Alice Michel
Profile and significance Alice Michel is a Swiss freeski street and park skier from the Verbier region who has become one of the key names in the modern, film-driven side of women’s freeskiing. Rather than chasing World Cup globes, she has built her reputation in all-female crews, independent films and creative rail events, helping to push representation and progression in urban and resort-based skiing at the same time. Based in the Valais and long connected to the freestyle scene around Verbier, she has emerged as a central figure in projects that blend serious rail skills with a laid-back, community-first attitude.... Read more on the Athlete page
Amanda Krüttli
Profile and significance Amanda Krüttli is a Swiss freeride skier and all-mountain coach based in the Flims Laax Falera region, where she balances a life on steep faces with a leadership role in the local ski school. On snow, she competes in the Ski Women category on the Freeride World Tour Qualifier and Challenger circuits, representing Switzerland in events across the Alps. Off snow, she works as Head of Training for the ski division at the LAAX School, helping to shape how the next generation of skiers learn technique, safety and mountain awareness.... Read more on the Athlete page
Audrey Friess
Profile and significance Audrey Friess is an American park and urban skier whose story runs from tiny Midwestern hills to heavy street segments and women’s progression events in the Rockies. Originally from the Akron, Ohio area and raised lapping the rope tows and small jumps at Boston Mills/Brandywine, she grew up as one of the only girls in the local park. That experience—learning rails with friends, filming on whatever features her home hill could offer, and figuring it out without a formal team—set the tone for a career rooted in community and do-it-yourself motivation rather than federation structures.... Read more on the Athlete page
Christina Anderson
Profile and significance Christina Anderson is a freestyle skier, coach, and community builder based in Bend, Oregon, where she has quietly become one of the key connectors in the Pacific Northwest park scene. Splitting her time between winter in the Cascades and southern-hemisphere seasons, she rides and coaches year-round, with a focus on terrain parks, rails, and all-mountain creativity. Known online as @chrisskina_, she brings a mix of rail jam experience, film projects, and coaching chops that makes her a reference point for skiers who care as much about community and good vibes as they do about learning new tricks.... Read more on the Athlete page
Claudia Rohrer
Profile and significance Claudia Rohrer is an Austrian freeride skier and all-round mountain athlete whose life is anchored in the Alps. Raised in Vorarlberg in a family of passionate skiers, climbers and mountaineers, she learned to ski at about one and a half years old and grew up with four siblings playing outside in the mountains year-round. As a teenager she followed the classic race pathway for a while, but around 14 she turned her focus fully toward off-piste terrain, drawn more to couloirs, ridges and long days in the backcountry than to gates.... Read more on the Athlete page
Dorothy Grundin
Profile and significance Dorothy Grundin is part of the rising wave of Midwestern freeskiers pushing park and street skiing forward from rope-tow hills and small-town programs rather than national-team pipelines. Her name shows up wherever the scene is most alive at the grassroots level: in the cast list of the street film “Must Be Urgent,” on the semi-finalist roster for Level 1’s SuperUnknown 21, quoted in coverage of Phil Casabon’s B-Dog Off The Leash rail jam at Wild Mountain, and on the builder and rider lists for the women-led Take The Rake terrain-park project at Trollhaugen. Together, those appearances mark her as an emerging “core” name in modern freeski culture, especially in the Midwest and park-crew worlds.... Read more on the Athlete page
Drew Hooker
Profile and significance Drew Hooker is an American freeski slopestyle and all-mountain rider whose path runs from Eastern prep-school programs to Nor-Am podium battles, film projects and next-generation events like Red Bull Cascade. Born in 2004 and originally from the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area, she sharpened her early park skills in the East before moving to Maine to attend Carrabassett Valley Academy, where she trained with the CVA Freestyle squad and chased slopestyle lines at Sugarloaf. S.... Read more on the Athlete page
Eleonora Ferrari
Profile and significance Eleonora Ferrari is a French freestyle skier from Chamrousse whose career bridges national-level competition, creative park and street skiing, and outspoken climate activism. Born in 1997 and raised in the mountains above Grenoble, she learned to ski in the local ski club before turning from classic alpine gates to freestyle in 2015. That switch unlocked a new trajectory: within a few seasons she was scoring top-five results in French and European slopestyle events and, in 2019, taking silver at the French Big Air Championships to become vice-champion of France.... Read more on the Athlete page
Ellen Damsgaard
