U.S. Snowboarding’s snowboardcross team will participate in a community outreach event on January 17 at 4 p.m. in conjunction with the upcoming Toyota U.S. Grand Prix at Solitude Mountain Resort.

Members of the team will visit the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Salt Lake’s Lied location in the Poplar Grove neighborhood of Salt Lake City. This Boys and Girls Club location serves more than 800 kids aged 6-18 every year, providing them with a stable environment to succeed in school and become good citizens.  

The athletes will speak with local children about following your dreams and overcoming obstacles as well as teach them about the sport of snowboardcross.  Additionally, Boys and Girls Club participants will be invited to watch their new friends compete at the U.S. Grand Prix finals, a FIS World Cup for snowboardcross, on January 21 at nearby Solitude Mountain Resort.

Among the athletes expected to participate are 2014 Olympic bronze medalist Alex Deibold, Olympians Nick Baumgartner and Faye Gulini, 2016 Youth Olympic Games gold medalist Jake Vedder and recent FIS World Cup winner Hagen Kearney.

DETAILS
January 17, 2017, 4 p.m. MT
Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Salt Lake’s Lied Club

January 21, 2017, 12-1:15 p.m. MT
Toyota U.S. Grand Prix snowboardcross finals

ATHLETES ATTENDING
Nick Baumgartner (Iron River, MI) – 2010 and 2014 Olympian, two-time X Games medalist, two-time World Championships medalist
Alex Deibold (Boulder, CO) – 2014 Olympic bronze medalist
Mick Dierdorff (Steamboat Springs, CO) – World Cup athlete, Univeristy of Utah student
Faye Gulini (Salt Lake City, UT) – 2010 and 2014 Olympian, Westminster College student
Hagen Kearney (Telluride, CO) – 2016 FIS World Cup winner
Jake Vedder (Pinckney, MI) – Youth Olympic Games gold medalist

WATERVILLE VALLEY, NH (Jan. 9, 2017) – The 2017 Toyota U.S. Revolution Tour heads to the East Coast this week, making its second stop at Waterville Valley, New Hampshire. At the second of four stops on the tour, Waterville Valley will play host to two separate slopestyle competitions for both snowboard and freeski athletes.

WATERVILLE VALLEY HIGHLIGHTS

Some of the world’s best junior athletes will compete at the Toyota U.S. Revolution Tour on the sculpted jumps and jibs of Waterville Valley’s Exhibition Terrain Park, the resort’s premier, large park with a dedicated Poma lift.

A breeding ground for elite freestyle athletes, the Waterville Valley Academy has produced world-class athletes such as U.S. Snowboard Pro Slopestyle Team member Chas Guldemond.

Known as “New Hampshire’s Family Resort,” Waterville Valley features 265 skiable acres with an altitude of 4,004 feet and vertical drop of 2,020 feet, 60 trails and 11 lifts. 

TOYOTA REVOLUTION TOUR HIGHLIGHTS 

The Rev Tour offers up-and-coming athletes the chance to break into the professional ranks. Skiers earn points on the AFP tour, snowboarders earn points on the WST tour and both earn important FIS points. The Rev Tour also offers an overall prize purse of $67,000.

The Toyota U.S. Revolution Tour is a much-needed stepping stone between grassroots amateur events and elite-level professional events. American Olympians such as Sage Kotsenburg, Maddie Bowman and Kaitlyn Farrington all furthered their competitive careers with success on the Rev Tour.

For registration and more information follow the Toyota U.S. Revolution Tour on Facebook or head to the Rev homepages for US Snowboarding and US Freeskiing.

SCHEDULE
(Subject to Change)
January 9     Freeski Slopestyle Qualifications and Final No. 1
January 10   Freeski Slopestyle Qualifications and Final No. 2
January 11   Training and Registration
January 12   Snowboard Slopestyle Qualifications and Final No. 1
January 13   Snowboard Slopestyle Qualifications and Final No. 2

Listed alongside major athletes from the NFL, MLB, NBA, summer Olympics and more, Chloe Kim (Torrance, CA) was the youngest athlete to be included in Forbes’ annual 30 Under 30: Sports list.

