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Squamish, British Columbia, Canada | Active: 2020-present | Focus: slopestyle, big air, Whistler park skiing | Current: Freestyle Canada NextGen athlete Whistler Blackcomb When The Score Hit Ninety The Whistler Blackcomb course ran bright under April light, with spring snow softening each takeoff and rails scraped clean by a long Canadian nationals field. Aidan Mulvihill dropped into the men’s freeski slopestyle contest on April 5, 2025, and left with the win. 00 points, ahead of Avery Macyk and Henri Joyal.... Read more on the Athlete page

Stoneham, Québec | Active: 2021-present | Known for: Canadian NextGen slopestyle, big air, rail events, Nor-Am podiums, Stoneham World Cup | Current: Freestyle Canada NextGen Slopestyle/Big Air Stoneham When The Crowd Was His Own The Stoneham course sat under a Québec winter sky, loud with family voices, cold air, and the scrape of skis leaving the start. Jérémy Gagné had grown up on that mountain; now he was dropping into a World Cup slopestyle line where every rail, jump, and landing carried hometown pressure. That February 2025 start gave his public story a clear image.... Read more on the Athlete page

Profile and significance Mac Forehand is a leading American freeski athlete whose results, trick progression, and film parts place him at the sharp end of modern slopestyle and big air. He first hit global headlines in 2019 by winning the FIS Slopestyle Crystal Globe at just 17 years old, then proved his staying power with a string of major results across World Cups and X Games. In January 2023 at Aspen he landed the world’s first forward double cork 2160 in competition to clinch Men’s Ski Big Air gold, a watershed moment that showcased his ability to pair innovation with contest composure.... Read more on the Athlete page

New Zealand park and pipe resort between Wānaka and Queenstown | Known for: 615 hectares, five basins, Soho Basin, Australasia's only full length 22 ft Superpipe, World Cup slopestyle course, Jossi Wells Invitational, Winter Games NZ, and a June to October Southern Hemisphere season | Best for: park progression, halfpipe training, big air, spring sessions, and international crews chasing winter while the north is off snow Cardrona Valley And The Southern Hemisphere Training Clock Cardrona Alpine Resort sits on Cardrona Valley Road between Wānaka and Queenstown, with a base area at 1670 meters, a highest lifted point of 1860 meters, and 600 meters of vertical rise. The location is the first reason the resort matters. It gives skiers a reliable Southern Hemisphere training base during the exact months when most Northern Hemisphere parks are grass, glaciers are limited, and Olympic-cycle athletes need snow.... Read more on the Location page

Canadian Coast Mountains resort in British Columbia | Known for: 8171 acres, PEAK 2 PEAK access, Blackcomb Glacier, Spanky’s Ladder, 2010 Olympic alpine legacy, terrain parks, WSSF spring culture and Sea to Sky logistics | Season: November to May depending on snow and operations | Best for: freeriders, park skiers, powder crews, filmers, spring riders and athletes needing terrain scale with major resort infrastructure Two Mountains Above The Sea To Sky Whistler Blackcomb rises above the Sea to Sky corridor in British Columbia, with Whistler Village at about 675 meters and the highest lift accessed point on Blackcomb at 2284 meters. The official mountain information lists 8171 acres of skiable terrain, 36 lifts, more than 200 marked trails, 432 inches of average annual snowfall and three terrain parks. Those numbers make the resort the largest single ski area in North America, but scale alone is not the full story.... Read more on the Location page

British Columbia freestyle training centre | First opened in Squamish in December 2015 | Known for: trampoline coaching, ski snowboard dryland, parkour, skateboard, camps, private training and Ski Addiction powered progression | Focus: helping skiers and riders build air awareness, balance and trick confidence before taking movements to snow. Squamish in 2015 and the indoor bridge to mountain progression Airhouse is not a ski manufacturer, crew or film studio. It is a British Columbia freestyle training centre built around one of the most important ideas in modern action sports: learn movement safely, repeat it often, then transfer it to the mountain.... Read more on the Sponsor page