Profile and significance Ellen Damsgaard is a Danish freeski street and park skier who has become one of the most important new voices in women’s urban skiing. Born in 2000 and competing internationally for Denmark, she sits at the intersection of films, rail contests and community projects, moving fluidly between festival screens and night-time city rail jams. While her FIS licence places her on the official freestyle map, her real impact comes from the projects she creates and leads: she is one third of the Danish trio behind the acclaimed all-female street films “Sushi Buffet” and “Frozen Babiez,” a recurring contributor to the FLINTA* Bucket Clips series, and a newly crowned Rock A Rail winner on the European in-city rail circuit.... Read more on the Athlete page
Emilia Hofmann
Profile and significance Emilia Hofmann is a Canadian freeski athlete whose story runs from small-town British Columbia to the Nor-Am slopestyle circuit, FLINTA* film projects and a coaching role in Calgary’s rapidly growing park scene. , she spent her early years in alpine racing before stepping away from the sport entirely to pursue ballet. After six years dedicated to classical dance in Europe and the United States, she moved home during the COVID years and re-discovered skiing, this time through the lens of freestyle.... Read more on the Athlete page
Erin Spong
Profile and significance Erin Spong is an American freeride and backcountry skier, writer and yoga teacher who has emerged as one of the clearest voices in modern big-mountain skiing. Born in 1993 and raised in Bloomington, Minnesota, she learned to ski at Hyland Hills on Team Gilboa before racing alpine for more than a decade. After hip surgery and eventual burnout on racing, she stepped away from competitive skiing to study journalism at the University of Missouri, then re-entered the sport on her own terms as a writer and, later, as a professional skier.... Read more on the Athlete page
Faith Stanton
Profile and significance Faith Stanton is an American freeride skier whose path runs from Massachusetts high school race courses to Carrabassett Valley Academy in Maine, and then on to the IFSA circuit, Freeride World Tour Qualifier and Challenger ranks, and collegiate freeride for the University of Colorado Boulder. Born in 2002, she first made a name for herself as a teenager when she won the Massachusetts state giant slalom title as a Masconomet Regional High School freshman and added a top-five in slalom the same week, a rare double for such a young racer. That momentum carried her to Carrabassett Valley Academy, the ski academy at the base of Sugarloaf, where she entered the alpine programme and started racing FIS events across New England and abroad.... Read more on the Athlete page
Finley Good
Profile and significance Finley Good is one of the youngest multi-discipline threats in North American freeskiing, balancing slopestyle, big air, halfpipe and rail events at Nor-Am and European Cup level while still in her teens. S. National Championships bronze in the rail event at Copper Mountain.... Read more on the Athlete page
Hannah Langes
Profile and significance Hannah Langes is an Austrian street and park skier who has become one of the key names in the fast-growing European women’s rail scene. Born in 1999 and competing under the Austrian flag, she blends contest results on slopestyle and rail setups with a steadily growing film portfolio. ” Add in a SuperUnknown 20 semi-finalist spot and a growing list of urban clips from Austria, Norway and beyond, and you get a skier who sits right at the intersection of core street culture and more formal competition.... Read more on the Athlete page
Hunter Belle Hall
Profile and significance Hunter Belle Hall is a young Canadian freestyle skier from Montreal, Quebec, rapidly building a name in slopestyle and big air. Born in 2010, she represents Canada on the FIS circuit for the Quebec Slope Team and already competes on the Nor-Am Cup, a serious proving ground for future World Cup athletes. Her skiing first reached a wider audience at just ten years old, when a video of her landing her first misty flip circulated online and showcased both her confidence and natural air sense.... Read more on the Athlete page
Jennica Folkesson
Profile and significance Jennica “Jenn” Folkesson is a Swedish street and backcountry freeski athlete who has quietly become one of the most interesting new names in women’s urban skiing. Listed as SWE in international start lists, she has found her natural home in western Switzerland, riding, filming and studying there while building a profile that blends creative street segments with full-on backcountry jump lines. ”, both of which have been picked up by core freeski outlets and festival lineups.... Read more on the Athlete page
Jill Frey
Profile and significance Jill Frey is a German freeride skier and backcountry specialist whose path into the mountains is anything but conventional. Born in Frankfurt, she first competed seriously in equestrian sport before shifting her focus to skiing in her mid-teens, trading show arenas for high alpine faces. Today she represents Germany on the Freeride World Tour Qualifier circuit and is based in the mountain hub of Innsbruck, where she splits her time between competition, filming projects and work as a sports model.... Read more on the Athlete page
Johanna Ochsenreiter
