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Hometown: Izaourt, France | Active: 2017-present | Known for: ninth at the 2024 Chur World Cup big air, French slopestyle and big air titles in 2026, Mediappiness | Disciplines: big air, slopestyle, backcountry freestyle In April 2024, Andreas Herranz moved through the Lyngen Alps on snowshoes with Julian Caillet, Leo Fourcade and Hugo Monmont, carrying shovels into the mountains above the Norwegian fjords. The group spent a month away from prepared snowparks, reaching their terrain without motorized access and shaping freestyle features by hand. Jumps grew as the trip progressed, transferring the movements of park skiing into natural snow.... Read more on the Athlete page

Hometown: Grenoble, France | Active: 2014-present | Known for: 2018/19 Coupe de France slopestyle overall win, Young's World, Mediappiness | Disciplines: slopestyle, big air, backcountry freestyle In April 2024, Julian Caillet, Andreas Herranz, Leo Fourcade and Hugo Monmont moved through the Lyngen Alps on snowshoes with shovels strapped into the day's equipment. Their objective was not an existing terrain park: the four spent a month in northern Norway climbing into the mountains and shaping their own backcountry jumps above the fjords. Caillet had spent years in slopestyle parks and contest lines; in Lyngen, the same freestyle approach had to begin with the approach, the snow surface and the work of building each feature by hand.... Read more on the Athlete page

5 kilometers through seven shaped sections and around 100 obstacles. That scale changes how the venue skis. Riders are not dropping into one isolated feature zone; they are moving through a full freestyle corridor where jumps, rails, jibs, cross terrain, pipe walls, and beginner lines can all fit into the same day.... Read more on the Location page

Alpine ski region across Tirol, Salzburg, Vorarlberg, Styria and Carinthia | Known for: Ski Arlberg freeride, Stubai Zoo, Absolut Park, Kitzsteinhorn, Sölden glaciers, Fieberbrunn FWT, Innsbruck access and long glacier seasons | Season: October to May at many glacier venues, December to April for most resorts | Best for: park riders, freeriders, glacier training crews, contest athletes, road trip skiers and film crews moving between high alpine venues Arlberg Snow And The Austrian Freeski Spine Austria’s freeski map starts with altitude, density and lift-linked variety. The country does not rely on one destination to carry its ski identity. Tirol, Salzburg and Vorarlberg form a tight Alpine network where a skier can move from glacier park laps to deep snow routes, from valley towns to international contests, and from early-season training to spring filming without leaving the country.... Read more on the Location page

Andorran mountain sports brand | More than two decades of bike and ski development | Known for: freeride, freestyle and all-mountain skis, the Snow Project and rider-led development | Focus: playful gravity-oriented equipment created around year-round mountain life in Andorra. From gravity bikes to skis born in the Andorran mountains COMMENCAL is best known internationally for mountain bikes, but skiing is a genuine part of the company rather than a side merchandising project. The brand states that for more than two decades it has designed bikes, skis, clothing and lifestyle accessories around year-round outdoor use.... Read more on the Sponsor page

French freeski film collective from Les Deux Alpes | Known for: park edits, a DIY visual language and the backcountry film Smash | Focus: building rider-led projects that connect French freestyle sessions with Nordic travel and an emerging local event format From Les Deux Alpes sessions to a French film collective Mediappiness is a French freeski crew and film collective rooted in Les Deux Alpes. It should be understood first as a rider-led production group rather than a ski manufacturer or a conventional media company. Its public work is built around the people who ski, film, edit and travel together, with Hugo Monmont repeatedly credited as the central filmmaker and editor.... Read more on the Sponsor page