Dusty Henricksen started off the FIS Snowboard World Cup season strong with a second-place finish on the slopestyle course at the Laax Open.

After being postponed for a day due to inclement weather, the snowboard slopestyle finals at the Laax Open finally went down, and what a show the riders put on!  

Dusty Henricksen came out strong with a smooth run that put him in fourth place. To get into a podium position, however, Henricksen knew he would need to improve on his first run, and he proceeded to do just that. Henricksen stomped a cab 1260 nose grab, frontside 1440 Japan, and backside triple cork 1440 weddle on his final run moving him into second place. 

When asked how it felt to land on the podium at the esteemed Laax Open, Henricksen exclaimed, “I’m so stoked! Super fun week riding with everyone and so glad we were able to run a final with the tough weather all week!”

But Henkricksen wasn’t the only one throwing down in Laax. His teammates Luke Winkelmann and Judd Henkes both landed clean runs to finish sixth and seventh, respectively. Norway’s Marcus Kleveland took home the win and Sweden’s Sven Thorgren rounded off the podium in third.

On the women’s side, Zoi Sadowski-Synnott of New Zealand won her first Laax Open. Coming in second and claiming her first World Cup podium was one of the newest additions to the World Cup circuit, 16-year-old Mia Brookes of Great Britain. Austria’s Anna Gasser claimed third and U.S. Snowboard Team athlete Hailey Langland finished eighth. 

Next up, Henricksen will join his teammates Red Gerard, Sean Fitzsimons, and Chris Corning at the X Games before the snowboard slopestyle team heads to the U.S. Toyota Grand Prix at Mammoth Mountain on Feb. 1-4.
 

Results

Men

Women

Alex Hall battled through tough conditions today to take second place at the Laax Open, marking his first World Cup podium finish of the season.

While the Laax Open has long been a prestigious and popular contest in the world of snowboarding, this year the event welcomed freeskiers for the very first time. Conditions were challenging, with low visibility and heavy snow that picked up during the second run of finals. Despite the weather, Hall was able to put down a clean and stylish run in classic A-Hall fashion. Hall showed off his technicality and creativity on the rail section before stomping a left double cork 1260, switch right double cork 1080, and switch left double cork 1440. Joining A-Hall on the podium was Switzerland’s Andri Ragettli in first and Birk Ruud of Norway in third. 

Cody LaPlante was able to put down two solid runs, the second of which featured a right double cork 1440 and left double cork 1260, to earn sixth place. Colby Stevenson finished in tenth and Mac Forehand in eleventh.

Unfortunately, the women’s finals were canceled due to unfavorable weather and heavy snow, so the results from qualifications stand. Noway’s Johanne Killi took first, her second World Cup win of the season, while Switzerland’s Sarah Hoefflin was second and France’s Tess LeDeaux third,  respectively. U.S. athlete Grace Henderson, who claimed her first World Cup podium finish earlier this season, took fifth. Rell Harwood was 11th.

The U.S. Freeski Slopestyle Team now heads back to the States, where Mac Forehand, Colby Stevenson, Alex Hall, and Maggie Voisin will compete in the 2023 X Games in Aspen, Colo.. The rest of the team will gear up for the 2023 Toyota U.S. Grand Prix at Mammoth Mountain on February 1-4. 

Results

Men

Women

On Sunday’s Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup super-G in Cortina, Italy, Mikaela Shiffrin led the way for the Stifel U.S. Alpine Ski Team women with a seventh-place finish.

It was another beautiful day on the gorgeous Cortina track for Norway's Ragnhild Mowinkel to take her third career victory. Austria’s Cornelia Huetter was second and Italian skier Marta Bassino third.

Shiffrin was on pace for a podium much of the race until she got late and veered off line toward the end of her run.

“I made a little error with my timing on the last turn on the course,” Shiffrin said. “And of course, it’s quite flat down here so you lose some speed. But it was quite a strong run.”

Sofia Goggia of Italy and Corinne Suter of Switzerland did not start the day’s race due to crashes the day previous. 

