First riders confirmed for Visa Big Air 2019 at SunTrust Park in Atlanta
The initial riders entry list for the Visa Big Air World Cup in Atlanta is here and it promises a sick show for the two-day event at SunTrust Park in Atlanta. Atlanta will host an impressive roster of international riders from 27 nations from 20 to 21 December.
Event details:
Visa Big Air
SunTrust Park, Atlanta, USA
Snowboard Big Air – FIS World Cup
December 20-21, 2019
Friday, December 20
12:00 – 10:00 p.m. – Sponsor Village/Entertainment – The Battery
5:30 p.m. – Gates Open
6:00 – 6:45 p.m. – Men’s and women’s snowboard big air finals practice
7:00 – 8:30 p.m. – Men’s and women’s snowboard big air finals
Saturday, December 21 is reserved for the freeski contest.
UNITED STATES
- Olympic gold medalists Red Gerard and Jamie Anderson, Olympic silver medalist Kyle Mack, and four-time Crystal Globe winner and current FIS World Cup Big Air points leader Chris Corning
- 2016 Fenway Big Air World Cup winner Julia Marino and X Games gold medalist Hailey Langland.
CANADA
- Mark McMorris, one of the most decorated competitive snowboarders in history, Darcy Sharpe, Michael Ciccarelli, and six-time X Games medalist and inaugural Olympic big air gold medalist Sebastian Toutant.
- X Games gold medalist Laurie Blouin, Olympian Brooke Voigt, and rising star Sommer Gendron
SWITZERLAND
- Olympian Michael Schaerer
NORWAY
- Two-time X Games medalist Mons Roisland
SWEDEN
- X Games gold medalist Sven Thorgren and Niklas Mattsson
GREAT BRITAIN
- Snowboard Olympian Katie Ormerod
AUSTRIA
- Anna Gasser, the first female snowboarder to land a triple cork, inaugural Olympic big air gold medalist
- Olympian Clemens Millauer
JAPAN
- Japanese riders Ruki Tobita and Ryoma Kimata
- 2018-19 FIS Snowboard Big Air Crystal Globe Winner Reira Iwabuchi, Miyabi Onitsuka, Kokomo Murase.
Note: Riders list is subject to change. This list does not contain all riders or countries.
How to watch:
Friday, December 20
7:00 p.m. – Visa Big Air World Cup – SunTrust Park, Atlanta, Ga. – NBCSN
All times EST
*Same-day broadcast
**Next-day broadcast
Source: USSKIANDSNOWBOARD.ORG