The multi-talented Lyman Currier made waves on the rookie circuit during the 2012 season and landed himself a spot on the inaugural U.S. Olympic halfpipe team two short years later. (Getty Images/Gene Sweeney Jr.)
The U.S. scored three podium finishes at the final FIS World Cup halfpipe event of the season in Tignes, France.
Four Americans qualified for the halfpipe finals. Devin Logan (West Dover, VT) took first, as the only American woman to qualify. Among the men, Lyman Currier (Boulder, CO), Aaron Blunck (Crested Butte, CO) and Broby Leeds (Vail, CO) qualified.
Bobby Brown, Annalisa Drew and Torin Yater-Wallace all claimed World Championships titles at Whistler’s Association of Freeskiing Professionals (AFP) World Championships.
The Father and son Olympians, David Currier (left) with Lyman Currier at the Olympic Team naming in January in Park City, UT.
David Wise became the first-ever Olympic halfpipe skiing champion Tuesday night, winning gold at the sport’s debut at the 2014 Sochi Olympic Winter Games.
Athletes completed the final training for halfpipe skiing Monday despite fog at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park.
Olympians David Wise and Maddie Bowman both grabbed X Games gold at the halfpipe skiing final in Aspen Friday night, just a few weeks before the historic halfpipe skiing debut at the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia.
Tonight, 11 athletes were nominated to the first-ever U.S. Freeskiing Olympic team. (Photo: Sarah Brunson/U.S. Freeskiing)
Lyman Currier and Aaron Blunck join David Wise on the first-ever Olympic team for halfpipe skiing after taking first and second Saturday at the Visa U.S. Freeskiing Grand Prix.
Alex Ferreira boosted into second place Friday at the Visa U.S. Freeskiing Grand Prix, while Brita Sigourney became the second U.S. woman to secure an Olympic halfpipe team spot and Maddie Bowman took the victory for the women.
David Wise clinched a nomination to the first-ever U.S. Freeskiing Olympic team Sunday with his victory in the snowy halfpipe final at the Visa U.S. Freeskiing Grand Prix presented by The North Face at Breckenridge.
The nation’s leading freeskiing athletes continue the battle for Olympic team spots Jan. 8-12 when the Visa U.S. Freeskiing Grand Prix presented by The North Face heads to Breckenridge for the third of five Olympic qualification events.
Aaron Blunck moved to the top of the U.S. Olympic qualification standings with his halfpipe win Friday at the Visa U.S. Freeskiing Grand Prix Series presented by The North Face.
The Sprint U.S. Grand Prix, America’s top tour for freeskiing and snowboarding, is coming to Breckenridge Ski Resort Jan. 8-12.
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![]() Lyman Currier is a talented skier out of Boulder, CO who competed for the U.S. in halfpipe at the 2014 Sochi Olympics. Once a triple threat (halfpipe, slopestyle and big air), Currier has focused more steadily on halfpipe in recent years, and is having marked success on the competition circuit. Coming in hot to the 2014 Olympic qualifying series, Currier bagged three podium finishes, including the win at the Park City Grand Prix, and earned his Olympic spot through objective criteria. Following in the footsteps of his father, David Currier, who competed in the 1972 Olympics as an alpine skier, Lyman represented his country at the 2014 Sochi Olympic Winter Games for his sport’s debut. Under bright lights and snowy skies, Currier suffered a blown ACL during the qualifying round, putting his Olympic gold dreams on hold for another four years. In 2016 Currier had top-10 finishes at the New Zealand Winter Games, Dew Tour, X Games Aspen and the Park City U.S. Grand Prix. He hit the podium at the World Cup Final in La Clusaz, France (also known as the SFR Freestyle Tour), finishing second behind Kevin Rolland. FIRST TRACKS OFF THE SNOW |
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