Stifel Copper Cup presented by United Airlines: Men’s GS Preview

River Radamus Copper Mountain (GEPA Footage)

A Demanding Enviornment at 9,712 Ft

The brand new Copper Mountain structure calls for constant energy and steadiness. With a end at 9,712 toes, racers will really feel the altitude early, particularly if they start pressuring under the gate or fall behind the pure rhythm of the course. The profile requires snowboarding that builds momentum from flip to show, utilizing robust strikes on the prime of the flip and dedicated stress into and thru the autumn line to remain dynamically environment friendly.

As a result of the slope just isn’t very steep, the course is not going to ship velocity by itself. Athletes should create their acceleration, participating the ski early and driving power down and throughout the course. The altitude magnifies each motion — environment friendly energy produces velocity, whereas hesitation or additional time within the snow will drain power and sluggish the skier within the closing sectors.

The racers who handle the bodily load, keep environment friendly, and keep a clear edge by the autumn line will put themselves in rivalry. The Stifel U.S. Ski Group educated on this race-arena configuration final spring, a familiarity that ought to present a small however significant benefit.

The Huge Three Arrive in Type — With Even Extra Depth Behind Them

Reigning World Cup large slalom champion Marco Odermatt opened his season with a robust win in Sölden, reinforcing his place atop the World Cup Begin Checklist. Austria’s Marco Schwarz and Norway’s Atle Lie McGrath accomplished the opening podium, every displaying type that can make them harmful once more on Friday.

The depth of the Copper subject is even stronger with the arrival of Raphael Haaser, the reigning 2025 large slalom World Champion, including one other elite contender to an already stacked group.

The highest 5 athletes on the boys’s GS World Cup Begin Checklist enter Copper Mountain because the headliners:

• Marco Odermatt (SUI)• Henrik Kristoffersen (NOR)• Loïc Meillard (SUI)• Thomas Tumler (SUI)• Lucas Pinheiro Braathen (BRA), the Brazilian rocket ranked fifth on this planet

North Individuals Trying to Strike Again

Just one North American certified for the second run within the Sölden opener: River Radamus, the Stifel U.S. Ski Group’s No. 1 GS skier. Copper gives a reset — dwelling snow, altitude familiarity, and a contemporary race area the place the group can construct momentum towards Olympic qualification.

Canada enters solely Erik Learn, the veteran impartial.There can be no British racers in Friday’s GS.

North Individuals Racing Sölden: World Cup Begin Checklist and FIS Rankings — FIS Rank Proven if Exterior High 30 on WCSL

River Radamus, WCSL sixteenth, Stifel USST, Ski and Snowboard Membership Vail

Erik Learn, WCSL,forty eighth, FIS Rank fifty fifth, World Racing Academy, Banff Alpine Racers, College of Denver, Atomic, SYNC

Bridger Gile, WCSL 51st, FIS Rank 51st, Stifel USST, Ski and Snowboard Membership Vail, HEAD

Isaiah Nelson, FIS Rank 58th, Stifel USST, Buck Hill Ski Group, SHRED

Ryder Sarchett, FIS Rank 61st, Stifel USST, College of Colorado, Solar Valley Ski Academy, Solar Valley Ski Schooling Basis

George Steffey, FIS Rank 87, USA impartial, World Racing, Stratton Mountain College, Marker/Völkl, SYNC

Patrick Kenney, WCSL forty second, FIS 88th, , Stifel USST, College of New Hampshire, Burke Moutain Academy, Marker/Völkl, SYNC, SHRED

With Olympic qualification and seeding on the road — and with the will to rebound from Sölden — anticipate the North American effort to be pressing and dedicated.

Course setters — First run: Second run:

Males’s Race Sunday

The boys’s large slalom is ready for Friday, Nov. 28. Run one begins at 12:00 p.m. EDT / 10:00 a.m. MDT, adopted by run two at 3:00 p.m. EDT / 1:00 p.m. MDT. Followers in Nice Britain can tune in at 17:00 for the primary run and 20:00 for the second.