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ASPEN 2021 FIS SNOWBOARD WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: HALFPIPE PREVIEW

The second day of competition at the Aspen 2021 FIS Snowboard and Freeski World Championships will take to slopes of the famed Colorado resort on Thursday, where women’s halfpipe qualifications are slated to go down from 8:45 to 9:45 MST, followed by the men from 10:40 to 12:15. Finals are then scheduled to take place on Saturday, beginning at 13:00 - weather permitting and subject to change.

Pictured: Chloe Kim during Snowboard Halfpipe Practice Day for 2021 Aspen FIS Snowboard World Championships at Aspen. Image credit: Mark Clavin / US Ski & Snowboard

HALFPIPE WORLD CUP SET TO OPEN SEASON AT THE LAAX OPEN 2021

It’s been over 11 months since the 2019/20 FIS Snowboard halfpipe World Cup wrapped up in Calgary (CAN) last winter, and it pretty obviously goes without saying that it’s a whole new world we’re living in since China’s Cai Xuetong and Scotty James of Australia hoisted the crystal globes as the top World Cup riders of the season.

Pictured: Pat Burgener. Image credit: LAAX OPEN / Ruggli

Season preview: 2019/20 FIS Snowboard Halfpipe World Cup

The 2019/20 FIS Snowboard Halfpipe World Cup gets underway this weekend in Copper Mountain (USA), the first of five stops on a tour that this season will see the world’s best halfpipe riders compete in the USA, China, Switzerland and Canada over the next three months. With no world championships or Olympic Winter Games on the docket for this season the World Cup looms even larger in importance, with the crystal globes for the season’s best riders looming on the horizon as 2019/20’s ultimate prizes.

Pictured: Maddie Mastro (USA) during finals of 2018 Toyota US Grand Prix Copper Mountain FIS Snowboard halfpipe World Cup, December 8, 2018. Image credit: FIS Snowboard