{"id":798747,"date":"2019-08-21T16:39:03","date_gmt":"2019-08-21T22:39:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=370282"},"modified":"2019-08-21T16:39:03","modified_gmt":"2019-08-21T22:39:03","slug":"video-team-usa-snowboarders-chris-corning-red-gerard-kick-off-season-in-new-zealand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/video-team-usa-snowboarders-chris-corning-red-gerard-kick-off-season-in-new-zealand\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Team USA snowboarders Chris Corning, Red Gerard kick off season in New Zealand"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery p402_hide\" readability=\"6.8217433888345\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-370282-71\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/SBWorldCup-SDN-082219-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/SBWorldCup-SDN-082219.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Ian McGregor \/ AP | From left, Takeru Otsuka from Japan (runner-up), Chris Corning from Silverthorne (champion) and Mons Roisland of Norway (third place) pose on the podium for the International Ski and Snowboard Federation's men's snowboard big air World Cup final at the Winter Games New Zealand in Cardrona, New Zealand last August. Corning won the event by landing a quad-cork 1800, becoming the first American to ever do so in competition.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"14\">\n<p><strong>From left, Takeru Otsuka from Japan (runner-up), Chris Corning from Silverthorne (champion) and Mons Roisland of Norway (third place) pose on the podium for the International Ski and Snowboard Federation&#8217;s men&#8217;s snowboard big air World Cup final at the Winter Games New Zealand in Cardrona, New Zealand last August. Corning won the event by landing a quad-cork 1800, becoming the first American to ever do so in competition.<\/strong><br \/>Ian McGregor \/ AP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/SBWorldCup-SDN-082219.jpg\" alt=\"From left, Takeru Otsuka from Japan (runner-up), Chris Corning from Silverthorne (champion) and Mons Roisland of Norway (third place) pose on the podium for the International Ski and Snowboard Federation's men's snowboard big air World Cup final at the Winter Games New Zealand in Cardrona, New Zealand last August. Corning won the event by landing a quad-cork 1800, becoming the first American to ever do so in competition.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/SBWorldCup-SDN-082219-2-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/SBWorldCup-SDN-082219-2-1024x683.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Chris Dillman \/ Vail Daily | Summit County snowboarder Red Gerard, center, celebrates his first men's slopestyle championship win at the Burton US Open with the rest of the podium, Sven Thorgren (second place) and Mark McMorris (third place).\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"0.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"12\">\n<p><strong>Summit County snowboarder Red Gerard, center, celebrates his first men&#8217;s slopestyle championship win at the Burton US Open with the rest of the podium, Sven Thorgren (second place) and Mark McMorris (third place).<\/strong><br \/>Chris Dillman \/ Vail Daily<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/SBWorldCup-SDN-082219-2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Summit County snowboarder Red Gerard, center, celebrates his first men's slopestyle championship win at the Burton US Open with the rest of the podium, Sven Thorgren (second place) and Mark McMorris (third place).\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/SBWorldCup-SDN-082219-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/SBWorldCup-SDN-082219-1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Ian McGregor \/ AP | Silverthorne resident Chris Corning rotates in the air during the men's snowboard big air FIS World Cup final during the Winter Games New Zealand in Cardrona, New Zealand last August. Corning won the event by landing a quad-cork 1800, becoming the first American to ever do so in competition.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"0.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"12\">\n<p><strong>Silverthorne resident Chris Corning rotates in the air during the men&#8217;s snowboard big air FIS World Cup final during the Winter Games New Zealand in Cardrona, New Zealand last August. Corning won the event by landing a quad-cork 1800, becoming the first American to ever do so in competition.<\/strong><br \/>Ian McGregor \/ AP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/SBWorldCup-SDN-082219-1.jpg\" alt=\"Silverthorne resident Chris Corning rotates in the air during the men's snowboard big air FIS World Cup final during the Winter Games New Zealand in Cardrona, New Zealand last August. Corning won the event by landing a quad-cork 1800, becoming the first American to ever do so in competition.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/video-team-usa-snowboarders-chris-corning-red-gerard-kick-off-season-in-new-zealand\/#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/video-team-usa-snowboarders-chris-corning-red-gerard-kick-off-season-in-new-zealand\/#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The 2019-20 International Ski &amp; Snowboard Federation World Cup snowboard season will begin this weekend at a World Cup big air event in Cardrona, New Zealand.