The three-run women’s freeski slopestyle final kicked off the Dew Tour with great performances from all the athletes Thursday at Breckenridge, Colo. U.S Freeski Pro Team member Maggie Voisin (Whitefish, Mont.) finished third with a great run, including a massive left rodeo 900 mute.

“I am super, super excited,” said Voisin. “My strategy was to put down a strong run on both the jumps and rails section and fortunately I was able to do that. Thinking back five years ago today on my 15th birthday I got my first Dew Tour podium. I’m happy to be back up there five years later.”

In order to podium Voisin had to fend off an all-star field including Swiss PyeongChang slopestyle gold and silver medalists Sarah Hoefflin and Mathilde Gremaud. However, it was Estonian Kelly Sildaru finishing in first-place and French skier Tess Ledeux in second-place this time around.

In the jumps competition, the ladies came out and set the bar high. Sildaru landed back to back switch 1080s in different directions, as well as Ledeux landing a left double cork 1080. Voisin held back on unleashing the left double cork 1260 which she landed at the Stubai, Austria, World Cup in slopestyle, but still laced together a solid jumps section.

The rails section results mirrored the jump section with Slidaru leading the way followed by Ledeux, and Voisin in second and third respectively. The level of skiing continued to impress in run one Voisin stayed smooth throughout the entirety of a very large and challenging rails section. Highlights included Sildaru’s front swap pretzel 450 and Ledeux’s switch on 450 out.

“Where women’s freeskiing is going right now is so unbelievably exciting,” said Voisin. “It’s so fun to be a part of and is an honor to be right alongside these ladies pushing the sport.”

Voisin and Sildaru also shared their thoughts on the significance of this season with the 2019 FIS Snowboard, Freestyle and Freeski World Championships right around the corner Feb. 1- 10 in Park City, Utah.

“I am very excited to have the World Championships back in the states and even more importantly in Park City,” said Voisin. “I have been living in Park City for the best six winters, so it’s definitely a home away from home. It’s going to be a really big event and fun to watch”

Sildaru also commented on her excitement to compete in her first ever World Championships. “I have never competed in the real world championships, so I am really looking forward heading to Park City,” she said referring to her experience at the Junior World Championships.
 

U.S. Ski & Snowboard athletes also had a hand in the Team Challenge competition which consists of a modified superpipe, jumps and rails competition with one athlete representing the team in each discipline. Sochi Olympic silver medalist Gus Kenworthy (Telluride, Colo.) delivered in the final competition of the challenge to get Team Atomic the win. Team Faction came in second and Team Head in third with the help of 2018 U.S Toyota Grand Prix winner Aaron Blunck (Crested Butte, Colo.).

“It feels amazing to win the team challenge for Atomic,” said Kenworthy. “It was a long day that started with modified pipe, but Miguel absolutely killed it for us an took the lead. Then Fabian secured our lead even further by putting down a score in the 90s in the jump section and it kind of took the pressure off me a little bit. I definitely didn’t want to be the weakest link, but I knew we had a strong lead and I needed to just put down a good run. It was a really fun day and we had a great squad.”

Team Faction came second which included U.S. Freeski Pro Team member Alex Hall (Park City, Utah) and U.S. Rookie Team member Mac Forehand (Winhall, Vt.), who recently grabbed a podium at the Stubai, Austria, slopestyle World Cup.

“It feels crazy to contribute to a podium for Faction today,” said Forehand. “I never put down my run that well in practice and I’m so happy to finally land my full run. I have never done a run that well in my life. It was amazing skiing with Team Faction and representing the U.S. Freeski Team.”

Teammate Hall dubbed Forehand a “podium junky” as he’s found himself standing atop podiums in both slopestyle contests he’s competed in this season. It was a great day one at the Dew Tour. Stay tuned as U.S. Ski & Snowboard athletes tee off in women’s freeski modified superpipe, women’s snowboard slopestyle, the snowboard team challenge, and the snowboard streestyle competition.

A total of six hours of Winter Dew Tour coverage will air on NBC and NBCSN, with DewTour.com live streaming all finals through Sunday, Dec. 16. All finals will stream live on Facebook, Periscope, Twitch, Daily Motion, Youtube, TWSnow.com, Newschoolers.com, Powder.com, adventuresportsnetwork.com, and Snowboarder.com.  The new Dew Tour app will also exclusively offer live scoring in addition to the livestream.
 

TRICK LISTS
Ladies Freeski Slopestyle

1. Kelly Sildaru:
Jumps: Right 900 Tail, Switch Right 1080 Mute, Switch Left 1080 Mute.
Rails: Front Swap Pretzel 450, k-fed, 360 Nose Drag, Front 270, Switch 270 pretzel 450.

2. Tess Ledeux:
Jumps: Switch Left Bio 900 Mute, Right Cork 720 Tail, Left Double Cork 1080 Safety.
Rails: K-fed, Slide to Switch (wall ride), Switch 180, Slide to Switch, Switch on Front 450 Out.

3. Maggie Voisin:
Jumps: Right 900 Tail, Switch Left 900 Mute, Left Rodeo 900 Mute.
Rails: Switch Left 270 to Forward, Left 270 on, 360, Disaster to Forward, Back Swap Continuing 270.

