Double-Olympic gold medalist Jamie Anderson continued her hot-streak at the 2020 Dew Tour Thursday at Copper Mountain, Colo. Jamie led Team Oakley in the Team Challenge competition and earned her third win in three weeks.  

“I’m stoked on Team Oakley grabbing the win today,” said Jamie. “The Team Challenge was super fun. It’s a really light vibe and a good atmosphere with all your friends. It felt great to have the whole Oakley Team out there supporting me. This event truly embodies the spirit of snowboarding.” 

The Dew Tour Team Challenge consists of slopestyle, modified superpipe, and street style competition. Jamie was pulling double duty representing her team in both slopestyle and the street portion, yet she was able to win each competition and work towards the victory for Team Oakley. Today also marked the first time the world’s best female athletes represented their brands in the event alongside a male counterpart. 

On the freeskiing end of the Team Challenge, no U.S. Freeski Team members walked away with a team victory, but there were some notable highlights. Representing Team Faction, Alex Hall was the winner of the slopestyle portion and landed a beautiful 270 on front side 630 off with a tail tap. Also, back-to-back X Games Aspen gold medalist Alex Ferreira landed a massive double-flat 720 with Japan grab out of the quarter pipe, and into the traditional portion of the superpipe despite speed challenges. 

Team Volkl, led by captain Hunter Hess, was the host to U.S. Freeski Rookie Team member Grace Henderson’s Dew Tour competition debut. With Alex, veteran and two-time Olympic medalist Nick Goepper, U.S. Freeski Rookie Team member Marin Hamill, and the 2018 Olympic slopestyle gold medalist Oystein Braaten from Norway, they may have very well been having more fun than anyone. 

“I put in a lot of work out here,” said Hunter jokingly as he didn’t compete in any element of the Team Challenge contest. “The results today mainly fall on me, it’s all on my shoulders.”

The Team Challenge competition seemed to have temporarily lifted significant pressure off many of the athlete’s shoulders. Even Grace, who was competing in her first-ever Dew Tour, was all smiles during the halfpipe competition. 

“This has been super fun,” said Grace. “This is actually my first pipe event and I would never think it would be at Dew Tour. I’m happy to be here with Alex and Nick trying to crush it for Team Volkl.”

While last week’s Land Rover U.S. Grand Prix resembled pristine spring conditions, day one of Dew Tour kicked off with relentless snowfall causing the cancellation of both snowboard and freeski slopestyle qualifications. However, the day finished strong with a complete freeski and snowboard Team Challenge program. Although skiers and riders only competed on the first four-features (rails) during the slopestyle portion of the competition due to challenging conditions, it still made for a great day of powdery competition. 

Competition continues on Friday with the women’s ski modified superpipe final. Head out to Copper Mountain or tune in live to catch all the action.

RESULTS
Snowboard and Freeski Team Challenge

ROSTERS
Snowboard Team Challenge
Freeski Team Challenge

HOW TO WATCH 
Winter Dew Tour will be live-streamed in its entirety on DewTour.com, Facebook Live, YouTube
Subject to change
All times MST

FREESKI
Friday, Feb. 7
12:30 p.m. - Women’s Ski Modified Superpipe Final - Copper Mountain, Colo. 

Saturday, Feb. 8
1:00 p.m. - Men’s Ski Slopestyle Final - Copper Mountain, Colo. 
3:00 p.m. - Women’s Ski Streetstyle Final - Copper Mountain, Colo. 
5:45 p.m. - Men’s Ski Streetstyle Final - Copper Mountain, Colo. 

Sunday, Feb. 9
9:00 a.m. - Men’s Ski Modified Superpipe Final - Copper Mountain, Colo.
2:00 p.m. - Women’s Ski Slopestyle Final - Copper Mountain, Colo. 

SNOWBOARD
Saturday, Feb. 8
9:00 a.m. - Women’s Snowboard Modified Superpipe Final - Copper Mountain, Colo. 
10:45 a.m. - Men’s Snowboard Slopestyle Final - Copper Mountain, Colo. 
3:45 p.m. - Women’s Snowboard Streetstyle Final - Copper Mountain, Colo. 
6:45 p.m. - Men’s Snowboard Streetstyle Final - Copper Mountain, Colo. 

Sunday, Feb. 9 
10:45 a.m. - Men’s Snowboard Modified Superpipe Final - Copper Mountain, Colo. 
12:30 p.m. - Women’s Snowboard Slopestyle Final - Copper Mountain, Colo.
 

Freestyle returns home this week with the 2020 Intermountain Healthcare Freestyle International at Deer Valley Resort.

The action kicks off Thursday night with moguls under the lights on Champion Ski Run, known as the champion maker. Athletes who podium on Champion are likely those you’ll see on the next Olympic podium. One of the steepest and longest courses on the circuit, this is a U.S. Team favorite - it’s fast and it’s fun. 

