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Gold for Gerard; Freeski Superpipe Sweep; Kim & Mastro Go 1-2

By Sadie Texer - Hydro Flask U.S. Snowboard Team
January, 26 2025
Gold for Gerard; Freeski Superpipe Sweep; Kim & Mastro go 1-2

The 72-hour stretch of non-stop X Games actions concluded on Saturday, Jan. 26, with the men’s snowboard slopestyle, women’s ski slopestyle, women’s and men’s snowboard street style, women’s snowboard superpipe, men’s ski superpipe and men’s ski big air. Stifel U.S. Ski Team and Hydro Flask U.S. Snowboard Team athletes continued to put on a show, with more X Games gold medals won, history made and more. 

The men’s snowboard slopestyle was up first, with 2024 X Games slopestyle champion Red Gerard looking to defend his title in front of a hometown crowd. Hydro Flask U.S. Snowboard Team teammate Dusty Henricksen joined him in the mix, still riding the high of his bronze medal grab in knuckle huck the night before. Following the same new playoff and final format, the field was cut in half after the first two runs - Gerard made the flip and Henricksen just missed out in sixth.

In his first of two final runs, Gerard put down a switch backside 1620, a frontside 1440 and a backside 1800 to take the lead, but it was his final run, complete with a switch boardslide on the up-flat-down rail, switch backside triple 1620 and a backside 18 that secured him the X Games gold for the second consecutive year.

“It felt good for sure,” said Gerard after receiving his gold medal. “I mean, coming back as the X Games gold medalist is obviously awesome but a full 365 days goes by, I feel like I have short term memory loss, I forget how it goes and I always feel like a newbie when I come here. And obviously it’s 10 of the best riders in the world so it’s really hard to get back to the top of the podium so I’m just happy with how the week went.”

Canadian Mark McMorris, a rider Gerard has idolized throughout his entire career, earned the silver medal for the second year in a row and Japan’s Taiga Hasegawa took home the bronze.

Stifel U.S. Freeski Team’s Grace Henderson and Rell Harwood were back in action for women’s ski slopestyle. Henderson kicked things off with a smooth run and cleaned it up on her second attempt, which was good enough for fifth overall. Harwood battled a slower course and struggled to put down the run she wanted, ultimately taking seventh overall in the discipline. Tess Ledeux of France won her second straight X Games gold medal in slopestyle, with Canada’s Olivia Asselin in second and Finland’s Anni Karava in third.

The inaugural medal year for snowboard streetstyle saw Hydro Flask U.S. Snowboard Team’s Lily Dhawornvej back in action after winning her first X Games medal in knuckle huck on Friday, Jan. 24, taking home third place in her rookie X Games appearance. Up against some of the best rail riders in the game, the 15-year-old held her own but ultimately failed to qualify out of her heat. American Iris Pham took the inaugural street-style gold, Telma Sarkipaju of Finland the silver and American Jaylen Hanson the bronze.

The men immediately followed up the women and took to the X Games street style course. Although Hydro Flask U.S. Snowboard Team’s Dusty Henricksen was invited but decided to forgo the competition, the stoke was still high as some of the most well-known street riders in the game impressed the judges on the custom-built urban course. Canadian Frank Jobin ended the jam session on top, American Nate Haust took the silver medal and American Benny Milam finished the contest in third.

All eyes turned to women's snowboard superpipe, where 2024 X Games gold medalist Chloe Kim looked to defend her title. Kim was joined by teammates Maddie Mastro and Maddy Schaffrick for the initial playoff round of two runs each. Making her return to X Games for the first time since 2015, Schaffrick was a crowd favorite and, despite not qualifying through after the first two runs, rode down into a crowd of adoring fans. Only separated by one point, Kim and Mastro qualified in the top two spots and were the favorites heading into the round of finals. Mastro was first to drop for the two Americans and stomped a massive double crippler on her first hit to land her run clean, earning a score of 89.66. Mastro’s run would only be bested by Kim, whose impressive first finals run earned her the eighth X Games gold medal of her career, tying fellow American Shaun White for the most superpipe gold medals in X Games history.

“This one means a lot if I’m being completely honest,” said Kim. “I wish I would’ve put down my final run but I’m so happy nonetheless.”

Japan’s X Games rookie Sara Shimizu took the bronze medal, joining the two Americans on the podium.

The action continued in the same venue for the men’s ski superpipe. The Stifel U.S. Ski Team represented five of the eight men in the field: Aaron Blunck, defending X Games gold medalist Alex Ferreira, Nick Goepper, Hunter Hess and Birk Irving. Ferreira, Goepper and Hess made it through to the finals with Kiwi Finley Melville-Ives. All three Americans landed a clean first run to the podium. Goepper finished in first for his first X Games medal in superpipe (he has six previous X Games medals from slopestyle), with Ferreira in second and Hess took the bronze for the second year in a row.

