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X Games Aspen 2022 welcomes fans back to Buttermilk in Aspen, Colorado. This year, X Games Aspen will feature Ski and Snowboard competitions from Friday through Sunday. Each day will open with a marquee Slopestyle event and end with nightly SuperPipe competition under the lights.
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Nearly 70 Hours of U.S.-Based Events to be Presented Across NBC Sports and Peacock, Featuring Events from Killington, Beaver Creek, Steamboat, Copper, Mammoth and Deer Valley
Peacock to Stream Extensive FIS Skiing and Snowboarding World Cup Coverage Live, Including All Austria Events
Two-Time Olympic Gold Medalist Mikaela Shiffrin to Headline U.S. Ski Team in Women’s Slalom This Weekend in Levi, Finland, on Peacock
STAMFORD, Conn. – Nov. 19, 2021 – Two-time Olympic gold medalist and the winningest slalom skier in World Cup history Mikaela Shiffrin headlines U.S. Ski Team contenders competing in the 2021-22 FIS Skiing and Snowboarding World Cup season across NBC, NBCSN, CNBC, Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA, NBCSports.com, the NBC Sports app, and Peacock. NBC Sports’ live coverage continues with the women’s slalom tomorrow and Sunday at 4:30 a.m. ET (Run 1) and 7:30 a.m. ET (Run 2) in Levi, Finland, on Peacock.
Six-time world champion Shiffrin is expected to compete in Levi after capturing her 70th career World Cup victory last month in the season opening giant slalom event in Soelden, Austria. She will be joined by U.S. Ski teammates Nina O’Brien and Paula Moltzan. On the men’s side, the U.S. Ski Team is highlighted by Olympians Steven Nyman, Travis Ganong, Tommy Ford and Ryan Cochran-Siegle.
NBC Sports’ Steve Schlanger (play-by-play) will call the women’s slalom Run 2 tomorrow and Sunday with former U.S. ski team racer Steve Porino (analyst).
NBC Sports will present nearly 70 hours of U.S.-based events this season, getting underway next weekend with giant slalom and slalom events from Killington, Vt., on NBC, NBCSN and Peacock.
Peacock will provide extensive 2021-22 FIS Skiing and Snowboarding World Cup coverage, including all events held in Austria. To learn more about Peacock and how to sign up, visit peacocktv.com.
All coverage on NBC, NBCSN, CNBC, and Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA will stream on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app.
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Below is NBC Sports’ telecast schedule for the 2021-22 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup season through Dec. 31, 2021:
| Date | Coverage | Network/Platform | Time (ET) |
| Sat., Nov. 20 | Women’s Slalom (Run 1) – Levi, Finland | Peacock | 4:30 a.m. |
| Women’s Slalom (Run 2) – Levi, Finland | Peacock | 7:30 a.m. | |
| Sun., Nov. 21 | Women’s Slalom (Run 1) – Levi, Finland | Peacock | 4:30 a.m. |
| Women’s Slalom (Run 2) – Levi, Finland | Peacock | 7:30 a.m. | |
| Fri., Nov. 26 | Men’s Downhill – Lake Louise, Canada | Peacock | 2 p.m. |
| Sat., Nov. 27 | Women’s Giant Slalom (Run 1) – Killington, Vermont | Peacock | 10 a.m. |
| Women’s Giant Slalom (Run 2) – Killington, Vermont | Peacock | 1 p.m. | |
| Men’s Downhill – Lake Louise, Canada | Peacock | 2:15 p.m. | |
| Women’s Giant Slalom (Run 2) – Killington, Vermont* | NBC, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app | 3 p.m. | |
| Sun., Nov. 28 | Women’s Slalom (Run 1) – Killington, Vermont | Peacock | 9:45 a.m. |
| Women’s Slalom (Run 2) – Killington, Vermont | NBC, Peacock, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app | 12:30 p.m. | |
| Men’s Super-G – Lake Louise, Canada | Peacock | 2:15 p.m. | |
| Women’s Slalom (Run 2) – Killington, Vermont* | NBCSN, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app | 5:30 p.m. | |
| Fri., Dec. 3 | Men’s Super-G – Beaver Creek, Colorado | NBCSN, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app | 12:30 p.m. |
| Women’s Downhill – Lake Louise, Canada | Peacock | 2:30 p.m. | |
| Sat., Dec. 4 | Men’s Downhill – Beaver Creek, Colorado | NBCSN, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app | 1 p.m. |
