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Josey, Gold, White Advance Into Toyota U.S. Grand Prix Finals

By Annie Fast
December, 9 2021
Chase
U.S Snowboard Team rider Chase Josey advances into Saturday’s Toyota U.S. Grand Prix finals. (U.S. Ski & Snowboard - Mike Dawsy)

U.S. Snowboard Team riders Chase Josey, Taylor Gold, and three-time Olympic Gold Medalist Shaun White are advancing in the field of 10 men to Saturday’s Toyota U.S. Grand Prix Finals. This is the first Olympic halfpipe qualifying event of this season, and the first chance for these riders to unleash their new tricks after a long training season leading up to this event.

2018 Winter Olympian Chase Josey was the top U.S Snowboard Team qualifier, “I was feeling really ready for today,” said Josey. “We’ve been training for so long at this point though all summer and this fall, so it felt like this week has been in our sights for so long that it was a relief to finally get to Copper. I just felt really ready to go, honestly.”

Josey went frontside double cork 1080, to switch frontside 900, into a switch backside 900, to a Cab double cork 1080, finishing with a frontside double cork 1260 on the final hit.

“I've really been trying to piece together this run for many years at this point,” said Josey. “It all takes time. And it’s finally been the season that I feel like it’s all coming together.”

The men’s field is rounded out with Team Japan, led by two-time Olympic Silver Medalist Ayumu Hirano, who came out strong earning the top four qualifying spots, along with the Swiss team.

The women’s field of eight riders includes top qualifying finishers Spain’s Queralt Castellet and China’s Cai Xuetong.

U.S. Snowboard Team Halfpipe Coach JJ Thomas is looking forward to Saturday. “All three of our guys—Chase, Shaun, and Taylor—those were just their qualifying runs, they have a lot left in the tank,” said JJ, “If the weather cooperates and the snow stays fast, this final could be one of the heavier finals to date.”

One question is at the top of everyone’s mind—will we see the first triple cork in competition? Tune in to find out.

Finals Start List 

Men's Snowboard Finals 
Women's Snowboard Finals 

HOW TO WATCH SNOWBOARDING

All times EST

Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021
2:00 p.m. FIS Snowboard World Cup Toyota U.S. Grand Prix Halfpipe - LIVE, Copper Mountain, CO, Broadcast NBCSN
2:00 p.m. FIS Snowboard World Cup Toyota U.S. Grand Prix Halfpipe - LIVE, Copper Mountain, CO, Streaming Peacock

Sunday, Dec. 12, 2021
1:00 p.m. FIS Freeski World Cup Toyota U.S. Grand Prix Halfpipe - next-day broadcast, Copper Mountain, CO, Broadcast NBC

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HOW TO WATCH SNOWBOARDING

All times EST

Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021
2:00 p.m. FIS Snowboard World Cup Toyota U.S. Grand Prix Halfpipe - LIVE, Copper Mountain, CO, Broadcast NBCSN
2:00 p.m. FIS Snowboard World Cup Toyota U.S. Grand Prix Halfpipe - LIVE, Copper Mountain, CO, Streaming Peacock

Sunday, Dec. 12, 2021
1:00 p.m. FIS Freeski World Cup Toyota U.S. Grand Prix Halfpipe - next-day broadcast, Copper Mountain, CO, Broadcast NBC

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Media have access to results, photos, podium/leader interviews, news, broadcast/streaming schedules, and more in the Toyota U.S. Grand Prix Virtual Media Center.

U.S. Snowboardcross Team Readies For Montafon World Cup

By Nicholas Fabula
December, 8 2021
Four snowboard cross racers round a gate.
The Montafon World Cup is the next stop for the U.S. Snowboardcross team. (FIS)

The U.S. Snowboardcross Team just completed their first World Cup races this season at the Secret Garden testing center in China— the home course for the 2022 Olympics Games. The SBX team enjoyed a short reprieve in Reiteralm, Austria where they had a chance to recoup and train for the upcoming FIS Weltcup race in Montafon, Austria. 

Montafon race is a great venue with a steep long course that is bound to deliver a great show for the fans at home and a fun, challenging course for all the athletes. This year the SBX team will have one day for testing and inspecting the course, followed by a training day.

