On Thursday, Jan. 6, competition began at the U.S. Grand Prix at Mammoth Mountain, the last Olympic qualifier prior to the Winter Olympics in Beijing. The three-day competition features many Summit County locals who will.
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Team Summit skier Jenna Riccomini bounced back from a difficult slopestyle final Tuesday, March 2, to take silver at Wednesday’s Revolution Tour halfpipe competition at Copper Mountain Resort.
Riccomini earned the silver-medal score of 85.00 just 0.25 points behind gold medalist Riley Jacobs despite a broken left thumb. The finish earned her the overall Revolution Tour women’s halfpipe freeski tour championship after a bronze in halfpipe at a tour stop in Aspen last week.
A broken hand might not seem like a huge deal, but when balancing in the halfpipe, Riccomini has grown fond of using ski poles to keep her balance. So Riccomini decided to have U.S. Rookie Team coach Ryan Wyble duct tape her Zipline poles to her hand at the top of the halfpipe before dropping in. The idea was recommended to Riccomini by a Team Summit mogul skier teammate.
Riccomini's top score highlights Team Summit's Rev Tour ski slopestyle showing summitdaily.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from summitdaily.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Chris Corning hits the second jump on the slopestyle course during a practice session at the 2021 X Games Aspen at Buttermilk on Jan. 28.
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ASPEN Chris Corning is becoming Mr. Consistent, and that could bode well for the Colorado snowboarder as the next Olympic cycle gets going in only a matter of weeks with the upcoming world championships and Grand Prix in Aspen.
“This is definitely the most consistent snowboarding I’ve been doing in a long time when it comes to competing, so I’m pretty stoked on that,” Corning said. “And coming off of X Games and coming off of this, I think I’ll be pretty ready for what the world champs and what the Grand Prix have to throw at me.”
Basalt's Hanna Faulhaber named to world championships roster for halfpipe skiing aspentimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from aspentimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.