Forbes boasts an acceptable rate of less than four percent (less than getting into Harvard) to get into the exclusive 30 Under 30 lists, with the decisions made by James Harden of the Houston Rockets, Nike’s Chairman Emeritus Phil Knight and Casey Wasserman, the CEO and chairman of the Wasserman Media Group.

See the full 30 Under 30: Sports list here.

It takes a different kind of athlete to race snowboardcross. Telluride’s Hagen Kearney, well, he’s a different kind of athlete. Today, he’s a World Cup winner!

Snowboardcross is a hardscrabble contact sport pitting four riders against each other at high speed down a course that pitches and winds through banked turns and soaring jumps. It made its Olympic debut in 2006 with American Seth Wescott taking gold. It’s a sport won on strategy, finesse and sometimes luck, amidst the chaos of bumping elbows roller derby-style.

Take one look at Kearney and the first thing that comes to mind is motorcycle dude, heavy metal rock star or skateboarder. All are correct. With shoulder-length hair flowing in the wind, he’s equally at home atop the deck of a skateboard or his 1972 Shovelhead chopper.

So, what’s a guy from Florida like Kearney doing on a snowboard? Since a trip to Telluride as a nine year old, it’s been all about snow. That vacation turned into a family move. Soon his passion for snowboarding blossomed, helped along with his engagement with the International Snowboard Training Center in Summit County, Colorado. He tried it all – halfpipe, slopestyle, SBX.

Then came his first big break – a start in the World Cup SBX at his home resort of Telluride in December of 2011. He didn’t make the show, finishing 46^th. But two months later, he was 11^th in Quebec and wrapped up the season with a fifth in Valmalenco, Italy – until last Friday, his career best.

Kearney flashes his rock star smile after grabbing his first career World Cup snowboardcross victory. (USSA)

In last week’s World Cup season opener in Montafon, Austria, he qualified 16^th. But once in the heats, it was bang-bang-bang – three wins and into the finals.

Suddenly, he was in the finals with a perfect three-win leadup. Out of the gate, he took control with a strong start. Right on his heels was Italian Omir Visintin. They duked it out over the rollers and vaulting off the jumps. In the hard-banked turn three, near the midway mark, Hagen got a touch wide and left an opening for Visintin. As he made the pass, Visintin clipped Hagen’s board and the American went down – suddenly popping back up Bode Miller style and continuing unfazed down the course, crossing the line second for a career first podium.

But wait, there’s more. Suddenly the riders were told to head back to the start. Unfortunately, the start gate for Australian Alex Pullin had opened late. The finals were being re-run.

“I know nobody really wanted to go back up there and race again,” laughed Kearney. “So I figured I had to have the edge on everybody. I said, ‘hey, I’ll do this s*** again!’”

Sport is about athletic toughness – the physical prowess to execute on the snow. It’s about conditioning and strength – a powerful core to withstand the rigors of such a punishing contact sport.

But it’s also about mental toughness. And it’s about team.

The U.S. snowboardcross team is a gritty bunch of athletes. They’re a family, sharing in success and commiserating each other in failure.

“When Hagen got to the bottom of the first finals he was completely mentally and physically gassed,” said Coach Jeff Archibald, a former elite rider himself. “When the rerun was announced his teammates rallied around him and helped him refocus. By the time he got back to the top he was focused and ready to rip.

“The most impressive aspect of Hagen’s win was his mental toughness.”  

As the gates swung open, Hagen got the hole-shot once again to take the lead. First Pullin took a shot, but Hagen held him off. Through turn three, Hagen rode a much more strategic line to hold off the field once again. Over the rollers and dropping into the finish, Visintin made one more charge but Kearney was undaunted.

“Hagen has put in so much work over the past three years believing he could do what he did,” said Archibald. “Seeing all that work pay off was extremely satisfying. It’s mind-boggling to think of the hundreds of hours of training that went into that one performance.”

