Overview
- American men led freeski halfpipe qualifying, with already-qualified Alex Ferreira and Nick Goepper winning heats and David Wise among nine U.S. finalists.
- Jamie Anderson continued her comeback by edging into women’s snowboard slopestyle final in seventh, with Jessica Perlmutter also advancing.
- Red Gerard advanced to men’s snowboard slopestyle final as teammates Jake Canter, Brock Crouch, Justus Henkes, Dusty Henricksen and Sean Fitzsimons posted strong qualifying runs.
- In snowboard halfpipe, Maddy Schaffrick was the lone American woman to reach Friday’s final and Jake Pates topped his heat to lead a U.S. contingent that includes Chase Josey, Ryan Wachendorfer and Alessandro Barbieri.
- Organizers shifted slopestyle to Snowmass due to scarce snow, the Buttermilk halfpipe meets Olympic specs, and finals run Friday for freeski slopestyle and snowboard halfpipe before Saturday’s remaining finals.