PARK CITY, UT (Dec. 6, 2016) – The 2017 U.S. Snowboarding halfpipe, slopestyle, big air and snowboardcross teams have been announced. This year’s roster consists of 36 pro team riders, including 2014 Olympic medalists Jamie Anderson (S. Lake Tahoe, CA), Alex Deibold (Boulder, CO) and Kelly Clark (West Dover, VT), and 18 rookie and development athletes, all looking to compete at their best during the pre-Olympic season.

MOENCHENGLADBACH, Germany (Dec. 3, 2016) – U.S. Snowboarding riders Karly Shorr (Milford, MI) and Lyon Farrell (Haiku, HI) made the final at the third World Cup big air event of the season on Saturday night, placing fourth and fifth respectively. The scaffolding event was held under the lights in the German SparkassenPark venue, serving as the second event in the FIS big air Super Series.  

In the best-two-of-three scoring format, Shorr’s best jump was a switch backside 540, for which she received a 71.00. Farrell landed two solid tricks—a Cab 1440 (85.25) and backside 1620 (89.25), for a combined score of 174.50. If it weren’t for slight hand drags on both tricks, Farrell would have been in contention for the podium.

Just one week after the Milan Big Air, snowboarders headed to PyeongChang for the big air Olympic test event on Saturday. Ryan Stassel (Anchorage, AK) and Julia Marino (Westport, CT) grabbed podiums for the U.S. team.

Big Air Fenway champion Marino grabbed another podium result at the FIS Snowboard World Cup in South Korea. (Getty Images-Han Myung-Gu)

On the tallest big air scaffolding ramp in the world in the heart of PyeongChang's Alpensia resort, reigning slopestyle champion Stassel threw down huge jumps with a variety of tricks—including a switch backside 1260 and a backside triple cork 1440s—to take third. He finished behind Canadians Mark McMorris and Max Parrot.

ALPENSIA, South Korea (Nov. 25, 2016) - Three American men soared into the finals as the FIS Snowboard World Cup tour visited the Olympic big air jump in Alpensia. Chris Corning (Aspen, CO), Ryan Stassel (Anchorage) and Red Gerard (Silverthorne, CO) all made it through Thursday's qualifiers and into Friday's big air finals. Women will qualify on Friday.

Corning, who was on the podium two weeks ago in the Milan big air, was second in his heat and had the third highest score at 92.25. Stassel was third in the same heat, while Gerard, just 16, finished fourth in the other heat.

"We had beautiful sunny conditions and a top notch setup here in Korea for the big air," said Head Coach Mike Jankowski. "The level of riding here is very high and we are proud of all our riders pushing the level today."

X Games announced their first wave of invitees to the 2017 Winter X Games in Aspen, Colorado. 14 Americans were included in the list.

The U.S. team is full of previous X Games medalists, including Chloe Kim (Torrance, CA) and Kelly Clark (La Palma, CA) who took gold and silver last season in the Aspen SuperPipe. Arielle Gold (Steamboat Springs, CO) and Hailey Langland (San Clemente, CA) both had breakout years last year, winning their first X Games medals in Aspen, while Jamie Anderson (S. Lake Tahoe, CA) accumulated more medals, reaching the double digits. 

Matt Ladley (Steamboat Springs, CO) and Ben Ferguson (Bend, OR) look to duplicate last year’s results when they went one-two, while Red Gerard makes his first appearances at the event.

Look for the list to get larger in the months leading up to 2017 Winter X Games.

With the PyeongChang Olympics just 15 months out, Jamie Anderson (South Lake Tahoe, CA) and freeskiers Joss Christensen (Park City, UT), David Wise (Reno, NV) sat down with Team USA to talk about what life has been like since winning gold medals at Sochi and their goals for the upcoming Games.

READ: How Jamie Anderson, Joss Christensen, David Wise are Preparing to Defend Their Olympic Titles

MILAN, Italy (Nov. 11, 2016) - Hailey Langland (San Clemente, CA) kicked off her 2016-17 FIS Snowboard World Cup season in fine style with a second-place finish at the big air event in Milan, Italy in front of an impressive crowd.

“It was a little scary,” said Langland, after competing in her first scaffolding big air event. “I was really nervous, but I got to look down to all these people who came here to watch and it made me a little more nervous but also excited.”

“This scaffolding style of jump can be very intimidating and we are super happy that Hailey was able to land on the podium in her first city big air,” said Head Coach Mike Jankowski. “The Milan big air was such a great kickoff to the season.”

Austria’s Anna Gasser and Norway’s Marcus Kleveland took the victories in the opening round of the World Cup season – a career-best result for both.

MILAN, Italy (Nov. 10, 2016) – The season kicks off Saturday with a snowboarding big air in Milan, Italy—the first of three city events held throughout the season.

60 athletes—40 men and 20 women—are competing on the ramp that has been built across from Expo Milan’s famous Tree of Life. Milan begins the first FIS Super Series, with other city big air events following in Moenchengladbach, Germany in December and Quebec City, Canada in February. 

The U.S. Snowboarding slopestyle team has been training at the Stubai Glacier in Austria prior to the event, preparing for the season and the upcoming big airs—including an Olympic test event in Korea in two weeks and the Copper Mountain U.S. Grand Prix in December. The Milan event also marks the start of the process to earn individual Olympic eligibility with a top-30 finish in a World Cup, as well as team quota spots for PyeongChang.

PARK CITY, UT (Nov. 4, 2016) – The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association’s (USSA) Revolution Tour has announced its schedule for the 2016-17 season. Veteran Rev Tour hosts Copper Mountain, CO, Mammoth Mountain, CA and Seven Springs Mountain Resort, PA are all returning for the Tour’s 13^th season along with first time resort partner Waterville Valley Resort, NH.

Established in 2004, the U.S Revolution tour is the premier series of progressive events for top junior riders. Focused towards 13-19-year-old athletes, the Rev Tour is designed to serve as a stepping stone from the grassroots to the elite level. Throughout the tour, athletes will have the opportunity to compete in halfpipe, slopestyle, cross and big air competitions.