U.S. Snowboarding’s snowboardcross team will participate in a community outreach event on January 17 at 4 p.m. in conjunction with the upcoming Toyota U.S. Grand Prix at Solitude Mountain Resort.
Members of the team will visit the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Salt Lake’s Lied location in the Poplar Grove neighborhood of Salt Lake City. This Boys and Girls Club location serves more than 800 kids aged 6-18 every year, providing them with a stable environment to succeed in school and become good citizens.
The athletes will speak with local children about following your dreams and overcoming obstacles as well as teach them about the sport of snowboardcross. Additionally, Boys and Girls Club participants will be invited to watch their new friends compete at the U.S. Grand Prix finals, a FIS World Cup for snowboardcross, on January 21 at nearby Solitude Mountain Resort.
Among the athletes expected to participate are 2014 Olympic bronze medalist Alex Deibold, Olympians Nick Baumgartner and Faye Gulini, 2016 Youth Olympic Games gold medalist Jake Vedder and recent FIS World Cup winner Hagen Kearney.
DETAILS
January 17, 2017, 4 p.m. MT
Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Salt Lake’s Lied Club
January 21, 2017, 12-1:15 p.m. MT
Toyota U.S. Grand Prix snowboardcross finals
ATHLETES ATTENDING
Nick Baumgartner (Iron River, MI) – 2010 and 2014 Olympian, two-time X Games medalist, two-time World Championships medalist
Alex Deibold (Boulder, CO) – 2014 Olympic bronze medalist
Mick Dierdorff (Steamboat Springs, CO) – World Cup athlete, Univeristy of Utah student
Faye Gulini (Salt Lake City, UT) – 2010 and 2014 Olympian, Westminster College student
Hagen Kearney (Telluride, CO) – 2016 FIS World Cup winner
Jake Vedder (Pinckney, MI) – Youth Olympic Games gold medalist