The final event of the night, and X Games Aspen 2025, was men’s ski big air and 2024 X Games gold medalist Troy Podmilsak looked to defend his title. Mac Forehand and Alex Hall joined him in the event, but Podmilsak was the only American who made it to the finals. Podmilsak put down his winning trick from last year, a triple cork 2160 mute, but it wasn’t enough to secure his second X Games gold. Italy’s Miro Tabanelli landed the world’s first 2340 to secure the win. New Zealand’s Luca Harrington and Austria’s Matej Svancer joined him on the podium.

The Stifel U.S. Freeski Team and Hydro Flask U.S. Snowboard Team walk away from the 2025 Aspen Winter X Games with 13 combined medals, six of them gold, three silver and four bronze. X Games team athletes will remain in Aspen and be joined by the rest of the squad for the upcoming Toyota U.S. Grand Prix and Visa Big Air presented by Toyota, Jan. 30 to Feb. 6.

Five Medal Friday at X Games Aspen

By Sadie Texer - Hydro Flask U.S. Snowboard Team
January, 25 2025
Lily Dhawornvej earns career first X Games medal

The world’s best park and pipe athletes returned to the slopes of Aspen’s Buttermilk Mountain for the second day of jam-packed X Games action. Friday marked the biggest day of competition, featuring finals of women’s snowboard slopestyle, men’s ski slopestyle, women’s and men’s ski street style, women’s snowboard knuckle huck, women’s ski superpipe, women’s ski big air, men’s snowboard big air and men’s snowboard knuckle huck.

The second day of competition kicked off with women’s snowboard slopestyle final and Hydro Flask U.S. Snowboard Team’s Julia Marino was the lone American in the field of eight. Back in the mix after a year long hiatus from competition due to an injury sustained from X Games practice in 2024, Marino landed her first run out of the gate clean, putting a huge exclamation mark on her highly anticipated return to competition. Her score of 77 was not enough to make the cut after the first two runs but it was exciting to see Marino back in action nonetheless.

“Honestly, I didn’t know if I was going to run it today and I’m so glad I did,” said Marino. “I’m just so happy to be out there and it means a lot to put it down clean after a year away from contest.”

The final was an exciting display of women’s snowboarding, with New Zealand's Zoi Sadowski-Synnott making history as the first woman to land a triple cork in any ski or snowboard slopestyle run, securing the X Games gold. Japan's Kokomo Murase took the silver and Mia Brooks of Great Britain rounded out the podium with the bronze.

Next up was men’s ski slopestyle and it was a heater. Following the new “playoff” format that debuted this year, the field was cut in half after each athlete took two runs and the scores were wiped clean, leaving the final five with two remaining runs to impress the judges. Stifel U.S. Freeski Team athletes Mac Forehand and Konnor Ralph made the cut. Forehand showed off his technical skills and creativity to win the bronze medal. Ralph, an X Games rookie, finished the contest in fourth. Colby Stevenson ended the day in sixth and Alex Hall took seventh. Luca Harrington of New Zealand secured the win in his first X Games appearance and Andri Ragettli of Switzerland took home the silver.

Friday debuted the inaugural X Games street style competition in Aspen with Americans Rell Harwood, Bella Bacon, Marion Balsamo, Taylor Lundquist and X Games rookie Eleanor Andrews as five of eight competitors. Andrews earned her X Games Aspen invitation by winning the Next X street style competition at Copper Mountain in December. Street style featured two heats of four competitors, the top two continuing on to the final. Harwood and Andrews were in heat two and finished third and fourth in their heat, respectively. Olivia Asselin of Canada took home the gold, Bacon the silver and Balsamo the bronze.

Men’s street style followed up the women and Alex Hall and Colby Stevenson were back again for their third event of the weekend. In heat one, Hall struggled to land his first few runs and finished fourth. Stevenson, in heat two, qualified into the finals and ultimately came out on top with the gold in the inaugural X Games street style competition. He impressed the judges with his consistent clean landings and his switch 270 pretzel 630, earning the fifth X Games gold medal of his career. Stevenson was joined on the podium by the USA’s Tucker FitzSimons in second and Canada’s Evan McEachran in third.

X Games competition continued with women’s snowboard knuckle huck. Making her X Games debut, Hydro Flask U.S. Snowboard Team’s Lily Dhawornvej was set to compete against some of the best and more creative female riders in the game.

Dhawornvej stepped up to the plate and threw a tame dog early on in the competition to put her into the top three early on in the competition. After thirty minutes of non-stop knuckle huck action, the 15-year-old held on to a podium position and earned the bronze medal in her X Games debut. Murase took the gold for the second consecutive year and Brookes the silver, respectively.

