Squaw to host 2015 World Cup events

By Published On: September 19th, 2014Comments Off on Squaw to host 2015 World Cup events
Squaw Valley Resort at night. Facebook

Squaw Valley Resort at night. Facebook

OLYMPIC VALLEY, Calif. — The fast-paced excitement of skicross and snowboardcross will come to Squaw Valley March 4-8, 2015, with the resort hosting an Audi FIS Skicross World Cup and FIS Snowboard World Cup. This will be the first time the International Ski Federation has brought a World Cup event to Squaw Valley since the FIS Alpine World Cup in 1969.

“Squaw Valley is a first-time World Cup host and the home arena of one of the most famous and successful SBX snowboarders, Nate Holland,” noted FIS Snowboard World Cup Tour Director Uwe Beier. “It will mark the comeback of the successful combined skicross and snowboardcross events to America for the first time in two years.”

The event will feature the top global stars in the sport, including local Olympian and seven-time X Games champion Nate Holland along with Olympic SBX champion Seth Wescott (Sugarloaf, Maine), Olympic SBX medalists Alex Deibold (Boulder, Colo.) and Lindsey Jacobellis (Stratton Mountain, Vt.), and World Cup skicross winner John Teller (Mammoth Mountain, Calif.). Cross racing pits four athletes against each other to race head-to-head down a course of jumps, bumps and berms.

“Squaw Valley has been a remarkable venue for our U.S. Championships and other major events with quality courses and enthusiastic spectator interest. It’s been a goal for us to bring international events to Squaw to showcase the best athletes in the world – especially skicross and snowboardcross where we have a strong local athlete legacy,” said USSA VP Events Calum Clark.

Snowboardcross made its Olympic debut in 2006, with skicross in 2010, and both were among the top spectator events in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. The event in Squaw Valley will be broadcast on NBC and NBCSN, featuring same weekend coverage.

Release courtesy of USSA

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