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 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 […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | March 6, 2023 1 Comment
U.S. Snowboarder Lindsey Jacobellis Wins Bronze in Snowboard Cross at 2023 Freestyle World Championships in Bakuriani, Georgia 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 […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | March 2, 2023 0 Comments
U.S. Chris Corning Wins Bronze in Men’s Snowboard Slopestyle at 2023 Freestyle World Championships in Bakuriani, Georgia 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 […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | February 28, 2023 1 Comment
2023 World Championships Moguls Recap: Double-Gold for Canada’s ‘King’ And Double-Silver for U.S. Mogul Skier 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 […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | February 28, 2023 0 Comments
Austrian Snowboarder Becomes Oldest FIS World Champion At 42 Years of Age 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 […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | February 24, 2023 1 Comment
U.S. Aerial Skier Dehlinger Wins Silver at 2023 Freestyle World Championships in Bakuriani, Georgia 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 […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | February 23, 2023 0 Comments
Team USA Makes It Two for Two Mixed Team Competitions at the 2023 World Chamionships Just as the 2023 Alpine World Championships in Courchevel and Méribél, France, end, the 2023 Freestyle World Championships in Bakuriani, Georgia, are kicking off. The Freestyle Championships started on a high note for Team USA, as the American Aerials Team won the Mixed Team Gold at the first event in the Lesser Caucasus Mountains. The American Team, consisting of Ashley […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | February 20, 2023 0 Comments
2023 Freestyle World Championships in Bakuriani, Georgia, Kick Off with Opening Ceremony The 2023 FIS Freestyle Ski, Snowboard and Freeski World Championships kick off today in Bakuriani, Georgia. Bakuriani will host 30 competitions over the next 16 days from February 18 to March 5, 2023. Georgia has never hosted an event of this size. It will be a fantastic opportunity for the nation to showcase the beauty of the Lesser Caucasus Mountains to […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | February 18, 2023 1 Comment
U.S. Ski & Snowboard Announces U.S. Snowboard Team For the 2023 Freestyle World Championships 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. […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | February 16, 2023 0 Comments
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