Coming off a strong finish at the FIS World cup in Laax, Switzerland, U.S. Snowboard Rookie Team member Dusty Henricksen proved he’s on a roll and took home the gold in snowboard slopestyle at Leysin Park & Pipe during the Winter Youth Olympic Games Lausanne 2020. Dusty took a commanding lead with a score of 96.33, 11 points ahead of Canada’s Liam Brearley, who earned silver. Switzerland’s Nick Puenter rounded out the podium with the bronze.

“I’m at a loss for words,” said Dusty. “It’s been such a crazy experience since I arrived in Lausanne and I’m super stoked to be representing Team USA. I’m super grateful to have this once in a lifetime experience competing out here and hyped to walk away with the gold. I honestly couldn’t ask for more.”

Teammate Jack Coyne had a solid top-ten finish landing in eighth place.

In women’s slopestyle Ty Schnorrbush led Team USA into sixth place followed by teammate Courtney Rummel in seventh. Belgium’s Evy Poppe took the gold followed by Netherland’s Melissa Peperkemp with silver and Switzerland’s Bianca Gisler earned the bronze.

U.S. Snowboard Rookie Team member Tessa Maud finished just shy of the podium during Monday’s halfpipe competition. She earned fourth place behind Switzerland’s Bernice Wicki in third, Manon Kaji in second and Mitsuki Ono in first for Japan. For the men, Jack, who was pulling double duty in slopestyle and halfpipe, earned another top-ten result with a solid fifth-place finish. 

Snowboard competition will continue in Lausanne, Switzerland, with men's and women's big air finals on Wednesday. 

RESULTS
Men's snowboard slopestyle
Women's snowboard slopestyle
Men's snowboard halfpipe
Women's snowboard halfpipe
 

U.S. Snowboard Pro Team member Taylor Gold rounded out the podium at the 2020 Laax Open halfpipe finals in third place by landing the first-ever double Michalchuk 1080 in snowboard halfpipe competition. 

“I was so stoked to put my new trick in a run,” said Taylor. “To end up in third was unreal. It feels like I finally got some redemption for three years of dealing with my knee injury.”

Taylor’s result serves as his fourth World Cup podium, and his first since 2015. A top-three finish at the Laax Open, arguably Europe’s pinnacle park and pipe snowboarding event, should be a confidence builder moving forward into the remainder of the season. 

“Taylor’s never been done double Michalchuk 1080 was the perfect way to end a classic Taylor Gold run,” said U.S. Snowboard Halfpipe Pro Team Head Coach Rick Bower. “Huge amplitude, unmatched style, and textbook execution are what Taylor is known for. It has been an epic five-year battle returning from a shattered knee cap, but now the world knows Taylor Gold is back.”

U.S. Snowboard team rider Chase Blackwell finished in a respectable sixth place, followed U.S. Rookie Team rider Jason Wolle in seventh. Jason showed great confidence in only his second World Cup final ever with huge amplitude in a run that resembled controlled chaos from top to bottom. 

In a very familiar scenario, Australian Scotty James continued his winning streak from January of 2018 to remain the FIS Cup Standings leader. Yuto Totsuka of Japan finished in second place. 

FIS Snowboard World Cup halfpipe competition will continue after X Games next week in Aspen, Colo. at the Land Rover U.S. Grand Prix at Mammoth Mountain Ski Area where halfpipe qualifications are set to go down on Jan. 29, followed by finals on Jan. 31. 

RESULTS
Men’s snowboard halfpipe
Women’s snowboard halfpipe

CUP STANDINGS
Men’s snowboard halfpipe
Women’s snowboard halfpipe
 

U.S. Snowboard Pro Team member Julia Marino topped the podium at the 2020 Laax Open in Switzerland at the first of five FIS Snowboard slopestyle World Cups set to take place over the remainder of the season.

“It feels so good just to break what feels like the ‘just outside of the podium curse’ here in Laax,” said a very relieved Julia. “It’s been so fun. The course and the weather have been amazing. I don’t think I have ever had so much fun at slope contest.”

After finishing fourth two years in a row, Julia put down a beautiful first run that would hold for the top spot. Slopestyle and Big Air Pro Team Head Coach Dave Reynolds was extremely happy about Julia’s performance. 