Modified Superpipe Team Challenge
1. Miguel Porteous: Switch Right Alley-Oop 540 Safety, Right Double Cork 1260 Mute, Left 900 Tail, Right 900 Tail, Left 540 Tail, Switch Left Alley-Oop 540 Safety.

2. Torin Yater-Wallace : Right Alley-Oop Rodeo 720 Bow and Arrow, Right 900 Tail, Left 720 Safety, Switch Right 720 Mute, Right Rodeo 900 Safety, Switch Air to Forward.

3. Birk Irving: Right Alley-Oop 360 Mute, Switch Right 540 Mute, Switch Left 720 Japan, Right 900 Cuban, Left 720 Tail, Left Alley-Oop Flat 540 Safety.

Slopestyle Jumps Team Challenge
1. Fabian Bosch: Switch Left Double Cork 1440 Double Japan, Switch Right Double Cork Bio 1260 Safety, Left Double Cork 1620 Blunt.

2. Evan Mceachran: Left Double 1260 Meader Grab, Switch Right Double Cork 1440 Indy Truck, Switch Left Double Cork 1440 Blunt.

3. Mac Forehand: Right Double Cork 1260 Safety, Switch Left 1260 Mute, Left Double 1620 Tail.

Slopestyle Rails Team Challenge
Alex Hall: Switch 180 Back Swap 270 out, Switch On Front Swap Front swap 270 Out, Switch Butter 540, rail transfer front 450, left 270 front 450 tail tap.

Alex Beaulieu-Marchand: Left 180 Switch Left 270 to Switch, Switch Right Rails 270 Pretzel 270, Switch Butter 540, Left 450 Continuing 450, Switch Left 270 pretzel 450 Safety.

Jesper Tjader: Switch Left 180 Left Lip 270, Rail Transfer Front 270, Switch Over Flip, Right 450 continuing 450, Switch On Backflip Off.

RESULTS
Women’s freeski slopestyle
Team freeski challenge

HOW TO WATCH
*Subject to change
All times in EST

Saturday, Dec. 29
4:00 p.m. - Dew Tour Show, Breckenridge, Colo. - NBC

Sunday, Dec. 30
5:00 p.m. - Dew Tour Show, Breckenridge, Colo. - NBC

Thursday, Jan. 3
11:00 p.m. -  Dew Tour Show, Breckenridge, Colo. - NBCSN

Tuesday, Jan. 8
11:30 p.m. - Dew Tour Show, Breckenridge, Colo. - NBCSN

EVENT SCHEDULE
*Subject to change
All times in MST

FREESKI
Friday, Dec. 14
9:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. - Women’s modified superpipe final presented by Toyota
7:00 p.m. – 7:45 p.m. - Streetstyle Final

Saturday, Dec 15
12:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. - Men’s slopestyle jump finals
1:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. - Men’s slopestyle jib finals

Sunday, Dec. 16
9:15 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. - Men’s modified superpipe final presented by Toyota

SNOWBOARD
Friday, Dec. 14
10:15 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. - Women’s slopestyle jump final
11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. - Women’s slopestyle jib final
12:45 a.m. – 1:15 p.m. - Team modified superpipe final presented by Toyota
1:45 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. - Team slopestyle jump final
2:45 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. - Team slopestyle jib final
6:00 p.m. – 6:45 p.m. - Streetstyle Final

Saturday, Dec 15
10:30 p.m. – 11:30 p.m. - Men’s modified superpipe final presented by Toyota

Sunday, Dec. 16
10:45 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.- Women’s modified superpipe final presented by Toyota
12:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. - Men’s slopestyle jump final
1:45 p.m.  – 3:00 p.m. - Men’s slopestyle jib final
 

The weather is shaping up to be gorgeous here this weekend in Val Gardena, Italy - and the Saslong surface is nice, smooth, grippy, and fully chargeable. Veteran Steven Nyman (Sundance, Utah) - who has won three times (2006, 2012, 2014) at the venue and is known as "King of the Saslong" - will lead a healthy, motivated crew of downhillers into battle on Saturday.

Val Gardena is a special place, and it’s not just the pizza and pasta that the legendary Demetz family cooks up for the American and Canadian boys at Hotel Alpino Plan that make it so. As you travel up the chairlift, the views are stunning everywhere you look. And though she is a beauty, she’s also a two-mile stretch of terrain and terror to boot.

Do you know what happened in 2008 in Val Gardena, Italy?! It was a special year for the downhillers. Then reigning FIS Ski World Cup overall champ Bode Miller led the way in second place, as a whopping five Americans finished in the top 10. It was the first time five American men had finished in the top 10 at a World Cup. It was a historical day.

On that day, it was Miller, Marco Sullivan - who is currently in Val Gardena coaching the men's sped team - in fourth, Erik Fisher in seventh, Nyman in ninth, and TJ Lanning in tenth. It's worth noting that Canada's Manny Osborne-Paradis and Erik Guay were third and fifth, respectively. The Demetz family must have made some mighty fine tiramisu the night before that race. 