On the women’s side, watch for Jaelin Kauf, fastest woman in mogul skiing, as she progresses her run, with the addition of a cork 7. Deer Valley could be where she skis it well enough to add more World Cup hardware to her arsenal, which includes 13 podiums, six of which are victories. Hannah Soar is having a phenomenal season, claiming her first World Cup podium - a third place in dual moguls in Thaiwoo, China, and making four out of five finals. Tess Johnson is looking to bring the heat, as she’s been working in a new trick to her package: a heli mute grab. It’s improved at every event she’s skied and the hometown crowd at Deer Valley could be just what she needs for a major breakthrough. Rookie Kai Owens will be making her third and fourth career World Cup starts. Kai was the youngest American to start in a moguls World Cup when she made her debut in Tremblant, Quebec, and has made finals in both events she has competed. 

For the men, Deer Valley athlete Brad Wilson is looking forward to competing on home snow. “The competition here is so awesome, it’s the best stop on tour,” said Brad. “Deer Valley does the best job hosting us. The course on Champion is also legendary. Almost all of the greatest athletes in the history of our sport have competed here and we get to be a part of that legacy. I look forward to ripping some runs on Champion and getting to be a part of that legacy.”

Jesse Andringa is looking to break into the finals, he’s skiing with fun and confidence and still riding the high of his awesome dual against Canada's Mikael Kingsbury in China. Also looking to break into finals are rookie Team members Alex Lewis, and Nick Page, the hometown crowd and support could just be what these two need to make it happen. These will be both Alex and Nick’s sixth and seventh World Cup starts, and their first World Cup event on Champion. Tom Rowley, in his third competition back from injury, will look to prove himself back in the top ranks. Also returning from injury is Emerson Smith, competing in his first World Cup start since 2018.

Joining the U.S. Ski Team are athletes from regional programs. As the host nation, the U.S. has additional quota start opportunities and is fielding 17 U.S. athletes. Local Wasatch Freestyle skiers Madison and Kasey Hogg will be making their World Cup debuts in front of their friends, family, and community. Steamboat Winter Sports Club skiers Maggie Ryan and Landon Wendler will also be making their World Cup debuts Thursday. Former U.S. Ski Team athlete Bruce Perry, Jr. (Squaw Valley Ski Team) is climbing his way back into World Cup ranks after taking some time off during the 2017-2018 season. Kalman Heims (Killington Mountain School) will have his fifth and sixth World Cup starts.

Competition continues Friday night with the world’s best aerial skiers launching themselves off of the double and triple kickers to perform quadruple twisting backflips. This is the first World Cup competition for the U.S. team this season as they elected not to compete in China last December and the Moscow event was postponed until Feb. 15. Competing at Deer Valley as the first event of the season sets the Team up for success with home snow advantage and a roaring crowd. The aerials’ season only has them traveling further and further from home as they compete in places like Kazakhstan and Siberia. 

Leading the Americans is veteran, 3-time Olympian and 2017 World Champion Ashley Caldwell. Known for being one of the few women who jump the triple, Ashley has a multi-year plan going into the next Olympic cycle and is taking this year to compete doubles and let her body heal from previous injuries in order to make her stronger for next season. Top-ranked American Eric Loughran is amped on the Deer Valley course. “I’m feeling great, the sun was shining, it’s been an awesome day,” said Eric of the first day of training. “My jumping is going awesome. The hometown crowd is pretty sweet, seeing all of my friends up here on the landing is going to be awesome. Getting to be able to compete in front of Park City is amazing.”

Chris Lillis has been crushing it in training this extended prep period, and if he jumps like he has been, he will be a podium contender. Teammate and brother Jon Lillis is looking solid and landed all of his jumps during Day 1 of training. Justin Schoenefeld, who finished his first World Cup season last year ranked 10th, has been strong in training as well. This will be Justin’s first Deer Valley start. Veteran skier Alex Bowen has been putting in the work this season and is eager to fight for podiums. Nick Novak will look to score World Cup points. Also making his Deer Valley debut is rookie member Quinn Dehlinger, who was all smiles after day one of training, landing all of his jumps.

On the women’s side Winter Vinecki, who finished last season ranked seventh, is showing good form and landing qualities, and if she performs how she has been training, she will be a contender for super finals. Morgan Northrop is working on her Full Double Full and we may see her compete it on snow this week. Megan Nick just landed her first Double Full Full on snow last training camp and is excited to potentially perform it under the lights on the White Owl course. Madison Varmette is putting in the work on her Double Full Full. New Team members Kaila Kuhn and Megan Smallhouse are both training hard for what will be their first World Cup start as U.S. Ski Team members. This will be Smallhouse’s first Deer Valley World Cup. (Need a refresher on all-things-aerials? Check out Aerial Skiing 101)

Joining the U.S. Ski Team are two Park City Ski & Snowboard aerial skiers, bringing the total American aerial competitors to 16. Karenna Elliott will be competing in her second-career World Cup and Derek Kreuger will be making his World Cup debut. 

