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In its twelfth year, the U.S. Snowboarding Grand Prix, Televised on NBC Sports and Versus, is the exclusive snowboard tour in the U.S., featuring the top riders in America vying for $300,000 in cash prizes at world class venues. Tearing into the future...........
 
 
 
  Event Date Television Schedule
December 12-13, 2008 TBD
Jan 29 - Feb 1, 2009 TBD
March 14-15, 2009 TBD
 
GRAND PRIX REGISTRATION INFORMATION 2008-2009

- Pre-qualified riders will be emailed registration info(check pre-qualified tab)
- Registration start October 3, 2008
- $ 150 per event
- Field Size for all events: 90 Men, 40 Women
- Must be a USSA and FIS member to compete. Click here to become a member
- Must register 1 month prior to first official training day of competition

- International riders please contact Nick Alexakos nalexakos@ussa.org for questions and information.

Copper
Wednesday Dec 10 Registration 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
HP Practice 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Thursday Dec 11 Registration 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
HP Practice 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
HP Rider Meeting 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Friday Dec 12 Registration 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
Men Heat#1 Practice 8:30 am - 8:55 am
Men Heat#1 Qualifiers 9:00 am - 10:30 am
Men Heat#2 Practice 10:30 am - 10:55 am
Men Heat#2 Qualifiers 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Men Heat#3 Practice 12:30 pm - 12:55 pm
Men Heat#3 Qualifiers 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Women's HP Practice 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Saturday Dec 13 Registration 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
Women HP Practice 8:30 am - 9:10 am
Women HP Qualifiers 9:15 am - 11:15 am
HP Finals Practice 11:15 am - 12:00 pm
HP Finals 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Awards immediately following
Exhibition Practice 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Exhibition 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Boreal
Wednesday Jan 28 Registration 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
HP Practice 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Thursday Jan 29 Registration 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
HP Practice 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
HP Riders Meeting 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Friday Jan 30 Registration 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
SBX Practice 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Women's HP Practice 9:00 am - 9:25 am
Women's HP Qualifiers 9:30 am - 11:30 am
Men's HP Practice 11:30 am - 12:00 pm
Mens's HP Qualifiers 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Saturday Jan 31 Registration 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
SBX Practice 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
HP Finals Practice 12:00 pm - 12:45 pm
HP Finals 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
SBX Rider Meeting 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Awards immediately following
Sunday Feb 1 Registration 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
SBX Practice 8:30 am - 8:55 am
SBX Time Trials 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
SBX Final Heats 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Awards immediately following

Killington
Wednesday March 11 Registration 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
HP Practice 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Thursday March 12 Registration 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
HP Practice 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Slopestyle Practice 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm
HP Riders Meeting 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Friday March 13 Registration 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
Slopestyle Practice 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Women's HP Practice 9:00 am - 9:25 am
Women's HP Qualifiers 9:30 am - 11:30 am
Men's HP Practice 11:30 am - 12:00 pm
Men's HP Qualifiers 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Slopestyle Riders Meeting 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Saturday March 14 Registration 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Slopestyle Qualifiers 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Halfpipe Finals Practice 12:00 pm - 12:45 pm
Halfpipe Finals 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Concert 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Awards immediately following
Sunday March 15 Registration 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Slopestyle Finals Practice 12:00 pm - 12:50 pm
Slopestyle Finals 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Awards immediately following


2008-2009 U.S. Snowboarding Grand Prix Domestic Criteria for Invitation

HalfPipe
1Former Olympian (Lifetime)
2Top (40) Men and (15) Women Grand Prix HP Overall 2007-2008 Season
3Top (25) Men and (20) Women from the Revolution Tour Overall standings and Top (3) Men and (3) Women from each Revolution Tour that proceeds a Grand Prix in Season
4Top (10) Vans Cup 2008- Men and Women
5Top (16) Men and (8) Women US Open 2008
6Top (5) Men and Women USASA Open Division 2008
7Top (100) Men and (50) Women TTR Ranking List 2008
8Top (100) Men and (50) Women FIS Ranking List 2008