Profile and significance Johanna Ochsenreiter is a German skier from the Allgäu region whose name pops up in several corners of modern ski culture: in cross-country race results, in mountain guiding and winter hiking, and in the credits of a community-driven all-FLINTA ski movie. FIS records show her starting cross-country races for SC Scheidegg at junior and national level, while guiding and outdoor profiles present her as a state-certified mountain and winter hiking guide who lives for fresh powder days. That mix of structured endurance sport, everyday mountain work and freeski filmmaking places her in a growing category of athletes who shape ski culture more through their versatility and presence than through a single marquee podium.... Read more on the Athlete page
Johanna Sellman
Profile and significance Johanna Sellman is a Swedish freeski slopestyle and big air skier whose name keeps showing up wherever modern park skiing is progressing. Born in 1997 and riding for the Umeå-based club Uhsk, she has built a résumé that blends FIS slopestyle and big air podiums, Austrian Cup wins and standout appearances in influential women’s ski films. While she has not yet become a World Cup headliner, she sits in that crucial tier of riders who define the level of everyday park skiing in Europe: strong enough to win open contests, stylish enough to be picked for film projects, and committed enough to spend most of the winter chasing takeoffs and landings across the Alps and Scandinavia.... Read more on the Athlete page
Kathi Heisch
Profile and significance Katharina “Kathi” Heisch is a German freeride skier who has steadily worked her way into the international qualifier scene while simultaneously emerging as a thoughtful voice in ski storytelling. Listed among the Ski Women on the Freeride World Tour Qualifier roster for Germany, she occupies the space between motivated shop rider and full-time pro: a skier who spends winters chasing start gates, storm cycles and creative film projects rather than chasing headlines. Her nickname “Kathi” appears in community-focused freeski projects such as all-FLINTA compilations, while her full name is used in official rankings and film festival programs, reflecting how she moves comfortably between grassroots crews and formal competition structures.... Read more on the Athlete page
Laura Pöbl
Profile and significance Laura Pöbl is a European freeski and freeride skier whose name keeps appearing wherever community-driven film projects and creative contests are shaping modern ski culture. Rather than following a traditional path through national teams and FIS rankings, she has built her presence through mixed backcountry video contests, all-FLINTA film projects and independent season edits. Viewers discover her in projects like the “Bucket Clips” film series and in the riders list for short movies highlighted by core freeski media, as well as in the results of the Greeny Ynvitational video contest in Laax.... Read more on the Athlete page
Laura Wallner
Profile and significance Laura Wallner is an Austrian freeski slopestyle and big air specialist who has quietly become one of the key reference points for women’s park skiing from the Tyrol region. Born in 1998 and representing Austria in international competition, she has spent almost a decade on the World Cup circuit, mixing technical rail lines with stylish jumps on the biggest stages in freeski. Her career includes appearances at the FIS Freestyle World Championships, a long list of World Cup starts and a full Olympic debut at the Beijing 2022 Winter Games in both slopestyle and big air.... Read more on the Athlete page
Maria Esteban Uña
Profile and significance María Esteban Uña is a Spanish freeski slopestyle, big air and rail specialist who has become one of the most promising park skiers to come out of Spain in recent years. Born in November 2005, she represents Spain internationally and rides for the Madrid-based club FORWARD FREESTYLE ACADEMY, a program dedicated to building the next generation of freestyle skiers. After starting her competitive life in alpine racing as a U16 athlete, she pivoted fully into freeski, bringing race-bred edge control into the world of rails, jumps and urban-style features.... Read more on the Athlete page
Marion Balsamo
Profile and significance Marion Balsamo is an American freeski street and rail specialist whose name has become synonymous with the rise of women’s street-style skiing. Born in 2002 and raised near the small resort of Sipapu in northern New Mexico, she has carved out a niche as one of the strongest rail riders of her generation. Her résumé now includes podiums at major events like the Winter Dew Tour, USASA Nationals, APIK rail jams and, most significantly, an X Games Aspen bronze medal in Women’s Ski Street Style.... Read more on the Athlete page
Naomi Urness
Profile and significance Naomi Urness is a Canadian freeski slopestyle and big air athlete from Mont-Tremblant, Québec, quietly becoming one of the most consistent young park skiers on the NorAm circuit. Born in 2004 and raised in a family deeply involved in freestyle, she started skiing at age three, joined the Mont-Tremblant Freestyle Club at eleven, and moved steadily through provincial, national and international ranks. She now rides for Freestyle Canada’s NextGen slopestyle/big air program, a stepping stone toward full World Cup status, and represents both her home resort and local shop partners in competition.... Read more on the Athlete page
