FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, October 30th, 2019
NBC SPORTS PRESENTS MORE THAN 30 HOURS OF EXCLUSIVE COVERAGE OF 2019-20 FIS SNOWBOARDING WORLD CUP
Season-Long Coverage Continues with Big Air from Modena, Italy, on Saturday, Nov. 2, at 1:30 p.m. ET on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA
U.S. Olympic Slopestyle Gold Medalist Red Gerard Scheduled to Compete in Visa Big Air in Atlanta, Georgia
World Cup Season Highlights Include Events in Atlanta, Copper Mountain & Mammoth Mountain
STAMFORD, Conn. – Oct. 30, 2019 – NBC Sports’ presentation of the 2019-20 FIS Snowboarding World Cup season continues this Saturday from Modena, Italy, as part of more than 30 hours of exclusive coverage set to air this season across NBCSN, Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA, NBCSports.com, the NBC Sports app, OlympicChannel.com and the Olympic Channel app.
This season’s U.S. team will be led by Olympic gold medalists Red Gerard and Jamie Anderson, both of whom earned slopestyle gold at the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics. Gerard, who is expected to compete at the Visa Big Air on December 20, became the youngest snowboarding Olympic gold medalist in history in PyeongChang, winning slopestyle at the age of 17. Anderson will look to add to her World Cup accomplishments, where she won the slopestyle season title in 2017.
NBC Sports’ 2019-20 FIS Snowboarding World Cup schedule is highlighted by exclusive live coverage of the Land Rover U.S. Grand Prix from Copper Mountain, CO. (Dec. 12); the Visa Big Air from Atlanta, GA (Dec. 20 – 21); and the Land Rover U.S. Grand Prix from Mammoth Mountain, CA (Jan. 31 – Feb. 1). In addition, NBC Sports presents live snowboarding coverage from Secret Garden, China, on Friday, Dec. 20, and Thursday, Feb. 27. The venue will host snowboarding and freestyle skiing events at the 2022 Winter Olympics.
STREAMING COVERAGE OF FIS SNOWBOARD WORLD CUP
NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app — NBC Sports Group’s live streaming platforms for desktops, mobile devices, tablets, and connected TVs — will provide streaming coverage of the 2019-20 FIS Snowboard World Cup events airing on NBCSN and Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA via “TV Everywhere,” giving consumers additional value for their subscription service, and making high quality content available to MVPD customers both in and out of the home and on multiple platforms.
NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app are powered by Playmaker Media and available on the iTunes App Store, Google Play, Windows Store, Roku Channel Store, Apple TV and Amazon Fire.
All linear coverage on NBCSN will stream on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app. All linear coverage on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA will stream on OlympicChannel.com and the Olympic Channel app, in addition to NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app.
Live FIS Snowboarding World Cup coverage will also be available on NBC Sports Gold. “Snow Pass” is available for purchase now for $69.99 by visiting NBCSportsGold.com and can be purchased here.
Below is NBC Sports’ remaining telecast schedule for the 2019-20 FIS Snowboarding World Cup season:
| Date | Time (ET) | Event | Network |
| 11/2/19 | 1:30 p.m. | Big Air – Modena, Italy | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
| 12/14/19 | 1 p.m. | Big Air – Beijing, China* | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
| 2 p.m. | Halfpipe – Land Rover U.S. Grand Prix | NBCSN | |
| 10:30 p.m. | Big Air – Beijing, China* | NBCSN | |
| 12/20/19 | 7 p.m. | Visa Big Air – Atlanta, Georgia | NBCSN |
| 10 p.m. | Halfpipe – Secret Garden, China | NBCSN | |
| 12/21/19 | 10 a.m. | Snowboard Cross – Cervinia, Italy* | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
| 3 p.m. | Visa Big Air – Atlanta, Georgia** | NBC | |
| 4 p.m. | Halfpipe – Land Rover U.S. Grand Prix*** | NBC | |
| 1/17/20 | 6 a.m. | Slopestyle – Laax, Switzerland | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
| 8 p.m. | Slopestyle – Laax, Switzerland* | NBCSN | |
| 1/18/20 | 11:30 a.m. | Halfpipe – Laax, Switzerland | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
| 1/22/20 | 6:30 a.m. | Slopestyle – Seiser Alm, Italy | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
| 1/25/20 | 3 p.m. | Snowboard Cross – Big White, British Columbia | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
| 1/26/20 | 3 p.m. | Snowboard Cross Mixed Team – Big White, British Columbia | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
| 1/31/20 | 12:30 p.m. | Slopestyle – Land Rover U.S. Grand Prix | NBCSN |
| 2/1/20 | 5 p.m. | Snowboard Cross – Feldberg, Germany* | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
| 5 p.m. | Halfpipe – Land Rover U.S. Grand Prix | NBC | |
| 11:30 p.m. | Halfpipe – Land Rover U.S. Grand Prix* | NBCSN | |
| 2/2/20 | 5 p.m. | Snowboard Cross Mixed Team – Feldberg, Germany* | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
| 2/15/20 | 8 p.m. | Halfpipe – Calgary, Alberta | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
| 2/16/20 | 7 p.m. | Slopestyle – Calgary, Alberta* | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
| 2/27/20 | 12 a.m. | Snowboard Cross – Secret Garden, China | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
| 2/28/20 | 11:30 p.m. | Snowboard Cross – Secret Garden, China** | NBCSN |
| 3/7/20 | 6:30 p.m. | Snowboard Cross – Sierra Nevada, Spain* | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
| 3/15/20 | 12 a.m. | Snowboard Cross – Veysonnaz, Switzerland* | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
| 3/21/20 | 9:30 a.m. | Slopestyle – Spindleruv, Czech Republic* | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
*Same-day Delay
**Next-day Delay
***Taped
Note: schedules are subject to change.
–NBC SPORTS–