In overall rankings, the U.S. SBX team stands in third place, only ten points behind Italy, with Austria currently holding the lead. For the U.S. men’s team, Nick Baumgartner is in third place after a great showing in China. A difficult semifinal run put Mick Dierdorff in sixth place with room to make a big comeback here at Montafon. Hagen Kearney and Alex Deibold are both sitting in the top 25 spots for the men’s SBX. 

The women’s team is showing up this year with five women in the top 25 overall rankings. Stacy Gaskill is in eighth place, with Faye Gulini sitting in tenth, with Livia Molodyh and Anna Miller closing in the gap and sitting in the top 25. 

The team is well-rested and ready to show the competition what they’ve got. The fun begins on Thursday, Dec. 9th with qualifications, then into finals Dec.10-11.

U.S. Snowboardcross Men's Starts
Mick Dierdorff
Nick Baumgartner
Hagen Kearney
Jake 
Vedder 
Alex Deibold
Senna Leith
Mike LaCroix
Tyler Hamel

U.S. Snowboardcross Women's Starts
Faye Gulini
Stacy Gaskill
Anna Miller
Livia Molodyh

Men's Start List
Women's Start List

HOW TO WATCH 
All times EDT
Friday, Dec. 10, 2021
7:00 a.m. FIS Snowboarding World Cup Snowboardcross - LIVE, Montafon, AUT, Streaming Peacock

Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021
7:00 a.m. FIS Snowboarding World Cup Mixed Team Snowboardcross - LIVE, Montafon, AUT, Streaming Peacock

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2021 Toyota U.S. Grand Prix Kicks Off at Copper Mountain

By Annie Fast
December, 7 2021
A snowboard airs in the halfpipe.
The Toyota U.S. Grand Prix is set to go down in the legendary 22-foot Superpipe at Copper Mountain, Co. (U.S. Ski & Snowboard // Mike Dawsy)

The U.S. Snowboard and U.S. Freeski teams are ready to throw down this week in the 22-foot Superpipe at Woodward Copper Mountain, Colorado. The team already has a day of training in the bag, and the reviews are in—this pipe is absolutely chiseled and ready to go. Take that as a sign that we should be prepared to see another heavy progression session as this international field of competitors drops in ready to unleash their newest tricks. The Toyota U.S. Grand Prix at Copper is one of four U.S. Olympic halfpipe snowboard qualifying events and one of six U.S. Olympic freeski qualifying events. This competition will serve as the first 2021-22 halfpipe qualifying event, bringing the best athletes in the world to debut their latest tricks ahead of the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022.

Snowboard Halfpipe

The field is stacked in men’s and women’s snowboard halfpipe. While the Toyota U.S. Grand Prix is the first Olympic halfpipe qualifying event of this season, the U.S. snowboard team has been training hard leading up to it. The team is heading into this competition fresh from a month in Saas Fee, Switzerland, followed by a ten-day training camp in Kitzsteinhorn, Austria.

U.S. Snowboard Team Halfpipe Coach JJ Thomas had this to say after the first day of training, “We’re pretty tuned up right now. The pipe here at Copper opened just in time for training, but not any earlier. That works for our team because they’re all polished up. They’re feeling pretty confident today and it shows in their snowboarding. They look great. The whole team is ripping so hard.”

“I’m feeling good,” says 2018 Olympian Taylor Gold. “We’ve had some really good training, so I feel strong and comfortable and ready to go.”

Keep an eye on the U.S. Team vets including three-time Olympic Gold Medalist Shaun White looking to compete in his fifth Olympics, X Games medalist’s Toby Miller and Taylor Gold who can lean into years of experience and skill, as well as young guns like Joey Okesson, Lucas Foster, Zoe Kalapos, Sonora Alba and Tessa Maud.

The international field includes top ranked riders including Japanese team riders Yuto Totsuka, Ruka Hirano and Raibu Katayama, Switzerland’s Jan Sherrer in the men’s field; with China’s Xuetong Cai and Jiayu Liu, Spain’s Queralt Castellet and Japan’s Mitsuki Ono to keep an eye on.

The level is through the roof right now in halfpipe snowboarding, it’s going to be an absolute battle to make it into finals. Expect to see riders attempting to one-up the field with a whole new level of tricks. Will we see the triple cork variations unleashed in this competition?

Snowboard qualifiers kick off on Thursday, Dec. 9th with finals on Saturday, Dec. 11th here at Copper Mountain, Colorado.