“Julia has been riding better than ever,” said Dave. “She is focussed and has the best attitude. I can’t wait to see what’s next. She learned the back 900 in our Park City Camp just before this event and it’s awesome to see her put it down in her winning run.”

For the men, 2018 Olympic gold medalist Red Gerard, and Judd Henkes earned second and third respectively. 

“What a crazy first event,” said Red. “Having the first major slopestyle event of year be in mid-January is much different. The entire crew was fully dialed and riding at the highest level. I’m stoked I could put one down to land on the podium and I look forward to X Games next week.”

Red was able to land a new trick in his run with the switch backside triple cork 1440 as part of his highest-scoring first run. In addition, Judd earned his second World Cup podium with two 1440s and proved he will likely be no stranger to the podium this season. 

The vibe between the whole U.S. Snowboard Team was incredibly supportive and positive throughout the entire Laax Open slopestyle program. Combined, the nine U.S. riders competing in finals put on a show for the Swiss crowd. 

Catch the full slopestyle show on NBCSN at 8 p.m. EST Friday. Competition in Laax will continue Saturday with halfpipe finals. 

RESULTS
Men’s snowboard slopestyle
Women’s snowboard slopestyle

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

SNOWBOARD
Friday, Jan. 17
8:00 p.m. - FIS Snowboard Slopestyle World Cup - Laax, Switzerland - NBCSN-TV

Saturday, Jan. 18
11:30 a.m. - FIS Snowboard Halfpipe World Cup - Laax, Switzerland - Olympic Channel-TV and NBC Sports Gold

Seventeen Americans will be dropping in at the fourth annual Seiser Alm Legends FIS Freeski and Snowboard World Cup in Italy. Freeskiers are set to kick off the program Jan 17-18 and snowboarders will close it out Jan 22-23. U.S Freeski Pro Team member Willie Borm can’t wait for the action to get started.

“I’m super pumped to be going to Italy for the Seiser Alm World Cup,” said Willie. “I’ve actually never even been to Italy before, so I’ve been looking forward to this competition for a long time. It’s also my first slopestyle competition back since my knee injury back in February. The course in Seiser Alm looks super low impact, which is going to be perfect for my knee. I’m extremely pumped for a great week ahead of us.”
 

Joining Willie from the U.S. Freeski Team are pro team members Alex Hall and Colby Stevenson, who are coming hot off a one-two finish at U.S. Freeski Team alumnus Tom Wallisch’s “Steel City Showdown” in Seven Springs, Penn. last weekend. Also competing are U.S. Freeski Team members Nick Goepper, Caroline Claire, Deven Fagan, Marin Hamill, Rell Harwood, as well as Americans Tim Ryan and Ryan Stevenson. 

For the snowboarders, U.S. Snowboard Team member Ryan Stassel and Sean FitzSimons will lead the way. Americans Isabella Gomez, Storm Rowe, and Dave Retzlaff will also compete. 
 

Last year both Ryan and Sean put on a great display of riding, finishing fourth and seventh respectively. Back in familiar territory, they’ll be looking to improve on their performances this year to step on their first podiums of the season. 

SCHEDULE
Friday, Jan. 17 - Men’s and women’s freeski qualifications
Saturday, Jan. 18 - Men’s and women’s freeski finals
Wednesday, Jan. 22 - Men’s and women’s snowboard qualifications
Thursday, Jan. 23 - Men’s and women’s snowboard finals 

CUP STANDINGS
Men’s freeski slopestyle
Women’s freeski slopestyle

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

FREESKI 
Saturday, Jan. 18
5:20 a.m. - FIS Freeski Slopestyle World Cup - Seiser Alm, Italy - Olympic Channel and NBC Sports Gold
9:30 a.m. - FIS Freeski Slopestyle World Cup - Seiser Alm, Italy - Olympic Channel-TV*

All streams will be available via desktop (NBCSports.com/Gold and OlympicChannel.com) as well as mobile, tablet and connected television platforms. The NBC Sports and Olympic Channel app are available on the Apple App Store, Google Play, Windows Store, Roku Channel Store, Apple TV and Amazon Fire.
 

