Grand Prix Freeskiers Get Their Turn in the Pipe

Freeski qualifying has finished for the day, with both the men's and women's finals fields locked in for a huge day Saturday in the Sprint U.S. Grand Prix Halfpipe finals.

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Dan Marion with amplitude during morning qualifying

On the men's side, the top four qualifiers from two heats - and the next best four scores - pushed through to complete a loaded 12-man finals field.

MEN'S HEAT 1 QUALIFIERS:

Torin Yater-Wallace
Kevin Rolland
David Wise
Tucker Perkins

MEN'S HEAT 2 QUALIFIERS:

Mike Riddle
Matt Margetts
Simon Dumont
Thomas Krief

MEN'S OVERALL RANKING QUALIFIERS:

Benoit Valentin
Aaron Blunck
Simon D'Artois
Beau Wells

marion  Mike Riddle on his way to the #1 overall qualification for Saturday's final

WOMEN'S QUALIFIERS:

Anais Caradeux
Maddie Bowman
Brita Sigourney
Megan Gunning
Rosalind Groenewoud
Virginie Faivre
Keltie Hansen
Ayana Onozuka
Annalisa Drew
Angeli Vanlaanen
Tiril Sjaastad Christiansen
Mirjam Jaeger

 

Here's your links for the official MEN'S and WOMEN'S start lists for Saturday.

Saturday's final in the superpipe, just steps from First Time parking lot, is free and spectator-friendly - but if you can't make it here you can still watch the action live at the link below.

 

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