After a challenging 2018 season plagued with surgeries, the men's downhill team is on a podium hunt this year, and the energy is palpable. With three in the top five led by Travis Ganong (Squaw Valley, Calif.) in a commanding .68 second lead in the first downhill training run on Wednesday and three in the top 11 led by Nyman in second in Thursday's second and final training run, the boys sure are looking and feeling comfortable and fast here in Val Gardena. 

On the men's tech side, Tommy Ford (Bend, Ore.), who posted a career-best World Cup giant slalom result last week in Val d’Isere, will be one to watch on Sunday in Alta Badia, where he has posted a couple of top-15 results. Olympic champion Ted Ligety (Park City, Utah) is hoping to find that nostalgic form once again in Alta Badia where he has picked up numerous top-five results, including victories in 2012 and 2010.

Off Weekend For Women's World Cup
Val d’Isere was slated to host the World Cup women’s speed event this weekend, however, unfavorable weather conditions have resulted in the event being rescheduled for Dec. 18-19 in Val Gardena, Italy. Downhill training is set for Monday, Dec. 17, and Tuesday morning, Dec. 18, with the downhill race scheduled for the afternoon of Dec. 18. The super-G will follow Wednesday, Dec. 19.

Though Mikaela Shiffrin (Avon, Colo.) is currently leading the super-G standings, she does not plan to compete at Val Gardena. She is prepping for her core disciplines of giant slalom and slalom for the upcoming World Cup in Courchevel, France - a series that included a parallel slalom and giant slalom which she swept last December.

Catch all of the action on NBC Sports Network, NBC Sports Gold, and the Olympic Channel, so make sure to tune in.

See who to watch and where to catch all the action below.

MEN’S SPEED STARTERS - VAL GARDENA

• Bryce Bennett (SG, DH)
• Tommy Biesemeyer (SG, DH)
• Ryan Cochran-Siegle (SG)
• Travis Ganong (SG, DH)
• Jared Goldberg (SG, DH)
• Wiley Maple (SG, SH)
• Sam Morse (SG, DH)
• Steven Nyman (SG, DH)

MEN'S GS STARTERS - ALTA BADIA

• Ryan Cochran-Siegle
• Tommy Ford 
• Ted Ligety 
• Brian McLaughlin
• River Radamus
• Hig Roberts

START LISTS
Men’s super-G

RESULTS
Men’s Downhill training 1
Men’s Downhill training 2

HOW TO WATCH
All times EST.
Preliminary schedule, subject to change
*Same-day delayed broadcast

Friday, Dec. 14
5:45 a.m. - Men’s super-G - Val Gardena, ITA - OlympicChannel.com & NBC Sports Gold
6:00 a.m. - Men’s super-G - Val Gardena, ITA - Olympic Channel-TV

Saturday, Dec. 15
5:30 a.m. - Men’s downhill - Val Gardena, ITA - Olympic Channel-TV, OlympicChannel.com & NBC Sports Gold
8:00 p.m. - Men’s downhill - Val Gardena, ITA - NBCSN-TV*

Sunday, Dec. 16
3:45 a.m. - Giant slalom run 1 - Alta Badia, ITA - OlympicChannel.com & NBC Sports Gold
7:00 a.m. - Giant slalom run 2 - Alta Badia, ITA - Olympic Channel-TV, OlympicChannel.com & NBC Sports Gold
6:00 p.m. - Giant slalom run 2 - Alta Badia, ITA - NBCSN-TV*

Monday, Dec. 17
12:00 p.m. - Men's parallel giant slalom - Alta Badia, ITA - Olympic Channel-TV, OlympicChannel.com & NBC Sports Gold

Fans can catch all the action in spectacular high definition via NBC Sports online at NBCSports.com/Live or through the NBC Sports app which is available on the iTunes App Store, Google Play, Windows Store, Roku Channel Store, Apple TV and Amazon Fire. Exclusive commercial-free coverage will be available for subscribers of the NBC Sports Gold Pass, available here: https://www.nbcsports.com/gold/snow.

All eyes are on Jessie Diggins (Afton, Minn.) and Sadie Bjornsen (Mazama, Wash.) as the U.S. Cross Country Team heads to Davos, Switzerland, for the second FIS Cross Country World Cup freestyle sprint of the season Saturday, and women and men’s 10k/15k freestyle events Sunday. Diggins just missed the sprint podium the past two seasons in Davos, finishing fourth last year and fifth in 2016. She has been progressing through the start of the season despite battling a cold, posting an eighth-place 10k freestyle finish last weekend. Bjornsen is currently ninth in the overall World Cup standings thanks to six top-10 results this season, including a third-place freestyle sprint finish in Lillehammer, Norway, two weeks ago.

Could we see two Americans on the podium in Davos Saturday? Tune in at 7:20 a.m. (EST) to The Olympic Channel and NBC Sports Gold app for live coverage Saturday.