Slopestyle
1Top (30) Men and (15) Women Grand Prix ? Killington Result, March 16, 2008
2Top (25) Men and (20) Women from the Revolution Tour Overall standings and top (3) Men and (3) women from each Revolution Tour that proceeds a Grand Prix in Season
3Top (10) Men and Women Vans Cup 2008
4Top (16) Men and (8) Women US Open 2008
5Top (5) Men and Women USASA Open Division 2008
6Top (100) Men and (50) Women TTR Ranking List 2008
7Top (100) Men and (50) Women FIS Ranking List 2008

SBX
1Former Olympian (Lifetime)
2Top (20) Men and (10) Women Grand Prix SBX Overall ? Tamarack Result, February 10, 2008
3Top (25) Men and (20) Women from the Revolution Tour Overall standings and top (3) Men and (3) women from each Revolution Tour that proceeds a Grand Prix in Season
4Top (3) Men and (2) Women from Copper Mountain Continental Cup
5Top (5) Men and Women USASA Open Division 2008
6Top (50) Men and (50) Women FIS SBX Ranking List 2008


International Entry Criteria
-All enscription forms must be sent to nalexakos@ussa.org at least 10 days prior to official training day
-For the Continental Cup Events
-Each nation is entitled to a basic quota of 8 (max. 5 per gender). In addition the top 16 riders in the current FIS points list will be eligible.
-Canada may enter up to 20 men and 10 women in each event.


HELMETS ARE MANDATORY FOR ALL EVENTS


HALFPIPE FORMAT & SLOPESTLYE FORMAT


QUALIFICATION
-Riders will be seeded into heats
-No Riders are pre-qualified directly to the Finals
-(3) Heats of Men Approx. 30 Men Per Heat
-(1) Heat of Women Approx. 40 Women Per Heat
-Best one out of two run format. Same start order for both runs
-Judging Criteria - 5 Judges - all Overall Impression

FINALS
-Finals field size will be 16 men and 8 women
-Top (4) men from each heat and Top (4) overall will qualify for the finals
-Best one out of two runs. Start order - Women/Men
-Same start order for the second run as the first

SNOWBOARDCROSS FORMAT


QUALIFICATION
-All Riders will take two timed runs - women then men.
-The best of two runs will determine the qualification ranking
-The top 32 men / 16 women will qualify for the Finals.
-The top 16 men and women will be seeded by FIS points, the remaining riders will be randomly seeded.

FINALS
-Riders will be placed into the heats based on their best qualifying run.
-The top 32 men / 16 women will qualify for the Finals.
-4 riders will start per heat.
-Single elimination format shall be used, two riders advancing from each heat.
-Lane selection in each heat will be based on rider's time from the Timed Trials (best time selects lane first... second best time next... and so on).

Prize Money

In total, there is $300,000 dollars to be won in this years Grand Prix. You can download a break-down of the winnings in a PDF copy by clicking on the following link.

Prize Money


Competition Format

You can download a PDF copy of the competition format by clicking on the following link.

Competition Format


Detailed Schedules

You can download PDF copies of the detailed schedules by clicking on the following links.

Copper Complete Schedule

Boreal Complete Schedule

Killington Complete Schedule

Lodging

There is limited lodging available at each of our hosting resorts. The resorts have agreed to extend a limited number of discounted rooms for those affiliated with the Grand Prix. Please contact each resort individually for details/reservations, and make sure to specify that you are involved with the Grand Prix.