After crossing the line, Kearney bee-lined it to the finish corral fence. His teammates – every last one of them – had already sprung out to the finish to greet him. He was hoisted onto their shoulders and body surfed across the crowd.

On the podium there were cheers, there was champagne – lots of champagne – and there were tears.

“As a coach it was amazing to see the pride and support from his teammates,” said Archibald.

“I felt the heat, and that was it,” said Hagen of his winning run. “I can't believe it. I just won - it's insane.”

And the sport of snowboardcross may never be quite the same.

MONTAFON, Austria (Dec. 18, 2016)—Americans Alex Deibold (Boulder, CO) and Nick Baumgartner (Iron River, MI) secured a third-place finish at the first snowboardcross team World Cup race of the season on Sunday.

It was an exciting final with multiple lead changes and lots of passing. In the end, Spanish team of Laro Herrero and Lucas Eguibar edged the field for the win. Emanuel Perathoner and Omar Visintin of Italy took second, while Deibold and Baumgartner were able to capitalize on a finish-line crash to take the podium position.

For the ladies, Rosie Mancari (Anchorage, AK) and Lindsey Jacobellis (Stratton Mountain, VT) made the final and finished just off the podium in fourth place.

Hagen Kearney (Telluride, CO), who scored his first World Cup win in the individual race on Saturday, was ninth with teammate Nate Holland (Squaw Valley, CA).

The American snowboardcross athletes will have a holiday break, then will return for the second event of the season at Solitude, UT January 19-22. Solitude is slated to host the snowboardcross world championships in 2019.

HIGHLIGHTS

• U.S. Snowboarding SBX team members Alex Deibold and Nick Baumgartner were third. 
• Rosie Mancari and Lindsey Jacobellis made the final and finished just off the podium in fourth place.

RESULTS
Women’s Snowboardcross Team Results
Men’s Snowboardcross Team Results

COPPER MOUNTAIN, CO (Dec­. 17, 2016) – American snowboarders found more success at the final event of the Toyota U.S. Grand Prix weekend: the Team USA Winter Champions Series big air. Jamie Anderson (South Lake Tahoe, CA) landed the win for the women and Ryan Stassel (Anchorage, AK) took third for the men.

Ryan Stassel found the podium in third place. (U.S. Snowboarding)

It was the defending Olympic slopestyle champion’s trademark smooth style that earned Anderson the win on Saturday. With the best two of three jumps scored, Anderson started with a switch backside 540 and followed up with a Cab 720. Julia Marino (Westport, CT), who won the scaffolding big air event at Fenway Park in February, finished fourth with a double cork 900 and a backflip. Enni Rukajarvi of Finland was second and Klaudia Medlova of Slovakia, who landed the first double cork 1080 in competition, was third.

Stassel outrode serious competition on the big air jump, putting down a frontside 1440 and a switch backside double 1260. Conditions deteriorated as the contest went on, with flat light making it very difficult for riders to spot their landings. Sitting in second place after his third run, Stassel had to watch multiple riders take their runs before he was assured a podium position. “I put down two runs and the scores weren’t the highest,” Stassel said. “So when it came down to the third one, it was really a nail biter. I was just waiting it out and I was able to hold on.” The dominant Canadian jumpers topped the podium—Max Parrot in first and Sebastien Toutant in second.

The U.S. Grand Prix/World Cup big air event was part of the Team USA Winter Champions Series. The event aired live on NBC alongside two other Olympic sport events—luge and ice hockey. Big air will make its Olympic debut at PyeongChang, South Korea in 2018.