Freestyle sprint starters

• Sadie Bjornsen
• Jessie Diggins
• Rosie Brennan
• Ida Sargent
• Sophie Caldwell
• Kelsey Phinney
• Simi Hamilton
• Kevin Bolger
• David Norris

 Women's 10 & men's 15 km freestyle starters
*Subject to change

• Sadie Bjornsen
• Jessie Diggins
• Rosie Brennan
• Sophie Caldwell
• Caitlin Patterson
• Scott Patterson
• Adam Martin
• Simi Hamilton
• David Norris
   

HOW TO WATCH 
All times EST.
Preliminary schedule, subject to change
*Same-day delayed broadcast
**Replay broadcast

Saturday, Dec. 15 
7:20 a.m. - Men and women’s sprint - Davos, SUI - OlympicChannel.com & NBC Sports Gold 
7:30 a.m. - Men and women’s sprint - Davos, SUI - Olympic Channel-TV

Sunday, Dec. 16 
3:15 a.m. Women’s 10k interval - Davos, SUI - OlympicChannel.com & NBC Sports Gold 
9:00 a.m. Women’s 10k interval - Davos, SUI - Olympic Channel-TV*
5:45 a.m. - Men’s 15k interval - Davos, SUI - NBC Sports Gold / Replay available on OlympicChannel.com

Andy Newell (Starksboro, Vt.) and Julia Kern (Waltham, Mass.) skied through mid-winter conditions to take their respective wins in both the sprint qualifier and A finals at the Sovereign Lake Ski Club in SilverStar, British Columbia for the combined U.S. Super Tour and Canadian NorAm. 

The challenging courses and plentiful snow made for an excellent weekend of competitions. Strengthening the competition fields has been a primary goal of the Super Tour series and the Sovereign Lake event did not disappoint. The event brought together the best junior, collegiate, and young senior athletes elevating the level of performance and tightening the field to where seconds matter. 

Kyle Bratrud (Eden Praire, Minn.) and Ben Lustgarten (Craftsbury, Vt.) once again battled for the win, this time in the 15km interval start classic.  Bratrud came out on top this weekend in approximately the same time difference that Lustgarten won by last weekend in the 15km freestyle in West Yellowstone.

The women’s race was much tighter. Rosie Frankowski (Minneapolis, Minn.), the winner of last weekend’s 10km, held the early lead.  Becca Rorabaugh (Fairbanks, Alaska) and Katherine Stewart-Jones (Thunder Bay Canada Development Center) surged on the last lap with Stewart-Jones taking the win by 7.1 seconds. U23 and USST D Team athletes Kern (Waltham, Mass.) and Hailey Swirbul (Anchorage, Alaska) were close behind – 7.8sec and 10.1 sec back respectively. 

Kern was the top U23 skier both days.  Ian Torchia (Marquette, Mich.) was the top U23 skier in 5th on Sunday

RESULTS
Sovereign Lake results 
Super Tour Standings

Three-time Olympian Resi Stiegler (Jackson, Wyo.) sustained a minor right knee injury in St. Moritz, Switzerland, during the parallel slalom that will sideline her for the foreseeable future.

Stiegler is determined to come back, and feels positive about the situation. “My knee is feeling good and I’m feeling hopeful, but I won’t be ready to compete in the races over the holidays," Stiegler said on Wednesday morning from Innsbruck, where she is currently recovering. "I am sad to miss some of my absolute favorite venues on tour, especially Courchevel (France) and Zagreb (Croatia), but I don’t want to compete unless I feel strong enough and know I’m in a place where I can get the results I know I’m capable of: top 10 finishes. Don’t worry, I’m not going anywhere. I will be back and I will continue to fight!”

Stay tuned to her Instagram account to find out more and follow her progress. 

Mother Nature is providing an off-week for the FIS Ski Alpine World Cup women, and World Cup Snowboardcross athletes, but the action continues from Italy, Switzerland, France, and China for many U.S. Ski & Snowboard athletes. The networks of NBC will provide more than 30 hours of winter sports broadcast and streaming coverage this week for fans to tune in.

The men’s World Cup circuit moves to Val Gardena and Alta Badia, Italy, for three events: super-G, downhill and giant slalom, Dec. 14-16. Tommy Ford (Bend, Ore.), who posted a career-best World Cup giant slalom result last week in Val d’Isere, will be one to watch on Sunday in Alta Badia, where he has posted a couple of top-15 results. Olympic champion Ted Ligety (Park City, Utah) is hoping to find that nostalgic form once again in Alta Badia where he has picked up numerous top-five results, including victories in 2012 and 2010.

Val d’Isere was slated to host the World Cup women’s speed event this week, however, unfavorable weather conditions have resulted in the event being rescheduled for Dec. 18-19 in Val Gardena, Italy. Downhill training is set for Monday, Dec. 17, and Tuesday morning, Dec. 18, with the downhill race scheduled for the afternoon of Dec. 18. The super-G will follow Wednesday, Dec. 19. The Networks of NBC will broadcast the rescheduled events the Olympic Channel and NBC Sports Gold app.

Following the speed events in Val Gardena, the women’s World Cup circuit moves on to Courchevel, France, for giant slalom and slalom events, Dec. 21-22. Mikaela Shiffrin (Avon, Colo.), fresh off her back-to-back super-G and parallel slalom victories in St. Moritz last weekend, plans to continue her training and not participate in the Val Gardena speed events in order to prepare for a busy upcoming holiday tech schedule that kicks off in Courchevel.

