{"id":14950,"date":"2023-10-25T15:23:18","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T21:23:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bcworldcup.com\/?p=14950"},"modified":"2023-10-27T15:56:30","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T21:56:30","slug":"a-first-look-at-2023-birds-of-prey-racing-and-festivities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bcworldcup.com\/a-first-look-at-2023-birds-of-prey-racing-and-festivities\/","title":{"rendered":"A first look at 2023 Birds of Prey racing and festivities"},"content":{"rendered":"

Snow flurries are dusting high peaks and mountain-dwellers around the northern hemisphere are turning their thoughts toward skiing \u00ad\u00ad\u2013 and ski racing \u2013 in anticipation of the coming season.<\/p>\n

Since 1997 the Xfinity Birds of Prey Audi FIS Ski World Cup in Beaver Creek, Colo., has been \u201cWhere Winter Begins,\u201d in North America.<\/p>\n

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Sam Morse of Team United States in action during the Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup Men’s Downhill on December 3, 2022 in Beaver Creek, USA. Photo by Alexis Boichard, Agence Zoom.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This Nov. 30 \u2013 Dec. 3, the Vail Valley Foundation has a slate of World Cup races, Warren Miller and Teton Gravity Research film screenings, live music, sponsor activations, the very popular Beers of Prey tasting event and other festivities planned for the annual stop as the \u201cWhite Circus\u201d comes to town for one of its most iconic stops.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe excitement is already building for this year\u2019s races and events in Beaver Creek, not only for the thousands of people who come to celebrate ski racing, music, and lifestyle in the Rockies, but also to the tens of millions of people worldwide who tune in to watch the best ski racers in the world compete on the Birds of Prey course,\u201d said Sarah Franke, Birds of Prey Event Director for the nonprofit Vail Valley Foundation, which hosts the event each year.<\/p>\n

Racing schedule<\/strong><\/h4>\n