GAME 8 || Alec Henderson vs. Mathias Høgås || SLVSH CUP GRANDVALIRA '26

Penticton, British Columbia, Canada | Active: 2019-present | Known for: SLVSH Cup Grandvalira 2025, Aspen NorAm gold, Canada NextGen, World Cup slopestyle finals | Current: Freestyle Canada NextGen / Line Skis Tignes When The Final Started To Feel Real The Tignes course ran fast in March, spring light cutting across the rails while the jump line waited above the French crowd. Alec Henderson had spent years building toward that kind of World Cup pressure: one run, no easy section, every rail and landing watched by judges who had already seen the best skiers in the world. His fifth place in Freeski Slopestyle at Tignes in 2026 gave the Canadian rider a different kind of marker.... Read more on the Athlete page

Norway | Active: creative park and video skier | Discipline: freeski park, rails, slopestyle-style filming | Verified: FIS Code 2532332, SuperUnknown XVII semi-finalist, SuperUnknown 21 finalist, SLVSH Cup Grandvalira 2026 appearance | Current: emerging Norwegian style skier Mammoth When The Session Turned Gold Mammoth’s Main Park went orange under the April sunset, the Minarets fading behind cold California snow. Mathias Høgås dropped into the evening session with the SuperUnknown finalists, working rails and jumps while the light ran out. That week in 2024 gave Høgås his clearest international marker.... Read more on the Athlete page

Floodlit freestyle venue in Grandvalira Andorra | Known for: Peretol night laps, Henrik Harlaut naming, rail and jib sessions, SLVSH Cup Grandvalira, Dollo Day and compact evening park progression | Season: core winter to spring depending on snow and weather | Best for: park riders, rail crews, filmers, trick battle skiers and freeskiers extending the day after normal lift hours Peretol Lights Between Soldeu And Grau Roig Sunset Park Henrik Harlaut sits in the Peretol sector of Grandvalira, between Soldeu and Grau Roig, with direct road access and a car park at the foot of the snowpark. m. , weather permitting.... Read more on the Location page

American energy drink and action-sports sponsor | Launched in 2002 by Hansen Natural | Known for: black-and-green claw logo, X Games visibility, Monster Army, freeski athletes, street edits, park contests and backcountry film projects | Focus: funding athletes, amplifying ski media and turning freestyle, freeride and youth culture into a global sports platform. 2002 cans, black-and-green branding and the rise of the claw Monster Energy is not a ski manufacturer, crew or film studio, but it has become one of the most visible sponsor brands in modern freeskiing. Launched by Hansen Natural in 2002, the brand entered action sports with a loud identity: black cans, green claw marks, heavy event branding and a marketing language built around intensity rather than traditional beverage advertising.... Read more on the Sponsor page

Global freeski matchup league and media platform | Known for: SLVSH games, SLVSH Cup, head-to-head trick battles, park matchups, Grandvalira events, YouTube releases and peer-driven freestyle competition | Focus: turning park skiing into a game of creativity, pressure, trick calling and rider-versus-rider style without traditional judges. The freeski game that made park battles simple SLVSH is not a ski manufacturer, outerwear brand, boot company or traditional film studio. It is a freeski media platform and matchup format built around one of the cleanest ideas in park skiing: take the playground logic of HORSE or SKATE, put it on skis, and let riders call tricks against each other until someone spells SLVSH.... Read more on the Sponsor page

SLVSH Cup Grandvalira 2026 was a head-to-head freeski battle event held at Sunset Park Peretol in Andorra from March 2 to 9 2026 | Disciplines: trick calling, rail lines, park features and matchplay freeskiing | Notable finalists: Elias Syrjä, Konnor Ralph, Jennie-Lee Burmansson, Naomi Urness | Format: men’s bracket, first eight-woman SLVSH Cup bracket, third-place battles and finals day Peretol Hosted Two Brackets Under One SLVSH Week SLVSH Cup Grandvalira 2026 ran from March 2 to 9 2026 at Sunset Park Henrik Harlaut in the Peretol sector of Grandvalira, Andorra. The event used the same core SLVSH logic that made the format readable: one skier calls a trick, the opponent must match it, and missed matches become letters. The 2026 edition mattered because it paired a men’s tournament with a women’s bracket that SLVSH presented as the first eight-woman SLVSH Cup.... Read more on the Competition page