All eyes are on Jessie Diggins (Afton, Minn.) and Sadie Bjornsen (Mazama, Wash.) as the U.S. Cross Country Team heads to Davos, Switzerland, for the second FIS Cross Country World Cup freestyle sprint of the season Saturday, and women and men’s 10k/15k freestyle events Sunday. Diggins just missed the sprint podium the past two season in Davos, finishing fourth last year and fifth in 2016. She has been progressing through the start of the season despite battling a cold, posting an eighth-place 10k freestyle finish last weekend. Bjornsen is currently ninth in the overall World Cup standings thanks to six top-10 results this season, including a third-place freestyle sprint finish in Lillehammer, Norway, two weeks ago. Could we see two Americans on the podium in Davos Saturday? Tune in at 7:20 a.m. (EST) to The Olympic Channel and NBC Sports Gold app for live coverage Saturday.

Tess Johnson (Vail, Colo.), who finished third in the opening World Cup moguls event of the season last weekend in Ruka, Finland, leads a stacked U.S. Freestyle Team to Thaiwoo, China, for individual and dual moguls events. Both events will be broadcast live on the Olympic Channel and NBC Sports Gold, but due to the 13-hour time difference between China and the Eastern Time Zone in the United States, fans should plan on staying up late Friday and Saturday nights to catch the action beginning at 12:20 a.m. EST.

Kevin Bickner (Wauconda, Ill.), who was fifth in a FIS Continental Cup ski jumping event in Lillehammer, Norway last weekend, will head back to the World Cup tour this weekend at Engelberg, Switzerland. Nita Englund (Florence, Wis.) will compete at the women's World Cup in Pramanon, France.

Fresh off the Toyota U.S. Grand Prix, a number of U.S. Freeski and Snowboard Team athletes head to Breckenridge, Colo., for the Dew Tour this week, with halfpipe, slopestyle jib, and jump events.

This week’s FIS Snowboardcross World Cup in Montafon, Austria, was canceled due to weather. The U.S. Snowboardcross Team will kick off their World Cup season next week, Dec. 20-22 in Cervinia, Italy. With the cancellation, NBC will offer a re-broadcast of the Toyota U.S. Grand Prix snowboard halfpipe finals at 12:00 a.m. EST Wednesday.

The World Cup season opens for AJ Muss (Rumson, N.J.) as well as American Ryan Rosencranz at the FIS Snowboard World Cup parallel giant slalom and parallel slalom events in Carezza, Italy, Saturday and Sunday.

HOW TO WATCH
All times EST.
Preliminary schedule, subject to change
*Same-day delayed broadcast
**Replay broadcast

ALPINE
Friday, Dec. 14
5:45 a.m. - Men’s super-G - Val Gardena, ITA - OlympicChannel.com & NBC Sports Gold
6:00 a.m. - Men’s super-G - Val Gardena, ITA - Olympic Channel-TV

Saturday, Dec. 15
5:30 a.m. - Men’s downhill - Val Gardena, ITA - Olympic Channel-TV, OlympicChannel.com & NBC Sports Gold
8:00 p.m. - Men’s downhill - Val Gardena, ITA - NBCSN-TV*

Sunday, Dec. 16
3:45 a.m. - Giant slalom run 1 - Alta Badia, ITA - OlympicChannel.com & NBC Sports Gold
7:00 a.m. - Giant slalom run 2 - Alta Badia, ITA - Olympic Channel-TV, OlympicChannel.com & NBC Sports Gold
6:00 p.m. - Giant slalom run 2 - Alta Badia, ITA - NBCSN-TV*

Monday, Dec. 17
12:00 p.m. - Men's parallel giant slalom - Alta Badia, ITA - Olympic Channel-TV, OlympicChannel.com & NBC Sports Gold

CROSS COUNTRY
Saturday, Dec. 15
7:20 a.m. - Men and women’s sprint - Davos, SUI - OlympicChannel.com & NBC Sports Gold
7:30 a.m. - Men and women’s sprint - Davos, SUI - Olympic Channel-TV

Sunday, Dec. 16
3:15 a.m. Women’s 10k interval - Davos, SUI - OlympicChannel.com & NBC Sports Gold
9:00 a.m. Women’s 10k interval - Davos, SUI - Olympic Channel-TV*
5:45 a.m. - Men’s 15k interval - Davos, SUI - NBC Sports Gold / Replay available on OlympicChannel.com

FREESTYLE
Saturday, Dec. 15
12:20 a.m. - Men and women’s moguls, Thaiwoo, CHN - OlympicChannel.com & NBC Sports Gold
12:30 a.m. - Men and women’s moguls, Thaiwoo, CHN - Olympic Channel-TV

Sunday, Dec. 16
12:20 a.m. - Men and women’s dual moguls, Thaiwoo, CHN - OlympicChannel.com & NBC Sports Gold
12:30 a.m. - Men and women’s dual moguls, Thaiwoo, CHN - Olympic Channel-TV

SKI JUMPING
Friday, Dec. 14
11:50 a.m. - Men’s HS140 qualifying - Engelberg, SUI - OlympicChannel.com & NBC Sports Gold

