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Weather Cancels Mammoth Revolution Tour

Weather Cancels Mammoth Revolution Tour

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2017-02-11 17:46
 

MAMMOTH MOUNTAIN, CA (Feb. 11, 2017) – Due to adverse weather conditions, all freeskiing events at the 2017 Toyota U.S. Revolution Tour at Mammoth Mountain have been cancelled.

Weather conditions have affected competition throughout the week at Mammoth, where one storm after another has pounded the California resort. Organizers were forced to cancel the freeski big air, halfpipe and slopestyle competitions that were scheduled to be contested.

The Toyota U.S. Revolution Tour will continue at Seven Springs, PA March 6-8 with freeski halfpipe and slopestyle competitions.  

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Christensen and Bowman Live on the Today Show

Christensen and Bowman Live on the Today Show

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2017-02-08 09:57
 

We are officially ONE YEAR away from the start of the PyeongChang Olympics. Watch Joss Christensen and Maddie Bowman interviewed live on the Today Show in honor of the 365 days until they get to defend their gold medals from Sochi.

 

Also featured were Christensen and Bowman's teammates Liz Stephen (E. Montpelier, VT), Lindsey Vonn (Vail, CO), Chloe Kim (Torrance, CA) and Shaun White (Mammoth Mountain, CA). #OneTeam

 


 

Voisin Wins Toyota U.S. Grand Prix Slopestyle

Voisin Wins Toyota U.S. Grand Prix Slopestyle

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2017-02-05 18:08
 

MAMMOTH MOUNTAIN, CA (Feb. 5, 2017) – Maggie Voisin (Whitefish, MT) scored her first major win at the Toyota U.S. Grand Prix at Mammoth Mountain on Sunday, topping the slopestyle podium for the women in the first qualifying event for the 2018 Olympics.

Voisin, who started her season with a second-place podium finish at the Dew Tour in Breckenridge, was thrilled to take her first major win. “Oh my gosh, I’m just so grateful that the weather was able to hold out for the ladies today and happy to put it down,” she said after the win. “Hopefully I can keep the momentum rolling throughout the season—I’m just super, super grateful.”  

 

 


 

Americans Sweep Mammoth Halfpipe

Americans Sweep Mammoth Halfpipe

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2017-02-04 16:55
 

MAMMOTH MOUNTAIN, CA (Dec. 17, 2016) – The American men swept the top four spots in the Toyota U.S. Grand Prix halfpipe freeskiing event at Mammoth Mountain, which also served as the first U.S. Olympic team qualifier for the freeskiers. Torin Yater-Wallace (Basalt, CO) won the event, followed by Gus Kenworthy (Telluride, CO) in second, Taylor Seaton (Avon, CO) in third and Aaron Blunck (Crested Butte, CO) in fourth. Maddie Bowman (South Lake Tahoe, CA) hit the podium for the ladies with a second-place finish and Brita Sigourney (Carmel, CA) was fourth.  

Weather made an impact on the 2017 event, with snow throughout the week and high winds canceling the halfpipe final, which was scheduled to run on Saturday. Overall results were determined by the qualifying round results from Wednesday.

 


 

Delays at the Toyota U.S. Grand Prix at Mammoth

Delays at the Toyota U.S. Grand Prix at Mammoth

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2017-02-04 12:13
 

MAMMOTH MOUNTAIN, CA (Feb. 4, 2017) – The wind continues to howl at Mammoth Mountain, with the Toyota U.S. Grand Prix halfpipe finals scheduled for Saturday, an Olympic qualifier. Current schedule is a 12:30 p.m. PT start with live streaming on nbcsports.com/live.

UPDATE: Halfpipe finals are canceled with qualifier results standing as final.

Sunday's schedule still stands with slopestyle qualifiers starting at 9:40 p.m. and finals at 2:15 p.m. The finals will be live streamed on nbcsports.com/live.

Updates will continue to be posted here.

 


 

It’s About Having Fun

It’s About Having Fun

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2017-02-02 00:00
 

When you're a little kid in a mountain town, hucking air and dropping into steeps is just what you do. As a little ripper in Crested Butte, you didn't even need a terrain park - the mountain's natural terrain provided all of that. Crested Butte kids were as home dipping their tips into Headwall as they were walking to school in the tiny old mining town tucked away in the West Elk Mountains north of Gunnison.