Jamie Anderson rode to first. (U.S. Snowboarding)

Other Americans in the final: Nik Baden (Steamboat Springs, CO) was seventh; Eric Willett (Breckenridge, CO) was eighth; Chris Corning (Silverthorne, CO) was 10th.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Jamie Anderson won. Her best two runs scored 151.25: switch backside 540 and Cab 720
• Ryan Stassel was third. His best two runs scored 167.50: frontside 1440 and switch backside double 1260

QUOTES

Jamie Anderson
I really wanted to go frontside 1080, but I was having a bit of struggle with my frontside spins so I decided to go Cab 720 tail and switch backside 540 because they’re fun and I like them. I’m so happy. I’m so grateful—it was really fun. All the girls absolutely killed it; we saw a frontside double 1080, Cab 1080—everyone is really charging. I had a really fun time. Copper is sick. 

Ryan Stassel
I’m feeling great. I put down two runs and the scores weren’t the highest so when it came down to the third one it was really a nail biter. I was just waiting it out and I was able to hold on. 

Julia Marino
I’m so excited (to see big air in the Olympics). It’s cool to see more snowboarding events in the Olympics—it gets more recognition and improves the sport. I’m super excited about it.

RESULTS
Men’s Big Air
Women’s Big Air

2016-17 TOYOTA U.S. GRAND PRIX BROADCAST SCHEDULE 
(Schedule subject to change)

Broadcast
Sun. Dec. 18 | 2:00 p.m. | NBC | Halfpipe Snowboarding
Sun. Dec. 18 | 3:00 p.m. | NBC | Halfpipe Skiing

COPPER MOUNTAIN, CO (Dec­. 16, 2016) – Continuing her pattern of halfpipe dominance, Chloe Kim (Torrance, CA) took the win for the ladies and Chase Josey (Hailey, ID) was third for the men at the Toyota U.S. Grand Prix at Copper Mountain on Friday.

It was a second-consecutive U.S. Grand Prix win for 16-year-old Kim, who made history at the Park City Grand Prix in February when she landed back-to-back 1080s (the first in competition for a woman) to take the win. The conditions at Copper Mountain on Friday were snowy and difficult, yet Kim was able to lay down a technical run that scored her a 95.50.

“I’m just stoked that I was able to put some runs down in these snowy conditions,” Kim said. “It’s so hard to ignore the snow and ignore the fact that your snowboard is going to go a lot slower than it usually would.” Kim held off a strong Chinese contingency—both Jiayu Liu and Xuetong Cai put down strong runs that placed them second and third respectively.

Chase Josey rode to third at the Toyota U.S. Grand Prix. (Getty Images-Sean M. Haffey)

Josey earned his second World Cup podium finish—he was second at the Mammoth Grand Prix in January. With a stellar run that included his signature “double bacon flip,” (a switch double crippler), Josey posted a high score of 93.75. “I feel super stoked to get on the podium, Josey said. “It’s such a relief; it feels good.”

Swiss snowboarder Pat Burgener won the event with a first-in-competition switch backside double cork. Burgener edged out his countryman Iouri Podlatchikov, who finished second.

Also making the final for the Americans: Elena Hight (South Lake Tahoe, CA) was fifth; Louie Vito (Bellefontaine, OH) was fifth; Hannah Teter (Belmont, VT) was sixth; Greg Bretz (Mammoth Lakes, CA) was ninth; Danny Davis (Highland, MI) was 10th and did not compete in the final.

Snowboarding at the Toyota U.S. Grand Prix at Copper Mountain weekend will continue Saturday at 12:30 p.m. MST with big air as a part of the Team USA Winter Champions Series. Watch it live on NBC starting at 2:30 p.m. EST.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Chloe Kim won. Her best run scored a 95.50: backside air, frontside 900 tail, McTwist, frontside 720 indy, Cab 720 stalefish
• Chase Josey was third. His best run scored a 93.75: Double Michalchuk, frontside double cork 1080 indy, switch double crippler, switch backside 900 mute

QUOTES

Chloe Kim
I’m just stoked that I was able to put some runs down in these snowy conditions…it’s so hard to ignore the snow and ignore the fact that your snowboard is going to go a lot slower than it usually would. I love how snowboarding is all about riding with your friends…no matter where we end up on the podium, we’re always going to be good friends and we’ll always have each other’s backs.