The fun concludes on Saturday night with everyone’s favorite show on snow, dual moguls. Although a crowd and athlete favorite event, dual moguls is not competed at the Olympic Winter Games. Last year’s dual moguls night was one for the books, with three Americans medaling: Brad, silver; Jaelin, silver; and Tess, bronze. The Americans love a good duals night, balancing pushing themselves to the limit to put on a good show with keeping a competitive edge over the rest of the field.

The mogul and aerial skiers of the U.S. Ski Team are primed and ready to show their hometown crowd what they’re made of. As the only domestic stop on the FIS Freestyle World Cup Tour, this is a true homecoming event as many of these athletes call Park City and Utah home. 

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U.S. Starters
Moguls
Jaelin Kauf
Tess Johnson
Hannah Soar
Kai Owens
Kasey Hogg
Madison Hogg
Maggie Ryan
Brad Wilson
Jesse Andringa
Alex Lewis
Nick Page
Tom Rowley
Emerson Smith
Dylan Walczyk
Bruce Perry Jr.
Landon Wendler
Kalman Heims

Aerials 
Ashley Caldwell
Kaila Kuhn
Madison Varmette
Megan Nick
Megan Smallhouse
Morgan Northrop
Winter Vinecki
Karenna Elliott
Alex Bowen
Chris Lillis
Eric Loughran
Jon Lillis
Justin Schoenefeld
Nick Novak
Quinn Dehlinger
Derek Kreuger

HOW TO WATCH
All times EST

FREESTYLE
Thursday, Feb. 6
9:30 p.m. - Intermountain Healthcare Freestyle International men and women’s moguls, Deer Valley, Utah - Olympic Channel, OlympicChannel.com, NBC Sports Gold

Friday, Feb. 7
12:30 a.m. - Intermountain Healthcare Freestyle International men and women’s moguls, Deer Valley, Utah - NBCSN*

9:30 p.m. - Intermountain Healthcare Freestyle International men and women’s aerials, Deer Valley, Utah - NBCSN, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports Gold

Saturday, Feb. 8
3:00 p.m. - Intermountain Healthcare Freestyle International men and women’s moguls and aerials, Deer Valley, Utah - NBC**

9:30 p.m. - Intermountain Healthcare Freestyle International men and women’s dual moguls, Deer Valley, Utah - Olympic Channel, OlympicChannel.com, NBC Sports Gold

Sunday, Feb. 9
3:00 p.m. - Intermountain Healthcare Freestyle International men and women’s dual moguls, Deer Valley, Utah - 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.

The 2020 edition of the winter Dew Tour is set to kick off at a new location this year Feb.6-9 at Copper Mountain, Colo. with modified superpipe, slopestyle and Dew Tour’s signature Team Challenge competition. Although Copper may be a new host to Dew Tour, U.S. Freeski and Snowboard athletes are stepping back into familiar territory. 

“I’m super excited to be heading to Copper Mountain for this year’s Dew Tour,” said U.S. Snowboard Team member Toby Miller. “It’s the first year the event has been here, and I can not wait to see what they have in mind for the modified halfpipe. I can’t think of a better location for this event to be hosted. The Woodward Crew has been doing such an amazing job on their parks and pipes for the last couple of years. This year’s Dew Tour is going to be all time!”

Joining Toby from the U.S. Snowboard Halfpipe Team is last year’s second-place finisher Chase Josey, Jake Pates, and last week’s Mammoth Land Rover U.S. Grand Prix second-place finisher, Taylor Gold. Maddie Mastro, who is also coming off a second-place finish at the Mammoth USGP, will represent the women of the U.S. Snowboard Team. In addition, Jamie Anderson will compete in her first-ever modified superpipe event. Maddie was second at last year’s Dew Tour, and also is coming hot off landing her first double crippler in halfpipe competition since winning the 2019 U.S. Open.

Over in snowboard slopestyle, the U.S. roster is stacked including Olympic gold medalist Red Gerard, Olympic silver medalist Kyle Mack, Lyon Farrell, Luke Winkelmann, and last week’s Grand Prix third-place finisher Judd Henkes. 2020 X Games and Mammoth Grand Prix winner Jamie Anderson will lead with women of the U.S. Snowboard team along with style master Hailey Langland and the 2020 Laax Open Champion Julia Marino. 

The U.S. Freeski Team is not holding back leading into Dew Tour with a strong list of heavy hitters set to compete led by two-time X Games gold medalist and defending Dew Tour champion Alex Ferreira. Joining Alex is the current FIS World Cup Standings leader Aaron Blunck and U.S. Freeski Pro Team members David Wise, Hunter Hess, Lyman Currier, Taylor Seaton and Birk Irving. For the women, Brita Sigourney, Devin Logan and rookie team member Abigale Hansen are set to drop into the Dew Tour modified pipe. 

