Nice information for American ski racing followers because the 4 home World Cups occasions have been confirmed for the upcoming 2024-25 season.
The motion will kick off on November thirtieth in Killington, Vermont the place the 40,000 followers are anticipated to cheer on Mikaela Shiffrin who has gained 6 of the 7 occasions held a the the enduring Inexperienced Mountain ski resort.
Subsequent up the Stifel Birds of Prey will come to Beaver Creek, Colorado the place the lads will compete in downhill, super-G and large slalom beginning December sixth. Beaver Creek will then host a girls’s pace occasion on beginning December 14th the place they’ll face Birds of Prey downhill monitor which options an intimidating 2,470 foot vertical drop with a median gradient of 31%.
The ultimate American occasion will likely be held in Solar Valley, Idaho and marks the primary time the alpine World Cup Finals have returned to the U.S. since 2017. Each women and men will competing.
Can’t wait to see our women and men compete on house turf and rack up factors for FIS Crystal Globes. LETS GO!
2024-25 U.S. WORLD CUP SCHEDULE
Nov. 30-Dec. 1, 2024: Stifel Killington Cup, Killington, Vermont; girls’s slalom/large slalom
Dec. 6-8, 2024: Stifel Birds of Prey offered by United Airways, Beaver Creek, Colorado; males’s super-G/downhill/large slalom
Dec. 14-15, 2024: Stifel Birds of Prey offered by United Airways, Beaver Creek, Colorado; girls’s super-G/downhill
March 22-27, 2025: Stifel Solar Valley Finals, Solar Valley, Idaho; males’s and ladies’s downhill/super-G/large slalom/slalom
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The alpine Audi FIS Ski World Cup 2024-25 season is formally confirmed with 4 home World Cups on the docket.
First up in america is the Stifel Killington Cup Nov. 30 – Dec. 1, 2024. This would be the eighth World Cup held in Killington, Vermont – a venue that the winningest skier of all time Mikaela Shiffrin has gained six occasions. 40,000 followers are anticipated to indicate up and cheer on the most effective girls tech skiers on the earth.
Instantly following the ladies’s race, the lads will open the pace season in Beaver Creek, Colorado on the annual Stifel Birds of Prey offered by United Airways Dec. 6-8. This sequence will embody a downhill, super-G and large slalom. The large slalom race is again in Beaver Creek for the primary time since Stifel U.S. Ski Workforce athlete Tommy Ford discovered his first World Cup victory on the monitor in 2019.
Then the ladies will head to Beaver Creek one week later Dec. 14-15, 2024. The famed Birds of Prey downhill monitor, identified for being probably the most difficult stops on the lads’s tour, boasts a vertical drop of two,470 ft and a median gradient of 31 p.c. The race will mark the primary time most of the Stifel U.S. Ski Workforce girls will race a World Cup on house snow, and the primary time the ladies may have run a downhill on the venue.
Lastly the alpine season will finish in america in Solar Valley, Idaho for the Stifel Solar Valley Finals held March 22-27, 2025. It will likely be the primary time the alpine World Cup Finals have returned to the U.S. since 2017. This occasion will deliver within the high 25 opponents, each women and men, from every self-discipline as they combat for the ultimate World Cup factors of the season with general and self-discipline FIS Crystal Globes awarded.
“We’re thrilled that each one 4 home alpine World Cups at the moment are formally confirmed on the calendar this season. We’re assured that each one of those occasions will proceed to amplify the game of alpine snowboarding within the U.S. and supply a superb expertise for followers and athletes.” –Sophie Goldschmidt, President and CEO of U.S. Ski & Snowboard.
The thrilling alpine line up formally commences in Sölden, Austria Oct. 26-27 with a large slalom race for the women and men.
QUOTES
“Solar Valley has an extended and storied historical past in ski racing, for a few years internet hosting the revered Harriman Cup, our first FIS World Cup in 1975, and most lately the U.S. Alpine Championships back-to-back. We’re pleased with our mountain and imagine it can present an important check of the world’s best skiers, however we’re much more pleased with our group and the best way this small western city can rally round an occasion of this caliber. We’re thrilled for athletes, households, and vacationers worldwide to come back expertise the most effective of Solar Valley.” -Pete Sonntag, Solar Valley Resort GM and VP
“It’s such an honor to proceed the custom of the Stifel Birds of Prey World Cup at Beaver Creek. Along with internet hosting the annual males’s tour with downhill, super-G and large slalom races, this season we’re excited to welcome the ladies again to Beaver Creek for a super-G and the first-ever girls’s downhill on the Birds of Prey course. With these back-to-back World Cup weekends, we’re thrilled to supply a 10-day competition of ski racing, stay music, beer tastings, ski movies, sponsor activations and extra.” -Sarah Franke, Stifel Birds of Prey Occasion Director
“It’s all the time a thrill to kick off the alpine season with the Stifel Killington Cup, particularly in a World Championship yr! Killington is proud to host the most effective on the earth on Famous person yr after yr and we’re wanting ahead to a different thrilling weekend of racing motion” -Amy Lamarie, Director of Advertising, Killington Mountain
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