Stifel U.S. Alpine Ski Team athletes Breezy Johnson, Keely Cashman and Lauren Macuga also raced landing in 29th, 37th and 43rd respectively. Bella Wright did not finish.

Shiffrin continues the hunt for her 83rd record-breaking victory. Her next chance will come in two giant slaloms at the Kronplatz resort in nearby San Vigilio di Marebbe on Tuesday and Wednesday.

In Kitzbuehel, the men raced slalom. Daniel Yule of Switzerland took the win on the Ganslern course. Dave Ryding of Great Britain was second overall after finishing 16th first run. Half his podium finishes have been in Kitzbuehel. Lucas Braathen of Norway was third. 

Ben Ritchie, Jett Seymour and Luke Winters raced for the Stifel U.S. Alpine Team. Ritchie did not qualify for a second run and Seymour and Winters did not finish first run.

Next the men head to the famous night slalom in Schladming, Austria on Tuesday and a night giant slalom, replacing the Garmisch GS, on Wednesday. 

RESULTS
Women's super-G
Men's slalom

Rosie Brennan and Julia Kern teamed up to finish third in Sunday’s FIS Cross Country World Cup team sprint in Livigno, Italy.

The U.S. advanced three teams to the team sprint finals with Lauren Jortberg and Alayna Sonnesyn finishing 11th and Kevin Bolger and Will Koch finishing 12th.

In the women’s finals, Brennan skied the first of six laps in the 7.5k race, almost missing the first tag to Kern mid-pack as the race unfolded on the wide-open track. "I messed up our first tag as I confused the other USA team for my team, leaving Julia in the back of the pack," Brennan said. "We slowly clawed our way back up and Julia made a strong effort on her second leg to tag me in a place where I had the space I needed to do some work."

On the final exchange, Brennan sat fourth in the lead pack of four and tagged off to Kern, who passed Germany’s Laura Gimmler on the long uphill drag to the finish to grab the final podium spot. "I was able to close the gap to the leaders and tag Julia at the rear of the lead pack for her last leg," Brennan added. "She skied so well and stayed patient as long as she could before unleashing an absolutely epic finish to nab us the last podium spot."

Sweden took the top two spots on the podium with Linn Svahn and Maja Dahlqvist taking the victory, and Emma Ribom and Jonna Sundling in second.

The FIS Cross Country World Cup season continues Friday with a 10k individual start freestyle, followed by a classic sprint Saturday, and a 20k classic mass start on Sunday, Jan. 29 in Les Rousses, France.

RESULTS
Women’s Team Sprint
Men’s Team Sprint

Alex Ferreira and Birk Irving went one-two to close out the back-to-back freeski halfpipe contests in Calgary, Canada. 

Ferreira added another first-place podium result to his resume and was seen twirling his pole, in classic fashion, to celebrate being back on top. Right beside him is Irving, who proved his result by stringing together enough technical, consistent and unique tricks to land second among the strong field of competitors at the Calgary Rodeo. 

After his second run, which ultimately landed him atop the podium, Ferreria was yelling to the crowd, "Thank you so much, I am so grateful! Let's go!" In his second run, dropping into the pipe switch, Ferreira put together a cork-10, double-cork-12 and a massive double-cork and set the bar nearly out of reach for the other competitors. But, then came Irving.

Irving, now the overall leader in the FIS World Cup standings, was firing on all cylinders. With 27 FIS World Cup starts under his belt and four podiums, Irving knows what it takes to break into the top three. His second run of the event is what led him to second place, when he confidently landed a left-side-cork-10, double-cork straight into a double-flat-spin and a massive double-cork - he had just enough to edge out third-place finisher Noah Bowman of Canada. 

David Wise, who challenged the podium through the entire contest was fifth. Tristan Feinberg who landed three double corks in one single run was ninth and Cameron Brodrick, who was in his first finals of the week in Calgary, was 10th.

On the women's side, Hanna Faulhaber, who was third in the first contest of the week, led the charge for the U.S. team and finished in fourth. Now, Faulhaber will return back to the States for her "favorite event ever" the 2023 Aspen X Games.

