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Thursday, January 6th, 2022
SHAUN WHITE & RED GERARD HEADLINE U.S. GRAND PRIX SNOWBOARD AND FREESKI COVERAGE FROM MAMMOTH MOUNTAIN THIS WEEKEND ACROSS NBC SPORTS AND PEACOCK
Three-Time Olympic Gold Medalist Shaun White and 2018 Olympic Gold Medalist Red Gerard Headline U.S. Snowboard Team Competing at Mammoth Mountain in California on CNBC and Peacock
U.S. Freeski Team Features Two-Time Olympic Gold Medalist David Wise and 2018 Olympic Silver Medalist Alex Ferreira at Mammoth Mountain This Weekend
Peacock to Stream Extensive FIS Ski and Snowboard World Cup Coverage Live, Featuring All Austria Events Including the Hahnenkamm on Jan. 21-22
Two-Time Olympic Gold Medalist Mikaela Shiffrin Expected to Headline U.S. Women’s Ski Team in Giant Slalom and Slalom This Weekend in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, & Men to Compete in Giant Slalom and Slalom in Adelboden on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA and Peacock
STAMFORD, Conn. – Jan. 6, 2022 – Three-time Olympic gold medalist Shaun White and 2018 Olympic gold medalist Red Gerard headline the U.S. Snowboard Team that will be competing alongside the U.S. Freeski Team at the Toyota U.S. Grand Prix this weekend at Mammoth Mountain in California across NBC Sports and Peacock. The Grand Prix will serve as the final domestic U.S. Snowboard and Freeski Olympic qualifying event.
The field of Olympic snowboarding hopefuls alongside White and Gerard includes 2018 Olympian Chris Corning and Winter X Games medalist Dusty Henricksen. Gerard and two-time Olympic gold medalist Jamie Anderson, who will also be competing at Mammoth Mountain, and 2018 Olympic gold medalist Chloe Kim have already achieved criteria to be nominated to the 2022 U.S. Olympic Snowboard team. White aims to make his fifth Olympic team at age 35. Live coverage of the slopestyle will be presented Saturday at 4 p.m. ET on Peacock and CNBC will air an encore Sunday at 11 a.m. ET. Halfpipe competition will be presented Saturday live at 11 p.m. ET on Peacock, with an encore slated for Sunday at 1 p.m. ET on CNBC.
The U.S. Freeski Team features two-time Olympic gold medalist David Wise, 2018 silver medalist Alex Ferreira, who has achieved criteria to be nominated to the 2022 U.S. Olympic Freeski team, and 2018 bronze medalist Brita Sigourney. Freeski coverage from Mammoth Mountain gets underway with the halfpipe Saturday live at 12:35 p.m. ET on Peacock and an encore presentation Sunday at 9:30 a.m. ET on CNBC.
NBC Sports’ Todd Harris (play-by-play), former U.S. Olympian snowboarder Todd Richards (analyst), World Cup freestyle gold medalist Tom Wallisch, and former professional snowboarder Tina Dixon (reporter) will call the U.S. Grand Prix coverage.
Two-time Olympic gold medalist and the winningest slalom skier in World Cup history Mikaela Shiffrin, who currently leads the overall women’s World Cup standings, is expected to compete in Kranjska Gora this weekend after finishing second in slalom earlier this week. She is expected to be joined by U.S. Ski teammate Paula Moltzan. On the men’s side, the U.S. Ski Team is expected to be highlighted by Olympians Tommy Ford and Ryan Cochran-Siegle in Adelboden, Switzerland.
Former U.S. ski team racer Steve Porino (play-by-play) will call the men’s and women’s giant slalom events Saturday and slalom events Sunday with two-time Olympic gold medalist Ted Ligety (analyst).
NBC Sports will present nearly 70 hours of U.S. Ski and Snowboard coverage this season, including this weekend’s snowboard and freeski events from Mammoth Mountain.
Peacock will provide extensive 2021-22 FIS Skiing and Snowboarding World Cup coverage, featuring all events held in Austria including the Hahnenkamm on Jan. 21-22. To learn more about Peacock and how to sign up, visit peacocktv.com.
All coverage on NBC, CNBC, and Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA will stream on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app.
