Event History

The 2008 Chevrolet U.S. Snowboard Grand Prix enters its 12th year as America's premier snowboarding series with stops scheduled for three of the nation's top resorts including Breckenridge, CO, and Tamarack, ID, plus a return to the East Coast with a night final at Killington, VT.

Offering one of the largest overall purses in snowboarding the Chevy Grand Prix will award prizes totaling $300,000, including a new Chevrolet truck given to the overall champions. NBC, America's Olympic network, will again provide national exposure with broadcasts of each stop. Versus will broadcast additional weekend events, highlighted by the Paul Mitchell Progression Session series now entering its fourth season.

"With well respected and proven venues in Breckenridge, Tamarack and Killington, the Chevy Grand Prix series will continue to provide a combination of great marketing value and world class events that set the standard for elite level snowboarding competitions," said Grand Prix Tour Director Eric Webster.

The combination of prize money, exposure and superior competition venues continues to draw the worlds best riders like 2006 Olympic gold medalist Hannah Teter (Belmont, VT), silver medalist Gretchen Bleiler (Aspen, CO), two-time X Games champion Steve Fisher (Breckenridge, CO) and 2007 series overall winners Tommy Czeschin (Mammoth Lakes, CA) and Kelly Clark (Mount Snow, VT).

As snowboarding continues to evolve, the Chevy Grand Prix remains a solid proving ground as young riders go head to head with seasoned pros. Last season was highlighted with Louie Vito (Columbus, OH) and Matt Ladley (Steamboat Springs, CO) landing on the Chevy Grand Prix podium for the first time.

Kicking off Dec. 14-15 at Breckenridge, the Chevy Grand Prix will mark its fourth consecutive year of opening the competition season and the seventh year Breckenridge has hosted the Chevy Grand Prix. Consistently voted as a top snowboarding resort by readers of Transworld Snowboarding magazine, pros like Fisher and 2002 Olympic bronze medalist JJ Thomas call Breck home. The crowd-favorite Paul Mitchell Progression Session will again take place at night in downtown Breckenridge. At last year's event a crowd of 5,000 plus were on hand to see Fisher earn an automatic ticket to The Arctic Challenge by landing a barrage of huge tricks on the 30-foot quarterpipe, while being towed in by snowmobile.

The series then moves north on Feb. 9-10 to Tamarack, ID, where in its inaugural season with the Chevy Grand Prix, featured a 22-foot halfpipe (the new Olympic standard) that was rated by riders as the best competition halfpipe of the year. Opened in 2004 Tamarack hosted last year's finals and boasts 5,000 acres of backcountry terrain that begged most riders to hang around well after the competition ended. For the second straight year, Tamarack will also host a snowboardcross event with the best in the country going head-to-head on the mountain's renowned natural features.

On March 15-16 Vermont's Killington Resort will host the Chevy Grand Prix for the first time and will also be the location where the overall champion will be crowned at a night halfpipe final. Because of its unprecedented dedication to building the best parks and pipes in the east, Killington will host the a slopestyle event, another stop of the Paul Mitchell Progression Session series. Additionally, Killington will host live musical entertainment to coincide with the event at the resort's Bear Mountain venue.

"Not only does the Chevy Grand Prix have the sickest pipes, you're always guaranteed to be competing with the best group of riders out there," said Vito, who cut his teeth on East Coast pipes and was second at two Chevy Grand Prix events last winter. "You also see a lot of progression at Chevy Grand Prix events; just look at the Olympic year, so many of the tricks thrown in Italy were first stomped at the Chevy Grand Prix."

Domestic field sizes will be made up of about 60 men and 30 women for each halfpipe contest. Registration will be invitation only based on 2007 results, with invitations going out in mid August.

Longevity of the Event: 10th year on NBC; 12th year of series

Number of years on TTR Tour: 2

Prize purse: $300,000 annual purse size; $4.1 million in prize money distributed over the history of the Grand Prix

 

Dec. 14-15, 2007, Breckenridge Resort
Friday, Dec. 14 -- Halfpipe Qualifiers
Saturday, Dec. 15 -- Halfpipe Finals and Night Downtown Paul Mitchell Progression Session Freestyle Event

Feb. 9-10, 2008, Tamarack Resort
Friday, Feb. 8 -- Halfpipe Qualifiers
Saturday, Feb. 9 -- Halfpipe Finals
Sunday, Feb. 10 -- Snowboardcross Qualifiers and Finals

March 15-16, 2008, Killington Resort (TTR FIVE(5) STAR EVENT)
Saturday, Feb. 15 -- Halfpipe Qualifiers and Night Finals with concert
Sunday, Feb. 16 -- Paul Mitchell Progression Session Slopestyle Qualifiers and Finals

VENUE CONTACT INFORMATION
U.S. Snowboarding: Juliann Fritz, jfritz@ussa.org, 435.647.2061
Breckenridge:  Nicky DeFord, ndeford@vailresorts.com, 970.453.3210
Tamarack:  Jessica Flynn, jflynn@TamarackIdaho.com, 208.489.1400
Killington: Tom Horrocks, thorrocks@killington,com, 802.422.6237

