Three-Time Olympic Gold Medalist Shaun White & U.S. Men’s Snowboarding Team Compete at Copper Mountain in Colorado Saturday
U.S. Grand Prix Freeski Team Features Two-Time Olympic Gold Medalist David Wise at Copper Friday and Saturday Across NBC Sports and Peacock
Two-Time Olympic Gold Medalist and Six-Time World Champion Mikaela Shiffrin Headlines U.S. Women’s Ski Team in Super-G This Weekend in St. Moritz, Switzerland, on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA and NBCSN; Men to Compete in Slalom and Giant Slalom Events in Val d’Isere on Peacock
Two-Time Olympic Gold Medalist Kaillie Humphries Headlines Bobsled & Skeleton World Cup Field in Winterberg, Germany; Live Coverage Begins Friday on Peacock
STAMFORD, Conn. – Dec. 9, 2021 – The U.S. Snowboarding and Freestyle Skiing teams take center stage at the Toyota U.S. Grand Prix this weekend at Copper Mountain in Colorado across NBC Sports and Peacock. The Grand Prix serves as one of four U.S. Olympic halfpipe snowboard qualifying events and one of six U.S. Olympic freeski qualifying events ahead of the 2022 Olympic Winter Games.
Three-time Olympic gold medalist Shaun White headlines U.S. Snowboard
The U.S. Freeski Team features two-time Olympic gold medalist David Wise, 2018 bronze medalist Brita Sigourney, and Aaron Blunck all aiming to qualify for their third Olympic Games. Coverage from Copper gets underway with the freeski halfpipe Friday live at 2:30 p.m. ET on Peacock and an encore presentation at 9:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN. NBC will also air an encore Saturday at 5 p.m. ET.
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.
The 2021-22 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup season continues with women’s Super-G events in St. Moritz, Switzerland, and men’s slalom and giant slalom events in Val d’Isere, France. Two-time Olympic gold medalist and the winningest slalom skier in World Cup history Mikaela Shiffrin is expected to headline the U.S. Women’s Ski Team in St. Moritz alongside 2018 Olympian Breezy Johnson. Super-G coverage gets underway Saturday live at 4:30 a.m. ET on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA, with an encore slated for 12:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN.
Coverage of the men’s technical races from Val d’Isere begins Saturday with the giant slalom live at 3:30 a.m. ET (Run 1) and 7 a.m. ET (Run 2) on Peacock. The U.S. Men’s Ski Team is expected to be led by two-time Olympian Tommy Ford and 2018 Olympian Ryan Cochran-Siegle.
NBC Sports’ Steve Schlanger (play-by-play) and former U.S. ski team racer Steve Porino will call this weekend’s men’s and women’s alpine action.
NBC Sports will present nearly 70 hours of U.S. Ski and Snowboard coverage this season, including this weekend’s snowboarding and freestyle skiing events from Copper. Additional season coverage will be highlighted by events in Mammoth, Calif., and Deer Valley, Utah, across alpine skiing, snowboarding, and freestyle skiing competition. A complete schedule can be found here.
Peacock will provide extensive 2021-22 FIS Skiing and Snowboarding World Cup coverage, including all events held in Austria. To learn more about Peacock and how to sign up, visit peacocktv.com.
All coverage on NBC, NBCSN and Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA will stream on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app.
Click here for programming details and a comprehensive 2021-22 FIS Skiing and Snowboarding World Cup coverage schedule across NBC Sports and Peacock through Dec. 31, 2021.
Below is NBC Sports’ 2021-22 FIS Alpine Skiing, Snowboarding and Freestyle Skiing World Cup coverage schedule this weekend:
| Date | Event | Network/Platform | Time (ET) |
| Fri., Dec. 10 | Freeski Halfpipe – Copper, Colorado | Peacock | 2:30 p.m. |
| Freeski Halfpipe – Copper, Colorado* | NBCSN, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app | 9:30 p.m. | |
| Sat., Dec. 11 | Men’s Giant Slalom (Run 1) – Val d’Isere, France | Peacock | 3:30 a.m. |
| Women's Super-G – St. Moritz, Switzerland | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app | 4:30 a.m. | |
| Men’s Giant Slalom (Run 2) – Val d’Isere, France | Peacock | 7 a.m. | |
| Women's Super-G – St. Moritz, Switzerland* | NBCSN, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app | 12:30 p.m. | |
| Snowboard Halfpipe – Copper, Colorado | NBCSN, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app | 2 p.m. | |
| Freeski Halfpipe – Copper, Colorado* | NBC, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app | 5 p.m. | |
| Sun., Dec. 12 | Men’s Slalom (Run 1) – Val d’Isere, France | Peacock | 3:30 a.m. |
| Women's Super-G – St. Moritz, Switzerland | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app | 4:30 a.m. | |
| Men’s Slalom (Run 2) – Val d’Isere, France | Peacock | 7 a.m. | |
| Snowboard Halfpipe – Copper, Colorado* | NBC, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app | 1 p.m. | |
| Women's Super-G – St. Moritz, Switzerland* | NBCSN, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app | 4:30 p.m. |
*Delayed coverage
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The IBSF Bobsled and Skeleton World Cup stops in Winterberg, Germany, this weekend where the U.S. women’s team is expected to be led by Kaillie Humphries, a two-time Olympic gold medalist for Canada who recently became a U.S. citizen and is aiming to qualify as a member of the U.S. team in the Olympic Winter Games. Last weekend, Humphries won the two-woman bobsled event with Kaysha Love as well as the women’s monobob race in Altenberg, Germany. Below is the full coverage schedule:
| Date | Event | Network/Platform | Time (ET) |
| Fri., Dec. 10 | Women’s Skeleton (Run 1) | Peacock | 4 a.m. |
| Women’s Skeleton (Run 2) | Peacock | 5:45 a.m. | |
| Men’s Skeleton (Run 1) | Peacock | 8:30 a.m. | |
| Men’s Skeleton (Run 2) | Peacock | 10 a.m. | |
| Women’s Skeleton* | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app | 6 p.m. | |
| Men’s Skeleton* | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app | 7 p.m. | |
| Sat., Dec. 11 | Four-Man Bobsled (Run 1) | Peacock | 4 a.m. |
| Four-Man Bobsled (Run 2) | Peacock | 5:30 a.m. | |
| Women’s Monobob (Run 1) | Peacock | 8:30 a.m. | |
| Women’s Monobob (Run 2) | Peacock | 10 a.m. | |
| Four-Man Bobsled* | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app | 6 p.m. | |
| Women’s Monobob* | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app | 7 p.m. | |
| Sun., Dec. 12 | Two-Woman Bobsled (Run 1) | Peacock | 3 a.m. |
| Two-Woman Bobsled (Run 2) | Peacock | 4:30 a.m. | |
| Four-Man Bobsled (Run 1) | Peacock | 7:30 a.m. | |
| Four-Man Bobsled (Run 2) | Peacock | 9 a.m. | |
| Two-Woman Bobsled* | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app | 6 p.m. | |
| Four-Man Bobsled* | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app | 7 p.m. |
*Delayed coverage
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