In slopestyle, the U.S. has a trio of all-stars heading into Dew Tour including last year’s slopestyle silver medalist Alex Hall, two-time Olympic medalist Nick Goepper, and the double 2020 X Games gold medalist Colby Stevenson. Colby is coming into Dew Tour after earning his second podium in two weeks at the Mammoth Grand Prix with a second-place finish. Maggie Voisin and Caroline Claire will represent the Women’s U.S. Freeski Team. Maggie has also earned two podiums in two weeks with third-place finishes at X Games and the Grand Prix. 

More than 150 athletes representing 20 different countries will compete at Copper Mountain throughout Dew Tour in their amazing facilities. This year’s Modified Superpipe will start with a double transition feature to a 22-foot pipe hit with a traditional jump landing feature and will finish with a 300-foot traditional Superpipe with 22-foot walls. The Slopestyle course has seven features, including three multi-option jib pads, a transition feature with 13’ walls into traditional jump landings, then concludes with a series of three consecutively larger jumps at 55 ft, 62 ft, and 68 ft.

Do not miss your chance to catch the action in person or tune in to catch the action live. 

HOW TO WATCH
Winter Dew Tour will be live-streamed in its entirety on DewTour.com, Facebook Live, YouTube
Subject to change
All times MST

FREESKI
Thursday, Feb. 6
9:15 a.m. - Men’s ski slopestyle qualifier - Copper Mountain, Colo. 
11:00 a.m. - Women’s Ski Modified Superpipe Final - Copper Mountain, Colo. 

Friday, Feb. 7
12:30 p.m. - Ski Team Challenge: Slopestyle - Copper Mountain, Colo. 
1:45 p.m. - Ski Team Challenge: Modified Superpipe - Copper Mountain, Colo. 
2:45 p.m. - Ski Team Challenge: Streetstyle - Copper Mountain, Colo. 

Saturday, Feb. 8
1:00 p.m. - Men’s Ski Slopestyle Final - Copper Mountain, Colo. 
3:00 p.m. - Women’s Ski Streetstyle Final - Copper Mountain, Colo. 
5:45 p.m. - Men’s Ski Streetstyle Final - Copper Mountain, Colo. 

Sunday, Feb. 9
9:00 a.m. - Men’s Ski Modified Superpipe Final - Copper Mountain, Colo. 
2:00 p.m. - Women’s Ski Slopestyle Final - Copper Mountain, Colo. 

SNOWBOARD
Thursday, Feb. 6
12:30 p.m. - Snowboard Team Challenge: Slopestyle - Copper Mountain, Colo. 
1:45 p.m. - Snowboard Team Challenge: Modified Superpipe - Copper Mountain, Colo. 
2:45 p.m. - Snowboard Team Challenge: Streetstyle - Copper Mountain, Colo. 

Friday, Feb. 7
9:15 a.m. - Men’s Snowboard Slopestyle Qualifier - Copper Mountain, Colo. 

Saturday, Feb. 8
9:00 a.m. - Women’s Snowboard Modified Superpipe Final - Copper Mountain, Colo. 
10:45 a.m. - Men’s Snowboard Slopestyle Final - Copper Mountain, Colo. 
3:45 p.m. - Women’s Snowboard Streetstyle Final - Copper Mountain, Colo. 
6:45 p.m. - Men’s Snowboard Streetstyle Final - Copper Mountain, Colo. 

Sunday, Feb. 9 
10:45 a.m. - Men’s Snowboard Modified Superpipe Final - Copper Mountain, Colo. 
12:30 p.m. - Women’s Snowboard Slopestyle Final - Copper Mountain, Colo.
 

U.S. Ski & Snowboard and the entire ski and riding community mourn the passing of Jeff Shiffrin, who passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, February 2nd.  

Jeff Shiffrin with his wife Eileen made Vail, Colo., their home decades ago, and together raised two remarkable alpine ski racers and humans. Taylor Shiffrin was a member of the two-time NCAA Champion University of Denver Ski Team. Olympic and World Champion Mikaela Shiffrin’s skiing success is remarkable.

“I am without words today as we mourn the loss of Jeff Shiffrin,” said Tiger Shaw, CEO of U.S. Ski & Snowboard. “Jeff was a good friend and we will all miss him terribly. Our—and the entire ski world’s—thoughts and prayers go out to his family during this incredibly difficult time.”

Jeff was an anesthesiologist with Vail Health and Anesthesia Partners of Colorado, treating and helping many injured skiers and riders. He was an avid photographer, often having traveled to Mikaela’s World Cup races photographing Mikaela and other U.S. Ski Team athletes. Extremely proud of his daughter, he was rarely in a team picture on the podium because he was always behind the camera capturing the moment. His contributions to all aspects of the skiing and riding world are immeasurable.

Mikaela and Eileen returned from Europe on Sunday afternoon, and Jeff was surrounded by family and close friends during his final hours. He was 65.

