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Wanaka, New Zealand | Active competition record: 2011-2021 | Known for: Sochi 2014, PyeongChang 2018, Dew Tour silver, Junior World titles, Wells Brothers films | Current focus: filmmaking, park skiing, creative freeski projects PyeongChang Snow With A Medal One Run Away The halfpipe at Phoenix Snow Park cut a blue-white trench under Korean winter light. Beau-James Wells dropped into his third Olympic final run needing amplitude, clean doubles and enough composure to make the judges look twice before New Zealand’s medal story closed. 60 at PyeongChang 2018 put him fourth in men’s freeski halfpipe, one place behind Nico Porteous and just outside the Olympic podium.... Read more on the Athlete page

Innsbruck, Austria | Active: FIS record listed as not active | Discipline: freeski big air, slopestyle, knuckle huck | Verified: 2022 Olympian, 2021 Junior Worlds double silver, Chur 2023 World Cup podium, X Games Aspen 2024 Big Air bronze | Current: Armada and Monster Energy athlete profile, style-led video presence Buttermilk When The Tail Butter Held Buttermilk Mountain was loud under the Aspen lights, with the big-air ramp glowing above packed Colorado snow. Daniel Bacher came in switch, pressed his tails across the lip, then released into a double cork 1440 with the landing running fast below him. X Games Aspen 2024 gave Bacher the clearest international marker of his senior career.... Read more on the Athlete page

Oppegård / Oslo, Norway | Born: July 17, 1998 | Active: 2015-present public ski career | Known for: X Games slopestyle medals, Olympic finals, Capeesh Fashion House, Jib League, rail-heavy creative park skiing | Current: creative projects, Jib League, Capeesh, Vishnu, Monster Energy, Phaenom Aspen Steel Before The Score Sheet The Buttermilk rails looked cold under January light, each takeoff brushed by wind and camera lenses before the jump line opened. Ferdinand Dahl came through the top section with shoulders low, skis quiet, and the timing of someone reading metal like a skate spot rather than a scoring zone. That language became his clearest public signature.... Read more on the Athlete page

Stockholm / Kläppen, Sweden | Active: 2013-present public ski record | Discipline: Slopestyle, Big Air and Creative Park Skiing | Known for: World Cup Big Air podiums, Beijing 2022, Jib League, Capeesh Milan Under The Big Air Lights The scaffolding jump in Milan rose above the city night, bright enough to flatten the landing and loud enough to turn every stomp into a public answer. Hugo Burvall dropped into the 2017 Big Air World Cup with Sweden’s next contest generation watching closely. He put down a nose-butter double cork 1260 safety, then followed with a switch double cork 1440 double Japan.... Read more on the Athlete page

Wānaka, New Zealand | Active: 2013-present public record | Focus: slopestyle, big air, creative ski films, Wells Brothers projects | Current: Wells Brothers producer/skier and Monster Energy-supported rider Cardrona Low Tide And Southern Light Cardrona’s spring snow ran thin over brown New Zealand ground, with wind crust in the shadows and soft takeoffs catching late Southern Hemisphere light. Jackson “Wacko” Wells pushed into the line anyway, skiing the low-tide mess with the same looseness that once carried him through Olympic slopestyle and X Games big air. In recent Wells Brothers films, the setup rarely looks perfect.... Read more on the Athlete page

Levi, Finland | Active: 2012-present | Discipline: Creative Park, Street, Backcountry Freestyle and Slopestyle | Known for: Keesh, Jib League, X Games Knuckle Huck, SuperUnknown Ruka In October Before The Rest Of Winter The park at Ruka opened under cold Finnish light, weeks before most of Europe had reliable snow. Joona Kangas was there with filmmaker Arttu Heikkinen, stacking early-season clips on rails and jump takeoffs while the ground outside the lanes still looked half autumn. Ruka sits below the Arctic Circle, far enough north for October laps to feel normal in Finland and strange almost anywhere else.... Read more on the Athlete page

S. Grand Prix wins | Current: SLVSH co-founder, K2 skier, Momentum Camps coach Rosa Khutor When The Sweep Became Real Rosa Khutor was sharp under a blue February sky, the slopestyle course cut into bright Caucasus snow. Joss Christensen left the start with bib 34 on his chest, hit the first rails clean, then sent his final jump into the moment that changed American freeskiing.... Read more on the Athlete page

Fischenthal, Switzerland | Active: FIS record listed as not active | Discipline: freeski big air, slopestyle, halfpipe | Verified: 2012 Youth Olympic halfpipe gold, 2014 Olympian, 4 X Games Big Air medals, 2 World Cup Big Air wins | Current: retired from competition since 2020 Aspen When The Teenager Went Bigger The Buttermilk jump was lit hard against the Colorado night, the landing scraped by repeated heavy impacts. Kai Mahler came in as a sixteen-year-old rookie, left the lip with his skis crossed, and sent a Big Air trick into the X Games final like he already belonged there. Winter X Games Aspen 2012 made Mahler visible outside Switzerland.... Read more on the Athlete page

Sandvika / Bærum, Norway | Active: 2017-present | Known for: 2026 Olympic Big Air gold, Jib League overall title, X Games Knuckle Huck bronze, World Cup podiums | Current: Faction, Capeesh and Norway freeski team Livigno Snow Before The Last Jump The Livigno jump disappeared into snowfall, lights catching every flake before Tormod Frostad pushed toward the takeoff. Mac Forehand had just thrown down a score that could have won almost any big-air final, and Matej Švancer had already forced the level into dangerous territory. Frostad did not answer with the most rotations in the field.... Read more on the Athlete page

Torpo, Norway | Active: FIS record listed as not active | Discipline: freeski slopestyle and big air | Verified: 2018 Olympic slopestyle gold, X Games Aspen and Norway slopestyle golds, World Cup podiums | Current: Jib League co-founder and creative contest builder Phoenix Snow Park Before The Chase Began Phoenix Snow Park was crisp under Korean winter light, the rails throwing shadows across a course that had already punished several medal runs. Øystein Bråten dropped first in the Olympic final, carried speed through the top section, and made the jumps look shorter than they were. 00.... Read more on the Athlete page

Norwegian rider-led freeski apparel and streetwear label | Founded in 2020 by Ferdinand “Ferdi” Dahl and two childhood friends | Known for: baggy pants, woven belts, Big Puffy, Bombshell, Revamp, Fancy Pant, Pantaloni, interchangeable patches, oversized silhouettes and park-street styling | Focus: clothing for skiers who treat outerwear as part of the trick, the edit, the crew and the visual language of modern freeskiing. Norwegian park roots and the fashion house idea Capeesh Fashion House, also known online as Capeesh Supply, is not a ski manufacturer, binding company or traditional outerwear giant. It is an independent Norwegian ski apparel and streetwear label created in 2020 by freeskier Ferdinand “Ferdi” Dahl and two childhood friends.... Read more on the Sponsor page

Jib League Season 1 was the inaugural rider-voted freeski tour held in 2023 across Nordkette, Crans-Montana and Myrkdalen | Disciplines: creative park skiing, rails, jumps, knuckle features and transfer setups | Notable winner: Joona Kangas | Format: three-stop jam session series with peer voting Nordkette Crans Montana And Myrkdalen Built The First Map Jib League Season 1 ran through the 2022-23 freeski winter as a three-stop experiment that quickly became one of the most watched alternative contest formats in park skiing. The first event took place at Nordkette Skyline Park above Innsbruck in February 2023, followed by Crans-Montana in Switzerland in April and a season finale at Myrkdalen, Norway, at the end of April. The season was not built like a FIS slopestyle tour.... Read more on the Competition page