2023 FIS Freestyle World Championships

[VIDEO] Troy Podmilsak Stomps New Jump at Big Air World Cup in Chur, Switzerland

U.S. Freeskier Troy Podmilsak landed a world-first trick in competition today, October 18, at the World Cup in Chur, Switzerland. The trick is so new that there is no name for it yet. Podmilsak’s coach calls it a left-flat-360-right-pretzel-720, and the highlight of this trick is the rotation change Podmilsak does in midair. When asked to name his new trick, […]
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US Freestyle Skier Troy Podmilsak Wins Gold at Big Air World Championships in Bakuriani, Georgia, While France’s Ledeux Redeems Herself in Women’s Big Air

Podmilsak Ledeux

The Bakuriani 2023 FIS Freestyle World Championships closed out on Saturday, March 4, 2023, with the always exciting Big Air event in Freeski and Snowboard. Unlike Slopestyle, which features a whole course with jumps and features, skiers and boarders in Big Air are judged on a single big jump, and the two best runs out of three are added together for […]
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U.S. Snowboarder Lindsey Jacobellis Wins Bronze in Snowboard Cross at 2023 Freestyle World Championships in Bakuriani, Georgia

Lindsey Jacobellis

Wednesday, March 1, 2023, saw the Men’s and Women’s Snowboard Cross event at the 2023 Freestyle World Championships.  Team USA consisted of Lindsey Jacobellis, Faye Guilini, Brianna Schnorrbusch and Stacy Gaskill on the women’s side and Jake Vedder, Nick Baumgartner, Mick Dierdorff, and Senna Leith on the men’s side.  All four women and all four men qualified for the brackets. Faye Guilini made it to […]
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U.S. Chris Corning Wins Bronze in Men’s Snowboard Slopestyle at 2023 Freestyle World Championships in Bakuriani, Georgia

Chris Corning

U.S. Snowboarder Chris Corning won Bronze at the Men’s Snowboard Slopestyle on Monday, February 27, 2023, at the 2023 World Championships in Bakuriani, Georgia. Corning is one of the most decorated snowboard athletes in FIS Snowboard history, having won the 2019 FIS Snowboard World Championships in Slopestyle. The podium at Bakuriani, Georgia, is Chris Corning’s fourth World Championships podium of his […]
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2023 World Championships Moguls Recap: Double-Gold for Canada’s ‘King’ And Double-Silver for U.S. Mogul Skier Jaelin Kauf

Jaelin Kauf

The 2023 FIS Freestyle World Championships in Bakuriani, Georgia, continued last weekend with the Moguls and Dual Moguls event. The single Moguls event was held on Saturday, February 25, 2023, at the Kokhta resort. Defending World Champion Perrine Laffont was dominant all day. The French mogul skier qualified for each round in first place. Meanwhile, Olympic champion and current leader in […]
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Austrian Snowboarder Becomes Oldest FIS World Champion At 42 Years of Age

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Andreas Prommegger from Austria became the oldest individual FIS World Champion when he won the Parallel Slalom in Snowboarding at Bakuriani, Georgia, yesterday. The 42-year-old won the final run against his teammate Arvid Auner, making it his third Gold medal at a World Championship after winning double Gold at the 1996 World Championships in Sierra Nevada, Spain. This makes him […]
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U.S. Aerial Skier Dehlinger Wins Silver at 2023 Freestyle World Championships in Bakuriani, Georgia

Quinn Dehlinger

In keeping with the theme of upsets from the Alpine World Championships, today’s individual Aerials results at the Freestyle World Championships in Bakuriani, Georgia, were again full of surprises and upsets. Aerial events consist of four runs: two qualification runs and two final runs. From the qualification, only 12 skiers advance to the finals. From there, the field is further […]
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2023 Alpine World Championships Wraps Up With Greece Making History at Men’s Slalom

AJ Ginnis

The last event of the 2023 FIS Alpine World Championships in Courchevel and Méribél, France, was the Men’s Slalom won by Henrik Kristoffersen. The Norwegian had finished the first run in a disappointing 16th place, almost a whole second behind leading man Manuel Feller from Austria. Kristoffersen seemed without a chance to podium, but he put down a smashing second run, […]
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U.S. Ski & Snowboard Announces U.S. Snowboard Team For the 2023 Freestyle World Championships

Lindsey Jacobellis

U.S. Ski & Snowboard announced the 31 athletes that will represent the US Snowboard Team across four disciplines at the 2023 FIS Freestyle World Championships in Bakuriani, Georgia, from February 19 to March 5, 2023. Among the 31 athletes are 15 Olympians and several World Championship veterans, like Chris Corning and Lindsey Jacobellis, so medal aspirations are high for Bakuriani. […]
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Mikaela Shiffrin Parts Ways With Long-Time Coach in the Middle of 2023 World Championships

Shiffrin Day

In a surprise move, Mikaela Shiffrin announced on Tuesday, February 14, 2023, that she would leave her long-time coach Mike Day. The announcement comes just a day before she is due to compete in one of her star disciplines, the Giant Slalom, at the 2023 World Championships in Courchevel and Méribél, France. Shiffrin has worked with Mike Day for seven […]
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