In a post on Instagram, Mikaela said, “My family is heartbroken beyond comprehension about the unexpected passing of my kindhearted, loving, caring, patient, wonderful father. Our mountains, our ocean, our sunrise, our heart, our soul, our everything. He taught us so many valuable lessons…but above everything else, he taught us the golden rule: be nice, think first. This is something I will carry with me forever. He was the firm foundation of our family and we miss him terribly. Thank you, from the depths of my heart, for respecting my family’s privacy as we grieve during this unimaginable and devastating time.”

 

 

 

 

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“My family is heartbroken beyond comprehension about the unexpected passing of my kindhearted, loving, caring, patient, wonderful father. Our mountains, our ocean, our sunrise, our heart, our soul, our everything. He taught us so many valuable lessons...but above everything else, he taught us the golden rule: be nice, think first. This is something I will carry with me forever. He was the firm foundation of our family and we miss him terribly. Thank you, from the depths of my heart, for respecting my family's privacy as we grieve during this unimaginable and devastating time.”—Courtesy of Mikaela’s Team 💔🙏

A post shared by Mikaela Shiffrin ⛷💨 (@mikaelashiffrin) on Feb 3, 2020 at 7:15am PST

Mikaela is expected to remain in Colorado, and her return to the World Cup is unknown at this time. 

Jeff is survived by his loving wife Eileen, his daughter Mikaela, his son Taylor and fiancé Kristiana Oslund, as well as his sister Lauren Huelsebusch and her husband Juergen Huelsebusch. Jeff’s memorial will be private. The family requests that, in lieu of flowers, donations be directed to U.S. Ski & Snowboard and the Alzheimer’s Association. 

Read Jeff's obituary, courtesy of the Vail Daily
Read "Remembering Jeff Shiffrin, a rock in Mikaela Shiffrin’s mountaintop" by Tim Layden
 

Finishing up a weekend of speed events with a giant slalom, Tommy Ford led the U.S. men down the dark and bumpy Kandahar track in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, finishing in 11th place.

In the same location as his first World Cup victory in 2013, Alexis Pinturault of France captured his second win of the 2019-20 season. Loic Meillard of Switzerland was second and Leif Kristian Nestvold-Haugen of Norway was third.

It was a warm day in Garmisch, with the temperatures and drizzling rain quickly melting the snow. Course workers added salt to the track to allow it to freeze, but the conditions were tough. Given the inconsistent snow, Tommy was satisfied with his effort and was able to put down two solid runs. “Second run was better up top,” said Tommy. “I was more with it for the rhythm of the course right out of the start, feeling more connected... There were a couple turns where I was trying to push a little too hard for the snow conditions—you kind of had to just ride it and float. All in all consistent day and I’d say a good step in the right direction.”

Behind Tommy, Ted Ligety put in an impressive effort in his second run, finishing fourth second run and 14th overall. “First run was pretty disappointing,” said Ted, who was 25th after first run. “I never really found a rhythm and I was just fighting it the whole way. Second run I found the rhythm a little better and made a good run relatively. Not exactly what I wanted to see from this race, but overall happy to have at least moved up a little bit.”

Rounding out the Land Rover U.S. Alpine Ski Team, Ryan Cochran-Siegle also scored points, finishing in 22nd. River Radamus and Brian McLaughlin did not qualify for a second run.

The men’s tech teams head next to Chamonix, France for a slalom and parallel giant slalom on Saturday and Sunday.

RESULTS
Men’s Giant Slalom

STANDINGS
Overall
Giant Slalom

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Sunday, Feb. 2
4:00 p.m. - Men’s giant slalom, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GER - NBCSN*

*Same-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. 

After a frustrating week full of cancellations, the Rosa Khutor organizing committee was able to run a successful super-G on Sunday—the first World Cup alpine race at the venue since the 2014 Olympics. Alice Merryweather led the way for the Land Rover U.S. Alpine Ski Team, snagging a career-best super-G result, in 17th. 

The Italians continued their hot streak of fast skiing on Sunday, with Federica Brignone leading the way and countrywoman Sofia Goggia trailing by just .20 seconds. Joana Haehlen skied her way on to the podium for the second-straight weekend, landing in third—her first-ever super-G podium result. This is the fourth 1-2 finish for the Italian women's team this season.

For the second year in a row, Mother Nature was unkind to Rosa Khutor, dumping snow and pouring rain on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday—cancelling all three downhill training runs. An alternate plan was put into place for Saturday, to run a training run in the morning followed by the race, but the surface was not safe for a race. Temperatures were warm and the surface did not freeze overnight, so the course crew watered and salted the bottom of the track, and—for the most part—the track set up for a safe super-G race on Sunday morning. 

The "hurry up and wait" game proved to take its toll on athletes throughout the week. "It was definitely challenging to sit around for most of this week," reflected Alice Merryweather. "There isn't that much to do around here, so we've been playing spikeball and doing workouts to kill time, and I was feeling pretty antsy and mentally drained by today. Still, everyone was pumped up to actually race, and I just channeled all the pent-up energy into my run today. My skiing was far from perfect, but it's still a step in the right direction and I'm happy with the progress I've been making in super-G this season!" 