Slopestyle - Men	Halfpipe - Men
Baker, Ross	Anderson, Tyler
Balsimo, Jude	Baker, Ross
Black, Jake	Bidez, Dylan
Black, Zack	Black, Jake
Blazejewski, Sam	Black, Zack
Brady, Johnny	Bretz, Greg
Bretz, Greg	Brichta, Paul
Brichta, Paul	Campbell, Mike
Dapper, Robbie	Coombs, Maxwell
Dodson, Josh	Czeschin, Tommy
Dryer, Joe	Daino, Bryan
Eddington, Blake	Dodson, Josh
Esser, Brett	Donofrio, Anthony
Fisher, Steve	Eddington, Blake
Hagerty, Chris	Esser, Brett
Hart, Ian	Farrow, Benjamin
Hill, Seth	Fisher, Steven
Hoffman, Graham	Humphreys, Tim
Hulbert, Sam	Jacob, Trevor
Humphreys, Tim	Kelleher, Kyle
Jackson, Kyle	Korpi, Janne
James, Theodore	Kuchinski, Scott
Kirchgasler, Matty	Ladley, Matt
Korpi, Janne	Lago, Scott
Kotsenberg, Sage	Maxfield, Jason
Kuchinski, Scott	Meon, Jeff
Ladley, Matt	Mindich, Hans
Lago, Scott	Mindich, Nil
Layman, Zac	Noring, Austin
Link, Spencer	Robin, Brian
Maxfield, Jason	Runeare, Sebastian
Meon, Jeff	Shaw, Spencer
Mindich, Hans	Shuey, Bryan
Mindich, Nil	Swanson, Brennen
Noring, Austin	Teter, Elijah
Paris, Ryan	Thomas, Skyler
Paris, Ryan	Troy, Tyler
Piironen, Peetu	Turunen, Toni-Markus
Reis, Brandon	Vito, Louie
Robin, Brian	Waker, Christopher
Rotax, Chris	Warbington, Max
Ruha, Jaakko	Waring, Broc
Runeare, Sebastian	Watts, Ben
Sherman, Josh	Wynen, Luke
Sibayan, Nicholas
Swanson, Brennen
Teter, Elijah
Thorley, Ian
Troy, Tyler
Turunen, Toni-Markus
Uotila, Ville
Vito, Louie
Waker, Christopher
Walsh, Wes
Warbington, Max
Waring, Broc
Whetstone, Clifford

Slopestyle - Women	Halfpipe - Women
Bright, Torah	Bidez, Clair
Beerman, Liz	Beerman, Lizzy
Bidez, Clair	Bright, Torah
Carroll, Allyson	Byrnes, Tricia
Cohen, jennifer	Carroll, Allyson
Cook, Coco	Clark, Kelly
Cooney, Molly	Cohen, jennifer
Farrington, Kaitlyn	Crowther, Devon
Fliri, Claudia	Farrington, Kaitlyn
Glenn, Leslie	Glenn, Leslie
Gulini, Faye	Gulini, Faye
Herbes, Cassandra	Hollingsworth, Ellery
Hollingsworth, Ellery	Karlinski, Jordie
Karlinski, Jordie	Marren, Kelly
Ortanez, Nirvana	Matters, mackenzie
Owen, Taylor	Raevsky, Rose
Owens, Alice	Reynolds, valerie
Parks, Jordan	Shaw, Brooke
Raevsky, Rose	Shuey, Bryan
Reynolds, Valerie	Simpson, Shelby
Rufa, Garrison	Simpson, Shelby
Sobieralski, Kyla	Sobieralski, Kyla
Williams, Katie	Telling, Lindsey
	Teter, Hannah
	Tredway, Ariel
	Williams, Katie

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  TTR TOP 5 MEN

  World No. 1 998.72 White, Shaun
  2.		Pearce, K	973.84
  3.		Piiroinen, P	946.75
  4.		Mattila, R	896.55
  5.		Finch, A	839.92
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  TTR TOP 5 WOMEN

  World No. 1 981.62 Anderson, Jamie
  2.		Bright, T	969.77
  3.		Clark, K	956.06
  4.		Oestgaard Buaas, K	905.81
  5.		Maas, C	873.87
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  Men's Brand Ranking

  1.		Burton	2919.31
  2.		Flow	2478.98
  3.		Billabong	2458.12
  4.		DC	2193.18
  5.		Quiksilver	1801.64

  Women's Brand Ranking

  1.		Billabong	2636.47
  2.		Roxy	2598.06
  3.		Burton	2560.41
  4.		DC	2318.78
  5.		Flow	1822.08

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  Movers & Shakers Men

  1163.		+1474	Accola, M
  843.		+1218	Reichmuth, S
  776.		+1186	Sprecher, A
  1592.		+871	Calemme, F
  563.		+756	Mac whirter, M

  Movers & Shakers Women

  362.		+241	Przewrocka, K
  331.		+236	Maczka, A
  372.		+227	Matusik, K
  296.		+211	Baumschlager, L
  312.		+211	Rutanen, V

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  TOP NATIONS Men

  1.	USA	894.16
  2.	FIN	835.5
  3.	NOR	676.63
  4.	SUI	633.16
  5.	NZE	535.14

  TOP NATIONS Women

  1.	USA	814.21
  2.	SUI	615.79
  3.	NOR	597.5599999999999
  4.	GBR	473.82
  5.	GER	458.64