| Women’s Downhill – Lake Louise, Canada | Peacock | 2:30 p.m. | |
| Men’s Downhill – Beaver Creek, Colorado* | NBC, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app | 5 p.m. | |
| Sun., Dec. 5 | Women’s Super-G – Lake Louise, Canada | Peacock | 12:30 p.m. |
| Men’s Super-G – Beaver Creek, Colorado | Peacock | 1 p.m. | |
| Men’s Super-G – Beaver Creek, Colorado* | NBC, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app | 4 p.m. | |
| Sat., Dec. 11 | Men’s Giant Slalom (Run 1) – Val d’Isere, France | Peacock | 3:30 a.m. |
| Women’s Super-G – St. Moritz, Switzerland | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app | 4:30 a.m. | |
| Men’s Giant Slalom (Run 2) – Val d’Isere, France | Peacock | 7 a.m. | |
| Sun., Dec. 12 | Men’s Slalom (Run 1) – Val d’Isere, France | Peacock | 3:30 a.m. |
| Women’s Super-G – St. Moritz, Switzerland | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app | 4:30 a.m. | |
| Men’s Slalom (Run 2) – Val d’Isere, France | Peacock | 7 a.m. | |
| Fri., Dec. 17 | Men’s Super-G – Val Gardena, Italy | Peacock | 5:45 a.m. |
| Sat., Dec. 18 | Women’s Downhill – Val d’Isere, France | Peacock | 4:30 a.m. |
| Men’s Downhill – Val Gardena, Italy | Peacock | 5:45 a.m. | |
| Sun., Dec. 19 | Men’s Giant Slalom (Run 1) – Alta Badia, Italy | Peacock | 4 a.m. |
| Women’s Super-G – Val d’Isere, France | Peacock | 5 a.m. | |
| Men’s Giant Slalom (Run 2) – Alta Badia, Italy | Peacock | 7:30 a.m. | |
| Mon., Dec. 20 | Men’s Giant Slalom (Run 1) – Alta Badia, Italy | Peacock | 4 a.m. |
| Men’s Giant Slalom (Run 2) – Alta Badia, Italy | Peacock | 7:30 a.m. | |
| Tues., Dec. 21 | Women’s Giant Slalom (Run 1) – Courchevel, France | Peacock | 4 a.m. |
| Women’s Giant Slalom (Run 2) – Courchevel, France | Peacock | 7 a.m. | |
| Wed., Dec. 22 | Men’s Slalom (Run 1) – Madonna di Campiglio, Italy | Peacock | 11:45 a.m. |
| Men’s Slalom (Run 2) – Madonna di Campiglio, Italy | Peacock | 2:45 p.m. | |
| Sun., Dec. 26 | Women’s Giant Slalom (Run 2) – Courchevel, France* | NBC, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app | 3 p.m. |
| Tues., Dec. 28 | Women’s Giant Slalom (Run 1) – Lienz, Austria | Peacock | 4 a.m. |
| Men’s Downhill – Bormio, Italy | Peacock | 5:30 a.m. | |
| Women’s Giant Slalom (Run 2) – Lienz, Austria | Peacock | 7 a.m. | |
| Wed., Dec. 29 | Women’s Slalom (Run 1) – Lienz, Austria | Peacock | 4 a.m. |
| Men’s Super-G – Bormio, Italy | Peacock | 5:30 a.m. | |
| Women’s Slalom (Run 2) – Lienz, Austria | Peacock | 7 a.m. |
*Delayed coverage
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NBC Sports will present nearly 70 hours of U.S. Ski and Snowboard coverage this season, getting underway next weekend with giant slalom and slalom events from Killington, Vt., on NBC, NBCSN and Peacock.
Season coverage will be highlighted by events in Beaver Creek, Colo., Steamboat, Colo., Copper, Colo., Mammoth, Calif., and Deer Valley, Utah, across alpine skiing, snowboarding, and freestyle skiing competition.
A complete schedule can be found here.
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Following are NBC Sports’ FIS World Cup November and December schedules for other disciplines:
For the ski jumping schedule, click here.
For the freestyle skiing schedule, click here.
For the cross-country skiing schedule, click here.
For the snowboarding schedule, click here.
For the Nordic combined schedule, click here.
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ESPN X Games announced today that X Games Aspen 2022 will return to Buttermilk Mountain in Aspen Snowmass with 100 of the world’s best action sports athletes competing in 14 disciplines from Jan. 21-23. For the 21st consecutive year, Buttermilk will host X Games Aspen for 13.5 hours of live coverage on ESPN and ABC and will be presented across the globe through international syndication partners. Fans can also follow @XGames across digital and social media platforms for behind-the-scenes, athlete-curated and complementary content that enhance the X Games Aspen telecasts.
