U.S. Freeskiing halfpipe and slopestyle team formally named

Aspen 16-year-old Torin Yater-Wallace finished second in the FIS World Cup halfpipe contest Friday at Copper Mountain and later that day was named to the US Freesking halfpipe team.

On the day teenagers dominated the first ski halfpipe World Cup since the sport was tapped for Olympic status, Team USA unveiled the U.S. Freeskiing Team.

The first-ever American teams in slopestyle snowboarding and skiing as well as halfpipe skiing were on hand Friday at the U.S. Gran Prix at Copper for a formal announcement by the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association.

Earlier this year the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association nominated the teams, shortly after the International Olympic Committee selected ski halfpipe and slopestyle for the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia.

On Friday, the USSA confirmed 21 athlete to the U.S. Snowboarding halfpipe and slopestyle teams and 17 athletes to U.S. Freeskiing.

Nine athletes were named for the U.S. Freeskiing Halfpipe Pro Team, including X Games champions Jen Hudak and Simon Dumont.

The first ever U.S. Freeskiing Slopestyle Pro Team includes Denver’s Bobby Brown, Utah’s Alex Schlopy, X Games medalist Sammy Carlson and reigning U.S. halfpipe champion Devin Logan.

Former professional skiers Andy Woods and Evan Raps were named as coaches, with Woods captaining the halfpipe team and Raps leading slopestyle.

U.S. FREESKIING ROSTERS
Mike Jankowski, head U.S. Snowboarding and U.S. freeskiing coach

2012 U.S. Freeskiing Halfpipe Pro Team ? Coach Andy Woods

Men

Simon Dumont, MaineDavid Wise, NevadaTorin Yater-Wallace, SnowmassTucker Perkins, New HampshireGus Kenworthy, Telluride

Women

Devin Logan, VermontJen Hudak, UtahJess Reedy, AvonBrita Sigourney, California

2012 U.S. Freeskiing Slopestyle Pro Team ? Coach Evan Raps

Men

Bobby Brown, Denver Sammy Carlson, OregonGus Kenworthy, TellurideAlex Schlopy, UtahTom Wallisch, Utah

Women

Ashley Battersby, UtahGrete Eliassen, UtahKeri Herman, Breckenridge Devin Logan, VermontMeg Olenick, Aspen

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