U.S Snowboard Men’s Starts
Taylor Gold
Chase Josey
Chase Blackwell
Shaun White
Lucas Foster
Ryan Wachendorfer  
Toby Miller
Joey Okesson
Joshua Bowman
Jason Wolle
Levko Fedorowycz

U.S Snowboard Women’s Starts
Zoe Kalapos
Sonora Alba
Tessa Maud
Alexandria Simsovits
Summer Fenton
Kaili Shafer
Natalie Partridge
Lola Cowan
Kelly Berger

Complete Qualifiers Starts List:
Men's Snowboard Qualifiers 
Women's Snowboard Qualifiers 

Freeski Halfpipe

The U.S. Freeski Team is stacked with 30 athletes slated to compete in the Toyota U.S. Grand Prix. The team has been putting in the work heading into this event. They completed three-weeks of training at Saas Fee, followed by a ten-day camp in Kaprun, Austria.

Two-time Olympic Gold Medalist David Wise is definitely one to watch as he looks ahead to his qualifying for his third Olympic Games. And Olympic Bronze Medalist Brita Sigourney is in a great position going into this event following her third-place podium finish at the 2021 U.S. Grand Prix at Aspen.

Halfpipe Champion Aaron Blunck comes into the Toyota U.S. Grand Prix following a first-place finish at the 2021 U.S. Grand Prix at Aspen, Colorado, also looking to qualify for his third Olympic Games. “Training was great,” says Blunck, who we caught up with after the first day of training. “Copper put some serious work in—they showed up, they put on, big shout out to all of them. It’s going to be a great week. The pipe is in great shape and I’m feeling really good, I’m just excited to be on snow and am thankful for every day I get to ski.”

The international field includes some heavy hitters to watch out for including Eileen Gu, competing for China, England’s Zoe Atkin, Canada’s Noah Bowman, New Zealand’s Nico Porteous and many more.

The freeski competition kicks off with qualifiers on Wednesday, Dec. 8th, followed by finals on Friday, Dec. 10th.

Complete Qualifiers Starts List:
Men's Freeski Qualifiers 
Women's Freeski Qualifiers 

U.S. Freeski Men’s Starts
Aaron Blunck
Birk Irving
David Wise
Alex Ferreira
Jaxin Hoerter
Cassidy Jarrell
Dylan Ladd
Samson Schuiling
Tristan Feinberg
Cameron Brodrick
Connor Ladd
Aaron Durlester
Mathew Labaugh
Chace Maytham
Eugene Morris
Nathaniel Bourgoin
Jack Ganley

U.S. Freeski Women’s Starts
Brita Sigourney
Devin Logan
Hanna Faulhaber
Carly Margulies
Abigale Hansen
Svea Irving
Annalisa Drew
Jeanee Crane-Mauzy
Riley Jacobs
Jenna “Jay” Riccomini
Lauren Bendixen
Kathryn Gray
Nikita Rubocki

 

HOW TO WATCH 
All times EDT

Friday, Dec. 10, 2021

2:30 p.m. FIS Freeski World Cup Toyota U.S. Grand Prix Halfpipe - LIVE, Copper Mountain, CO, Streaming Peacock, Broadcast NBCSN

 

Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021

2:00 p.m. FIS Snowboard World Cup Toyota U.S. Grand Prix Halfpipe - LIVE, Copper Mountain, CO, Broadcast NBCSN

2:00 p.m. FIS Snowboard World Cup Toyota U.S. Grand Prix Halfpipe - LIVE, Copper Mountain, CO, Streaming Peacock

5:00 p.m. FIS Freeski World Cup Toyota U.S. Grand Prix Halfpipe - next-day broadcast, Copper Mountain, CO, Broadcast NBC

 

Sunday, Dec. 12, 2021

1:00 p.m. FIS Freeski World Cup Toyota U.S. Grand Prix Halfpipe - next-day broadcast, Copper Mountain, CO, Broadcast NBC

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Miller Has A Renewed Motivation To Compete After Time Off Snow

By U.S. Ski & Snowboard
December, 7 2021
Toby Miller
Toby Miller was back on snow at the 2021 Timberline U.S. Snowboard Team Summer Camp at Official Training Site Mount Hood. (U.S. Ski & Snowboard - Mike Dawson)

Editor's note: Team Toyota Athlete and U.S. Snowboard Team Pro Halfpipe Team member Toby Miller attended the 2018 Olympic Winter Games as a spectator. Now he is gearing up to represent Team USA at the 2022 Games in Beijing. 

