Network's website hosts contest and U.S. Olympic team announcement January 23, 2010.
LOS ANGELES, CA - FUEL TV, the only network dedicated to the lifestyle of action sports, will host the live HD webcast for the 2010 Sprint U.S. Snowboarding Grand Prix finals on January 23, 2010. The webcast will run from 8:20pm ET/5:20pm PT to 10:45pm ET/7:45pm PT on FUEL TV's web site www.fuel.tv/ussnowboarding FUEL TV will feature both men's and women's halfpipe finals, awards and 2010 Vancouver Olympic team announcement. The webcast will also be available on MySpace at www.myspace.com/actionsports.
This is the fifth and final contest of the Sprint U.S. Snowboarding Grand Prix. The U.S. Olympic halfpipe team up to four men and four women will be selected from results of the Grand Prix. Top pros Shaun White, Louie Vito, JJ Thomas, Danny Kass, Gretchen Bleiler, Kelly Clark and Hannah Teter will be among the athletes fighting for their shot at the Olympic dream.