Right with Faulhaber was teammate Svea Irving, who was fifth. Irving, throughout her three runs in finals, threw down serious amplitude and clean, technical tricks. Eileen Gu of China was back on top of the podium for the second time this week, winning the contest to close out another Calgary Rodeo. 

Now, the U.S. Freeski Team resets before the last stop on the domestic World Cup circuit, the Toyota U.S. Grand Prix at Mammoth Mountain from Feb. 2-4. 

The Americans returned to Aerials FIS World Cup competition in force with Quinn Dehlinger winning his first World Cup and Ashley Caldwell claiming her 18th career World Cup podium with a second place. A prime jump site and enthusiastic crowd proved just what the U.S. Aerial Freestyle team needed at the Le Relais, Canada event. 

“It honestly feels unbelievable and it is still settling in,” Dehlinger said from the finish area of his first World Cup victory. “It is so rewarding to have all the hard work and training finally pay off - and it paid off big. I had the mindset to do what I need to do, just think about the beginning of the jump first and the rest will come.” 

“Big thanks goes out to my mom and dad for this,” he added. 

“The site here is so wonderful, the people are incredible,” reflected Caldwell of how the day went for her. “Such a great event. We had a really excited crowd. People are passionate about aerials and you can tell. I had a pretty tough summer and fall and so to have something nice and brought to have happen feels really good.”

I am so proud of Quinn,” she added. “He’s been jumping incredibly and totally earned this win. I’m proud of the younger athletes being able to  do high quality jumps to land on top of the podium.” 

Dehlinger was on fire all day, stomping his Full Double-Full Fulls to qualify for finals in second and supers in third. His super’s round Double-Full Full Full earned a score of 122.62 to beat out the rest of the field. Not only was this Dehlinger’s first World Cup win, it marks his first World Cup podium and first World Cup super finals appearance. 

Chris Lillis qualified for finals, and performed a high-scoring Full Full Double-Full Full to qualify in first going into the super round. Lillis threw a Double-Full Full Full in supers, earning a score of 118.55 and just missing the podium in fourth place. 

Switzerland’s Noe Roth came in second and Ukraine’s Dmytro Kotovskyi came in third. Park City Ski & Snowboard’s Ian Schoenwald tied his career-best result with 13th, just missing the cutoff for the finals round. 

Le Relais marked Caldwell’s first World Cup competition of the 2022-23 season after a tough summer and fall training period. She had strong jumps all day long, qualifying in fourth for finals and supers with a Full Full. Her super round Full Double-Full earned 92 points, landing her in second place. Caldwell shared the podium with Canada’s Marion Thenault (first) and Ukraine’s Anastasiya Novosad (third). 

Kaila Kuhn, Winter Vinecki and Dani Loeb all qualified for finals. Vinecki finished seventh, Loeb finished twelfth. Kuhn made a strong showing in the first round of finals with her Full Full but finished the day in sixth with her Lay Full in supers. 

Aerials competes again Sunday in Le Relais. Dehlinger is hoping for another great day. “I’m going to start with the basics and try and replicate [today].” 

Results
Women’s Aerials
Men’s Aerials 

Due to unfavorable weather in Switzerland, the finals snowboard halfpipe contest was canceled and the semi-final results stand. In qualifiers, Mastro qualified for the final for the women and Chase Josey, Chase Blackwell and Ryan Wachendorfer for the men - ultimately their qualifier results became their final results. 

With a solid run through the pipe two days prior, Mastro found herself back on the podium in the Laax Open, which is one of the biggest and most competitive contests of the World Cup circuit. 

For Mastro, this is her first World Cup of 2023 and her best result at the Laax Open, where last year she was ninth. Now, Mastro is slated to travel back to the States and compete at X Games in the SuperPipe contest at Aspen Buttermilk Mountain in Aspen, Colo.

For the men, Josey was ninth, Blackwell tenth, and Wachendorfer 12th, respectively, in the qualifiers, which landed them in the top 15 for finals with the cancelation. This is Wachendorfer's best finals result in the Laax Open. 

