World Pro Ski Tour Opens Season In Steamboat
The World Pro Ski Tour (WPST) announced the 2023 season schedule, which will include super slalom and giant slalom events for men and women across the United States.
The World Pro Ski Tour (WPST) will return to the City of Steamboat Springs this January 5-7th, 2023 with two men’s and two women’s races on the same course and with equal prize money.
The WPST brings the world’s fastest professional dual ski racers together each season with Olympians, World Champions, NCAA All-Americans and more. While Steamboat will bring returning Tour Champions Rob Cone and Tuva Norbye to the field, qualifiers are open to all who would like to try their chances in the gates. Registration is open through December 30th at WorldProSkiTour.com.
“The City of Steamboat’s Howelsen Hill is the perfect place for us to start our 2023 season,” says Jon Franklin, CEO of the WPST. “The steep course produces exciting racing for the men and women we have on the Tour and we all love to see the supporters from Steamboat who come out to cheer them on and enjoy the festivities.”
The WPST Howelsen Hill race schedule offers:
- January 6th: Pro Qualifiers, City of Steamboat Springs Cup Races (Men & Women) & Alpine Bank Junior Pro Challenge
- January 7th: Moose Barrows’ Trophy Races (Men & Women)
Spectators are welcome to the festival finish area at the base of the course on Howelsen Hill, featuring new and returning sponsors, including: CELSIUS Energy Drink, Tito’s Handmade Vodka, CB Sports, CLCKR Mobile Devices, DNA Vibe, Seiko Prospex time pieces, REVO goggles, Surefoot Ski Boots, Alpine Bank, World Pro Ski Tour gear, and more. The qualifiers can be watched live on MTN TV and the World Pro Ski Tour facebookLive, and the Round of 16-through Finals is available on FloLive.tv.
New in the 2023 season, the World Pro Ski Tour will offer equal races for men and women, totaling sixteen races for the projected season. Men and women on the Tour already competed for equal podium prize money and now both genders will have equal opportunity for the WPST’s signature televised and live-streamed races.
“The World Pro Ski Tour continues to grow and improve for our athletes and fans,” says Jon J. Franklin, WPST CEO. “Alongside our amazing Tour partners, we are excited to visit incredible resorts around the country to hold our races, including in the City of Steamboat Springs’ Howelsen Hill, a weekend of racing in a historic Tour location in Bear Valley, CA and of course Ski Taos for the 2023 World Championships.”
2023 WORLD PRO SKI TOUR SEASON
- Jan 5-7 City of Steamboat Springs’ Howelsen Hill, Colorado
- Feb 9-12 Bear Valey, California
- Mar, 2023 East Coast, TBD
- Mar 30-Apr 1 World Championships, Ski Taos, New Mexico
All Tour stops will feature four races; two men’s and two women’s, all of which are televised on CBS Sports Network and live-streamed on FloLive.tv. Fans can also follow behind-the-scenes action of racers on the WPST with the award-winning ‘Life In Between Gates’ docuseries, that appears on NBC Regional Sports Networks, OutsideTV, AT&T Sports, Amazon Prime and more. Regular tour participants include two-time Olympic gold medalist, Ted Ligety; World Champion, Olympian and U.S. Ski Team Member, Paula Moltzan; World Champion and Olympic silver medalist, Linus Strasser; 2023 Women’s Tour Champion, Tuva Norbye; 3-time Men’s Tour Champion, Rob Cone and many more of the world’s top ski racers fighting for equal podium prize money.
