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