New England’s own Mochelle Gorgone (Boston) led the way for the U.S. alpine snowboarders Thursday, finishing sixth in a parallel giant slalom at the 2009 Visa U.S. Snowboarding Cup at Sunday River Resort in Maine. Benjamin Karl of Austria and Amelie Kober of Germany won the men’s and women’s events.
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Collective Licensing International is proud to announce Olympic silver medalist, Lindsey Jacobellis, as the newest member of the Sims snowboard team. Jacobellis is a seven time medalist at the Winter X Games (five of them being gold) as well as a World Cup Boardercross Champion.
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Steamboat native and distinguished U.S. Snowboarding rookie Matt Ladley officially hit the big time last Saturday by taking second at the prestigious Arctic Challenge Quarterpipe event hosted annually by Norwegian snowboarding legend Terje Haakonsen.
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NEWRY, ME (Feb. 24) - U.S. Snowboarding’s snowboardcross and alpine athletes will close out February’s World Cups as the Visa U.S. Snowboarding Cup makes its stop at Sunday River, featuring parallel giant slalom, snowboardcross and a team SBX exhibition Feb. 26-28.
NBC will broadcast the event March 7 at 2 p.m. ET and Versus will re-air it at 5 p.m. ET the same day.
“This will be the first time Sunday River is hosting a snowboarding World Cup and we are excited for our athletes to be able to compete at a new venue,” U.S. Snowboarding Program Director Jeremy Forster said.
The weekend kicks off with the alpine crew looking to take the podium in the U.S.
“Being able to compete in Sunday River on our own turf is very important for the athletes mentally. When you feel like you have the home court advantage it feels like it’s our race and we need to show them what we can do,” U.S. Snowboarding Alpine Head Coach Steve Persons said.
World Cup winners Michelle Gorgone (Boston), Adam Smith (Bend, OR) and Chris Klug (Aspen, CO) will all be on hand to battle the competition in Sunday River.
Next up, U.S. snowboardcross athletes are ready to dominate for the home crowd with the likes of five-time X Games gold medalist Nate Holland (Squaw Valley, CA) Lindsey Jacobellis (Stratton Mountain, VT), who holds the record for most SBX World Cup wins of any athlete male or female, World Championship bronze medalist Nick Baumgartner (Iron River, MI) and Olympic gold medalist, not to mention native Mainer, Seth Wescott (Sugarloaf, ME).
“I’m super stoked. For me it is going to be fun. It will be the first time I will have been able to race a professional snowboardcross in Maine. I have a bunch of friends and family coming and that always seems to do me well with giving me good energy and getting me on the podium,” Wescott said. “I’m fired up. I know there are certain places I like to race and getting to do it on home turf will be a whole new level of motivation that I haven’t necessarily had.”
The snowboardcross race is also the final stop on the Visa U.S. Snowboardcross Championship Series. Following the finals, scores will be tallied and the male and female U.S. SBX Champions will be named. Jacobellis and Holland won the first event of the series and are looking to do the same in Maine.
Following an awesome win by Jacobellis and Callan Chythlook-Sifsof in the inaugural team SBX exhibition last season, the sport makes its second appearance as an exhibition in Sunday River Saturday following the snowboardcross World Cup.
“Everyone is really excited to go to Sunday River. This is the second time we will have done team SBX and I’m really hoping we have another great one and that it gets the kind of recognition it takes to make it a medal event somewhere down the line. I think it’s totally worthy of that kind of status,” U.S. Snowboarding Head Coach Peter Foley said.
Team SBX pairs two riders on a team. One races the course against three to five other competitors. When they cross the finish line, the gate at the start triggers for the next teammate to begin racing.
Capping off the event will be a celebration of epic proportion Saturday night in the South Ridge Lodge where the presentation of the Visa Snowboardcross Championship Series will take place along with live music, an autograph session and fireworks.
Schedule:
Thursday, Feb. 26
9:00 a.m. PGS qualifications
1:00 p.m. Visa PGS finals
Friday, Feb. 27
9:30 a.m. Men’s SBX qualifications
1:00 p.m. Women’s SBX qualifications
Saturday, Feb. 28
10:00 a.m. Visa SBX finals
1:30 p.m. Team SBX finals
7:00 p.m. Weekend celebration at the South Ridge Lodge
Up-and-coming riders from across the globe descended upon Mt. Hood Meadows in Oregon this weekend as the third U.S. Snowboarding Revolution Tour took place featuring snowboardcross, halfpipe and slopestyle.
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STONEHAM, QUE (Feb. 20) - Canadian and Japanese riders dominated the halfpipe at the LG FIS Snowboard World Cup in Stoneham. U.S. Snowboarding Rookie Team riders Zack Black (Breckenridge, CO) and Kaitlyn Farrington (Sun Valley, ID) qualified for finals and finished ninth and seventh in the night finals.
It was an impressive finish for Black, making finals in his first World Cup and coming home with a top 10. Farrington’s seventh was her second top 10 this season, after a sixth in New Zealand last fall. She was the silver medalist last season at the World Junior Championships.
The Canadian World Cup stop continues Saturday with a parallel giant slalom.
OFFICIAL RESULTS
LG FIS SNOWBOARD WORLD CUP
Feb. 20, 2009 - Stoneham, QUE
Halfpipe
Men
1. Jeff Batchelor, Canada, 45.5
2. Brad Martin, Canada, 44.2
3. Markus Malin, Finland, 43.2
4. Gary Zebrowski, France, 42.0
5. Justin LaMoureux, Canada, 41.6
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9. Zack Black, Breckenridge, CO, 35.6
Did not qualify for finals
15. Dylan Bidez, Minturn, CO
18. Broc Waring, Edwards, CO
26. Brennen Swanson, Stillwater, MN
Women
1. Soko Yamaoka,Japen, 44.3
2. Shiho Nakashima, Japan, 40.4
3. Rana Okada, Japan, 37.8
4. Sarah Conrad, Canada, 35.5
5. Juliann Bray, New Zealand, 34.5
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7. Kaitlyn Farrington, Sun Valley, ID, 34.0
Did not qualify for finals
18. Madeline Schaffrick, Steamboat Springs, CO
22. Kelly Marren, Hillsborough, CA
28 Shelby Simpson, Bondville, VT
32. Allyson Carroll, Truckee, CA
Lindsey Jacobellis (Stratton Mountain, VT) continued to reign supreme over the world of snowboardcross Thursday as she marked her 17th career World Cup win in Stoneham.
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Despite having one of the most dominant teams in the world, as evidenced by the performances of Clark, White, Jacobellis, and Westcott this weekend in Cypress, the U.S. snowboard team says that sponsorship pullouts may leave it unable to finish this year’s World Cup circuit.
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While winter sport competition pushes on around the world, this week, U.S. Snowboarding athletes look one year ahead to a competition that represents the completion of goals met and dreams reached for athletes everywhere - the Olympics.
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Burton and GORE-TEX have teamed up to provide the outerwear for the U.S. Snowboarding team as they prepare to head to Vancouver early next year.
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