With Sunday's victory, Federica took the lead in the super-G standings, with 216 points. Corinne Suter of Switzerland has 200 points, while Mikaela Shiffrin—who opted to sit the Sochi speed series out—sits in third with 186 points. Mikaela maintains her lead in the overall, but Federica closed the gap to 270 points and sits in second with 955 points ahead of Slovakia's Petra Vlhova, with 830. 

Alice McKennis also scored points, landing in 27th. Breezy Johnson and Jackie Wiles also started on Sunday, but did not finish. Both are OK. Many of the women struggled on the watered, bumpy bottom pitch, with 12 athletes DNFing. 

Up next for the women is a speed series in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. 

RESULTS
Women’s Super-G

STANDINGS
Overall
Super-G

HOW TO WATCH 
All times EST

Saturday, Feb. 2
6:30 a.m. - Women’s super-G, Rosa Khutor, RUS - Olympic Channel*
7:30 a.m. - Men’s giant slalom run 2, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GER - Olympic Channel.com, NBC Sports Gold
4:00 p.m. - Men’s giant slalom, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GER - NBCSN*

*Same-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. 

The final day of the Land Rover U.S. Grand Prix did not disappoint with U.S. skiers and riders claiming five podiums throughout snowboard slopestyle and freeski halfpipe World Cup competition. 

Despite a 4.4 magnitude earthquake in the midst of the event, U.S. Snowboard Team riders Jamie Anderson and rookie Dusty Henricksen took the top spots in slopestyle. Dusty, a Mammoth Lakes, Calif. local, earned his first-ever World Cup win in only his second World Cup final of his career.

“I’m ecstatic to pull up to Mammoth where I grew up riding and walk away with my first win,” Dusty said in disbelief. “I honestly couldn’t ask for more. It could not have been a better day or a better course. It’s super flowy, fun, and fast. It meant the world to have all my boys and supporters out here watching.”

After Dusty stomped the final run of the day to take the top spot with a beautiful backside triple cork 1440, you heard a loud, “We all knew” come from Dusty’s fan base in the finish area. Coming off of Youth Olympic Games gold and then qualifying first at the Laax Open World Cup, Dusty’s trajectory was clear to anyone who has been watching his progress. Dusty currently leads the FIS Snowboard World Cup slopestyle standings, followed by Judd Henkes in second.

Judd, who also calls Mammouth Mountain home, grabbed third. This is Judd’s second podium in two years at the Mammoth Grand Prix and his second-consecutive podium in World Cup slopestyle competition this season after a third-place finish at the 2020 Laax Open. 

“I think being at home in familiar territory played a part in my success these last two Grand Prixs at Mammoth,” said Judd. “I’m headed to Dew Tour next week and hope to improve on my performance here.”

After earning his third World cup podium of his career, it’s clear Judd’s still hungry for the remainder of the 2019-20 competition season including pinnacle events like Dew Tour and the U.S. Open. 

For the women, Jamie Anderson earned her second win in two weeks following a gold medal performance at X Games Aspen. In her first World Cup slopestyle of the year, she came out firing with smooth style and consistency in classic Jamie fashion. 

“Coming to Mammoth after X Games is really nice because its really positive energy in California,” said Jamie. “It’s warm, our whole teams here, and I love competing in the Grand Prix. To be able to put down my first run and stay in first and have the chance to take a victory lap feels amazing. What made today even more special was my dad, my doctor, my first ever coach, and a lot of good people were able to come out to support today.”

Competition continued on Saturday with arguably the best freeski halfpipe contest of the season where Aaron Blunck took the victory. Aaron has reached the podium in every contest he has competed in this season (five events) including an X Games silver medal performance last week. 

“After the first run today I was feeling it,” said Aaron. “I just thought to myself, why not give it everything I got. I am feeling really good right now and I don’t ever back down. That’s just not the type of person I want to be. I thought my dad would be extremely proud of me if I continued to give it my all and that’s what I did. Also, to share the podium with Noah Bowman and Lyman Currier is amazing, I look up to them both.”

Head freeski judge Steele Spence described Aaron's runs as, “three of the best pipe runs of all time. They were the hardest runs and he executed them perfectly.”

Aaron came out of the gate on a mission immediately putting down an incredible run, but that was just the beginning. Aaron improved each time he dropped into the pipe. His second and third runs were entirely made up of double-cork variations. Aaron owned the three highest scores of the day.

Teammate Lyman Currier stepped up on his last run to earn third place and his second World Cup podium of the season. 

“I’m feeling awesome to make the podium today,” said Lyman. “It was such a heavy competition today and a beautiful day in Mammoth. It seemed to be a competition for second place today. Blunck was on one and it was insane.”

The competition undoubtedly had some amazing moments including U.S. Freeski Team member Hunter Hess landing a 1620 on his run. Kiwi Nico Porteous landed a 1620 rotation at X Games last week for the first time in halfpipe competition. 

