalom held in Val D’Isére, tough conditions caused a large number of bobbles and DNFs. Stifel U.S. Alpine Team athlete River Radamus made some mistakes in the first run, but still made the top 30 and finished 16th overall. 

“I was lucky to get a second run and wanted to push as hard as I could for the second run," said Radamus. "I felt like I gave too much respect on sections, I know I can ski better, so I'm ok with coming out with a 16th place result.” said Radamus. 

Brian McLaughlin had a strong finish in 19th place, moving up from bib 39. This is one of his top world cup finishes, and his best result since 2018.

“I'm feeling really good about the result today," said McLaughlin. "It was a tough day, it's always tough here, I just tried to really push the first run and I was really happy with where I came down."

The top three finishers include Marco Odermatt of Switzerland in first, Manuel Feller of Austria in second and Zan Kranjec of Slovenia in third. 

Rounding out the U.S. men, Tommy Ford did not qualify for a second run.

The men and women will turn to slalom Sunday. 

RESULTS
Men's giant slalom
Women's giant slalom

HOW TO WATCH

6:30 a.m. FIS Alpine World Cup, Men's Slalom, Run 2, Val D'Isere, France, streaming LIVE on skiandsnowboard.live.
7:30 a.m. FIS Alpine World Cup, Women's Slalom, Run 2, Sestriere, Italy, streaming LIVE on skiandsnowboard.live.

The U.S. Cross Country Ski Team posted solid results in the individual start 10k classic in Beitostolen, Norway, with Jessie Diggins and Rosie Brennan in the top 10 and Hunter Wonders in 16th place, a career-best World Cup result. 

Despite the cold temperatures where athletes wore tape on their faces to avoid frostbite, the team left everything on the course and worked together to post solid results. 

Jessie Diggins led the women's team and despite feeling "mentally and physically not there" during the race, she finished the day in sixth place, only 33.8 seconds behind the leader, Kerttu Niskanen of Finland. 

Rosie Brennan was mere seconds behind, bouncing back after fighting off a cold last week in Lillehammer and crossed the line in eighth place, adding another top 10 onto her season. 

"Our skis were on fire! I am really proud of the team. What a cool day for the team and to see a lot of people have really great races! It was really fun to be a part of that," said Diggins. 

For the men, Hunter Wonders led the day and posted his career-best World Cup result with a 16th-place finish in the 10k. At each zone mark, Hunter was skiing within the top 15; at 6.3k and 8.2k zones, he was in 12th place. Wonders was only 36.9 seconds back from the leader, Paal Goldberg of Norway. 

"I'm super stoked about the race!" said Wonders. "I planned on taking it out fast and trying not to blow up and it worked out today. There's definitely something to learn going from racing 15k to 10k, too. It was cold out there but it helps to know that eventually, I'll warm up! It's great to feel like I'm in the fight this season and I'm excited for the rest."

For the women, Niskanen won, with Anne Kjersti Kalvaa of Norway in second and Frida Karlsson of Sweden third. For the men, Golberg won, Didrik Toenseth of Norway was second and Andrew Musgrave of Great Britain was third. 

The team now resets for the final race in Beitostolen, the 4x5k skate mixed team relay. The U.S. won this race last year during its debut in Falun, Sweden. The race will be streamed LIVE with commentary on skiandsnowboard.live. 

RESULTS
Women’s classic sprint
Men’s classic sprint

How to Watch

Sunday
7:00 a.m. ET - FIS Cross Country World Cup 4x5k mixed team relay - LIVE, SkiandSnowboard.live

Ben Ogden posted his second top-10 FIS Cross Country World Cup result of the season, finishing seventh in Friday’s classic sprint in Beitostolen, Norway. Julia Kern was the top-placed U.S. woman in 10th.

After posting the seventh-fastest qualifying time, Ogden scorched the field in his quarterfinal heat, hammering the final climb and sprinting to an easy win. In the semifinals though, he got pinched in the last corner and finished third. 

In the finals, Richard Jouve of France skied to his first World Cup win of the season, with Italy’s Simone Mocellini taking his first World Cup podium in second; and Sweden’s Calle Halfvarssen in third. Friday’s result matched Ogden’s career-best seventh-place freestyle sprint finish from last weekend in Lillehammer, Norway.

