NBC SPORTS PRESENTS MORE THAN 40 HOURS OF 2018-19 FIS SNOWBOARDING WORLD CUP COVERAGE

Season-Long Coverage Continues with Big Air from Beijing on Saturday, Nov. 24 at 7 a.m. ET on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA 

U.S. Olympic Gold Medalist and Snowboarding Phenom Chloe Kim Scheduled to Compete in Copper Grand Prix & Mammoth Grand Prix

Event Highlights Include World Cup Stops in Utah, Secret Garden, Copper Mountain, Mammoth Mountain & World Freestyle Skiing & Snowboarding Championships

STAMFORD, Conn. – November 20, 2018 – NBC Sports’ presentation of the 2018-19 FIS Snowboarding World Cup season continues this Saturday from Beijing, China, as part of more than 40 hours of coverage set to air across NBCSN, Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA,  NBCSports.com, the NBC Sports app, OlympicChannel.com and the Olympic Channel app this season.

This season’s U.S. contingent is led by Olympic gold medalists Chloe Kim, Red Gerard and Jamie Anderson, all of whom earned gold at the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics. Kim, who is expected to compete at the Copper Grand Prix (Dec. 3 – 9), became the youngest female Olympic snowboarding gold medalist after winning gold in PyeongChang.

NBC Sports’ 2018-19 FIS Snowboarding World Cup schedule is highlighted by live coverage of the Toyota U.S. Grand Prix from Copper Mountain, Colo. (Dec. 8 – 9); the Toyota U.S. Grand Prix from Mammoth Mountain, Calif. (March 8 – 9); and the FIS World Freestyle Skiing and Snowboarding Championships in Utah (Feb. 1 – 10). In addition, NBC Sports presents live snowboarding coverage from Secret Garden, China, on Thursday, Dec. 20. The venue will host snowboarding and freestyle skiing events at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Live FIS Snowboarding World Cup coverage will also be available on NBC Sports Gold – NBC Sports’ direct-to-consumer live streaming product powered by Playmaker Media – and the Olympic Channel digital platforms. “Snow Pass” is available for purchase now for $69.99 by visiting NBCSportsGold.com.

STREAMING COVERAGE OF FIS SNOWBOARDING WORLD CUP

NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app — NBC Sports Group’s live streaming platforms for desktops, mobile devices, tablets, and connected TVs — will provide streaming coverage of the 2018-19 FIS Snowboarding World Cup events airing on NBCSN and Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA via “TV Everywhere,” giving consumers additional value for their subscription service, and making high quality content available to MVPD customers both in and out of the home and on multiple platforms.

NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app are powered by Playmaker Media and available on the iTunes App Store, Google Play, Windows Store, Roku Channel Store, Apple TV and Amazon Fire.

All linear coverage on NBCSN will stream on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app. All linear coverage on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA will stream on OlympicChannel.com and the Olympic Channel app, in addition to NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app.

Following is NBC Sports’ remaining telecast schedule for the 2018-19 FIS Snowboarding World Cup season:

*Same-day delay
**Next-day delay
#All events to stream across NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app, OlympicChannel.com, and Olympic Channel app

-NBC SPORTS-