Like many young athletes, snowboard champion Toby Miller spent his childhood cheering on many great competitors in his sport. Now, the 21-year-old snowboarder is training for what he hopes will be his first Olympic Games — and getting ready to compete against some of those same icons he grew up watching.

“I mean, it’s pretty surreal to put myself back in my seven-year-old snowboard boots, to think that I am competing against the idols that I looked up to so much,” Miller says. “I don’t think I would have believed it. They’re my childhood superheroes and mentors and they’ve become great friends of mine.”

The snowboarding community is tight-knit, and some of the people Miller says he met during his early competitions have become lifelong friends. While Beijing 2022 could very well be Miller’s first Games where he competes, the Team Toyota athlete has attended the Winter Olympics in the past. In 2018, Miller accompanied his good friend Shaun White to watch him compete in PyeongChang.

“PyeongChang with Shaun was an incredible experience,” he says. “It’s the most amazing event as an athlete, and it made me more excited and more motivated than ever to make the 2022 Olympic team. It fueled the fire inside of me leading into this next run.” ...Read to Full Story at Toyota.com

Langland, Fourth at VISA Big Air

By Annie Fast
December, 5 2021
Hailey Langland jumps in front of the media.
All eyes on Hailey Langland as she airs into fourth place at the VISA Big Air presented by Toyota at Steamboat, Colo. (U.S. Ski & Snowboard - Mike Dawsy)

Hailey Langland earned the top finish of the day for the U.S. Snowboard Team, landing in fourth place at the VISA Big Air presented by Toyota at Steamboat Springs, Colorado. She earned her combined top score with a Cab frontside 900 indy, followed by a frontside 900 Weddle—both first-time tricks for Langland.

The snowboarders were the first to drop in during a full day of big air competition, “It was pretty firm at the start,” said Langland referring to the early morning conditions, “ but as soon as the last couple laps of practice rolled around, the sun started to peak out over the jump, and there’s something about seeing the girls send in conditions like this that makes you want to do the same thing. I’m just really hyped on today – I couldn’t imagine it going better.” 

Langland, a three-time X Games medalist, most-recently led the U.S. Snowboard team with a second-place finish in snowboard slopestyle at the Land Rover U.S. Grand Prix World Cup.  

“This was really exciting for us,” said U.S. Slopestyle Coach Dave Reynolds, “Hailey worked on these tricks at our most recent camp in Austria and this is the first time she’s landed them in competition.”

Japan’s Reira Iwabuchi took the win for the women landing a backside 1260, which  also earned her the women’s VISA Best Trick honors. Big Air champion Anna Gasser of Austria followed in second, and Germany’s Annika Morgan finished off the podium in third—marking her first World Cup podium.

On the men’s side, 17-year-old Chinese rider Yiming Su earned his first podium and the first Big Air podium for China, especially notable ahead of Beijing 2022. Su put down a backside triple cork 1800 indy and a frontside 1800 tailgrab for the best combined score of the day. 

“It feels incredible,” said Su. “I still cannot believe this just happened. I just kept training and finally I had the chance to join World Cups and do my best in the competition. I put two tricks down. I couldn’t be happier.”


Second place behind Su went to Austria’s Clemens Millauer, who fired up the crowd with a backside double cork 1620 tail grab and a switch backside 1620 nose grab. Rounding out the men’s podium in third place was Norway’s Mons Roisland, whose frontside triple cork 1800 tail grab also earned him the men’s VISA Best Trick award.

The U.S. National Champions in Big Air were announced at the end of the event—congratulations to Red Gerard and Hailey Langland. Gerard just missed the finals, earning an eleventh place finish at Steamboat.

The World Cup season continues at Copper Mountain, Colorado with the Toyota U.S. Grand Prix, featuring the best halfpipe snowboarders throwing down in Copper’s legendary 22-foot Superpipe Dec. 10-11, 2021.