Saturday, Dec. 15
4:50 a.m. - Women’s HS90 - Premanon, FRA - NBC Sports Gold
9:50 a.m. - Men’s HS140 - Engelberg, SUI - OlympicChannel.com & NBC Sports Gold
6:00 p.m. - Women’s HS90 - Premanon, FRA - Olympic Channel-TV*
7:30 p.m. - Men’s HS140 - Engelberg, SUI - Olympic Channel-TV*

Sunday, Dec. 16
4:50 a.m. - Women’s HS90 - Premanon, FRA - NBC Sports Gold
8:05 a.m. - Men’s HS140 - Engelberg, SUI - OlympicChannel.com & NBC Sports Gold
7:00 p.m. - Women’s HS90 - Premanon, FRA - Olympic Channel-TV*
8:30 p.m. - Men’s HS140 - Engelberg, SUI - Olympic Channel-TV*

SNOWBOARD
Wednesday, Dec. 12
12:00 a.m. - Men and women’s halfpipe - Copper Mountain, Colo. - NBCSN-TV**

Thursday, Dec. 13
6:20 a.m. - Parallel giant slalom - Carezza, ITA - OlympicChannel.com & NBC Sports Gold

Saturday, Dec. 15
10:50 a.m. - Parallel giant slalom - Cortina d’Ampezzo, ITA - OlympicChannel.com & NBC Sports Gold

Fans can catch all the action in spectacular high definition via NBC Sports online at NBCSports.com/Live or through the NBC Sports app which is available on the iTunes App Store, Google Play, Windows Store, Roku Channel Store, Apple TV, and Amazon Fire. Exclusive commercial-free coverage will be available for subscribers of the NBC Sports Gold Snow Pass, available here: https://www.nbcsports.com/gold/snow

The U.S. Snowboard Halfpipe Team opened the 2018-19 season at Copper Mountain, Dec. 5-8, with the first FIS Snowboard World Cup halfpipe competition of the season in Copper's 22-foot pipe. U.S. Ski & Snowboard photographer Sarah Brunson was there to capture all the action. Enjoy the image gallery below.

The U.S. Freeski Halfpipe Team kicked off the 2018-19 season at Copper Mountain, Dec. 5-8, with the first FIS Freeski World Cup halfpipe competition of the season. U.S. Ski & Snowboard photographer Sarah Brunson captured some outstanding images. Enjoy the image gallery below.
 

U.S. Freeski & Snowboard athletes claimed seven of 12 podium positions including two first-place finishes from Chloe Kim (Torrance, Calif.) and Aaron Blunck (Crested Butte, Colo.) at last weekend’s Toyota U.S. Grand Prix at Copper Mountain, Colorado. If the Grand Prix was any representation of what is to come, you can expect U.S. Freeski & Snowboard Team athletes to keep the momentum rolling into the modified halfpipe and slopestyle competitions at Dew Tour Dec. 13-16 in Breckenridge, Colorado.

Some of the results highlighted familiar faces, including U.S Freeski Pro Team members Aaron Blunck (Crested Butte, Colo.) and double-Olympic gold medalist and defending Copper Grand Prix champion David Wise, finishing in first and third place respectively in the men’s FIS World Cup freeski halfpipe competition. For the women, PyeongChang Olympic bronze medalist Brita Sigourney (Carmel, Calif.) came out with a strong performance picking up where she left off last season with consistent amplitude and style.

For the U.S. Snowboard Team, it was clear that they are a force to be reckoned with this season. PyeongChang Olympic gold medalist Chloe Kim did not skip a beat kicking off the 2018-19 competition season with a victory. Her teammate Maddie Mastro (Wrightwood, Calif.) finished just behind Kim in second-place, starting the season off strong as she slowly builds on her competition runs. Kim and Mastro were both part of the U.S. Snowboard Team sweep at last year’s U.S Grand Prix at Copper Mountain with teammate Kelly Clark (Mammoth, Calif).

For the men of the U.S. Snowboard Team, Toby Miller (Mammoth, Calif.) and Chase Josey (Sun Valley, Idaho) finished second and third respectively. Josey’s performance, although very impressive, was also no surprise to those keeping tabs on competitive halfpipe snowboarding. On the other hand, Miller came out and made a clear statement that he is very much in the conversation this season.

In the 2018 PyeongChang Olympic season, Miller was shadowing Shaun White (Carlsbad, Calif.). He would not only attend major events with White and coach JJ Thomas, who is now a member of the U.S. Snowboard Team coaching staff working directly with Miller, but also trained alongside White whenever he had the opportunity. They traveled the world together in the months leading up to the Olympics and when the big day came, Miller was holding the video camera capturing White’s epic journey to his historic third Olympic gold medal. This experience clearly reaped benefits for Miller, both physically as a rider and mentally as a competitor.

While it may seem he came out of nowhere, Miller has been progressing with halfpipe podiums since the 2015 FIS Junior World Championships, including halfpipe gold at the 2018 Worlds in Cardrona, New Zealand in August. But there is a significant difference in the level of competition between FIS Snowboard World Cup and Junior World Championship competition. Miller’s high energy run and appropriate appetite for risk resulted in him grabbing his first ever FIS World Cup podium at the first World Cup halfpipe competition of the season. Incredibly, Miller had never tried the run that earned him second-place, either in practice or in competition.

