On Tuesday, May 28, U.S. Ski and Snowboard officially announced its 2023-24 snowboard team award recipients. Nominated and voted on by U.S. Snowboard team athletes and staff, the awards showcase a standout team member in.
This season, Hydro Flask became the first title sponsor in U.S. Snowboard Team history. For the riders, that investment provides a distinct edge in Olympic competition.
Close to two decades ago, Red Gerard sat in front of his family’s television in Rocky River, Ohio and watched the Winter X Games, mouth agape, taking in one of the first professional snowboard competitions.
Instead of making the usual preseason training camps to Europe with the U.S. ski and snowboard team, Corning, 24, was silently making progress toward attending fire fighting academy a new interest he hopes to pursue once his professional snowboarding days have died away.