On March 12th, the men's and women's snowboardcross team completed their second day of back to back races at the Sierra Nevada World Cup. After both teams had a respectable competition the day before, they were set to drop for day two under sunny and pristine conditions. 

Lindsey Jacobellis had just come off of a bronze medal the day before, and was hungry for another podium. Jacobellis was able to secure third place in the quarterfinals, but unfortunately just missed the cut to make it onto the semifinals. The quarterfinals saw Jacobellis racing against Eva Adamczykova of the Czech Republic, Jana Fischer of Germany, and Lara Casanova of Switzerland. Adamczykova and Fischer both moved on to the semifinals. 

After the event concluded, Jacobellis landed herself in ninth place. Following her was Faye Gulini and Stacy Gaskill both taking 13th overall, and Brianna Schnorrbush in 17th. 

On the men's side, both Senna Leith and Nick Baumgartner placed 17th overall and third in their heats, but unfortunately were not able to make it onto the semifinals. Jake Vedder finished fourth in his heat and 25th overall. Hagen Kearney, Connor Schlegel, Tyler Hamel, and Cody Winters each ranked third in their heats and finished the day off in 33rd. 

Results

Women's Results

Men's Results

Two-time Olympic champion Lindsey Jacobellis scored a third place finish in Sierra Nevada, Spain at the FIS Snowboardcross World Cup. This is her first podium of the 2022-23 season. 

The women's big final saw Jacobellis racing Charlotte Bankes of Great Britain, Chloe Trespeuch of France and Eva Adamczykova of the Czech Republic. Jacobellis fought throughout the entire run as the lead continued to change to snag third. Bankes took the win with Treshpeuch in second.

Jacobellis is fresh off a bronze medal at the 2023 World Championships in Bakuriani, Georgia just over two weeks ago.

Rounding out the U.S. Snowboard Team women, Faye Gulini finished ninth, Stacy Gaskill 13th and Brianna Schnorrbusch 17th.

On the men's side, Senna Leith was the top American, making is to the quarterfinals and finishing in ninth place overall. Hagen Kearney did not qualify out of the 1/8 finals and took 25th. Jake Veddder, Nick Baumgartner, Connor Schlegel and Cody Winters did not qualify out of the 1/16 finals.

RESULTS
Women's snowboardcross
Men's snowboardcross

Chase Josey stood alone at the top of the pipe at the Bakuriani 2023 FIS Freestyle Ski, Snowboard, and Freeski World Championships. Amidst a stacked field, he was the sole American to advance to the finals after teammates Joey Okesson, Chase Blackwell and Lucas Foster struggled to lace it together during the qualifying round. After an intense 3-run final, Josey walked away with an 8th place finish. This is Josey’s fourth World Championships appearance, having previously competed on the World Champs stage in 2015, 2019, and 2021.

“Today was good,” said U.S. Snowboard Halfpipe Pro Team coach Maddy Schaffrick. “We didn’t know what the weather was going to bring, but the pipe was in good shape. The snow consistency was a little strange just because it was soft but cold. But Chase rode really well. He’s a seasoned veteran, so he knows how to stay in his zone.”

The day was marked by heavy winds in the morning and intermittent clouds and sun causing the flat bottom of the pipe to soften slightly, which tripped up many competitors throughout training and competition. Ultimately, 16-year-old Chaeun Lee of South Korea landed on top of the podium in his first World Championships appearance, followed by Valentino Guseli of Australia and Jan Scherrer of Switzerland.

Still, Josey was happy with his performance, putting together a combination of tricks that he’s only ever competed with at the Olympic Games. “I went front dub 10, cab 12, switch back 10, double chuk, front 12,” said Josey. “It’s a combo I’ve been working on for years, and it’s been good to land it in qualifiers and then land it again today. It’s just a tech combo that nobody’s really doing, so I’m just proud I landed it. It didn’t really get fully hooked up today but I’ll take eighth. Today was my third time ever doing it in competition so I’m just stoked on that.”

Over on the women’s side, both Zoe Kalapos and Kinsley White fought hard, but failed to advance to finals. They finished 12th and 13th, respectively, each of them earning career best Worlds Championships finishes. Xuetong Cai (CHN) took gold, Elizabeth Hosking (CAN) silver, and Mitsuki Ono (JPN) the bronze.