 

RESULTS

Men’s Snowboard Big Air

Women’s Snowboard Big Air

 

HOW TO WATCH 

All times EST

Saturday, Dec. 25, 2021

4:00 p.m. FIS Snowboard World Cup Visa Big Air Presented by Toyota Men and Women's Finals, Steamboat, CO, Broadcast NBC
 

Langland Advances Into Finals at VISA Big Air

By Annie Fast
December, 2 2021
Hailey Langland jumps in Big Air.
Hailey Langland earns the top score for the U.S. Team in Thursday's VISA Big Air qualifiers at Steamboat. (Mike Dawsy - U.S. Ski & Snowboard)

Hailey Langland earned the top result of the day for the U.S. Snowboard Team in Thursday’s qualifications at the Visa Big Air World Cup presented by Toyota at Steamboat Resort, with a fifth-place finish to advance into Saturday’s women’s finals. Langland, a three-time X Games medalist, most-recently led the U.S. Snowboard team with a second-place finish in snowboard slopestyle at the Land Rover U.S. Grand Prix World Cup in Aspen last season. 

Langland earned her top score with a frontside 900 Weddle. “The jump is so good, so I felt really safe,” said Langland. “I thought the girls were going to play it safe, but as soon as Anna [Gasser] did her back 10 I knew it was going to be on from there. It’s so cool to watch everyone progress and especially on such a fun jump.”  

Langland finds herself amongst a stacked field of eight women advancing into Saturday’s finals, with Japan’s Reira Iwabuch leading the way on the strength of her backside doublecork 1260 melon to earn the top spot, followed by Austria’s Anna Gasser and Germany’s Annika Morgan in the top three. 

U.S. Snowboard Team rider and Olympic Gold Medalist Red Gerard landed in the eleventh spot in qualifiers, after putting down a switch backside 1620 Weddle, just missing the top 10 result needed to advance into Saturday’s finals. It was Norway’s Marcus Kleveland who earned the top score of the day, opening up the second round of qualifiers with a stomped backside 1800 melon followed by China’s Yiming Su and Japan’s Hiroto Ogiwara rounding out the top three. 

VISA Big Air Finals will begin Saturday 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. EST

Final Starts List: 

Men’s Snowboard Big Air Finals

Women’s Snowboard Big Air Finals

HOW TO WATCH 
All times EDT

Saturday, Dec. 4
12:30 p.m. FIS Snowboard World Cup Visa Big Air Presented by Toyota Men and Women’s Finals - LIVE, Steamboat Springs, CO, Streaming Peacock
9:00 p.m. FIS Snowboard World Cup Visa Big Air Presented by Toyota Men and Women’s Finals - Same-day broadcast - NBCSN

Saturday, Dec. 25, 2021
4:00 p.m. FIS Snowboard World Cup Visa Big Air Presented By Toyota Men and Women's Finals, Steamboat, CO, Broadcast NBC

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Visa Big Air Presented By Toyota Kicks Off in Steamboat

By Annie Fast
November, 30 2021
U.S. Snowboard Team Rider Jake Canter sits ready to drop in.
U.S. Snowboard Team Rider Jake Canter readies to drop into the VISA Big Air at Steamboat. (U.S. Ski & Snowboard/Mike Dawsy)

The U.S. Snowboard and U.S. Freeski teams are heading into the first and only Big Air qualifying event of the season for the U.S. in Steamboat, Colorado this week. Snowboarding is set to make its second Olympic appearance at the 2022 Winter Games and Freeski Big Air is set to make its Olympic debut!

This weekend also marks the first time that the FIS Snowboard World Cup has been hosted at Steamboat, which has rolled out to white carpet to create the 60-foot big air jump despite unseasonably warm conditions. The action at the Visa Big Air presented by Toyota is guaranteed to be Olympic caliber as the athletes bring their biggest tricks to kick off the World Cup qualifying season.  

Both teams have been training hard ahead of the event, including two weeks of training at Stubai Prime Park in Austria through November.

The Freeski Field 

The Freeski team parlayed their training into the season-opening World Cup Slopestyle event at Stubai, where U.S. Freeski Rookie Team member Hunter Henderson earned a fourth-place finish. Henderson will be joined by two-time World Cup big air winner Alex Hall, 2021 Aspen Grand Prix World Cup winner Colby Stevenson, Mac Forehand, Cody LaPlante, and two-time Olympic medallist Nick Goepper in the men’s field. In the women’s field, seven-time X Games medalist Maggie Voisin, Marin Hamill, and Caroline Claire continue their push to the podium.