Led by Aaron, there are currently seven U.S. Freeski Team athletes in the top-10 of the FIS Freeski Halfpipe Cup Standings including Birk Irving, Lyman Currier, Taylor Seaton, Jaxin Hoerter, David Wise, and Hunter Hess. 

For the women, U.S. Freeski Team member Brita Sigourney finished in a respectable fourth place landing back to back 900’s in her second and third run. U.S. Rookie Team member Hanna Faulhaber finished in seventh in her first-ever World Cup final. 

The U.S. Freeski and Snowboard Slopestyle and Halfpipe Team continue competition next week at the Dew Tour in  Copper Mountain, Colo. In addition, U.S. athletes are also heading to the Calgary World Cup for freeski halfpipe competition. 

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

RESULTS
Women’s snowboard slopestyle 
Men’s snowboard slopestyle 
Women’s freeski halfpipe
Men’s freeski halfpipe 
 

Under heavy winds and rain, it was a tough day on Fitz’s Freefall at WinSport Canada Olympic Park for the U.S. at the FIS World Cup moguls in Calgary, Alberta. Tess Johnson posted the top American finish with an eighth place. 

France’s Perrine Laffont earned her fifth-straight World Cup victory, Kazakhstan’s Yuliya Galysheva claimed second and Canada’s Justine Dufour-Lapointe rounded out the podium in third. 

Tess, who has been working on progressing her run, skied her new trick package with a heli mute grab on top and her classic back x on bottom air. "Today was a super fun day of skiing and I was able to put down my best run so far with my new trick, heli mute," said Tess. "It’s been challenging throwing a new trick in comp, but I’ve gotten a little better every event and I can feel a major breakthrough coming. And I’m so excited to continue this progress at the best event of all time in Deer Valley next week!"

In her second career World Cup start, Kai Owens skied a beautiful top cork and big bottom x to smash into the top-10 with a tenth place finish. “In her second World Cup start to get a top ten, hallelujah, she did awesome,” said Head Moguls Coach Matt Gnoza. “It was a nice rookie statement. We haven’t had really someone since Jaelin making that kind of statement right away.”

"I am super excited with my performance, and I had an amazing time skiing the course, it was super fun!" said Kai. "I was happy with my skiing, and overall execution."

Jaelin Kauf finished 14th. She performed her new top cork to bottom x but a slight bobble in the middle moguls section kept her out of the superfinal. Hannah Soar just missed finals with a 17th place. 

On the men’s side Canada’s own Mikael Kingsbury wowed the Canadian home crowd with his 60th career World Cup victory. Sweden’s Walter Wallberg finished second and Kazakhstan’s Dmitriy Reikherd finished third. 

Brad Wilson finished 11th, leading five American men into the points: Dylan Walcyzk (16), Nick Page (21), Tom Rowley (26) and Alex Lewis (27). “This is Brad’s second start this year,” said Matt. “To go from 17th last week to make finals this week, he had a nice run to continue to carry momentum into Deer Valley, which is a course that he likes.”

The moguls World Cup tour heads next to Deer Valley Resort for the 2020 Intermountain Healthcare Freestyle International FIS Ski World Cup Feb. 6-8. 

Results
Women’s moguls
Men’s moguls

Travis Ganong landed in a season-best fifth-place in Saturday's downhill, to lead five Land Rover U.S. Alpine Ski Team downhillers into the top 30 on the Kandahar track in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. 

In a race where the top 20 were separated by a mere 1.01 seconds, hometown hero Thomas Dressen emerged victorious in Saturday’s downhill over Norway’s Aleksander Aamodt-Kilde in second, .16 seconds back and France’s Johan Clarey, .17 off the pace. Travis missed the podium by one-tenth of a second. On almost any other downhill day, that performance would have landed him in the top three. 

Though he was slow out of the gate, Travis made up a significant amount of time in the middle section and bottom of the Kandahar track. “It’s kind of frustrating to be .45 of a second out on the first 13 seconds and then coming into the finish .27 out, so for sure I left a lot of time on the hill,” he reflected. “But, I’m really happy with how I skied and it’s always good to have a good result here. There’s always this mystique around Garmisch of being dark and bumpy and gnarly...for my style of skiing, it really works here. I like it a lot.” 

In 2017, Travis won first of two downhills in Garmisch—a rescheduled downhill from Wengen. On that same day, teammate Steven Nyman was having the fastest run of the day before he hit the net, injured his knee and was airlifted off the track. Steven ran 11th that day and Travis was 12th. He stood in the start shack for about 20 minutes as they airlifted his teammate, with little idea what was going on, attempting to maintain focus on his run. He came down into first that day. “A bittersweet day for sure,” as he said in our second edition of “Cellar Talks” prior to Saturday’s downhill. The following season, Travis injured his knee. He’s been steadily progressing since his return, with solid results last season and continued strength in the 2019-20 season.  

