Two-time Olympian Lisa Kosglow (Boudler, CO) led four other U.S. riders onto the podium with a parallel slalom win over an internationally solid field in the second Continental Cup race in two days. Winning the men's race was Sweden's Daniel Biveson.

Capping the U.S. women's sweep was 2003 Grand Prix champion Stacia Hookom (Edwards, CO) in second followed by Rosey Fletcher (Girdwood, AK). On the men's side, 2002 Olympian Jeff Greenwood (Boulder, CO) finished second ahead of Thursday's parallel giant slalom winner Chris Klug (Aspen, CO).

"I had an awesome day even though the early morning start was brutal," said Kosglow, who placed third in the opening World Cup PGS in Valle Nevado last September. "I'm stoked because I learned so much this week in training and I was able to make it count. These small races are always tough because all the young riders are gunning to upset the U.S. team."

"Each year I need to reset my thinking on racing, it's a constant evolution of my tactical approach and a lot of it this year has to do with the new start gates and the new qualifying system. It's something that I don't think anyone is used to yet, but that's what is great about these national races, they give you more shots to work on it before racing World Cup events."

For Greenwood, it was a case of relaxation on his board after taking a snow hiatus following the Õ03 U.S. Finals at Aspen in last March. The break allowed him to spend three weeks in Chile surfing, while working on his filmmaking hobby.

"After such a busy season last year, I needed to take some time away from snowboarding and recharge my batteries," said Greenwood. "I was only hoping to be in the top four today, but second will work, especially with so many good Swedes and Canadians racing. This was probably one of the most tough North American races I've ever done."

"It guess it's strange, I didn't exactly do your typical dry land program this summer, but I didn't feel out of it at all. Maybe it's one of those cases that when you step away from something for a bit, you realize how much you really love doing it. My goal is to continue to race strong at all the national events this year and then really kick it in again next year in preparation for the Olympics."

With the goal of being off the hill by 11:00 a.m., the sunrise races allowed Copper Mountain, a regular training ground for the U.S. alpine snowboarding team, to open the run to the public at a reasonable time of day according to U.S. head coach Peter Foley.

"Copper has always been really good to us and their snowmaking is some of the best in the country, that's why we keep coming back here. Plus their training runs are outstanding. Jeff White is the guy who makes sure that we have everything we need - he's really the man when it comes to making these events successful," said Foley.

The U.S. team wraps up training just in time for the riders to take a much-needed Thanksgiving break before returning to the World Cup tour for a Dec. 4 PGS in Tandadalen, Sweden.

Men's PSL Final

1. Daniel Biveson, Sweden
2. Jeff Greenwood, Boulder, CO
3. Chris Klug, Aspen, CO

Women's PSL Final

1. Lisa Kosglow, Boulder, CO
2. Stacia Hookom, Edwards, CO
3. Rosey Fletcher, Girdwood, AK

— Courtesy, US Snowboard Team