The international field is also packed, with Tess Ledeux (FRA), Sarah Hoefflin (SUI) and Elena Gaskell (CAN) among the women and Matej Svancer (AUT), Teal Harle (CAN) and Birk Ruud (NOR) as well as reigning big air World Champion Oliwer Magnusson (SWE).

The Snowboard Field

U.S. Snowboard Team athletes Hailey Langland and Red Gerard are both coming into Steamboat following second-place finishes at the 2021 Aspen Grand Prix World Cup and Brock Crouch is coming in with a top-five finish at the recent Big Air World Cup, Chur. Also competing are Julia Marino, Ty Schnorrbusch, Courtney Rummel, and Jade Thurgood in the women’s field. The men’s field is stacked, with 2018 Olympic Big Air Silver Medalist Kyle Mack, Chris Corning, Sean Fitzsimons, Jake Canter, Judd Henkes, Dusty Henricksen and Luke Winkelmann among the 60 competitors slated to drop. 

The international field includes heavy-hitters like Kokomo Murase (JAP), Anna Gasser (AUT), Jasmine Baird (CAN) and Brooke Voigt (CAN) among the women. In the men's field, there's a heavy contingency from Canada including Mark McMorris, reigning big air Olympic gold medallist Sebastien Toutant, and Max Parrot; and Japan including Takeru Otsuka, Ruki Tobita and Hiroaki Kunitake, plus Rene Rinnekangas (FIN) and Jonas Boesiger (SUI). 

The VISA Big Air kicks off in Steamboat, Colorado, with qualifying Dec. 2-3, followed by Snowboard and Freeski Big Air finals on Saturday, Dec. 4th with a full day of action. 

Following this weekend’s event, the FIS snowboard and freeski World Cup season will roll into Copper Mountain, Colorado with the Toyota U.S. Grand Prix, Dec. 10-11.

HOW TO WATCH 
All times EDT

Saturday, Dec. 4
11:30 a.m. FIS Snowboard World Cup Visa Big Air Presented by Toyota Men and Women’s Finals - LIVE - Streaming Peacock
3:00 p.m. FIS Freeski World Cup Visa Big Air Presented by Toyota Men and Women’s Finals - LIVE - Streaming Peacock
9:00 p.m. FIS Snowboard World Cup Visa Big Air Presented by Toyota Men and Women’s Finals - Same-day broadcast - NBCSN
11:00 p.m. FIS Freeski World Cup Visa Big Air Presented by Toyota Men and Women’s Finals - Same-day broadcast - NBCSN

Saturday, Dec. 25, 2021
4:00 p.m. FIS Snowboard World Cup Visa Big Air Presented By Toyota Men and Women's Finals, Steamboat, CO, Broadcast NBC
 

Baumgartner Third in Secret Garden SBX

By Annie Fast
November, 28 2021
Three snowboardcross competitors cross the finish line.
Nick Baumgartner (left) earning a third place finish, with Alessandro Haemmerle of Austria (middle) earning first, followed by Omar Visintin of Italy (right) earning second. (FIS Snowboard)

The U.S. snowboardcross team came into this first World Cup of the season following a stellar 2020-21 season, which included the team winning the Nation’s Cup and earning the title of the best snowboardcross team of the season. Nick Baumgartner kept the momentum going into this season, earning a third-place finish in a heated men’s final in the season-opening FIS World Cup.  

For the Secret Garden Olympic test event, the riders competed on a course almost identical to the planned Olympic course, with 45 features set along the 4,110-foot-long course. The start gate of finals was a stacked field, with Austrian Alessandro Haemmerle taking the lead early, leaving Baumgartner to battle against Italian veteran Omar Visintin, and Austrian Jakob Dusek. Baumgartner was sitting in the second position until the final set of rollers, where Visintin was able to overtake him for second, with Haemmerle taking the win.

Head Snowboardcross Coach Peter Foley says, “It was so great to see Nick lead the team to the podium today.  The races were really close all day with a bunch of passing in every heat. Nick made some amazing passes and rode rock solid all day.”

U.S. Snowboard Team athlete Mick Dierdorff was on track to make the big final but was pushed off course in the semi-final. He still had a great finish earning sixth in the small final.

