Sierra Nevada, Spain – As her plane approached Malaga on the southern coast of Spain, Ashley Caldwell reflected on the World Cup season. It had been nearly three months since she opened defense of her World Cup aerials title in China. It wasn’t a great weekend. And it had been a rugged season since. It was … Continue reading Behind the Gold: I Got This
Sierra Nevada, Spain – Due to stormy weather in Sierra Nevada with wind speeds around 60 m.p.h., the 2017 Freestyle Ski and Snowboard World Championships parallel giant slalom event originally scheduled for today has been re-scheduled to Thursday. Qualifiers will then kick off at 9 a.m. CET, followed by the finals at 1 p.m. CET. With the weather not expected to subside until … Continue reading World Championships PGS and PSL Rescheduled
Sierra Nevada, Spain – History was written today in Spain as French riders Nelly Moenne Loccoz and Chloe Trespeuch, and U.S. Snowboarding members Hagen Kearney and Nick Baumgartner were crowned Team SBX World Champions at the Sierra Nevada 2017 FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboard World Championships. This was the first time that the event has been … Continue reading France and USA Take First-ever Team SBX Gold at World Champs
Sierra Nevada, Spain – Lindsey Jacobellis, of Stratton Mountain, Vt., prevailed at the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboard World Championships snowboardcross event on Sunday to claim an amazing fifth World Championship title. Jacobellis is the most dominant snowboardcross rider in history, having won at every World Championships that she’s entered. Still, she is showing no signs of … Continue reading Jacobellis Wins Fifth World Championships Gold
Sierra Nevada, Spain – China’s Xuetong Cai and Australian Scotty James successfully defended their halfpipe world championships titles on Saturday night at the Sierra Nevada 2017 FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboard World Championships. Having already paved the road for back-to-back wins after the first of three runs, James finally upped his score from 95.75 to a 97.50 … Continue reading Defending Champion Halfpipe Snowboarders Keep Their Titles
Sierra Nevada, Spain – Canada’s Laurie Blouin and Belgian rider Seppe Smits claimed the first snowboard titles of the Sierra Nevada 2017 Freestyle Ski and Snowboard World Championships at Saturday’s slopestyle finals. Warm temperatures made it tough for the eight best women and 16 men from Thursday’s qualifiers to land their runs. Both Blouin and Smits finally … Continue reading Blouin and Smits Win Slopestyle Gold at World Champs
Sierra Nevada, Spain – If you would have told Ashley Caldwell and Jon Lillis when they first met nine years ago, that they would win the World Championships together, they wouldn’t have believed you. But that’s exactly what happened on Friday night at the 2017 FIS Freestyle Ski & Snowboard World Championships in Sierra Nevada where … Continue reading Caldwell and Lillis Sweep Aerials Gold at Worlds
