Alex Bateman

Carrabassett Valley Academy, United States | Active: 2022-present FIS record | Known for: Slopestyle, rail event, SuperUnknown 23 winner, Northstar FIS podium | Current: Active FIS athlete

Banff Sunshine When The Vote Came In

The park at Banff Sunshine Village carried late-April light, soft landings and the noise of a rider-vote week. Alex Bateman arrived as one of sixteen SuperUnknown 23 finalists, then left as the men’s winner. Level 1’s 2026 recap named him Male SuperUnknown 23, with Eleonora Ferrari taking the women’s title and Ryan Buttars earning Male Rider of the Week. For a skier still building his FIS résumé, that result changed the public frame around him: Bateman was no longer only a Carrabassett Valley Academy athlete with developing contest scores. He had won one of freeskiing’s most visible amateur video titles.

CVA Structure Under The Trick List

FIS lists him as Alexander Bateman of the United States, born on August 25, 2007, attached to Carrabassett Valley Academy and active under FIS code 2537666. That CVA connection gives his skiing a clear development context. Carrabassett is not a casual school name in American freeskiing. Its athletes travel through Futures Tour starts, FIS events, national championships and spring progression windows, while balancing academics with long competition blocks. Public CVA posts identify him as Class of 2026, which lines up with the age and active FIS record.

Northstar Put The First Podium On Paper

The cleanest early result in Bateman’s official record came at Northstar California Resorts on February 26, 2025. FIS lists him second in a freeski slopestyle FIS event, scoring 41.50 FIS points. CVA also highlighted that Northstar performance publicly, describing him as taking second in Futures Tour freeski slopestyle. Northstar matters because it was not only a social-media clip or a school shoutout. It gave Bateman a ranked result in a judged slopestyle setting, with enough score value to separate it from a simple participation marker.

Mammoth Followed Five Days Later

Five days after Northstar, Bateman placed fifth in freeski slopestyle at Mammoth Mountain on March 3, 2025, according to FIS. That back-to-back California stretch is important because young skiers often show one peak result and then disappear down the order when the venue changes. Bateman kept the momentum alive across a second stop. Mammoth’s Main Park and Unbound terrain can punish weak speed control, especially when spring light changes the takeoffs through the day. A top-five there gave his 2025 season more weight.

Copper Nationals And The Bigger Field

By April 2026, Bateman had moved into a larger national frame. FIS lists him 12th in freeski slopestyle at the National Championships at Copper Mountain on April 8, 2026. That result does not read like a breakthrough podium, but it is still useful for evaluating him honestly. Copper’s championship field is deeper, faster and more exposed than a regional FIS stop. The result shows where he sat in the broader American development stack: competitive enough to be present and ranked, still emerging when measured against the strongest national slopestyle skiers.

Mount Snow And The East Coast Base

Bateman’s FIS record includes multiple starts at Mount Snow, including slopestyle results in 2023, 2024 and 2025. That East Coast thread fits the CVA pathway. Mount Snow’s Carinthia parks reward rail accuracy, speed discipline and comfort on firm surfaces. Those conditions are different from Mammoth slush or Banff spring softness. For a developing slopestyle skier, the East Coast base can be a useful filter: short weather windows, colder snow, fast rails and landings that do not hide sloppy balance.

SuperUnknown Changed The Audience

SuperUnknown 23 gave Bateman a different kind of visibility from the FIS sheet. Level 1’s kickoff post listed him among finalists from the United States, Canada, Sweden, France, Japan, Austria, Switzerland and Australia, with more than sixty pros also present at the Banff Sunshine week. The final winners were decided by rider vote, which makes the title more peer-facing than a conventional judged contest. That distinction matters. In slopestyle, the score measures a run. In SuperUnknown, the field reacts to style, footage, trick choices, session energy and how a skier fits inside a crew-heavy week.

How Bateman’s Profile Should Be Read

The verified record points toward a slopestyle and park skier rather than a halfpipe specialist or freeride athlete. FIS lists starts in freeski slopestyle, freeski big air and freeski rail event, with slopestyle carrying the strongest results. The technical details available publicly are still limited, so the safer reading is discipline-based: rail sections, jump-line speed, switch comfort, grab control, feature linking and enough video presence to win a rider-voted SuperUnknown title. His profile is strongest when the contest record and the video result are read together.

The Current Marker Is Narrow But Strong

Bateman is still an emerging skier, not a World Cup regular or senior medal name. The verified facts are already enough for a real profile: active FIS status, Carrabassett Valley Academy background, Northstar FIS second place, Mammoth FIS top five, Copper Nationals start, Mount Snow East Coast results and the 2026 SuperUnknown 23 men’s title. The next measurable step is whether that Banff result becomes a launch point for stronger Nor-Am results, deeper film appearances and a larger public archive beyond the 2025-26 breakout window.