EVENT NOTIFICATION: PRESS CONFERENCE / REMOTE FEATURE / INTERVIEW OPPORTUNITY
WHAT: Chevrolet U.S. Snowboard Grand Prix & U.S. Olympic Snowboard Team Announcement
WHEN: January 20: 10:00am – 3:00pm Slopestyle qualifier
7:00pm – 8:25pm Halfpipe finals
January 21: 11:00am – 12:30pm Slopestyle finals
12:45 pm – 1:00pm SCS Slednecks demo
4:30pm – 6:00pm Halfpipe finals
6:15pm – 8:00pm Fountains of Wayne concert / Slednecks demo
8:00pm – 8:45pm Olympic Announcement Ceremony/Fireworks
9:00pm – 9:30pm Press Conference
January 22: 12:00pm – 1:30pm Junior Jam
WHERE: Mountain Creek resort in Vernon, New Jersey
WHO: The U.S. Olympic Snowboard Halfpipe Team will qualify exclusively through three Chevrolet US Snowboard Grand Prix events with scoring based on the best two out of five halfpipe contests. The elite field at Mountain Creek was determined by the results of the earlier contests at Breckenridge, CO and Mt. Bachelor, OR and the following athletes are expected to compete:
Men
Rank Name Points
1 SHAUN WHITE 2000
2 MASON AGUIRRE 1600
3 DANNY DAVIS 1200
4 ROSS POWERS 1090
5 SCOTT LAGO 1050
6 ANDY FINCH 1000
7 DANIEL KASS 900
8 STEVEN FISHER 720
8 JARRET THOMAS 720
10 KEVIN PEARCE 710
11 TOMMY CZESCHIN 640
12 CHAD OTTERSTROM 620
13 KEIR DILLON 610
14 LOUIE VITO 560
15 MICHAEL GOLDSCHMIDT 550
16 ROB KINGWILL 400
17 LUKE MITRANI 380
17 JACK MITRANI 380
19 LUKE WYNEN 320
20 TYLER EMOND 280
21 ABE TETER Top 25
22 WYATT CALDWELL Top 25
23 TRAVIS RICE Top 25
24 PAT MOORE Top 25
25 ELIJAH TETER Top 25
Women:
Rank Name Points
1 GRETCHEN BLEILER 2000
2 HANNAH TETER 1800
3 ELENA HIGHT 1400
4 TRICIA BYRNES 1050
5 LINDSEY JACOBELLIS 860
6 MOLLY AGUIRRE 850
7 KELLY CLARK 760
8 ELLERY HOLLINGSWORTH 690
9 CLAIR BIDEZ 680
10 ELIZA GREENE 650
11 SABRINA ST. MARIE Top 25
12 KRISSY FAGA Top 25
13 JOANIE ANDERSON Top 25
The 2006 U.S. Olympic Snowboard Team including halfpipe, alpine and snowboardcross riders will be announced live during the naming ceremony at Mountain Creek on Saturday, January 21.
Also on Saturday, Red Bull will present the SCS Slednecks Freestyle Snowmobile Demo, with some of the world’s top freestyle snowmobile riders pushing the sport to its limits. Additionally, prior to the Olympic announcement, Mountain Creek and NJ Tourism will present a free concert by Grammy-nominated recording artists, Fountains of Wayne, and there will be an exciting sponsor village with plenty of prizes and giveaways throughout the three day event.
There is no charge for this event, and spectators are welcome.
DETAILS: The 2006 Grand Prix series features one of the largest overall purses in snowboarding; prizes total more than $340,000 and include two new Chevrolet trucks awarded to the male and female overall Grand Prix winners, along with the best broadcast package for the sport on NBC, America’s Olympic network, and OLN, the leader in action sports and outdoor adventure programming. NBC will air a one-hour special of the Mountain Creek Grand Prix and Olympic announcement the following day, Sunday, Jan. 22 at 3 p.m. ET. OLN will broadcast more coverage during its ‘Ten Weeks to Torino’ programming, Sunday, Jan. 22, at 5 p.m. ET.
*For more information or for assistance with athlete interview requests, please contact: Shannon McSweeney - Chief of Press/Mountain Creek Communications Manager. Phone: 973-864-8088 email: smcsweeney@mountaincreek.com
**To request on-site media credentials, which are mandatory for all members of the press, please submit the Media Credential Request form to 973-864-8207. You will receive an email confirmation with details and instructions for covering the event.