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In 2021, Real Snow returns to the Real Series lineup with six of snowboarding’s most popular riders, all six of which are Real Snow rookies. This year, the focus of the Real Snow video parts will shift from urban to all-terrain, with video parts that combine urban elements, backcountry and park riding. All six original video parts drop today on XGames.com. A full World of X Games episode will air Sunday, March 28 at 11:30 p.m. ET on ESPN2 (with an encore on ABC on April 3 at. 3 p.m. ET), featuring all six video parts, behind-the-scenes footage and medal ceremonies.
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Olympic Gold Medalists Chloe Kim, Red Gerard, Jamie Anderson and David Wise Headline American Contingent
Peacock Premium is Streaming Home of Winter Olympic Sports
STAMFORD, Conn. – March 11, 2021 – The world freestyle skiing and snowboarding championships from Aspen Snowmass in Aspen, Colo., begin tomorrow across NBC Sports and Peacock Premium, with live coverage beginning with snowboard slopestyle at 11:30 a.m. ET on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA and Peacock Premium.
A number of American contenders are competing in the snowboard events, including 2018 Olympic gold medalists Chloe Kim and Red Gerard, and two-time Olympic gold medalist Jamie Anderson. The freestyle skiing American contingent is headlined by two-time Olympic gold medalist David Wise and 2018 Olympic bronze medalist Brita Sigourney.
World championship events in freestyle skiing were split between Idre Fjall, Sweden, Almaty, Kazakhstan, and Aspen, Colo. Aspen Snowmass will host big air, halfpipe and slopestyle events in both snowboarding and freeskiing.
All live events will stream on Peacock Premium, including exclusive live coverage of freeski slopestyle at 11:30 am ET on Saturday. All television coverage also streams on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app.
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HOW TO WATCH
| Date | Event | Time (ET) | Network/Streaming |
| Fri., March 12 | Snowboard Slopestyle | 11:30 a.m. | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA, Peacock Premium |
| Freeski Halfpipe | 3 p.m. | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA, Peacock Premium | |
| Sat., March 13 | Freeski Slopestyle | 11:30 a.m. | Peacock Premium |
| Snowboard Slopestyle* | Noon | NBC | |
| Freeski Slopestyle* | 1 p.m. | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA | |
| Snowboard Halfpipe | 3 p.m. | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA, Peacock Premium | |
| Freeski Halfpipe* | Midnight | NBCSN | |
| Sun., March 14 | Snowboard Halfpipe* | Noon | NBC |
| Tues., March 16 | Freeski Big Air | Noon | NBCSN, Peacock Premium |
| Freeski Slopestyle* | 1:30 p.m. | NBCSN | |
| Snowboard Big Air | 3:30 p.m. | NBCSN, Peacock Premium |
*delayed coverage
Note: schedule is subject to change
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In the first action sports event to take place in North America since the pandemic put large events on hold, X Games Aspen 2021 content across ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC experienced double-digit viewership increases on television and triple-digit growth on @XGames social and digital media platforms.
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X Games Aspen 2021 wrapped up today, with a jam-packed Sunday filled with Jeep Men’s Snowboard Slopestyle, Jeep Men’s Ski Slopestyle, Pacifico Women’s Snowboard Big Air, Monster Energy Men’s Snowboard SuperPipe, The Real Cost Men’s Snowboard Big Air and Wendy’s Ski Knuckle Huck. The 20th annual event, live from Buttermilk Mountain, was the first-ever with no spectators in attendance.
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Action continued on day two of X Games Aspen 2021, with fans able to catch Jeep Women’s Ski Slopestyle live on ABC, The Real Cost Men’s Ski Big Air on @XGames socials and Monster Energy Women’s Snowboard SuperPipe in primetime on ESPN. The 20th annual event, live from Buttermilk Mountain, is the first-ever with no spectators in attendance.
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Action sports made a triumphant return Friday afternoon at Buttermilk Mountain when X Games Aspen 2021 kicked off with Jeep Women’s Snowboard SuperPipe, Women’s Ski Big Air, Wendy’s Snowboard Knuckle Huck and Men’s & Women’s Ski SuperPipe.
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Action sports will make a triumphant return this Friday, January 29 with 17.5 hours of live content over the three days of competition on ESPN, ABC and ESPN2 and exclusive web content across @XGames social and XGames.com. ESPN’s Facebook and Twitter will also live stream competitions on Friday.
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