The 2023 World Championships have wrapped up for the U.S. Snowboard Team, and there’s still more to come this season. Keep up with all the athletes of the U.S. Snowboard team on skiandsnowboard.live and Peacock!

RESULTS

Men

Women

Chase Josey stood alone at the top of the pipe at the Bakuriani 2023 FIS Freestyle Ski, Snowboard, and Freeski World Championships. Amidst a stacked field, he was the sole American to advance to the finals after teammates Joey Okesson, Chase Blackwell and Lucas Foster struggled to lace it together during the qualifying round. After an intense 3-run final, Josey walked away with an 8th place finish. This is Josey’s fourth World Championships appearance, having previously competed on the World Champs stage in 2015, 2019, and 2021.

“Today was good,” said U.S. Snowboard Halfpipe Pro Team coach Maddy Schaffrick. “We didn’t know what the weather was going to bring, but the pipe was in good shape. The snow consistency was a little strange just because it was soft but cold. But Chase rode really well. He’s a seasoned veteran, so he knows how to stay in his zone.”

The day was marked by heavy winds in the morning and intermittent clouds and sun causing the flat bottom of the pipe to soften slightly, which tripped up many competitors throughout training and competition. Ultimately, 16-year-old Chaeun Lee of South Korea landed on top of the podium in his first World Championships appearance, followed by Valentino Guseli of Australia and Jan Scherrer of Switzerland.

Still, Josey was happy with his performance, putting together a combination of tricks that he’s only ever competed with at the Olympic Games. “I went front dub 10, cab 12, switch back 10, double chuk, front 12,” said Josey. “It’s a combo I’ve been working on for years, and it’s been good to land it in qualifiers and then land it again today. It’s just a tech combo that nobody’s really doing, so I’m just proud I landed it. It didn’t really get fully hooked up today but I’ll take eighth. Today was my third time ever doing it in competition so I’m just stoked on that.”

Over on the women’s side, both Zoe Kalapos and Kinsley White fought hard, but failed to advance to finals. They finished 12th and 13th, respectively, each of them earning career best Worlds Championships finishes. Xuetong Cai (CHN) took gold, Elizabeth Hosking (CAN) silver, and Mitsuki Ono (JPN) the bronze.

The 2023 World Championships have wrapped up for the U.S. Snowboard Team, and there’s still more to come this season. Keep up with all the athletes of the U.S. Snowboard team on skiandsnowboard.live and Peacock!

RESULTS

Men

Women

Amid the sleet and slush, Nick Baumgartner and Lindsey Jacobellis battled their way to a fourth place finish in the snowboardcross mixed team event at the Bakuriani 2023 FIS Freestyle Ski, Snowboard and Freeski World Championships, finishing as the top American team, followed by Senna Leith and Faye Gulini, who took seventh place.

It was a tough day for the Americans, who came off a full day of racing yesterday in the individual events. Due to inclement weather moving into the Bakuriani region, the decision was made to move the team event up by a full two days. The weather had started to move in by race time, with a mix of sleet and light snow affecting visibility and course speed throughout the event. However, Gulini said of the weather, “I’d rather have things be consolidated and get to race under better conditions than try to ride it out and race in heavy snow and sleet and rain.”

Baumgartner and Jacobellis stormed through the early rounds of competition to the Big Final, but a mistake by Baumgartner resulted in a small crash. With Jacobellis facing a four second deficit at the beginning of her leg, it proved too much to overcome, and the 2022 Olympic gold medalists ultimately missed the podium by one spot.

After the race, an emotional Baumgartner broke down how he was feeling. “I’m happy with how I rode in the first two heats, but it’s a little bit harder when you ruin it for someone else. Yes, when you make a small mistake you have a partner that can make up for it, but when you fall down, you leave them high and dry. It’s a bummer. I just feel bad for Lindsey for not even giving her a chance.”

Still, he acknowledged that Lindsey and his partnership in team events is something special. “We’ve been doing this for so long," said Baumgartner. "Our knowledge comes together and we work well together. She’s been on [the U.S. Snowboard Team] for 20-something years and I’ve been on for eighteen, so I think it’s just that camaraderie you gain over the years being teammates. I let her down this time; it’s unfortunate, but that’s racing."