“Coming into this contest I had never put that entire run together,” said Miller. “At the Saas-Fee, Switzerland, training camp I had linked back to back 1260’s together, but in a different order and not the entire run. The U.S. Grand Prix was a test for me and I couldn’t be happier with the result.”

If Saturday’s U.S. Grand Prix event was a test for Miller, he passed with flying colors. Miller will be competing in the Team Challenge at this week’s Dew Tour in the modified superpipe as well as the individual modified superpipe competition. He sure to put on a show for the Breckenridge crowd alongside his U.S. Ski & Snowboard teammates.

“This year’s Copper Grand Prix was one for the books,” said Miller. “The level of riding was through the roof and it’s got me really excited to see what goes down at Dew Tour in the modified superpipe.”

Other U.S. Snowboard Team members competing at Dew Tour include halfpipe riders Taylor Gold (Steamboat Springs Colo.), Gabe Ferguson (Bend, Ore.), Chase Josey, and defending 2017 Dew Tour superpipe champion Jake Pates (Eagle, Colo.). American's Danny Davis (Highland, Mich.) and Ben Ferguson (Bend, Ore.) are also expected to compete. For the women, Kim will lead the way with Maddie Mastro and last year's Dew Tour third-place finisher Arielle Gold (Steamboat Springs, Colo.). American Hannah Teter (S. Lake Tahoe, Calif) will also be on the start list.

In slopestyle, U.S Snowboard Team athletes include Olympic gold medalist Red Gerard (Silverthorne, Colo.), 2017 Dew Tour second-place finisher Chris Corning (Silverthorne, Colo.) and Kyle Mack (West Bloomfield, Mich.). Mack will also join teammate Brandon Davis (Mammoth Lakes, Calif.) in the streetstyle competition. For the women, double-Olympic gold medalist Jamie Anderson (S. Lake Tahoe, Calif.), Hailey Langland (San Clemente, Calif.) and Julia Marino (Westport, Conn.) will join the rest of the U.S. Snowboard Team in Breckenridge.

U.S Freeski Team members competing at Dew Tour include the defending 2017 Dew Tour champion and Colorado native Alex Ferreira (Aspen, Colo.), Olympian Torin Yater-Wallace (Basalt, Colo.), David Wise (Reno, Nev.), Gus Kenworthy (Telluride, Colo.), Birk Irving (Winter Park, Colo.) and Aaron Blunck who is coming in hot off a win at the U.S. Grand Prix at Copper last week. For the women, Olympic gold medalist Maddie Bowman (S. Lake Tahoe, Calif.), Olympian Annalisa Drew (Andover, Mass.) and Brita Sigourney who will look to go for her second consecutive halfpipe podium of the season. U.S. Rookie Team member Abigale Hansen (June Lake, Calif.) will also be in attendance.

Park City, Utah natives Alex Hall and McRae Williams will represent in slopestyle with teammate and Kenworthy, the Sochi Olympic silver medalist. Hall will also compete in the streetstyle event at Dew Tour with Americans Quinn Wolferman (Missoula, Mont.), Keegan Kilbride (Sugarloaf, Maine), LJ Strenio (Burlington, Vt.), Sean Jordan (Moscow, Penn.) and Tim Mcchesney (Bozeman, Mont.). For the women, Maggie Voisin (Whitefish, Mont.) will be the sole representative for the U.S. Women’s Freeski Team. Look for Voisin to continue to dial in her new left double cork 1260 that she unleashed in competition for the first time at the Stubai, Austria, World Cup in slopestyle.

Dew Tour also will have a Team Challenge competition. This event offers a unique take on slopestyle and halfpipe competition for U.S. Freeski & Snowboard athletes. Six of snowboarding and freeskiing’s top brands select three athletes to represent their team across a modified superpipe, jump and rail competitions. According to DewTour.com, the unique Team Challenge competition is designed to showcase style, creativity, and diverse tricks while using an innovative course and format. Only the strongest and most strategic team will emerge as the overall best team. See U.S. Ski & Snowboard athlete participants on their sponsored team rosters below.

Freeski Team Challenge
Armada - Torin Yater-Wallace
Atomic - Gus Kenworthy
Faction - Mac Forehand (Winhall, Vt.), Alex Hall
Head - Aaron Blunck
K2 - Birk Irving, Colby Stevenson (Park City, Utah)
Volkl - Hunter Hess (Bend, Ore.), McRae Williams

Snowboard Team Challenge
Burton - Red Gerard
Capita - Chase Josey, Nikolas Baden (Steamboat Springs, Colo.)
DC - Toby Miller,
Salomon - Ryan Wachendorfer (Edwards, Colo.)

A total of six hours of Winter Dew Tour coverage will air on NBC and NBCSN, with DewTour.com live streaming all finals from Thursday, Dec. 13 through Sunday, Dec. 16. All finals will stream live on Facebook, Periscope, Twitch, Daily Motion, Youtube, TWSnow.com, Newschoolers.com, Powder.com, adventuresportsnetwork.com, and Snowboarder.com.  The new Dew Tour app will also exclusively offer live scoring in addition to the livestream.

