Mastro Tops Corvatsch Podium; Schaffrick Second; Blackwell Third
The Hydro Flask U.S. Snowboard Team capped off the 2025–26 halfpipe season in style, landing three athletes on the podium. Maddie Mastro and Maddy Schaffrick went 1–2 in the women’s final while Chase Blackwell secured third place for the men.
Three-time Olympian Maddie Mastro claimed her second career World Cup victory with a statement second-run that earned a score of 85.00. After a disappointing Olympic result, the win serves as a major confidence boost for the rider who is constantly pushing women's progression in the halfpipe. “This season had a lot of lows and a lot of highs," said the 26-year-old, "i'm proud that I made it out on a high."
Olympian Maddy Schaffrick took the top spot early on in competition with a first run sore of 71.75 that held strong until Mastro's winning run, but was high enough to still take second place on the day. This marks Schaffrick's second World Cup podium of the season, following a runner-up result at the Aspen Toyota U.S. Grand Prix in January.
Spain’s Queralt Castellet rounded out the women's podium in third, American Kinsley White took seventh and Olympian Bea Kim took tenth after a nasty toe edge fall at the end of her second run.
In the men's final, 2026 Olympian Chase Blackwell delivered a strong first run that earned a massive score of 88.75. Known for going huge, Blackwell's amplitude and trick selection was rewarded by the judges and held strong in podium position throughout the remainder of the competition. Blackwell's third-place finish marks his second career World Cup podium and first since 2023, , making for an exciting and rewarding end to the season for the athlete who's always in the mix and knocking on the door of the podium.
Japan's Yuto Totsuka took the victory and Australia's Valentino Guseli finished second.
2022 Olympian Lucas Foster landed the run of his life in his second attempt, an exciting and well-deserved feat for the Telluride native who narrowly missed making the 2026 Olympic Winter Games roster. In the same boat as Foster, American Ryan Wachendorfer put down a solid second run but both were unable to crack into the 80s, ending the day in sixth and seventh, respectively.
Hydro Flask U.S. Snowboard Team's Levko Fedorowycz qualified into the final in second place, but the 21-year-old was unable to put down a run to match his breakout qualifying performance, ultimately taking 8th on the day. Teammate and three-time Olympian Chase Josey's score of 72.75 was good enough for tenth.
After an intense and exhausting halfpipe World Cup season, the Hydro Flask U.S. Snowboard Team returns to the states for some well-deserved rest and relaxation before ramping up summer training.
