Mick Dierdorff just missed the podium, finishing fourth place in the second FIS World Cup snowboardcross race of the season.

Dierdorff made it through the heats and qualified for the big final, but couldn’t sneak onto the podium. Hagen Kearney was in the small final and finished seventh. Senna Leith and Jake Vedder made it to the quarterfinals, taking 11th and 16th. Nick Baumgartner was 21st.

Austrians Alessandro Haemmerle and Jakob Dusek went one-two, with Martin Noerl of Germany third.

On the women's side, Brianna Schnorrbusch was the only U.S. woman to pass through the qualification round, and she finished 15th. Chloe Trespeuch of France was first with her teammate Manon Petit Lenoir second. Charlotte Bankes of Great Britain finished third.

The team races another individual snowboardcross Saturday.

RESULTS
Women’s snowboardcross
Men’s snowboardcross

Cole McDonald scored his first career World Cup podium, finishing third, and Elizabeth Lemley took her first individual moguls World Cup podium, also in third place, in Alpe d’Huez, France.

McDonald had been dancing around the podium, finishing eighth, fifth and fourth between the first three races of the season in Ruka, Finland and Idra Fjall, Sweden, and finally secured his first ever World Cup podium in Alpe d’Huez.

Lemley continues to be on a roll, having threatened the podium for the last year before bursting onto it in Idra Fjall when she won her first World Cup in dual moguls. She quickly followed up that result with another podium, scoring third in Friday’s individual moguls event in France. She threw a cork 7 grab to cork 7—an impressive trick for the 16-year-old skier.

Jakara Anthony of Austria won for the women with Perrine Laffont of France in second. Ikuma Horishima of Japan was first for the men and Mikael Kingsbury of Canada was second.

The team stacked in women into the top 10, with Jaelin Kauf in sixth, Tess Johnson in seventh and Alli Macuga in 10th. Olivia Giaccio finished 16th. Kasey Hogg was just out of finals in 17th.

The men's team was also strong, with last week’s double podium star Nick Page taking fifth and Dylan Walcyzk in eighth. Landon Wendler just missed qualifying for finals and took 19th. Ian Beauregard was 43rd and Charlie Mickel 49th.

The team moves on to Sunday’s dual moguls competition before taking a holiday break.

RESULTS
Women’s moguls
Men’s moguls

It was a great day for the Stifel U.S. Alpine Team women’s speed team at the Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Breezy Johnson scored a fifth place finish and Mikaela Shiffrin was right behind her in sixth place. Tricia Mangan also nabbed a career-best 17th place result, and Stifel U.S. Alpine Team athlete Lauren Macuga grabbed her first World Cup points in 30th. 

Johnson has been battling back from a knee injury last winter, and the seven-time podium finisher has been looking to find her way back to the top three. The result in St. Moritz felt like a good start. “I just tried to ski with passion and commitment," said Johnson. "It worked out so I am really happy with the result and will try to keep building on this." 

The top three finishers for the downhill included Italian skier Elena Curtoni in first, Sofia Goggia of Italy in second and Swiss skier Corinne Suter in third. 

Mangan's 17th place finish was her best finish since 2018 and her second time scoring World Cup points. Macuga nailed her first points in 30th.

Keely Cashman and Bella Wright also raced in the downhill. Cashman landed in 38th place and Wright did not finish. 

The conditions were noticeably difficult on the St. Moritz track. Many athletes noted that it took real determination to make it down fast. 

“It was definitely a challenging day with the snowfall and the flat light,” said Wright. “It was dark and bumpy out there you couldn’t see a lot,” agreed Johnson. 

The women have another downhill on Saturday. 

On the men’s circuit, the super-G in Val Gardena was canceled Friday due to poor weather conditions and fog. They will continue the speed series with a downhill on Saturday. 

RESULTS
Women's downhill

HOW TO WATCH

Saturday, Dec. 17
Men’s Val Gardena Downhill Dec. 17th, 5:45 a.m. ET https://skiandsnowboard.live/
Women’s St. Moritz Downhill Dec. 17th 4:30 a.m. ET  https://skiandsnowboard.live/

Sunday, Dec. 18
Women’s St. Moritz Super G Dec. 18th 5:30 a.m. ET  https://skiandsnowboard.live/

The U.S. Snowboard and Freeski Teams are in Copper Mountain, Colo. for the Visa Big Air presented by Toyota and the Toyota U.S. Grand Prix contests.

It's cold in Colorado's Summit County, but that didn't stop the U.S. Snowboard Team and U.S. Freeski Team from stacking skiers and riders from Wednesday and Thursday's qualifiers into Friday and Saturday's finals. All athletes that qualified to finals are listed below.

All qualifier runs and final runs are LIVE and FREE on outside.com.

TOYOTA U.S. GRAND PRIX

SNOWBOARD
Women:
Maddie Mastro
Bea Kim
Sonora Alba

Men:
Lucas Foster
Taylor Gold
Joey Okesson
Chase Josey

FREESKI
Women:
Brita Sigourney
Hanna Faulhaber
Carly Margulies
Svea Irving

Men:

VISA BIG AIR PRESENTED BY TOYOTA

SNOWBOARD
Women:
Hailey Langland
Julia Marino
Courtney Rummel

Men:

Chris Corning
Luke Winkelmann

FREESKI
Women:
Grace Henderson

Men:
Troy Podmilsak
Mac Forehand
Hunter Henderson
Alex Hall

Tommy Ford and River Radamus launched a new YouTube series called Parabolic, a behind-the-scenes look at life on the road as a men’s tech skier on the Stifel U.S. Alpine Team. Featuring Ford, Radamus, Isaiah Nelson, Bridger Gile and their coach Ian Garner, the series will take a look at what it’s like traveling the world as a professional ski racer, from training gates to lifting weights and everything in between.

Filmed in black and white, the series shows a more intimate side of the athletes as they gear up for a long season traveling through Europe and North America. Ford is an Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup winner and Radamus has two fourth-place Olympic finishes, and both men have massive potential to make waves on the circuit this season. Nelson and Gile are the up-and-comers, with Nelson skiing his first FIS World Cup in Soelden in October and Gile hunting for his first World Cup points.

Watch the episode and follow the series along on Ford and Radamus’ YouTube, @shinbang.creative.

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