U.S. women dominated the international competition Thursday as they took seven of the eight qualification spots for the halfpipe finals at the U.S. Snownboarding Grand Prix, presented by Sprint, at Copper Mountain.
The U.S. Snowboarding all-stars who will appear in the pipe Saturday are Olympic gold medalist Kelly Clark (West Dover, VT), Olympian Elena Hight (South Lake Tahoe, CA), X Games gold medalist Gretchen Bleiler (Aspen, CO), Olympic gold medalist Hannah Teter (Belmont, VT), Grand Prix podium performer and Copper Mountain athlete Clair Bidez (Minturn, CO), and rookies Kaitlyn Farrington (Bellevue, ID) and Maddline Schaffrick (Steamboat Springs, CO).
Soko Yamaoka of Japan was the only international rider to make finals.
Men's qualifications begin Friday at 9:00 a.m. MT.
The U.S. Snowboarding Grand Prix will be webcast live on go211.com Saturday at 11:00 a.m. MT.
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