In the women’s field, U.S. Snowboard Team athletes Stacy Gaskill earned an eighth-place finish, followed by Faye Gulini rounding out the top 10. The Czechoslovakian 2018 Olympic bronze medallist Eva Samkova took the win, followed by Great Britain’s World Champion Charlotte Bankes, and Italian 2018 Olympic champion Michela Moioli.

The Secret Garden Olympic SBX Test Event was a great preview of the Olympic course to come. Foley says, “The course is an interesting combination of both gliding skills and power, so it takes a really well-rounded and incredibly strong snowboarder to do well here.” He adds, “The wax tech crew did an amazing job of finding the fast wax, working past midnight pretty much every day this week.”

The team now heads back to Europe for the next stop in Montafon, Austria, December 10–11 with single and mixed-team events slated.

Secret Garden SBX Final Results
Men
Women

World Cup Standings
Men
Women

 

How To Watch: The Full Breakdown

By Mackenzie Moran
November, 26 2021
Killington World Cup Crowd
A massive crowd at the HomeLight Killington Cup cheers on the athletes.

This Olympic season, fans worldwide are chomping at the bit to follow their favorite World Cup athletes on the road to Beijing. For American fans, in particular, tuning in to international, and even domestic competitions can seem like a daunting task given the myriad of streaming options to choose from. Add on the complication of TV rights between host countries, and finding the event that you want to watch, when you want to watch it, gets even more confusing. 

But please, don’t fret. Our team has broken down your options, based on your viewing preferences and schedule. Consider it your trusty handbook for when too many options seem to lead to no good options.

To start, what exactly do we mean when we say, NBC Universal? 
NBC Universal is a parent company home to NBC, NBCSN, CNBC, Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA, NBCSports.com, the NBC Sports app, and PeacockTV.com. Through the number of channels at their disclosure, NBC Universal promises to provide live and same-day event coverage of alpine, cross country, freeski, freestyle, and snowboard events throughout the 2021/22 season, in addition to broadcasting the 2022 Olympic Winter Games from Feb. 4-20.

If you prefer watching the full broadcast… 
Tune into the live and/or same-day coverage of the event of your choosing on either NBC, NBCSN, or the Olympic Channel. To catch the events live, as they happen, set your alarm and tune in. Otherwise, if you have DVR capacities on your home television, be sure to hop on the night before an event and make sure to record said event to catch all the real-time action, full commentary, and more, at a time that is convenient for you. Unfortunately, not all events are available via broadcast, but if this is your preferred method of view, double-check our schedule to see if it's an option before peeling through your at-home TV schedule.

*Please note – U.S. Ski and Snowboard has a duty to report results as they happen on our social media channels. We also publish articles at the conclusion of substantial events that offer a brief recap of event happenings. If you’re a die-hard fan and don’t want to know the who, what, when, and where before you watch your event recording, please avoid our social media channels. 

If you don’t have access to broadcast television or want on-demand coverage of all FIS-sanctioned World Cup events, look no further than PeacockTV.com.  
With NBC’s PeacockTV.com, live streaming and on-demand viewing are both an option for each and every World Cup event happening throughout the season. Alpine, cross country, freeski, freestyle, snowboard, ski jumping, and nordic combined World Cups, are all available to stream on Peacock. 

To customize your viewing experience, add specific events to your Peacock watchlist to easily find live streams the day of, and if you can’t burn the midnight oil, find the replays at a convenient time for you. 

But wait, how do you find events on Peacock? 
First, create an account. FIS World Cups are only available for viewing with a paid Peacock Premium subscription. At $4.99/month for sports with commercials and $9.99/month for sports without commercials, it’s worth the price of an oat-milk latte to never miss a moment this Olympic season. By subscribing now, it helps make the case for wider event coverage of our sports in the future. Plus, it's a great way to show your support for the sports you care about, the athletes, and all the folks that work hard to put on these events.

Once logged in, you can find FIS World Cup events by clicking on the sports tab, and scrolling down the page until you find the section titled Skiing & Snowboarding. By hovering your mouse over the scheduled broadcasts, two small arrows to the left and right will appear. If you don’t see your desired event immediately, click through the streaming list until you find the event you would like to watch (there are quite a few events happening each weekend, so don’t give up too quickly!) Once you get there, by clicking on the event, you can dive into the show live, or add it to your watchlist to easily find an on-demand replay for your viewing pleasure at a time that is convenient for you. Bonus, you can easily find your watchlist (including replays) under your account to skip all the scrolling farther down the line.