<\/p>\n<p>The event will mark the anniversary of last August\u2019s World Cup big air event in Cardrona, where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/sports\/on-19th-birthday-silverthornes-chris-corning-lands-1800-to-win-snowboard-world-cup-opener\/\">Chris Corning, of Silverthorne, became the first snowboarder to land a quadruple-cork 1800<\/a> \u2014 four inversions and five 360-degree rotations \u2014 in a World Cup competition. The trick and Corning\u2019s victory in Cardrona propelled the 19-year-old to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/sports\/silverthorne-snowboarder-chris-corning-wins-fis-season-championship-for-second-straight-year\/\">his second consecutive FIS Snowboard World Cup season championship<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-instagram wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram\">\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI am excited to be back in New Zealand,\u201d Corning, who now splits time between Summit and Eagle counties, said in a U.S. Snowboard release. \u201cI hope to bring home a win again. The jump is usually pretty great, and if the weather holds out, it should be a good contest. Being in a contest after the summer can always be more nerve-wracking than one in the middle of the season, but I\u2019m looking forward to it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The World Cup big air event will be part of the Winter Games New Zealand, with qualifiers slated for Saturday with finals following on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Snowboard announced Tuesday that fans will be able to watch Saturday\u2019s qualifying round at 6 p.m. mountain time on the Olympic Channel and at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"OlympicChannel.com (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.olympicchannel.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">OlympicChannel.com<\/a>. You can also view the action on the U.S. Snowboard Team\u2019s YouTube page at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/fissnowboardchannel\/videos\">Youtube.com\/user\/fissnowboardchannel\/videos<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-instagram wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram\">\n<\/figure>\n<p>U.S. Snowboard also announced in the release that Olympic slopestyle gold medalist Red Gerard, 19, of Silverthorne, is scheduled to compete at the World Cup big air event, though it\u2019s worth noting Gerard opted for slopestyle competitions rather than big air competitions for the majority of last season. Gerard followed up his 2018 Olympic gold in Pyeongchang, South Korea, with slopestyle victories last winter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/watch-live-red-gerard-goes-for-burton-u-s-open-slopestyle-title\/\">at the Burton U.S. Open in Vail<\/a> and at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/red-gerard-wins-mammoth-mountain-grand-prix-chris-corning-fifth\/\">Toyota U.S. Grand Prix at Mammoth Mountain<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Fellow American riders scheduled to compete include Luke Winkelmann, of Blowing Rock, North Carolina, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/sports\/chris-waker-finds-a-snowboarding-home-in-summit-county-named-u-s-ski-snowboard-coach-of-the-year\/\">who is trained by coach Chris Waker based out of Summit County<\/a>; Lyon Farrell, of Hawaii; and Storm Rowe, of Vermont.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-instagram wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram\">\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe are excited to be back on snow down here in New Zealand,\u201d Dave Reynolds, U.S. Snowboard slopestyle and big air pro team head coach, said in the release. \u201cWe have a small, but very capable crew out here with four out of our top five ranked riders competing. We don\u2019t get many on-snow big airs (vs. scaffolding) and the crew is pumped to get the first big air of the season in the books.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Team USA\u2019s pro snowboard crew arrived in New Zealand last week to kick-off their preseason training for the 2019-20 campaign.<\/p>\n<p>The World Cup snowboard season will continue Nov. 2 with the second big air competition of the season, the Modena SkiPass in Italy. The third big air World Cup event is slated for Nov. 29 and 30 in Beijing while the halfpipe season will kick off at Copper Mountain Resort on Dec. 12 to 14.<\/p>\n<p>The first slopestyle World Cup event of the season is scheduled for the Laax Open in Laax, Switzerland, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/chris-cornings-creativity-leads-to-world-cup-slopestyle-win-in-laax-arielle-gold-rides-new-trick-to-halfpipe-podium\/\">(an event Corning won last season<\/a>) from Jan. 13 to 17.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-instagram wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram\">\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-instagram wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram\">\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-instagram wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram\">\n<\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/video-team-usa-snowboarders-chris-corning-red-gerard-kick-off-season-in-new-zealand\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Summit Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From left, Takeru Otsuka from Japan (runner-up), Chris Corning from Silverthorne (champion) and Mons Roisland of Norway (third place) pose on the podium for the International Ski and Snowboard Federation&#8217;s men&#8217;s snowboard big air World Cup final at the Winter Games New Zealand in Cardrona, New Zealand last August. 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