Kern qualified 17th and came out swinging in the opening heat - finishing second to Swiss Nadine Faehndrich. In the semifinals, Kern was holding onto the second position and charging up the second climb when Faehndrich jumped in front of her - almost stepping on Kern’s skis. 

“I should have taken my own track,” Kern said. “But wasn’t counting on someone trying to make a move outside the track with a V-board there, so it kinda screwed me.”

Kern settled for fifth in the heat, but nonetheless, posted her seventh career World Cup top-10 individual result.

Just three weeks into the season, the U.S. Cross Country Ski Team is settling into life on the road and despite a few athletes battling lingering colds, the team is starting to rack up the results with Jessie Diggins finishing 17th Friday, and Rosie Brennan bouncing back to finish 21st.

“It is really awesome to see the team camaraderie,” Diggins said. “Especially this week…we've had a really great living situation and I think people are just settling into life on the road really well, so that's really cool.”

Diggins qualified seventh, but just missed advancing to the semifinals by 0.08 seconds in the opening heats. “I was pleased with my qualifier,” she said, “but I don't think I skied all that well in the heats. But, I learned a lot of things and I'm excited to put that energy forward into the 10k (classic) tomorrow.”

For Brennan, kicking her cold and blowing out the sprint pipes were just what she needed to prep for Saturday’s 10k classic.

“I was happy with my qualifier after a bad sprint in Ruka and sitting out sick last weekend,” said Brennan, who qualified 12th. “The heats ended up being more technical than I had hoped, and I struggled to find space and the speed I needed to advance. But, I was so happy to be in the heats again and to be reminded of all the little details sprinting requires to put together a good day.”

Faehndrich won the women’s race, with Norway’s Lotta Udnes Weng in second, and Finland’s Johanna Matintalo.

Racing continues in Beitostolen with Saturday’s 10k classic individual start, followed by Sunday’s 4x5k mixed team relay. The U.S., which won the first World Cup mixed team relay last season in Falun, Sweden, will announce the team for Sunday’s race following Saturday’s 10k. Both races will be streamed live with commentary on skiandsnowboard.live. 

RESULTS
Women’s classic sprint
Men’s classic sprint

HOW TO WATCH
(All times EST)
Saturday
4:00 a.m. - FIS Cross Country World Cup women’s 10k classic individual start - LIVE, SkiandSnowboard.live
6:15 a.m. - FIS Cross Country World Cup men’s 10k classic individual start - LIVE, SkiandSnowboard.live

Sunday
7:00 a.m. - FIS Cross Country World Cup 4x5k mixed team relay - LIVE, SkiandSnowboard.live

Talented racers showed their speed in Copper at the Stifel Success NorAm Cup events, which also included the Toyota U.S. Alpine Championships downhill.

In the women's race and the men's race, both veterans and young racers came out on top. Olympian Tricia Mangan took the win on the women's side, with Allison Mollin from Team Palisades Tahoe in second and Cheyenne Brown from Aspen Valley Ski & Snowboard Club in third. Mangan was crowned National Champion in downhill, while Mollin was named Junior National Champion.

In the men's race, Stifel U.S. Alpine Team invitee and World Cup regular Sam Morse won by over a second, with Stifel U.S. Alpine Team athletes Kyle Negomir and Erik Arvidsson taking second and third. Morse was named National Champion, while Stifel U.S. Alpine Team athlete Jay Poulter finished 11th and won the Junior National Champion title.

“It was exciting to see the veterans Tricia Mangan and Sam Morse crowned as National Champions, and promising for the future to see some of our brightest young athletes – Allison Mollin and Jay Poulter – honored as Junior National Champions,” said Chip Knight, Stifel U.S. Alpine Team Development Director.

The Stifel U.S. Alpine Team has been hard at work prepping at Copper with speed training, as well as tech events. The conditions have been great with top-to-bottom lanes open. “Copper has been a tremendous supporter of our athletes’ ongoing development in the speed events – hosting the National Team every fall and supporting junior athlete training on their world-class speed venue,” said Knight. The resort will next host the freeski and snowboard World Cup events, the Toyota U.S. Grand Prix and the Visa Big AIr presented by Toyota, Dec. 14-18. 

RESULTS
Women's downhill
Men's downhill