Chase Josey
I feel super stoked to get on the podium—it’s such a relief; it feels good. I’m just stoked I got three runs, landed two out of three super solid, so I’m hyped about that.

RESULTS
Men’s Halfpipe
Women’s Halfpipe

2016-17 TOYOTA U.S. GRAND PRIX BROADCAST SCHEDULE 
(Schedule subject to change)
*live streaming is available on nbcsports.com/live or via the NBC Sports App

Copper Mountain, CO

Live Streaming
Sat. Dec. 17 | 11:30 a.m.  | Halfpipe Skiing

Broadcast
Sat. Dec. 17 | 2:30 p.m. | NBC | Big Air Snowboarding (Team USA Winter Champions Series)
Sun. Dec. 18 | 2:00 p.m. | NBC | Halfpipe Snowboarding
Sun. Dec. 18 | 3:00 p.m. | NBC | Halfpipe Skiing

MONTAFON, Austria (Dec. 16, 2016) - It was a thrilling start to the 2017 FIS Snowboarding snowboardcross World Cup season, where Hagen Kearney (Telluride, CO) earned his first career win and Lindsey Jacobellis (Stratton Mountain, VT) took third in a photo finish.

Kearney’s strength was in his start - he took the holeshot in every heat, including the final. For the first time in World Cup history, the men’s snowboardcross final had to be rerun due to a gate malfunction the first time around. “I knew nobody really wanted to go back up there and race again,” Kearney said after the race, “So I figured I had the edge on everybody - I wanted to do this again.”

The U.S. Snowboarding SBX team lift Hagen Kearney after he came through the finish.

Kearney, whose previous best World Cup finish was fifth in Valmalenco in 2012, was joined on the podium by Omar Visintin of Italy in second and Alex Pullin of Australia in third.

It was a tight battle for the women and in the end, Jacobellis added to her stunning competition resume with her 44^th World Cup podium. Jacobellis fought across the finish line with winner Belle Brockhoff of Australia and second-place finisher Chloe Trespeuch of France. “I’m still trying to improve my riding,” Jacobellis said. “I have to work on my starts, although it was fun to hunt down the girls on the course.”

Other American finishers included, Nate Holland (Squaw Valley, CA) in seventh; Alex Deibold (Boulder, CO) 10th; Faye Gulini (Salt Lake City, UT) 13^th; Nick Baumgartner (Iron River, MI) 16^th; Jonathan Cheever (Saugus, MA) 23^rd; Danielle Steinhoff (Colfax, CA) 27^th; Rosie Mancari (Anchorage, AK) 29^th; Mick Dierdorff (Steamboat Springs, CO) 35^th; Jake Vedder (Pinckney, MI) 41^st; Robert Minghini (Snowshoe, WV) 61^st; Seth Wescott (Sugarloaf, ME) 64^th; and Cole Johnson (Squaw Valley, CA) 65^th.

Lindsey Jacobellis stands in third, behind Belle Brockhoff and Chloe Trespeuch.

The American snowboardcross athletes will be back on course at Montafon on Sunday for the team event.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Hagen Kearney scored his first World Cup win and his first World Cup podium overall.
• Lindsey Jacobellis landed her first World Cup podium of the season with a third-place finish. It was her 44^th career World Cup podium.

QUOTES 
Hagen Kearney
I knew nobody really wanted to go back up there and race again, so I figured I had the edge on everybody - I wanted to do this again. Every time is different, but today I was full on and ready to go as much as I needed to. I knew it would be a tough course to pass, so I gave everything I had in the start. In the second run…I knew they were going for the inside turns again, so I went even closer than in the first final, where I got caught. I felt the heat and that was it. I can’t believe I just won - it’s insane!

Lindsey Jacbellis
It’s definitely nice to start off the season strong after having been surfing a lot in California and stepping back from the intensity of snowboarding and racing for a bit. So getting here to a course that really gets you excited, is fast and pushes your limits. I’m still trying to improve my riding; I have to work on my starts, although it was fun to hunt down the girls on the course.