Twelve slopestyle and 10 halfpipe riders will represent the U.S. at the fifth edition of the Laax Open FIS Snowboard World Cup Jan. 13-18 in Switzerland. 

“The Laax Open brings all kinds of snowboarders together,” said Reto Gurtner, President & CEO of LAAX ski resort. “The top riders, the amateurs, rising stars, the next generation of jibbers and all the boarder families. It’s a mountain lifestyle affair!”

The event serves as the first FIS Snowboard World Cup slopestyle of the season and the third of five World Cup halfpipe events. In halfpipe, Australian phenom Scotty James currently has a stronghold on the cup standings, but returning Laax Open third-place finisher from 2019, Jake Pates, will be looking to break Scotty’s winning streak, which includes the entire 2018-19 season and well as this season’s Land Rover U.S. Grand Prix at Copper Mountain, Colo. and the Secret Garden World Cup in China. 
 

In slopestyle, men’s competition is already underway and U.S. Rookie Team member Dusty Henricksen qualified first in his heat and will compete in his first-ever World cup final. Joining Dusty in finals are U.S. Pro Team riders Sean FitzSimons, Judd Henkes, Lyon Farrell, Ryan Stassel, Luke Winkelmann, Kyle Mack, and Olympic gold medalist Red Gerard. With last year’s defending champion Chris Corning just missing the cut to the finals, a new champion will be crowned in Friday’s final. 
 

Competition continues all week long. See a full event schedule below. 

SCHEDULE/RESULTS
Monday, Jan. 13 - Men’s slopestyle qualifications
Tuesday, Jan. 14 - Women’s slopestyle qualifications
Wednesday, Jan. 15 - Men’s halfpipe qualifications
Thursday, Jan. 16 - Women’s halfpipe qualifications
Friday, Jan. 17 - Men’s and Women’s slopestyle finals
Saturday, Jan. 18 - Men’s and Women’s halfpipe finals 

ATHLETES
Slopestyle
Chris Corning
Luke Winkelmann
Dusty Henricksen
Red Gerard
Judd Henkes
Lyon Farrell
Ryan Stassel
Sean FitzSimons
Kyle Mack
Julia Marino
Hailey Langland
Ty Schnorrbusch

Halfpipe
Toby Miller
Chase Josey
Jake Pates
Ryan Wachendorfer
Chase Blackwell
Jason Wolle
Lucas Foster
Taylor gold
Josh Bowman
Maddie Mastro

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

SNOWBOARD
Friday, Jan. 17
6:00 a.m. - FIS Snowboard Slopestyle World Cup - Laax, Switzerland - Olympic Channel-TV and NBC Sports Gold
8:00 p.m. - FIS Snowboard Slopestyle World Cup - Laax, Switzerland - NBCSN-TV

Saturday, Jan. 18
11:30 a.m. - FIS Snowboard Halfpipe World Cup - Laax, Switzerland - Olympic Channel-TV and NBC Sports Gold
 

The final stop of the Land Rover U.S. Grand Prix will be held at Mammoth Mountain Ski Area in California’s Eastern Sierra Jan. 29-Feb. 1. The event will host men and women’s FIS World Cup halfpipe and slopestyle competition. 

Mammoth Mountain has proved its ability to breed talent and foster a culture of athletic development that almost seems embedded in the mountain’s DNA. Mixed with a healthy amount of natural snowfall and the world-class Unbound Terrain Parks, it’s the perfect formula to set athletes up for success. Over the years, you can see evidence of these elements coming to fruition through groundbreaking athletic performances and milestone moments. 

Mammoth’s ties to U.S. Olympic Freeski and Snowboard Team selections are second to none. Mammoth has hosted the Grand Prix more than 10 times, and has been fortunate enough to name our Olympic athletes three times including in 1998—the first year the Olympics hosted snowboard halfpipe as an official event. Mammoth also hosted the final qualifying event before the 2014 and 2018 Olympic Winter Games. Furthermore, the U.S. Snowboard Team has been utilizing Mammoth’s amazing terrain and facilities since early 2001, when halfpipe coach Pete del Giudice took Ross Powers and Kelly Clark to Mammoth to train prior to the 2002 Salt Lake City Games. It’s evident Mammoth had something to offer as both Ross and Kelly went on to win Olympic halfpipe gold medals.