Below is NBC Sports’ 2021-22 FIS Snowboarding and Freestyle Skiing World Cup coverage schedule this weekend from Mammoth Mountain, Calif.:
| Date | Event | Network/Platform | Time (ET) |
| Sat., Jan. 8 | Freeski Halfpipe | Peacock | 12:35 p.m. |
| Snowboard Slopestyle | Peacock | 4 p.m. | |
| Snowboard Halfpipe | Peacock | 11 p.m. | |
| Sun., Jan. 9 | Freeski Halfpipe* | CNBC, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app | 9:30 a.m. |
| Snowboard Slopestyle* | CNBC, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app | 11 a.m. | |
| Snowboard Halfpipe* | CNBC, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app | 1 p.m. | |
| Freeski Slopestyle | Peacock | 4 p.m. | |
*Delayed coverage
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Below is NBC Sports’ telecast schedule for the 2021-22 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup season through Jan. 31, 2022:
| Date | Event | Network/Platform | Time (ET) |
| Sat., Jan. 8 | Women’s Giant Slalom (Run 1) – Kranjska Gora, Slovenia | Peacock | 3:30 a.m. |
| Men’s Giant Slalom (Run 1) – Adelboden, Switzerland | Peacock | 4:30 a.m. | |
| Women’s Giant Slalom (Run 2) – Kranjska Gora, Slovenia | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app | 6:30 a.m. | |
| Men’s Giant Slalom (Run 2) – Adelboden, Switzerland | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app | 7:30 a.m. | |
| Sun., Jan. 9 | Women’s Slalom (Run 1) – Kranjska Gora, Slovenia | Peacock | 3:30 a.m. |
| Men’s Slalom (Run 1) – Adelboden, Switzerland | Peacock | 4:30 a.m. | |
| Women’s Slalom (Run 2) – Kranjska Gora, Slovenia | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app | 6:30 a.m. | |
| Men’s Slalom (Run 2) – Adelboden, Switzerland | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app | 7:30 a.m. | |
| Tues., Jan. 11 | Women’s Slalom (Run 1) – Flachau, Austria | Peacock | Noon |
| Women’s Slalom (Run 2) – Flachau, Austria | Peacock | 2:45 p.m. | |
| Fri., Jan. 14 | Men’s Downhill – Wengen, Switzerland | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app | 6:30 a.m. |
| Sat., Jan. 15 | Women’s Downhill – Zauchensee, Austria | Peacock | 4:45 a.m. |
| Men’s Downhill – Wengen, Switzerland | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app | 6:30 a.m. | |
| Sun., Jan. 16 | Men’s Slalom (Run 1) – Wengen, Switzerland | Peacock | 4:15 a.m. |
| Women’s Super-G – Zauchensee, Austria | Peacock | 5:30 a.m. | |
| Men’s Slalom (Run 2) – Wengen, Switzerland | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app | 7:30 a.m. | |
| Fri., Jan. 21 | Men’s Downhill – Kitzbuehel, Austria | Peacock | 5:30 a.m. |
| Sat., Jan. 22 | Women’s Downhill – Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy | Peacock | 4 a.m. |
| Men’s Downhill – Kitzbuehel, Austria | Peacock | 5:30 a.m. | |
| Sun., Jan. 23 | Men’s Slalom (Run 1) – Kitzbuehel, Austria | Peacock | 4:30 a.m. |
| Women’s Super-G – Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy | Peacock | 5:30 a.m. | |
| Men’s Slalom (Run 2) – Kitzbuehel, Austria | Peacock | 7:30 a.m. | |
| Women’s Super-G – Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy* | NBC, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app | 1 p.m. | |
| Men’s Downhill – Kitzbuehel, Austria* | CNBC, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app | 2 p.m. | |
| Tues., Jan. 25 | Women’s Giant Slalom (Run 1) – Kronplatz, Italy | Peacock | 4:30 a.m. |
| Women’s Giant Slalom (Run 2) – Kronplatz, Italy | Peacock | 7:30 a.m. | |
| Sat., Jan. 29 | Women’s Downhill – Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany | Peacock | 5:30 a.m. |
| Sun., Jan. 30 | Women’s Super-G – Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany | Peacock | 5:30 a.m. |
*Delayed coverage
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NBC Sports will present nearly 70 hours of U.S. Ski and Snowboard coverage this season, including this weekend’s snowboard and freeski events from Mammoth Mountain. Additional season coverage will be highlighted by freestyle skiing events in Deer Valley, Utah.
A complete schedule can be found here.
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Following are NBC Sports’ FIS World Cup January schedules for other disciplines:
For the ski jumping schedule, click here.
For the freestyle skiing schedule, click here.
For the cross-country skiing schedule, click here.
For the snowboarding schedule, click here.
For the Nordic combined schedule, click here.
–NBC SPORTS–