Now, the team will rest, travel back to the States and get ready for the last domestic World Cup, the 2023 Toyota U.S. Grand Prix at Mammoth Mountain

RESULTS

Men

Women

Julia Kern advanced to the finals for the first time this season and finished sixth as the FIS Cross Country World Cup Tour resumed in Livigno, Italy, with a freestyle sprint.

Rosie Brennan was 11th, Alayna Sonnesyn was 24th, and Lauren Jortberg scored her first World Cup top 30, finishing 29th.

Kevin Bolger was the lone American man to advance to the heats and posted his best sprint result of the season, finishing 12th. Will Koch and Adam Witkowski each made their World Cup debut, finishing 41st and 42nd respectively.

Racing continues Sunday in Livigno with a team sprint.

RESULTS
Women’s Freestyle Sprint
Men’s Freestyle Sprint

Mikaela Shiffrin led the way for the Stifel U.S. Alpine Ski Team in the second Cortina d’Ampezzo Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup downhill in two days, taking seventh place. Breezy Johnson was just behind her in 10th.

It was a windy day, which forced the start to be lowered and took off nearly 30 seconds from Friday’s downhill, which left no room for skiers to make mistakes. Only .05 seconds separated Shiffrin from the podium, with less than a half second separating second place from 15th. Ilka Stuhec of Slovenia took her first victory in four years. Norway’s Kajsa Vickhoff Lie came from bib 30 to second place and Elena Curtoni of Italy was third.

Shiffrin is still in pursuit of her 83rd win to become the winningest woman alpine skier of all time, currently sitting at 82 wins. “I am enjoying each race and the process is like an opportunity,” said Shiffrin. “I’m just here trying to figure out the track like all the other racers on the course and see if I can do my best and if it’s good enough to be close to the top. …When I look forward, I see opportunity, but I don’t see pressure.”

Bella Wright also had another great day, skiing to 16th place after her 11th place finish in Friday’s downhill. Keely Cashman skied into the points in 27th. Tricia Mangan was 39th.

The women have one more speed event at the 2026 Olympic Winter Games track on Sunday with a super-G.

RESULTS
Women’s downhill

Stifel U.S. Alpine Ski Team athlete Travis Ganong scored a podium finish at the hardest downhill on the Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup circuit, taking third place at the Hahnenkammrennan in Kitzbuehel, Austria in front of a roaring international crowd. It was the first American podium in Kitzbuehel since Bode Miller in 2014.

There was some snowfall at the Austrian venue, but that didn’t slow down the men, who threw themselves down the intimidatingly steep Streif track. Ganong started fourth and grabbed the lead to hang on while racer after racer crossed the finish line.

“My goal this season was to push it and I’m happy with what I did and I can walk away being satisfied on what Kitzbuehel gave me,” said Ganong, who was seventh in Friday’s downhill. “It was a pleasure to ski here—I love this place.”

Ganong, now 34 years old, started his first Hahnenkamm in 2011 and has raced on the track almost every year since. He has had some of his shining moments in his career at the historic venue, including six top 10 finishes, but this is his first podium at the “Super Bowl of ski racing.”

“The goal is always to win,” said Ganong. “But I’m stoked with how I skied and it was a fun time being here as a racer.”

Aleksander Aamodt Kidle of Norway won the race—an impressive feat after a near crash in Friday’s downhill and a hurt hand. Veteran skier Johan Clarey of France took second place at age 42.   

Famed Swiss skier Beat Feuz, who dominated the Kitzbuehel track for more than a decade with three victories and nine podiums, retired at the end of his race and celebrated with his family and friends in the finish.

Ryan Cochran-Siegle also scored points, finishing in 20th place, along with Bryce Bennett in 22nd. Erik Arvidsson was 39th and Kyle Negomir 44th. Sam Morse and Jared Goldberg did not finish, but are OK.

The men now head to Schladming for the famous night slalom on Tuesday and an additional night giant slalom Wednesday.

RESULTS
Men’s downhill