Kelly’s journey with Mammoth came full circle when she qualified for her fifth and final Olympic team in 2018 at her home resort, under the lights, complete with fireworks and an amazing high-energy crowd. Joining Kelly that night to celebrate their Olympic nominations was Shaun White and Chloe Kim, who both went on to take home gold medals in Pyeongchang. Chloe and Shaun both call Mammoth Mountain their home resort, so it was fitting that their training and official nominations took place under the shadow of the 11,053 ft peak. 

There are countless athlete achievements that have taken place at Mammoth Mountain by U.S. Ski & Snowboard athletes thanks to over a decade long training and event partnership with Mammoth Mountain. Chloe, who is the only woman to ever land back-to-back 1080’s in the halfpipe, revealed she learned a 1260 at Mammoth along with most of her other big tricks. U.S. Snowboard Pro team athlete Maddie Mastro put the double crippler to her feet for the first time at a spring training camp at Mammoth in 2018. Maddie went on to land this trick at the Burton U.S. Open the following year to make history landing the first-ever double crippler by a female snowboarder in competition and win the event. In June of 2018, three-time Olympic medalist Jamie Anderson landed her first double-cork 900 with the safety net of the airbag. This trick has since contributed to Jamie adding another Winter X Games gold medal to her collection in 2018 in Aspen, Colo. 

The men also have no shortage of progression and career firsts at Mammoth Mountain. Over the past few years amazing moments have unfolded, including American freeskier Kyle Smaine earning his first-ever World Cup victory in the last competition of his career at the 2018 Mammoth Grand Prix, narrowly missing qualifying for the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympic Winter Games. In 2019, U.S. Freeski Pro Team members Birk Irving and Mac Forehand earned their first-ever World Cup victories at the Mammoth U.S. Grand Prix. 

On the snowboard side, Judd Henkes also earned himself his first-ever World Cup podium, finishing second behind Gerard in 2019. This past spring, U.S. Snowboard Team veteran Taylor Gold was able to find the rotation on a Michalchuck 1080 into the airbag. Since then, Gold is the first rider to ever land it in the halfpipe, but has yet to attempt the trick in competition. 

The progression at the Mammoth Mountain Grand Prix is not limited to athlete performances, but also in their willingness and ability to host pinnacle events. During the 2016-17 season, U.S. Ski & Snowboard broke the mold of the Olympic qualification process by hosting an Olympic selection event the season prior to the 2018 Pyeongchang Games as a result of athlete feedback following the 2014 Sochi Games. Essentially, this made Mammoth the first and last stop on the road to Pyeongchang for U.S. Freeski and Snowboard athletes. 

These key moments only brush the surface of the rich history and culture surrounding Mammoth Mountain and the U.S. Grand Prix. Mammoth Mountain and U.S. Ski & Snowboard invite you to join us Jan. 29 - Feb. 1 for four days of snowboard and freeski slopestyle and halfpipe competition. If you can make it to Mammoth, be sure to tune in on NBC to catch all the action.

EVENT SCHEDULE

FREESKI
Wednesday, Jan. 29 - Slopestyle Qualifiers
Thursday, Jan. 30 - Halfpipe Qualifiers 
Friday,  Jan. 31 - Slopestyle Finals
Saturday, Feb. 1 - Halfpipe Finals

SNOWBOARD
Wednesday, Jan. 29 - Halfpipe Qualifiers
Thursday, Jan. 30 - Slopestyle Qualifiers 
Friday,  Jan. 31 - Halfpipe Finals
Saturday, Feb. 1 - Slopestyle Finals

HOW TO WATCH
Subject to change
All times EST
*Same-day delayed broadcast
** Next-day broadcast

FREESKI
Friday, Jan. 31
12:30 p.m. - Men and women’s slopestyle, Land Rover U.S. Grand Prix, Mammoth, Calif. - NBCSN, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports Gold.