Cooper
TBA

Boreal
TBA

Killington
TBA

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2008-2009 U.S. Snowboarding Grand Prix Domestic Criteria for Invitation

HalfPipe
1Former Olympian (Lifetime)
2Top (40) Men and (15) Women Grand Prix HP Overall 2007-2008 Season
3Top (25) Men and (20) Women from the Revolution Tour Overall standings and Top (3) Men and (3) Women from each Revolution Tour that proceeds a Grand Prix in Season
4Top (10) Vans Cup 2008- Men and Women
5Top (16) Men and (8) Women US Open 2008
6Top (5) Men and Women USASA Open Division 2008
7Top (100) Men and (50) Women TTR Ranking List 2008
8Top (100) Men and (50) Women FIS Ranking List 2008

Slopestyle
1Top (30) Men and (15) Women Grand Prix ? Killington Result, March 16, 2008
2Top (25) Men and (20) Women from the Revolution Tour Overall standings and top (3) Men and (3) women from each Revolution Tour that proceeds a Grand Prix in Season
3Top (10) Men and Women Vans Cup 2008
4Top (16) Men and (8) Women US Open 2008
5Top (5) Men and Women USASA Open Division 2008
6Top (100) Men and (50) Women TTR Ranking List 2008
7Top (100) Men and (50) Women FIS Ranking List 2008

SBX
1Former Olympian (Lifetime)
2Top (20) Men and (10) Women Grand Prix SBX Overall ? Tamarack Result, February 10, 2008
3Top (25) Men and (20) Women from the Revolution Tour Overall standings and top (3) Men and (3) women from each Revolution Tour that proceeds a Grand Prix in Season
4Top (3) Men and (2) Women from Copper Mountain Continental Cup
5Top (5) Men and Women USASA Open Division 2008
6Top (50) Men and (50) Women FIS SBX Ranking List 2008
Women Halfpipe

Molly Aguirre
Jamie Anderson
Elizabeth Beerman
Clair Bidez
Heather Black
Gretchen Bleiler
Tricia Byrnes
Allyson Carroll
Mikaela Casey
Kelly Clark
Jennifer Cohen
Coco Cook
Devon Crowther
Tara Dakides
Shannon Dunn
Kaitlyn Farrington
Ellen Feldman
Leslie Glenn
Faye Gulini
Libby Helmer
Elena Hight
Ellery Hollingsworth
Jessi Huege
Lindsey Jacobellis
Jordan Karlinski
Kelly Marren
Mackenzie Matters
Lynn Neil
Meg Pugh
Rose Raevsky
Autumn Rose
Maddy Schaffrick
Brooke Shaw
Shelby Simpson
Chanelle Sladics
Kyla Sobieralski
Hannah Teter
Elodie Tomlinson
Ariel Tredway
Katie Williams
Women Slopestyle

Jamie Anderson
Stacie Anderson
Elizabeth Beerman
Clair Bidez
Madison Blackley
Gretchen Bleiler
Allyson Carroll
Mikaela Casey
Kelly Clark
Jennifer Cohen
Erin Comstock
Coco Cook
Desi Diselrod
Ashley Donohue
Joanna Dzierzawski
Kaitlyn Farrington
Ellen Feldman
Leslie Glenn
Faye Gulini
Libby Helmer
Cassandra Herbes
Elena Hight
Ellery Hollingsworth
Jordan Karlinski
Kelly Marren
Sarris Mccomb
Lynn Neil
Nirvana Ortanez
Taylor Owen
Jordan Parks
Danyale Patterson
Rose Raevsky
Valerie Reynolds
Mary Sallah
Chanelle Sladics
Kyla Sobieralski
Kendra Tombolato
Alexis Waite
Katie Williams
Molly Wilson
Women SnowboardCross

Chloe Banning
Juliette Bisson
Callan Chythlook-Sifsof
Heather Doolittle
Jenna Feldman
Faye Gulini
Victoria Guinn
Jackie Hernandez
Lindsey Jacobellis
Kim Krahulec
Sarris Mccomb
Lynn Neil
Caty Oconnor
Nicole Porata
Emma Pullin
Valerie Reynolds
Alexis Roemer
Brooke Shaw
Caitlin Sorenson
Amanda Taylor
Carrie Uren
Marni Yamada
Jen Ziemba