Little Aaron Blunck was all of 18 months old when dad and grandpa (who started the Crested Butte Ski School) put him on skis. At five years old, he was already captivated by X Games. By age eight, he was competing. At 15, he won bronze in the inaugural Youth Olympic Games.

Through it all, he was just a kid having fun. That's what sport is about to Aaron Blunck. And at the prime of his competitive years (he's now 20), he's becoming refocused on fun. "For me, skiing is a way to escape. Doing anything on skis is so much fun for me."

 


 

Toyota U.S. Grand Prix Concludes at Mammoth

Toyota U.S. Grand Prix Concludes at Mammoth

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2017-01-30 17:36
 

MAMMOTH MOUNTAIN, CA (Jan. 29, 2017) – The 2017 Toyota U.S. Grand Prix tour concludes this week at one of the nation’s premier ski and snowboard resorts, Mammoth Mountain. The Grand Prix will serve as the first 2018 U.S. Olympic team qualifier for freeskiing slopestyle, freeskiing halfpipe and snowboarding slopestyle.

Recently recording the snowiest January on record, Mammoth Mountain is prepped and ready to host the world’s elite skiers and snowboarders. No stranger to top-level winter sports athletes, Mammoth has long served as a training ground for the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association's top athletes, providing a world-class halfpipe, slopestyle and big air training ground for America’s best snowboarders and skiers, as well as hosting Project Gold development camps that take place each May.

 


 

Voisin Fifth In X Games Slopestyle

Voisin Fifth In X Games Slopestyle

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2017-01-29 17:57
 

ASPEN, CO (Jan­. 29, 2017) – The slopestyle ladies wrapped up X Games Aspen 2017 on Sunday; Maggie Voisin (Whitefish, MT) finished fifth and Devin Logan (West Dover, VT) was seventh. 

Voisin, who also was seventh in big air on Saturday night, had a solid showing in Slopestyle on Sunday. Her run included a leftside 900 tailgrab. It was Voisin’s fourth X Games appearance – she earned slopestyle silver at her first appearance in 2014.

The only female triple threat (halfpipe, slopestyle, big air) at X Games in 2017, Logan couldn’t put down a clean run in Slopestyle on Sunday. Her run did feature a very cool rodeo 720 safety off the quarterpipe on the second jump. Logan owns a silver medal from slopestyle in 2012.

Kelly Sildaru of Estonia won gold, making it two in a row after winning at her rookie appearance in 2016. Tess LeDeaux of France earned silver and Johanne Killi of Norway took the bronze.

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Stevenson Wins World Cup Slopestyle

Stevenson Wins World Cup Slopestyle

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2017-01-29 06:06
 

SEISER ALM, Italy (Jan. 28, 2017) – American freeskiers grabbed huge podium finishes at the FIS World cup slopestyle event in Seiser Alm on Saturday. Colby Stevenson (Park City, UT) earned his first World Cup win and Caroline Claire (Willmington, VT) earned her first World Cup podium with a third-place finish.

Stevenson was the clear winner of the day, posting up superior performances on both the rails and the jumps.

“It’s unreal man,” Stevenson said after the competition. “I couldn’t be more happy right now.”

The 19-year-old member of the U.S. Freeskiing rookie team was joined on the podium by Colin Wili of Switzerland in second and Australian skier Russ Henshaw in third. 

It was a big finish for Claire, who was making her first World Cup appearance after finding great success on the Toyota U.S. Revolution Tour the past two seasons. Sarah Hoefflin of Switzerland took the win for the ladies, while French skier Colline Ballet-Baz took second.

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Brown Top American In X Games Big Air

Brown Top American In X Games Big Air

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2017-01-29 05:50
 

ASPEN, CO (Jan­. 28, 2017) – European skiers dominated the X Games big air events on Saturday night; Bobby Brown (Breckenridge, CO) had the best finish for the Americans, finishing just outside the medals in fourth.

In the two-scores-count format, Brown put down a left triple cork 1620 mute and a left triple cork 1440 high mute. British skier James Woods won gold in a tiebreaker over Sweden’s Henrik Harlaut and Kai Mahler of Switzerland took bronze.

Maggie Voisin (Whitefish, MT) and Devin Logan (West Dover, VT) were the top American finishers for the ladies, taking fifth and sixth respectively. German skier Lisa Zimmermann won gold, Kelly Sildaru of Estonia took silver and Giulia Tanno of Switzerland earned bronze.

Up next for U.S. Freeskiing at X Games is women’s slopestyle on Sunday morning.

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