Niamh Dedecker
Profile and significance Niamh DeDecker is a Colorado-based freeski slopestyle and rail specialist who represents the emerging generation of Rocky Mountain park skiers. ” Her competition focus is on slopestyle and rail events rather than traditional big air World Cups, and her name now shows up consistently in USASA rankings, FIS national championship results and grassroots rail comps around the Front Range. Within that ecosystem, DeDecker sits in the important “next wave” category: not yet on the World Cup circuit, but clearly past the stage of casual local contests.... Read more on the Athlete page
Olesya Lomakina
Profile and significance Olesya Lomakina is a Russian moguls skier turned all-round freeski creative whose career stretches from FIS World Cup start gates to modern park and street-influenced film projects. Born in 1998, she spent her teens representing Russia in freestyle moguls, winning European Cup events, scoring top-ten finishes at Junior World Championships and making appearances on the Freestyle World Cup circuit. Official FIS records list her as a multiple-time European Cup winner and national champion in moguls and dual moguls, riding dedicated bump skis from ID One, a brand closely associated with elite mogul skiing.... Read more on the Athlete page
Piper Kunst
Profile and significance Piper Kunst is an American big-mountain and freeride skier whose name has become inseparable from Kings & Queens of Corbet’s and the modern, creative freeride movement. Born and raised in South Park, Colorado and growing up lapping the terrain parks and bowls of Breckenridge, she built her first skill set in the Rockies before moving to Salt Lake City to study at the University of Utah. There she finished a degree in psychology with a minor in drawing and shifted her focus fully to skiing, spending almost every storm day riding at Alta and Snowbird in Little Cottonwood Canyon.... Read more on the Athlete page
Rosina Friedel
Profile and significance Rosina “Rosi” Friedel is a Bavarian-born, Innsbruck-based skier and filmmaker who has become one of the most important creative voices in modern freeski culture. Born in Bad Tölz in 1990 and raised on a small farm, she came to skiing relatively late after several years on a snowboard, then moved to Ulm to train as a fashion designer before following her passion to Innsbruck. There, surrounded by the Tyrolean Alps, she built a life that blends park and street skiing, environmental awareness, second-hand fashion and grassroots filmmaking.... Read more on the Athlete page
Rylie Warnick
Profile and significance Rylie Warnick is a rapidly rising freeski talent whose street and park progression has leapt from local rail jams to one of the culture’s biggest spotlights. After winning a spring rail contest at Snowbasin in 2023, she accelerated through community events and edits, then captured the women’s crown at Level 1’s SuperUnknown XXII, hosted at Palisades Tahoe in April 2025. She also stepped into head-to-head formats—most visibly at the SLVSH Cup in Andorra’s night park at Sunset Park Peretol—and took part in the X Games Street Style weekend at Copper Mountain in 2024 through the Next X pathway.... Read more on the Athlete page
Sage Michaely
Profile and significance Sage Michaely is a Canadian freeride skier from North Vancouver who is steadily climbing the Freeride World Tour Qualifier ranks while balancing life as a university student and mountain-town local. Listed on the FWT website in the Ski Women category for Canada with Whistler Blackcomb as her home resort, she represents the new wave of West Coast riders who treat big-mountain skiing as naturally as class schedules and part-time work. She grew up on the North Shore, fell in love with skiing at her local hill Mt Seymour, and now splits her time between studying geological engineering at UBC and chasing storms up the Sea-to-Sky.... Read more on the Athlete page
Stina Sjögren
Profile and significance Stina Sjögren is a Swedish freeski park rider who has quietly turned into one of the key all-round talents in the national scene. Riding for the Stockholm-area club Norra Freeski, she splits her time between slopestyle, big air and halfpipe, with a competition record that already includes multiple Swedish championship titles and an overall win on the Swedish Slopestyle Tour. Swedish media and the national federation describe her as both a results leader and a role model, someone who pairs podium skiing with real effort to keep more girls in the park.... Read more on the Athlete page
Tereza Korabova
Profile and significance Tereza Korábová is a Czech freeski rail specialist, street skier and X Games medalist who has become one of the most influential jib-focused riders in Europe. Born in 1998 and originally from the north of the Czech Republic, she grew up far from big alpine resorts yet managed to carve out a path to the very top of urban and park skiing. Her career blends heavy street footage, creative rail contests and standout performances at global events, capped by a silver medal in Women’s Ski Knuckle Huck at X Games Aspen 2025 after placing fifth in the same event in 2024.... Read more on the Athlete page