To cheer their on their hometown standout, local good friends, alumni of the Sun Valley Snowboard group and community school and other encouraging community members hosted a watch party for Josey at Apples Bar & Grill in Ketchum.
After an opening run in which a miscue put him in 23rd place, Josey managed some challenging combinations on his second run to score 69.50 in Tuesdays certifying round and advance into Thursdays finals.
Hailey, Idaho native Chase Josey completed for Team USA in the mens snowboard halfpipe finals at the Beijing 2022 Winter season Olympics in primetime on NBC.
2022 marks Joseys second Winter Olympics look. The Hailey native finished in sixth place in the halfpipe at the Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang in 2018.
Josey is not the only Gem State athlete who completed or will complete in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics Thursday night and Friday morning.
Two years out of high school, Josey took part in the Snowboard World Championships in 2015. He likewise took part in the champions in 2019 and 2021, finishing in fifth location in the halfpipe in 2015.
Sun Valley native Hilary Knight and the U.S. Womens Ice Hockey Team are set to take on the Czech Republic in the quarterfinals at 9:10 p.m. Thursday. The livestream can be seen here.
Cross country snowboardings 15km traditional beginning at 12 a.m. Friday, Feb. 11 (livestream) with function Scott Patterson – who was born in McCall. Patterson will use bib number 27 and the event will be televised live on USA at 12 a.m. and on a delayed basis on KTVB as part of NBCs daytime Olympics protection, which starts at 12 p.m.
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In the Skeleton, Meridian native Andrew Blaser will contend Friday, Feb. 11 in Heat 1 beginning at 5:20 a.m. MT. Heat 2 starts at 6:55 a.m. MT. and is televised on USA starting at 6 a.m.
Josey finished from the Sun Valley Community School in 2013 and was born and raised in Hailey with moms and dads Bill and Kris, and his brother Tanner.
Snowboarding star Shaun White likewise completed in Thursday nights occasion. It was Whites Olympic ending after he fell on his first run in certifying, however rebounded on his next go to prevent elimination.
