Tuva Skanderby
Sweden | Active: 2019-present FIS record | Discipline: Slopestyle and Big Air | Known for: UHSK Freeskiing, European Cup podiums, Swedish slopestyle title, SuperUnknown 23
La Clusaz With Two Seconds In Two Days
The La Clusaz park sat under a French Alps February rhythm: cold starts, shaped takeoffs, and enough pressure to make every landing count. Tuva Skanderby entered the 2026 European Cup week as a Swedish skier with national results already behind her, then left with two podiums in two formats. On February 4, she finished second in slopestyle behind Emilie Lewis. One day later, she was second again in big air, this time on 123.60 points. For a skier still building her international profile, La Clusaz gave the cleanest public marker yet: she could score across rails, jumps, and a single-hit format on consecutive days.
UHSK On The FIS Sheet
Skanderby’s official FIS profile lists her as Swedish, active, born on February 17, 2003, with UHSK as her club. That club detail matters because the strongest public Swedish references also place her with UHSK Freeskiing. Her national-title result, Kiruna SST win, and FIS profile all connect the same name to the same development environment.
The available public record does not support treating her as a World Cup star, Olympic finalist, or X Games athlete. Her profile is more precise than that. She is a Swedish slopestyle and big air skier moving through FIS, European Cup, Swedish national events, and now the Level 1 SuperUnknown pathway. That makes her an emerging athlete rather than an established global name.
Kiruna Wind And The First Hejapris
In December 2024, Skanderby won the women’s FIS Elite class at the Swedish Slopestyle Tour stop in Kiruna. The Swedish Ski Association described the event as windy, with more than 70 freeskiers taking on the full-size park. Skanderby’s own quote from the event pointed to difficult training conditions and the value of putting down a first run.
That detail gives the result more texture than a simple national tour win. Kiruna, in northern Sweden, is not a soft indoor-style contest environment. Wind, speed checks, cold snow, and changing visibility can make a slopestyle run feel unstable before the first rail. Skanderby won by keeping the run together when conditions were not clean, then shared the Svenska Spel Hejapris with UHSK.
Kläppen And The Swedish Slopestyle Gold
Four months later, at the Swedish championships in Kläppen, Skanderby won senior women’s slopestyle. The podium listed her first for UHSK Freeskiing, ahead of clubmate Estrid Fahlén and Luna Ekroth from Stockholm Freeski och Snowboard. That result placed her at the top of the domestic slopestyle field for 2025.
Kläppen is a useful stage for Swedish park skiing because it can host full slopestyle builds rather than a reduced local setup. Winning there does not equal a World Cup podium, but it gives her national credibility. It also shows continuity from Kiruna to Kläppen: Skanderby was not only capable of one strong Swedish tour result, she carried that form into the championship setting.
Prato Nevoso Before The La Clusaz Double
The 2026 European Cup run began before La Clusaz. FIS lists Skanderby third in European Cup slopestyle at Prato Nevoso, Italy, on January 27, 2026. That result came just over a week before the two La Clusaz second places, forming a compact stretch of three European Cup podiums across late January and early February.
This sequence is the strongest competitive argument for her current ranking on skipowd.tv. A single podium can come from a light field or a favorable day. Three podiums across two countries and two disciplines show more structure. Prato Nevoso, La Clusaz slopestyle, and La Clusaz big air together suggest a skier developing repeatable contest skills rather than only domestic promise.
Rails, Jumps, And The Big Air Split
Skanderby’s record points toward a dual slopestyle and big air path. Slopestyle requires rail entries, takeoff rhythm, switch control, landing discipline, and enough speed management to connect a full course. Big air strips that down to a single jump where trick choice, grab quality, amplitude, and landing pressure become the whole score.
Her La Clusaz results are important because she placed second in both. That does not identify her signature trick from public records, so the article should not invent one. The safer technical read is discipline-based: she is building value through all-around park skiing, not through a publicly documented single trick. Until more video or official trick data appears, her technical profile should stay tied to course versatility.
SuperUnknown 23 At Banff Sunshine
In April 2026, Level 1 listed Skanderby as one of sixteen SuperUnknown 23 finalists at Banff Sunshine Village in Alberta, Canada. The event was described as the first SuperUnknown held on international grounds, with more than sixty pros and sixteen finalists skiing the Sunshine Village park. Her name appeared alongside Zoe Greze-Kozuki, Nalu Nussbaum, Hannah Langes, Ruben Källner Boman, Tommy De Jager, Quinn Noyes, Eleonora Ferrari, Hinata “Sunny” Nogi, and others.
This is the clearest creative marker in her public record. SuperUnknown is not a standard FIS contest. It rewards video submissions, style, feature choice, and the ability to ski in a film-driven environment. For Skanderby, it broadens the page beyond results. She is still an emerging contest skier, but Level 1’s selection places her inside a wider park and video conversation.
Riksgränsen And The Rimfors Open Note
Skanderby also appears in the 2025 Rimfors Open record from Riksgränsen, where she was listed first among the women. Riksgränsen sits far north in Sweden, close to the Norwegian border, with a freeride history and late-season snow culture that differs from standard park contests. The Rimfors Open is smaller than FIS or Swedish championships, but the location gives her record another Swedish snow context.
That result should be treated as a scene marker, not a major international achievement. Its value is cultural and geographic. It connects Skanderby to a northern Swedish event environment where spring snow, off-piste history, local judging, and community prizes matter. Combined with Kiruna, Kläppen, La Clusaz, Prato Nevoso, and Banff Sunshine, it helps map where her public skiing has appeared.
The Accurate Place For Skanderby Now
Tuva Skanderby’s profile is ready for a focused emerging-athlete page, not a legacy article. The confirmed record is strong enough for 2/5: Swedish slopestyle champion, Kiruna SST winner, three European Cup podiums in early 2026, active FIS status, UHSK affiliation, and SuperUnknown 23 finalist selection.
The next factual checkpoint is simple. If she converts European Cup form into World Cup starts, World Cup finals, larger film parts, or a SuperUnknown result with stronger public coverage, the page can be expanded. For now, her story is best framed around progression: Swedish park foundations, domestic wins, European Cup consistency, and a first major step into Level 1’s international video-contest scene.