If you are having trouble with your Peacock account, please contact Peacock at https://www.peacocktv.com/help/.

*Please note – streaming on PeacockTV.com DOES NOT include live event commentary on the vast majority of events. To hear full breakdowns from the likes of Steve Porino, Steve Schlanger, Ted Ligety, and more, you’ll have to tune in or record the broadcast, if it is available for your event.

If you want to stream the event, with English commentary, Ski and Snowboard Live makes that option available. 160 live FIS World Cup events will be available for fans to watch with English commentary at Ski and Snowboard Live. Each event does require that you purchase a pass to tune in. So rather than subscribing for a month to receive access to all FIS World Cup Events, you pay per event. 

New this season, all Austrian World Cup events will be available for U.S. fans to watch on the Ski World Cup Live app. For those of you that have followed the ongoing TV rights saga over the years, this is big news. Catch full event coverage with English commentary of all your favorite Austria-based events, including highlights, and on-demand replays, free with your account. Never miss out on the drama of the Hahnenkamm downhill again. 

How do I keep track of all this? 
Current television broadcast and streaming schedules for all sports are available on our website, here. Sport-specific broadcast and streaming schedules are available below:

Broadcast and streaming schedules for the Networks of NBCUniversal, Ski and Snowboard Live, and World Cup Live will be updated weekly on the U.S. Ski & Snowboard website throughout the season. Check-in regularly for the latest updates!

Thank you, as always, for your support. If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to me at mackenzie.moran@usskiandsnowboard.org.

Watch Every FIS World Cup Event Live, On Demand This Season

By Tom Horrocks
November, 18 2021
How to Watch

The winter competition season for U.S. Ski & Snowboard athletes kick into high gear this weekend, and U.S. Ski & Snowboard is excited to announce multiple opportunities for U.S. fans to watch every FIS World Cup event this season live, or on-demand, leading up to the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing.

In addition to broadcasting the 2022 Olympic Winter Games Feb. 4-20, the networks of NBCUniversal will provide live and same-day World Cup coverage of alpine, cross country, freeski, freestyle, and snowboard events on NBC, NBCSN, CNBC, Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA, NBCSports.com, the NBC Sports app, and Peacock.  

Plus, fans in the United States can now access live streams from numerous World Cup alpine, snowboard, freestyle, freeski, and cross country events, all of them with English commentary on the new Ski and Snowboard Live platform. The platform will stream 160 live events during the 2021-22 season, starting with this weekend’s FIS Alpine Ski World Cup slalom in Levi, Finland. Live streaming will be available on an all-inclusive season subscription and pay-per-view package basis. In addition to live events, Ski and Snowboard Live will include on-demand content, highlights, interviews, event replays, and other behind-the-scenes footage.

“We are very excited to offer U.S. fans many opportunities to watch our athletes compete all around the world this season as they prepare for the 2022 Olympic Winter Games,” said U.S. Ski & Snowboard President and CEO Sophie Goldschmidt. 

NBC Sports will present nearly 70 hours of broadcast and streaming coverage of U.S.-based events this season, starting the weekend of Nov. 27-28 with women’s slalom and giant slalom at the HomeLight Killington Cup, on NBC, NBCSN, and Peacock. Peacock will also live stream every minute of 2021-22 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup coverage, including events held in Austria. All coverage on NBC, NBCSN, CNBC, and Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA will also be available to stream on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app.

In addition, Peacock will offer live streaming of FIS World Cup events this season, including some with English commentary. Select events will also be broadcasted on the Olympic Channel, NBCSN, and CNBC this season. 

New this season, all Austrian World Cup events will be available for U.S. fans on the Ski World Cup Live app. This weekend’s FIS World Cup freeski slopestyle will stream live on both Peacock, and World Cup Live from Stubai, Austria.

Current television broadcast and streaming schedules for all sports are available here. Sport-specific broadcast and streaming schedules are available below:

Broadcast and streaming schedules for the Networks of NBCUniversal, Ski and Snowboard Live, and World Cup Live will be updated weekly on the U.S. Ski & Snowboard website throughout the season.