The other U.S. team event partnership of Leith and Gulini were happy to come away with a seventh place finish after the small final. Ledith said of course conditions: “[They] were really iffy when we came up here and then it made for way better racing than I thought it was going to be.”

“I really lucked out, my teammate was really fast today and I wish I could have done more on my end but we had a good time and I think we rode really well overall," said Gulini. "I’m happy with how the day went aside from maybe a few positions.”

The U.S. Snowboard Team snowboardcross riders will still have plenty of chances at redemption this season, with upcoming World Cup stops in Sierra Nevada, Spain, Veysonnaz, Switzerland, and another chance at a team event podium in Mont-Sainte-Anne, Canada.

The 2023 World Championships will wrap up for the U.S. Snowboard Team with men’s halfpipe, scheduled for March 3 at 1 a.m. ET. Chase Josey will hold it down as the lone American to make finals. Tune in to watch on skiandsnowboard.live and Peacock.

Results
SBX Team Event

HOW TO WATCH
*subject to change

Friday, March 3
1:00 a.m. ET - men’s and women’s halfpipe finals - Peacock, skiandsnowboard.live

On the cusp of the inaugural Stifel America’s Downhill at Aspen, the Stifel U.S. Alpine Ski Team’s first coach is still impacting the athletes over a half-century later. U.S. Ski & Snowboard is thrilled to announce that the organization has reached its $20 million goal to endow the Bob Beattie Athlete Travel Fund.

The Bob Beattie Athlete Travel Fund supports travel expenses for A, B, C and Pro team athletes across alpine, cross country, freestyle, snowboard and freeski. It is unique in the sports world—no other national governing body has an endowment that provides financial support specifically for its athletes’ travel needs. The Beattie Fund is part of the larger Marolt Athlete Endowment campaign, which also raises funds to support coaching, athlete education and sports career transition assistance, in perpetuity.

The fund is named in honor of the late Coach Beattie (1933 – 2018), an icon of the sport of alpine ski racing who led the alpine team to its first men’s medals in 1964 and was a tireless supporter of athletes up to his passing in 2018. Its launch in his name five months prior to his passing was one of his proudest moments.

U.S. Ski & Snowboard thanks all the supporters whose generosity made this achievement possible, especially Board of Trustees members Phill Gross, for his dedication and leadership as the Marolt Athlete Endowment campaign chair, and Karen Arnold, whose passion for this mission drove fundraising forward and across the finish line.  

As one of alpine ski racing’s most passionate pioneers, Beattie remained an outspoken advocate for athlete travel funding throughout his life. The fund was created to specifically close the gap on funding of athlete travel costs to training camps, and domestic and international competitions. While in the past most of those expenses were covered by the team, in recent years a gap in funding created scenarios where athletes were paying to travel with the team.

Beattie stumbled into the national team role in the early 1960s but went on to become its first full-time coach, leading Billy Kidd and Jimmie Heuga to silver and bronze in the 1964 Olympics in Innsbruck. He was one of the originators of the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup tour, which began in 1967, and went on to pioneer NASTAR, start World Pro Skiing and become a legendary broadcaster with ABC and ESPN. He remained an active trustee with the U.S. Ski & Snowboard Foundation for a half-century and was well known for his impassioned speeches at board members imploring more support for athletes.

As a nonprofit organization, U.S. Ski & Snowboard has limited annual resources to allocate across multiple sports. Endowments like the Bob Beattie Athlete Travel Fund are a great way to augment athlete support and maintain core operational funding. While he was a New Hampshire native, Beattie called Aspen, Colorado home for more than 40 years. It is fitting that we announce the realization of his dream of athlete travel funding ahead of the alpine competition that he championed for many years.

In an unusual day of racing, reigning Olympic gold medalist Lindsey Jacobellis stayed true to form and walked away with a bronze medal in women’s snowboardcross at the Bakuriani 2023 FIS Freestyle Ski, Snowboard and Freeski World Championships. This marks her sixth career individual Worlds medal, in addition to two team event medals from 2017 and 2019. Jacobellis is the most dominant snowboardcross athlete of all time, and on a day marked by gnarly crashes and surprise early eliminations from some heavy hitters, she persevered.