Saturday, Feb. 1
6:35 a.m. - Men and women’s skicross, Megeve, FRA - Olympic Channel.com, NBC Sports Gold
4:00 p.m. - Men and women’s halfpipe, Land Rover U.S. Grand Prix, Mammoth, Calif. - Olympic Channel.com, NBC Sports Gold

Sunday, Feb. 2
3:00 p.m. - Men and women’s halfpipe, Land Rover U.S. Grand Prix, Mammoth, Calif. - NBC**

SNOWBOARD
Friday, Jan. 31
4:00 p.m. - Men and women’s halfpipe, Land Rover U.S. Grand Prix, Mammoth, Calif. - NBCSN, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports Gold

Saturday, Feb. 1
1:00 p.m. - Men and women’s slopestyle, Land Rover U.S. Grand Prix, Mammoth, Calif. - NBCSN, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports Gold
5:00 p.m. - Men and women’s halfpipe, Land Rover U.S. Grand Prix, Mammoth, Calif. - NBC**
11:30 p.m. - Men and women’s halfpipe, Land Rover U.S. Grand Prix, Mammoth, Calif. - NBCSN**

Note: All televised events to stream across NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app, OlympicChannel.com, and Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA app, Exclusive commercial-free coverage will be available for subscribers of the NBC Sports Gold Pass, available here: https://www.nbcsports.com/gold/snow.

MEDIA APPLICATION
 

The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) today announced finalists for the Team USA Awards, Best of December, which recognize the outstanding achievements of Team USA athletes from last month. Four U.S. Ski & Snowboard athletes are nominated: Tommy Ford, Chris Corning, Aaron Blunck and Mikaela Shiffrin. In addition, the women's cross country 4x5 kilometer relay team of Sophie Caldwell, Sadie Maubet Bjornsen, Rosie Brennan and Jessie Diggins, was nominated.

Fans are invited to vote for their favorite athletes and teams at TeamUSA.org/Awards through midnight Tuesday, Jan. 7.  

U.S. Ski & Snowboard Nominations

Male Athlete of the Month

Aaron Blunck, Freestyle Skiing

Clinched the gold medal in halfpipe for the second straight year at the U.S. Grand Prix world cup in Copper Mountain, Colorado, and earned silver at the world cup in Secret Garden, China.

Chris Corning, Snowboarding

Clinched his seventh career season title by taking bronze in big air at the world cup in Beijing and additionally won gold at the world cup in Atlanta, delivering the first-ever quad cork 1800 on a scaffold big air jump.

Tommy Ford, Alpine Skiing

Won gold in giant slalom at the world cup in Beaver Creek, Colorado, clinching the first win by an American man in nearly three years.

Female Athlete of the Month

Mikaela Shiffrin, Alpine Skiing

Won her fourth straight world cup on U.S. snow in slalom in Killington, Vt., by a margin of 2.29 seconds—her biggest victory gap in three years—and capped the month by sweeping two world cup races in Lienz, Austria, to bring her career total to 64 wins, matching Lindsey Vonn’s record for most women’s world cup victories in one discipline with 43 slalom wins.

Team of the Month

U.S. Women’s 4x5-kilometer Relay, Cross-Country Skiing
The relay squad of Sophie Caldwell, Sadie Maubet Bjornsen, Rosie Brennan and Jessie Diggins took silver at the world cup in Lillehammer, Norway, matching the best world cup podium finish for Team USA in the event.

Selection Process
Each National Governing Body may nominate one female, one male and one team per sport discipline. An internal nominating committee selects finalists to advance to the voting round. Votes received from NGB representatives and select members of the media account for 50% of the final tally, with the other half determined by online fan voting via TeamUSA.org/Awards.

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The first U.S. Rev Tour FIS NorAm stop of the season took place at Copper Mountain Dec. 16-21 and young freeskiers and snowboarders kicked off their season with style. The event kicked off with two days of snowboard halfpipe competition on Dec. 17 and 18. 

U.S. Snowboard Rookie Team member Jack Coyne started the event with a second-place. “I’m super stoked to be here at the Rev Tour,” said Jack. "There’s more camaraderie than any other event I’ve been to and I’m so happy to be here with everybody.” 

Third place finisher Rakai Tait of Australia could not have been more excited for winner Shuichiro Shigeno. “It’s so great to be out here among all the up-and-coming riders,” said Rakai. “I’m stoked for Shuichiro. It was so rad to see his excitement on top of the podium.” 

