KNAI - MIX 2026

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

Swedish freestyle venue inside Kläppen Ski Resort in Sälenfjällen | Known for: National Arena status, 14 football pitch park area, Junior Snowpark, Blue Line, red and black contest lines, Swedish Championships, and repeatable Scandinavian park laps | Season: December to April | Best for: slopestyle riders, rail crews, young park skiers, national-team training, and film sessions built around clean feature flow Fourteen Football Pitches Of Park In Sälenfjällen Kläppen Snowpark sits on Kläppenberget in Sälenfjällen, Dalarna, with the resort summit reaching 657 meters and the ski area dropping 315 meters through rounded Scandinavian terrain. Those numbers are modest by Alpine standards, but they explain the venue’s strength. The slope is broad, controlled, and efficient, giving shapers enough room to build long freestyle lines instead of forcing riders into one short feature lane.... 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

Swiss new-school ski boot brand | Launched by Full Stack Supply Co, the group behind Faction Skis and United Shapes | Known for: FS 01, FR 01, hybrid cabrio / overlap construction, two-buckle design, patent-pending Phaenom strap, repairable architecture, blacked-out style and freeski-focused fit | Focus: comfortable, damp and serviceable ski boots for park, street, freeride, all-mountain and hybrid touring skiers. A Swiss freeski boot brand built from the Faction ecosystem Phaenom Boots, more precisely Phaenom Footwear, is not a ski manufacturer, outerwear label or film studio. It is a new-school ski boot brand launched by Full Stack Supply Co, the Swiss organization behind Faction Skis and United Shapes.... Read more on the Sponsor page

Australian-born action-sports apparel brand | Founded in 1969 in Torquay | Known for: surf heritage, mountain-wave identity, DryFlight snow outerwear, GORE-TEX shells, Travis Rice collections, Sammy Carlson and Thibault Magnin | Focus: bringing surf-influenced style and practical storm protection into ski, snowboard, backcountry and resort winter culture. 1969 Torquay boardshorts and the mountain inside the wave Quiksilver is not a ski manufacturer, but its place in snow culture is real because the brand has always lived between movement, weather and style. Founded in 1969 in Torquay, Australia, Quiksilver began with surf apparel, especially boardshorts made for surfers who needed gear that worked in saltwater instead of simply looking beach-ready.... Read more on the Sponsor page