HOW TO WATCH
*Subject to change
All times in EST

Saturday, Dec. 29
4:00 p.m. - Dew Tour Show, Breckenridge, Colo. - NBC

Sunday, Dec. 30
5:00 p.m. - Dew Tour Show, Breckenridge, Colo. - NBC

Thursday, Jan. 3
11:00 p.m. -  Dew Tour Show, Breckenridge, Colo. - NBCSN

Tuesday, Jan. 8
11:30 p.m. - Dew Tour Show, Breckenridge, Colo. - NBCSN

EVENT SCHEDULE
*Subject to change
All times in MST

FREESKI
Thursday, Dec. 13.
9:00 a.m – 9:45 a.m. - Women’s slopestyle jump final
10:15 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. - Women’s slopestyle jib final
12:30 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. - Team modified superpipe final presented by Toyota
1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. - Team slopestyle jump final 
2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. - Team slopestyle jib final

Friday, Dec. 14.
9:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. - Women’s modified superpipe final presented by Toyota
7:00 p.m. – 7:45 p.m. - Streetstyle Final

Saturday, Dec 15. 
12:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. - Men’s slopestyle jump finals
1:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. - Men’s slopestyle jib finals

Sunday, Dec. 16
9:15 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. - Men’s modified superpipe final presented by Toyota

SNOWBOARD
Friday, Dec. 14.
10:15 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. - Women’s slopestyle jump final
11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. - Women’s slopestyle jib final
12:45 a.m. – 1:15 p.m. - Team modified superpipe final presented by Toyota
1:45 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. - Team slopestyle jump final
2:45 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. - Team slopestyle jib final
6:00 p.m. – 6:45 p.m. - Streetstyle Final

Saturday, Dec 15. 
10:30 p.m. – 11:30 p.m. - Men’s modified superpipe final presented by Toyota

Sunday, Dec. 16
10:45 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.- Women’s modified superpipe final presented by Toyota
12:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. - Men’s slopestyle jump final
1:45 p.m.  – 3:00 p.m. - Men’s slopestyle jib final
 

Sporting some fresh faces, the women’s U.S. Cross Country Team skied away with a fifth-place finish in the first FIS Cross Country World Cup 4x5k classic/freestyle team relay of the season in Beitostolen, Norway, Sunday.

Always dominant in the relay event, Team Norway 1 took the victory ahead of Team Russia 2 in second, followed by Team Finland 1 in third.

With recent retirements, the U.S. women’s relay team started the season with some new members and a new dynamic with Sadie Bjornsen (Winthrop, Wa.), Rosie Brennan (Park City, Ut.) skiing the classic legs, and Caitlin Patterson (Craftsbury, Vt.) and Jessie Diggins (Afton, Minn.) skiing the freestyle portion. It was a unique course with a whole lot of drafting, and not too many climbs to break things up, which made it particularly challenging.  

“My strategy in leg one was to stay near the front and use the few working sections to try to make a gap,” said leadoff skier Bjornsen.  “I could feel right away on the first lap that the draft was pretty huge, so I tried to stay near the front and get ready to pounce when I found a good place.”

“I was really happy with today and so, so proud of my team today,” said Diggins. “We went out there and skied our hardest, and for me, it was a really interesting mix of hammering and playing it smart with tactical decisions. I went out sprinting trying to close some of the gap to the group ahead of us, but it’s a pretty flat course and really hard to drop people who are drafting you. One-third of the way into the anchor leg, I switched my strategy and let the other two girls in my pack lead, conserving energy and planning to make my move with about 1k to the finish.”

The men’s race was won by Team Norway 1, followed by Team Russia 1 in second and Team Norway 2 completing the podium. Erik Bjornsen (Winthrop, WA) posted a strong fourth place in the first leg setting the U.S. Men’s Relay Team finished 12th for the day.  

“It was really fun to race the first leg of the relay today,” said Bjornsen after the race.  “I had a goal of handing off with the leader but the Norwegian was able to really explode the field. I was happy to hand off in forth behind two Norwegian teams and Russia 1.”

The World Cup now heads to Davos, Switzerland, for a sprint freestyle and a women’s 10k, and men’s 15k freestyle. The Davos races will be the final event of Period 1 leading into the holiday break.

RESULTS
Women’s 4x5k relay
Men’s 4x7.5k relay

HOW TO WATCH
All times EST
*Same-day delayed broadcast

Saturday, Dec. 15
7:20 a.m. - Men and women’s sprint - Davos, SUI - OlympicChannel.com & NBC Sports Gold
7:30 a.m. - Men and women’s sprint - Davos, SUI - Olympic Channel-TV

Sunday, Dec. 16
3:15 a.m. Women’s 10k interval - Davos, SUI - OlympicChannel.com & NBC Sports Gold
9:00 a.m. Women’s 10k interval - Davos, SUI - Olympic Channel-TV*
5:45 a.m. - Men’s 15k interval - Davos, SUI - NBC Sports Gold / Replay available on OlympicChannel.com