American Zoe Kalapos finished in second place.  “It was so much fun,” said Zoe. “I was really cold in the morning, but I was really excited to ride," said Zoe. "The pipe was great and the girls were all sending so it turned out to be a really great contest.” 

Men
1. Shuichiro Shigeno (JPN)
2. Jack Coyne (USA)
3. Rakai Tait (AUS)

Women
1. Brooke Dhondt (CAN)
2. Zoe Kalapos (USA)
3. Manon Kaji (JPN)

On day two of snowboard halfpipe, U.S. Snowboard Team member Lucas Foster found his way to the podium. “It was a great couple days of snowboarding,” said Lucas. “ I did some of the best runs that I’ve ever done and that’s all I really care to do. To be on the podium is just icing on the cake. All we ever really want to do is just do our personal best out here.” 

For the women, U.S. Snowboard Rookie Team member Tessa Maud finished in second place.  “It was so much fun,” said Tessa. “All the ladies were killing it as always. Finals were so stacked for both men’s and women’s fields. I’m lucky to be on the team and to have my family, friends, and J.J. (JJ Thomas - U.S. Snowboard Development Team Coach) supporting me!”

Men
1. Kaushi Hirano (JPN)
2. Rakai Tait (AUS)
3. Lucas Foster (USA)

Women
1. Manon Kaji (JPN)
2. Tessa Maud (USA)
3. Takara Tamada (JPN)

Freeski halfpipe competition kicked off on Dec. 20 where Zoe Atkin won day one of freeski competition going back-to-back after also winning the Land Rover U.S. Grand Prix World Cup at Copper only one week earlier. 

Riley Jacobs earned third place. “It was a really fun day,” said Riley. “We got to go out early and I was excited because it was my first competition of the year after coming back from an injury.  It was really fun trying to get out and throw some tricks I hadn’t done in a while and to see all of these great people." 

For the men, American Aaron Durlester rounded out the men’s podium in third place. 

Men
1. Andrew Longino (CAN)
2. Jon Sallinen (FIN)
3. Aaron Durlester (USA)

Women
1. Zoe Atkin (GBR)
2. Amy Fraser (CAN)
3. Riley Jacobs (USA)

On day two of freeski competition, Zoe extended her winning streak to three. “Everyone killed it these last two days,” said Zoe. “I had such a great time and it was a really great competition.” 

Also, Amy Fraser was ecstatic to be at Copper Mountain. “I’m stoked to come away happy and healthy,” said Amy. “It’s so rad that Copper has their pipe open and running so early in the season and holds these events for us. I’m stoked to be down here skiing in the USA.” 

For the men, Americans Lennon Vaughan and Tristan Feinberg finished in second and third respectively. Andrew Longino won the event for the second day in a row. 

“I’m super-stoked to stand on the podium two days in a row,” said Andrew. “I’ve never gotten to do that. This is actually my first Rev Tour podium in my life so it’s awesome, and after two beautiful days of skiing, I’m super happy to be out here with all my friends at an all-around a great weekend at Copper."

Men
1. Andrew Longino (CAN)
2. Lennon Vaughan (USA)
3. Tristan Feinberg (USA)

Women
1. Zoe Atkin (GBR) 
2. Rachael Anderson (CAN)
3. Amy Fraser (CAN)

The next Rev Tour stop will be at Mammoth Mountain Ski Area Feb. 4-9 for slopestyle, halfpipe, and big air competition. 

FULL RESULTS
 

Chris Corning made history Friday night at the Visa Big Air presented by Land Rover at SunTrust Park in Atlanta, Ga. Not only did he win the first-ever internationally sanctioned ski and snowboard event in the southeast, but he also landed the first-ever quad cork 1800 on a scaffold big air jump. 

“I feel great right now and I’m very happy to be alive after that,” Chris said jokingly. “It’s always scary trying it because I really don’t ever do it in practice or anything like that. I have to get pumped up to do that trick and let go of anything I’m thinking about. Also, it’s really cool to go to a place I have never been and take in the atmosphere. It was great to see how many people showed up and feel that support.”