“I was really excited after training because I was putting down some really great times. The only thing is everyone can then study your lines!” laughed Jacobellis. “I was having a lot of trouble with the start today, so my game plan was to hang back and just carry speed through turn two and try to pass along the way. It’s not always the best option but it was what was working for me and my goal was just to be top two and advance and take it one heat at a time. I was really excited to be able to get on the podium here. It’s always a big challenge just to make it into finals, so I’m very happy with myself.”

Due to incoming weather in the Bakuriani, Georgia region over the next few days, the decision was made to cancel time trial qualifying rounds, and move straight into finals with seeded heats. This meant the men started at a round of 16 heats, rather than their usual eight heats for finals, and the women started in eight heat finals instead of their usual quarterfinal start.

The U.S. men started out strong with all four athletes advancing past the 1/16 final round. However, Jake Vedder and Mick Dierdorff were unable to make it past the round of eight, with Nick Baumgartner and Senna Leith going out at the quarterfinal round. It was a bittersweet day for double 2019 World Champion Dierdorff, who announced that this would be the final race of his competitive career.

Reflecting on his career and upcoming retirement, Dierdorff said, “I’m excited for sure. It’s been so fun. I didn’t plan on being able to have a spot at World Champs, so it’s been super cool getting to be here racing with all the guys and gals one more time. Definitely didn’t go how I was hoping but that is boardercross sometimes. No bad feelings, I’m just excited. It’s been a good career, and I’m ready for the next thing.”

Next up for Dierdorff? Wedding planning with his fiancée Katie, starting his own contracting business and working with young snowboarders as a coach at the Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club.

Over on the women’s side, tough snow conditions and stiff competition made for a difficult day as well. Bri Schnorrbusch, competing in her first World Championships, was unable to make it out of the round of eight. Although they fought hard, Faye Gulini and Stacy Gaskill both went out during the quarterfinal round. 

Despite their early exits from the competition, all the athletes stuck around to watch Jacobellis power through to a bronze medal. Cheering alongside U.S. Snowboard Slopestyle Team coaches and other team staff, the finish area erupted in cheers for Jacobellis as she crossed the finish line in the Big Final. She was joined on the podium by Eva Adamczykova of the Czech Republic in first, and Josie Baff of Australia in second. The men’s podium saw Jakob Dusek of Austria take the win, followed by Martin Noerl of Germany in second, and Omar Visintin of Italy in third.

There’s still plenty of snowboard action to come from Bakuriani. Men’s and women’s snowboard halfpipe finals are scheduled for Friday, March 5 at 1 a.m. ET and men’s and women’s snowboard big air finals on Sunday, March 5 at 5 a.m. ET. The U.S. Snowboardcross Team also has one more chance at a medal with the team competition coming up on Saturday, March 4 at 5:30 a.m. ET. 

Results
Women
Men
 

HOW TO WATCH
*all times ET and subject to change

Friday, March 3
1:00 a.m. ET - men’s and women’s halfpipe finals - Peacock, skiandsnowboard.live

Saturday, March 4
5:30 a.m. ET - team snowboardcross - Peacock, skiandsnowboard.live

Sunday, March 5
5:00 a.m. ET - men’s and women’s big air finals - Peacock, skiandsnowboard.live

The Bakuriani 2023 FIS Freestyle Ski, Snowboard, and Freeski World Championships launched into the second week of competition today, and Chris Corning came away with a bronze medal in the men’s slopestyle snowboard competition.

When asked what he was most proud of from the competition today Corning said: “I’m most proud of my course usage today. I did new stuff for me with putting a backside [1800] in my run, I’ve not done that in a slopestyle run before in a competition. I’m super stoked about that, I’ve wanted to do it for years and just have not had the opportunity.”

“The course was good today,” said Corning. “It got really slushy, we haven’t really had a good day of slush at all, and it was my first time riding slush this year, so I was happy to put a run down and ride well today.”

Corning adds to his already impressive collection of World Championships hardware, which also includes a first place slopestyle finish from 2019, in addition to a second place big air medal and third place slopestyle medal from 2017. Fellow American Brock Crouch finished eighth for the day, followed by teammates Jake Canter in 11th, and Sean FitzSimons in 36th.

