After beginning the winter competition season on U.S. soil at Copper Mountain Resort last month, Summit County’s large swath of professional snowboarders and skiers returned from the holiday break and took to the slopes at.
Perched high above skiers and snowboarders spectating down below, Silverthorne’s Chris Corning stared down Copper Mountain Resort’s 70-foot big air jump and prepared to lay down a run that would qualify him into the final.
The Rocky Mountain region has long been a treasure trove for snowsports athletes. Many of them are not only talented enough to be named to the U.S. Ski and Snowboard team but are skilled enough.
The Rocky Mountain region has long been a treasure trove for snowsports athletes. Many of them are not only talented enough to be named to the U.S. Ski and Snowboard team but are skilled enough.
While many in the U.S. were sleeping Friday morning, Silverthorne’s Chris Corning and Jake Canter competed in the snowboard slopestyle qualifiers at the International Ski Federation’s 2023 Freestyle Ski and Snowboard World Championships in Bakuriani, Georgia. Corning and Canter.