“The last time I raced here was the year I won, because the next year I blew out my knee, and the next year was cancelled...I have really good feelings on this hill, it just really makes sense to me,” Travis reflected. “The really fast sections into one big turn where you have to nail the timing and carry speed to the next section...yeah, I had good feelings today. The season’s almost coming to an end now, we have two more downhills before finals, and it’s really good to just have a nice solid result, score a bunch of points, and put myself in a good position for the end of the season and next year, too. I’m really happy with my race, and I guess I like this hill a lot.” 

Ryan Cochran-Siegle skied a super solid run, landing in 12th, followed by Jared Goldberg in 20th—his best result so far this season, Bryce Bennett in 23rd, and Steven Nyman in 29th. Ryan is currently sitting in 12th in the downhill standings, with Travis in 14th, Steven in 18th and Bryce in 19th. The level of competition in men’s downhill at the moment is high, with a lot of guys who have the ability to reach the podium. “Even with the shortened race, it was still almost a full-length downhill at 1:40, and it’s amazing how tight the race was,” Travis said.

“I think the conditions ended up being really good today, and everyone was pushing," he continued. "The level is really high in downhill right now, there are different guys on the podium and winning every week, so it’s really competitive. I’m not sure how tight it is behind me, but it’s always nice to be that close to a podium...it’s amazing how competitive it is. The amount of guys that are skiing really really well and pushing is at an amazing level right now, so it’s always good to have a good result when the level is that high.”

Sam Dupratt also started for the Americans—his career-first World Cup downhill—finishing in 47th. 

Up next for the men is a giant slalom on Sunday, in which Olympic champion Ted Ligety and this year’s Birds of Prey GS victor Tommy Ford will lead the charge for the Land Rover U.S. Alpine Ski Team. Ted’s last career podium was a third place in Garmisch prior to the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics. 

WATCH: Take a pause and watch our second edition of Cellar Talks, with the Land Rover U.S. Alpine Ski Team downhillers.

RESULTS
Men’s Downhill

STANDINGS
Downhill
Overall

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HOW TO WATCH 
All times EST

Saturday, Feb. 2
12:30 a.m. - Men’s downhill, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GER - NBCSN*
2:30 a.m. - Women’s super-G, Rosa Khutor, RUS - Olympic Channel.com, NBC Sports Gold
4:00 a.m. - Men’s giant slalom run 1, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GER - Olympic Channel.com, NBC Sports Gold
6:30 a.m. - Women’s super-G, Rosa Khutor, RUS - Olympic Channel*
7:30 a.m. - Men’s giant slalom run 2, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GER - Olympic Channel.com, NBC Sports Gold
4:00 p.m. - Men’s giant slalom, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GER - NBCSN*

*Same-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. 
 

For the second-straight year, weather in Rosa Khutor (Sochi), Russia has provided a challenge for race organizers and the FIS Ski World Cup, forcing them to cancel the women's downhill scheduled for Saturday. 

Heavy amounts of snow and rain pounded the site of the 2014 Olympics site during the week, affecting the surface and making it impossible to get a downhill training run scheduled. Downhill training runs were canceled on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday before a plan was made to have a downhill training run on Saturday morning prior to Saturday's race. Snow fell throughout the night, stopping at 3:00 a.m., and though organizers tried hard to prep the surface, the track was not safe for the athletes to ski on Saturday morning. FIS, together with the Jury, made the call to cancel the downhill and shift their focus to prepping the track for Sunday's super-G. 

Current overall, super-G and slalom World Cup standings leader Mikaela Shiffrin, who is competing in all six disciplines, has wisely opted to sit out Rosa Khutor and instead rest and recover prior to the next block of races. Mikaela also is currently sitting in second in the downhill and giant slalom standings. Mikaela, who was leading in the super-G standings last year heading into the speed series in Rosa Khutor, received a hefty amount of disgruntlement from fans and media who did not understand the decision to sit out. Mother Nature was on Mikaela's side then, as well as in Val d'Isere, France earlier this season, and now today as well. 

The organizers are optimistic they can prepare the surface for the super-G on Sunday. The organizers are watering the super-G track on Saturday afternoon and hoping temperatures drop considerably so it will set up appropriately. 

HOW TO WATCH 
All times EST

Saturday, Feb. 1
5:30 a.m. - Men’s downhill, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GER - Olympic Channel, Olympic Channel.com, NBC Sports Gold

Saturday, Feb. 2
12:30 a.m. - Men’s downhill, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GER - NBCSN*
2:30 a.m. - Women’s super-G, Rosa Khutor, RUS - Olympic Channel.com, NBC Sports Gold
4:00 a.m. - Men’s giant slalom run 1, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GER - Olympic Channel.com, NBC Sports Gold
6:30 a.m. - Women’s super-G, Rosa Khutor, RUS - Olympic Channel*
7:30 a.m. - Men’s giant slalom run 2, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GER - Olympic Channel.com, NBC Sports Gold
4:00 p.m. - Men’s giant slalom, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GER - NBCSN*

*Same-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.