VEYSONNAZ, Switzerland (Mar. 25, 2017) — Alex Deibold (Boulder, CO) took second place on Saturday at the final FIS World Cup individual snowboardcross race of the 2017 season.

It was Deibold’s second World Cup podium finish this year, after taking third at the Solitude Mountain Toyota U.S. Grand Prix in January. “I had a strong start to the season,” the 2014 Olympic bronze medalist said after the race. “It feels great to end up on a high note; I can’t wait for next season.”

Pierre Vaultier of France won the race, picking up his fifth snowboardcross World Cup title in the process. Alex Pullin of Australia was third.

Nick Baumgartner (Iron River, MI) and Jonathan Cheever (Saugus, MA) battled it out in the small final, finishing seventh and eighth respectively.

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PARK CITY, UT (March 23, 2017) – U.S. Snowboarding will send a highly competitive team to Spindleruv Mlyn, Czech Republic for the FIS Freestyle Snowboarding Junior World Championships March 28-April 2. Eight of the United States’ best junior snowboarders will compete in both slopestyle and big air events.

The 2016 FIS slopestyle crystal globe winner Chris Corning (Silverthorne, CO) will lead the team at the popular resort in the northern Czech Republic, where he placed second during last season's World Cup slopestyle. Corning recently earned two medals at the FIS World Championships — silver in big air and bronze in slopestyle.

SIERRA NEVADA, Spain (March 17, 2017) — Chris Corning (Silverthorne, CO) capped off a successful season with a big air silver medal at the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboard World Championships on Friday.

It was the second medal of the week for Corning, who earned bronze in slopestyle on March 11. “Two medals at my first World Champs, not too bad,” Corning said after the event. “I’m stoked. The final was amazing, people were riding really well and it was cool being part of it. I was happy to put down my runs and it ended out working out for me.”

Chris Corning won the big air silver medal at the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboard World Championships Friday. (Getty Images-Clive Rose)

SIERRA NEVADA, Spain (March 13, 2017) — U.S. Snowboarding had a fantastic showing at the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboard World Championships snowboardcross team event on Monday. Hagen Kearney (Telluride, CO) and Nick Baumgartner (Iron River, MI) claimed the gold-medal win, while teammates Lindsey Jacobellis (Stratton Mountain, VT) and Faye Gulini (Salt Lake City, UT) earned bronze.

It was the first time the team event was held at the FIS World Championships and Baumgartner, who finished just short of the podium in the individual event on Sunday, capitalized on a second chance at gold.

Lindsey Jacobellis and Faye Gulini won the bronze medal in the team snowboardcross Monday in Sierra Nevada, Spain. (Getty Images/Agency Zoom-Laurent Salino)

SEVEN SPRINGS, PA (March 10, 2017) – The American slopestyle snowboarders swept both podiums at the final stop of the Toyota U.S. Revolution Tour in Seven Springs on Friday. Nora Healey (Plymouth, NH) and Lucas Caye (Minneapolis, MN) also claimed the overall Rev Tour slopestyle titles for the year.

Healey was the winner at Seven Springs for the women; it was her second Rev Tour win of the season, as she also claimed victory at the first event of the year at Waterville Valley. She was joined on the podium by Tealor Mattingly (Sandy, UT) in second and Isabella Gomez (Issaquah, WA) in third.

For the men, it was Derek Lemke who topped the podium. Sean Fitzsimons (Mt. Hood, OR) took second and Jack Coyne (Vail, CO) rounded out the podium in third.

SIERRA NEVADA, Spain (Mar. 12, 2017) - Lindsey Jacobellis (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, and with a landmark fifth World Championship title in 2017 she is showing no signs of slowing down anytime soon.

“I just know that something else turns on inside of me and I get really, really aggressive,” Jacobellis said when asked what the key to her continued success is. “I find energy when I didn’t think I had energy. Maybe it’s just the (World Championships) stage but I believe this course definitely played a really big part in my win today; it was very dynamic and very fast…there were a lot of variables and a lot of transitions that had to be matched perfectly otherwise you would lose a lot of speed for somebody else to capitalize on.”

HAFJELL, Norway (March 11, 2017) – Julia Marino (Westport, CT) earned her fourth X Games medal of the season, taking silver in big air at X Games Norway on Saturday.

Marino has been on fire in 2017, and she stomped her way to her second medal of the week after earning bronze in slopestyle on Friday night. She used her signature combination—a Cab double underflip and backside 720 to earn an overall score of 65. Marino was the slopestyle gold medalist and big air bronze medalist at her rookie X Games appearance in Aspen in January.

Jamie Anderson (South Lake Tahoe, CA) was the only other American lady in the field; she finished sixth. Local girl Silje Norendal won gold for Norway and Austria’s Anna Gasser earned bronze.

For the men, Brock Crouch (Mammoth Lakes, CA) was the only American to make the big air final. He finished eighth in his first X Games big air final with a backside triple cork 1440 and Cab 1260 nose.  

HIGHLIGHTS

SIERRA NEVADA, Spain (March 11, 2017) – The halfpipe contest at the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboard World Championships went off under the lights at Sierra Nevada, Spain on Saturday night, where the U.S. qualified four riders to the final: Arielle Gold (Steamboat Springs, CO) and Maddie Mastro (Wrightwood, CA) represented for the women, while Louie Vito (Bellefontaine, OH) and Ryan Wachendorfer (Edwards, CO) represented for the men.

Gold was the top finisher for the American ladies, finishing fifth despite struggling with shoulder pain. “The pipe was better than I expected,” she said after the comp. “It’s a little scary just because it’s so warm and it has some mystical bumps in there that are a bit hard to see but it’s a good pipe.”

Mastro finished just behind Gold in sixth. China’s Xuetong Cai won the event, Japan’s Haruna Matsumoto was second and France’s Clemence Grimal rounded out the podium in third.

SIERRA NEVADA, Spain (Mar. 11, 2017) – Chris Corning (Silverthorne, CO) scored a podium finish in slopestyle at the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboard World Championships on Saturday and Karly Shorr (Milford, MI) came in fourth for the ladies.

It’s been warm in Sierra Nevada, and organizers have been working hard to maintain the slopestyle course. “The course has been good,” Corning said after the event. “It’s been tough because it’s been so hot and when they groom it’s super bumpy—it’s never been smooth so that’s kind of been tough to work with.”

Chris Corning rides to third. (Getty Images/Agence Zoom-Laurent Salino)