RESULTS
Women’s Snowboardcross
Men’s Snowboardcross

COPPER MOUNTAIN, CO (Dec. 14, 2016) – The United States Olympic Committee is debuting its first-ever Team USA Winter Champions Series on Dec. 17, with USA Hockey, USA Luge and the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association participating in a single-day television event telecast on NBC and NBCSN.

The three Olympic sport events – big air snowboarding, luge and women’s ice hockey – will be featured in a celebration of Team USA’s path to the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games.

The broadcast of the new Olympic event of big air snowboarding also serves as part of the opening weekend of the 21st season of the Toyota U.S. Grand Prix. Expected to compete are top American athletes Jamie Anderson (South Lake Tahoe, CA.), Julia Marino (Westport, CT), Hailey Langland (San Clemente, CA), Ryan Stassel (Anchorage, AK) and Chas Guldemond (Reno, NV). Copper Mountain – long-time U.S. Grand Prix partner – will host the big air event.

The Viessmann Luge World Cup returns to Park City and the Utah Olympic Park sliding center that hosted the events of the Salt Lake 2002 Olympic Winter Games. The U.S. Women’s National Ice Hockey Team will welcome Canada to USA Hockey Arena in the Detroit suburb of Plymouth, Michigan, for a preview of the upcoming 2017 International Ice Hockey Federation Women’s World Championship to be staged there in early April 2017. 

BROADCAST & TV SCHEDULE (all times in ET)
Sat., Dec. 17
2:30-4:30 p.m. – U.S. Grand Prix big air snowboarding (Copper Mountain, CO), Luge World Cup (Park City, UT) – NBC
4:30-7 p.m. – USA vs. Canada women’s ice hockey (Plymouth, MI) – NBCSN 

COPPER MOUNTAIN, CO (Jan. 13) – The world’s most elite snowboarders and skiers are at Copper Mountain this week for the first stop of the Toyota U.S. Grand Prix tour. Both snowboarders and freeskiers will compete in halfpipe and the snowboarders will also compete in big air.

With a ton of fresh snow falling at Copper Mountain over the last week, the 22-foot Main Vein Superpipe is open and ready for action from the top snowboarders in the world. The big air jump, built adjacent to the Main Vein halfpipe at Copper’s Centre Village, will serve as the first non-scaffolding big air venue featured on the World Cup circuit since Valmalenco, Italy in 2008.

In the halfpipe, watch for competitive performances from Chloe Kim (La Palma, CA), who made history at the Park City Grand Prix in February when she landed back-to-back 1080s and received a perfect score, and Shaun White (Carlsbad, CA). On the men’s side, White may see his greatest competition from 2014 Olympic gold medalist Iouri Podlatchikov of Switzerland, but he will also have to watch out for Americans like the brother duo of Ben and Gabe Ferguson (Bend, OR) and two-time X Games gold medalist Danny Davis (Highland, MI).

Olympic gold medalist Jamie Anderson (South Lake Tahoe, CA) will take to the big air jump, where she will be a heavy favorite after a win at the Winter Dew Tour last weekend. Also coming in hot for the women is 16-year-old Hailey Langland (San Clemente, CA) who placed just behind Anderson in second at the Dew Tour and Julia Marino, who won last season's Big Air at Fenway and was second at November's Olympic test event in Korea. The American men are a deeply talented squad, including: Chas Guldemond (Reno, NV), who is fresh off a fourth-place finish at the Winter Dew Tour; Kyle Mack (West Bloomfield, MI), who is the reigning Burton US Open slopestyle champion; Chris Corning (Silverthorne, CO), who was the overall FIS slopestyle champion in 2016 and Eric Willett (Breckenridge, CO), who won the Park City slopestyle event in February.

The event will offer riders valuable points towards the FIS rankings, as well as the World Snowboard Tour (WST) rankings. Both events will be broadcast on NBC, along with live streaming of the finals on nbcsports.com.