 

 

 

 

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Coming into the third and final run, Chris was in second place behind Canada’s Nicholas Laframboise, who was right on Corning’s tail in the FIS World Cup big air standings in second. With Friday’s competition representing the final World Cup big air of the season, there was a lot riding on the last jump of the night. Chris swept the pressure aside and cemented himself in the snowboard history books, securing the victory, the Visa Best Trick award, and the FIS World Cup Big Air Crystal Globe. Remarkably, this is the seventh Crystal Globe of his career. 

U.S. Snowboard Team member Judd Henkes landed a backside triple cork 1620 on his third and final run to move into a respectable fourth place and locked down the only other trick to score in the 90’s throughout the night outside of Chris. The Atlanta crowd absolutely erupted in approval. Also, teammate Sean FitzSimons landed a pair of triple corks to solidify fifth place. The men’s U.S. Snowboard Team put on an incredible performance in a heated World Cup final. 

Nicolas finished in second place at the event and in the overall World Cup standings. Japan’s Ryoma Kimata finished third. 

For the women, U.S. Snowboard Team member and Olympian Julia Marino finished just outside of the podium. She certainly put on a show for the Atlanta fans, landing a cab double underflip to kick off the night on her first run. Although Jamie Andreson qualified through to finals, she elected not to compete after taking a fall during training. 

Japanese riders Reira Iwabuchi and Kokomo Murase finished first and second respectively, while Canada’s Brooke Voigt rounded out the podium in third. 

Competition will continue at SunTrust Park Saturday with men and women’s freeski qualifications, followed by the finals. Join us at SunTrust Park or tune in on NBCSN at 7 p.m. EST to catch the action live. 

RESULTS
Women’s snowboard big air
Men’s snowboard big air

FINAL CUP STANDINGS
Women’s snowboard big air
Men’s snowboard big air

HOW TO WATCH
All times EST

SNOWBOARD
Saturday, Dec. 21
3:00 p.m. - Visa Big Air Presented by Land Rover - NBC**

FREESKI
Saturday, Dec. 21
7:00 p.m. - Visa Big Air Presented by Land Rover, Atlanta - NBCSN, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports Gold

Sunday, Dec. 22
3:00 p.m. - Visa Big Air Presented by Land Rover, Atlanta - NBC*

*Same-day broadcast
**Next-day broadcast

Note: All televised events to stream across NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app, OlympicChannel.com, and Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA app

Exclusive commercial-free coverage will be available for subscribers of the NBC Sports Gold Pass, available here: https://www.nbcsports.com/gold/snow.

With one FIS Snowboardcross World Cup under their belt in Montafon, Austria, members of the U.S. Snowboardcross Team head to Cervinia, Italy for their second stop on the tour. 

In the course of two years of organizing the FIS Snowboard Cross World Cup, Italy’s Cervinia resort proved itself as a top-tier World Cup venue, with the course’s huge, sweeping turns and multiple passing areas lending themselves to thrilling back-and-forth racing throughout the competition. 

Lindsey Jacobellis will lead the way for the U.S. following a solid fifth-place finish at the first race of the year in Austria. After just missing the big final in Montafon, and knowing Lindsey’s fearless determination, she will surely be looking to add another podium to her collection in Cervinia. 

For the men, Hagen Kearney is coming off a respectable 10th-place finish in Montafon followed by teammates Jake Vedder and Nick Baumgartner in eleventh and twelfth respectively. Cervinia will be a great opportunity to break through into the semi-final rounds of competition. 

U.S. Snowboardcross Team
Men
Hagen Kearney
Nick Baumgartner
Alex Deibold
Mick Dierdorff
Jake Vedder
Senna Leith
Mikey Lacroix

Women
Lindsey Jacobellis
Faye Gulini
Rosie Mancari
Livia Molodyh
Stacy Gaskill

Americans
Jonathan Cheever
Cole Johnson
 

HOW TO WATCH
All Times in EST

Saturday, Dec. 21
4:50 a.m. - Men and women’s snowboardcross, Cervinia, ITA - Olympic Channel.com, NBC Sports Gold
10:00 a.m. - Men and women’s snowboardcross, Cervinia, ITA - Olympic Channel*
 

*Same-day broadcast
**Next-day broadcast

Note: All televised events to stream across NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app, OlympicChannel.com, and Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA app. Exclusive commercial-free coverage will be available for subscribers of the NBC Sports Gold Pass, available here: https://www.nbcsports.com/gold/snow.