After battling multiple days of weather delays due to strong winds, the athletes were stoked to get the competition off the ground. By the afternoon, the sun came out just in time for finals. The finish area was full of fans, including the U.S. Snowboardcross Team, who came out to cheer on their teammates after wrapping up board testing for their competitions later this week.

It was a tough day for the women, with Courtney Rummel barely missing the final and ending up as the top American in 14th place. She said of course conditions: “It was really fast today and there was no wind, the rails were a little sticky…so that was a little hard. But there was good speed throughout the course so that was nice.” Ty Schnorrbusch and Jade Thurgood finished 22nd and 27th, respectively, with Rebecca Flynn making the difficult call to pull out of the contest as a DNS.

Rounding out the men’s podium were Marcus Kleveland of Norway in first, and Ryoma Kimata of Japan in second. The women’s podium saw Mia Brookes (GBR) take the gold in her first ever World Championships appearance, followed by Zoi Sydowski Synnott (NZL) and Miyabi Onitsuka (JPN).

The action from Georgia continues with wen’s and women’s snowboard halfpipe qualifications going down on March 1, followed by finals on March 3. Catch finals LIVE on skiandsnowboard.live

Results

Men’s Snowboard Slopestyle

Women’s Snowboard Slopestyle

HOW TO WATCH

Friday, March 3

1:00 a.m. ET - men’s and women’s halfpipe finals - Peacock, skiandsnowboard.live

5:30 a.m. ET - men’s and women’s snowboardcross - Peacock, skiandsnowboard.live

Saturday, March 4

5:30 a.m. ET - team snowboardcross - Peacock, skiandsnowboard.live

Sunday, March 5

5:00 a.m. ET - men’s and women’s big air finals - Peacock, skiandsnowboard.live

On a flat light day at Copper Mountain, Colo., Dew Tour held its second day of events, including the men's snowboard halfpipe finals. 2x Olympian, and 2x Copper Mountain Toyota U.S. Grand Prix winner, Taylor Gold, stomped his fourth and final run to secure a second place finish. Japanese rider Ayumu Hirano took home the win, along with teammate Raibu Katayama who placed third. 

Gold earned a silver medal with a score of 91.33 with a run that included a McTwist, into a front 1260 tail grab, into a double chuck 1080 melon grab to indie grab switch up, into an air to fakie melon grab, into a cab 1080 with a roast beef grab. After falling on his first three of four runs, Gold was relieved to finally put one down when it counted most. 

"Conditions out in the pipe today were surprisingly really good," said Gold. "It was forecasted to not be so nice today, so we got super lucky and it ended up being somewhat sunny. The pipe was running good too, so it was ideal." 

Gold reflected on his accomplishments. "I'm really stoked on getting second," said Gold. "It was kind of nice because it just felt a lot more mellow this year, just a little bit more loose and fun. The vibes at the top of the pipe were a lot more enjoyable versus last year where it was really intense. It felt really good to put one down at the end, as I was kind of struggling to land one during my first three runs. I was just happy to land one!"

Following his second place finish in the halfpipe event, Gold strapped back into his board and headed to the top for the superpipe jam cash event. The snow was coming down hard at this point, but the athletes were still catching big airs up to 22 feet high. 

Up next, Gold plans on going on a road trip with his filmer to find deep powder. 

RESULTS
Men's Halfpipe

At the first day of Dew Tour, U.S. Snowboard Team rookie team member Bea Kim secured her first ever pro-level podium at her first time competing in the Dew Tour halfpipe, landing in third place.

"This event means a lot to me because it's Dew Tour and it's just something in the snowboarding industry that I have looked up to since I was a little girl," said Kim. "It is insane to be here for my first time and to land on the podium. I just tried to put down a run and have fun, and it worked out!"

It was a beautiful day at Copper Mountain with a little breeze, and athletes lauded the pipe. Gaon Choi of South Korea was first and Patti Zhou, at only 11 years old, was second. U.S. Snowboard Team's Sonny Alba was fourth and Summer Fenton was fifth.

"Last year I was injured during the Dew Tour, so I was happy to land my run," said Alba. "The pipe was perfect!"

RESULTS
Women's halfpipe