Highlights

• History: Copper Mountain is home to one of the best halfpipes in the world: the Olympic-standard Main Vein superpipe. They have hosted elite-level FIS competitions for many years and held the U.S. Revolution Tour just last week.
• Olympians: A host of U.S. Olympians are scheduled to compete at the Copper stop of the Grand Prix, including two-time gold medalist Shaun White and Sochi champions Jamie Anderson, David Wise and Maddie Bowman.
• Three-time Olympic medalist Kelly Clark was riding at Copper Mountain this week, but was not quite ready to return to competition due to her hip surgery after last season.
• This year’s tour events are slated at top resorts that support the progression of freeskiing and freestyle snowboarding. Copper Mountain, Solitude Mountain Resort and Mammoth Mountain will showcase the best athletes on the highest-quality terrain in the world.
• Partnership: Toyota makes its debut as the title sponsor for the U.S. Grand Prix tour. Toyota, the world’s top automaker, is committed to advanced mobility, with a fleet of vehicles that support the snow and outdoor lifestyle of skiing and snowboarding.
• Sanctioning: Athletes will earn valuable points for multiple lists: Snowboarders will earn FIS points as well as points on the WST Rankings list; skiers will earn FIS points as well as points on the AFP tour.

QUOTES
Eric Willet, Big Air
We’re just coming off of Dew Tour so I feel like I finally got all my tricks back … It’s not like I have to warm up for this; I can go straight into it and get used to the jump. I’ve got my frontside 1440s down—I got that at Dew Tour—so I want to get that here, and then I want to go switch backside 1260 but maybe bigger—we’ll see how the week goes.

Julia Marino, Big Air
The jump is really nice and well-built, so I’m having fun. Everyone always comes out to Colorado and it’s always a great meeting point—it’s super fun to see everyone.

Chas Guldemond, Big Air
I’m just coming off a fourth at Dew Tour so just trying to keep that positive momentum going, stay confident in my riding and good things will come.

Hailey Langland, Big Air
I’m really excited to be here at Copper—I spent the last month in Europe and Korea doing a couple of big airs there and they were all on scaffolding, so I’m excited to be here at Copper where it’s not a scaffolding jump. I think this year especially the Grand Prixs are a little bit more intense because it is leading up to the Olympics. I try to take every contest and treat it like it’s just another day on the hill but it’s definitely a bit more pressure on you when you’re at the Grand Prix and there’s a bunch of different athletes from around the world. It’s a bit nerve-wracking, but I’m excited to see what goes down.

Danny Davis, Halfpipe
It’s a cultural stir fry up at the top of the pipe—there’s a lot of folks up there. It’s nice to see everybody; this is why I like doing contests, I like to see all my friends. It’s really fun to ride some transition again—I’m trying just to get a contest under my belt. I’m not really going to be too concerned about how I do here.

EVENT SCHEDULE
Wed. Dec. 14 - Halfpipe Snowboarding Qualifiers
Thurs. Dec. 15 - Big Air Snowboarding Qualifiers (men)
Fri. Dec. 16 - Big Air Snowboarding Qualifiers (women)
Fri. Dec. 16 - Halfpipe Snowboarding Finals
Sat. Dec. 17 - Big Air Snowboarding Finals

2016-17 TOYOTA U.S. GRAND PRIX BROADCAST SCHEDULE 
(Schedule subject to change)
*live streaming is available on nbcsports.com/live or via the NBC Sports App

Live Streaming
Fri. Dec. 16 - 1:00 p.m. - Halfpipe Snowboarding
Sat. Dec. 17 - 11:30 a.m. - Halfpipe Skiing

Broadcast
Sat. Dec. 17 - 2:30 p.m. - NBC - Big Air Snowboarding (Team USA Winter Champions Series)
Sun. Dec. 18 - 2:00 p.m. - NBC - Halfpipe Snowboarding
Sun. Dec. 18 - 3:00 p.m. - NBC - Halfpipe Skiing