Stifel U.S. Freeski Team’s Kate Gray made her first X Games appearance in the women’s superpipe after starting this week as an alternate. Gray was joined by teammates Hanna Faulhaber and Svea Irving. None of the Americans made it through to the finals, but supported their fellow skiers in one of the most talented women’s halfpipe finals to date. Canada’s Cassie Sharpe took home the gold in her first X Games since 2021 and celebrated at the bottom with her daughter. Sharpe was joined by China’s Fanghui Li, earning her first X Games medal with a silver and Canada’s Amy Fraser, who finished third for the second year in a row.

Stifel U.S. Freeski Team’s Grace Henderson and Rell Harwood represented the USA in women’s ski big air. Henderson was originally an alternate, but was called up a few hours before the contest was set to drop for her second X Games appearance. Both Harwood and Henderson put down clean tricks in the playoff round to each earn a spot in the round of finals. Unfortunately, Harwood was unable to put down a clean run and finished the night in fourth. Henderson won her first X Games medal and finished second with a beautiful double 1080 and capped blunt grab. She was joined on the podium by Italy’s Flora Tabanelli in first and France’s Tess Ledeux in third.

Although no Hydro Flask U.S. Snowboard Team athletes dropped in the men’s snowboard big air final, the contest proved to be one of the most entertaining events of the night. Japan’s Hiroto Ogiwara made history with the world’s first backside 2160 in competition and fellow countryman Taiga Hasegawa followed him up with the first-ever cab 2160 in competition. Just when the crowd thought they had seen it all, Ogiwara made history once again, landing the world’s first 2340 en route to the gold medal. Hasegawa took the silver and New Zealand’s Rocco Jamieson the bronze.

The men’s snowboard knuckle huck capped off Friday’s competition schedule with Hydro Flask U.S. Snowboard Team’s Dusty Henricksen set to drop. Henricksen showcased his signature sleepy style and made it look easy, throwing a cab 180 double in front of a packed X Games crowd. Henricksen held on to the third place spot throughout the thirty minutes of non-stop knuckle huck action and secured the bronze, marking his fifth career X Games medal and fourth in the discipline. Switzerland’s Patrick Hofmann took home the silver and China’s X Games Rookie Ziyang Wang the gold, making history of his own as the first athlete to compete in both X Games superpipe and knuckle huck.

X Games Aspen 2025 concludes on Saturday with men’s snowboard slopestyle, women’s ski slopestyle, women’s and men’s snowboard street style, women’s snowboard superpipe, men’s ski superpipe and men’s ski big air. Watch live on xgames.com starting at 1:15 p.m. ET.

X Games Gold for Harwood & Hall; Foster takes Fourth

By Sadie Texer - Hydro Flask U.S. Snowboard Team
January, 24 2025
Tereza Korabova, Rell Harwood, Anni Karava during Womens Ski Knuckle Huck Final at 2025 X Games Aspen at Buttermilk in Aspen, CO. ©Tyler Schank/X Games
Tereza Korabova, Rell Harwood, Anni Karava during Womens Ski Knuckle Huck Final at 2025 X Games Aspen at Buttermilk in Aspen, CO. ©Tyler Schank/X Games

X Games Aspen kicked off in full force today with four events - men’s and women’s ski knuckle huck, women’s snowboard big air, and men’s snowboard halfpipe. Athletes returned iconic slopes of Aspen’s Buttermilk venue for one of the biggest weekends in winter sports.

Held in a jam style format, Rell Harwood took home the gold in women’s ski knuckle huck, improving on her second place finish in the same event in 2024. Harwood impressed the judges early and jumped to the top spot with a nose butter 900. Stifel U.S. Freeski teammate Marin Hamill earned her first X Games call up and finished fifth on the day with an impressive switch 360 tail press. Tereza Korabova (CZE) took home the silver and Anni Karava (FIN) the bronze.

Alex Hall also brought home the gold in the men’s knuckle huck. Hall showed us, as always, how creative he can be. His first trick of the night was a turtle roll, which impressed the judges and the crowd. Hall’s last hit of the night was a switch right 360 bring back, cementing his sixth X Games victory and 12th X Games medal. Defending gold medalist Colby Stevenson finished just off the podium in fourth as his switch1080 tail butter to nose butter wasn’t enough to bump Matej Svancer (AUT) and Juho Saastamoinen (FIN) from the podium. 

Next on deck was women’s big air and the X Games debut of the new “playoff and final” format. For all big air, slopestyle and halfpipe competition, eight competitors begin the competition with a series of preliminary runs. The field is cut in half, the scores are reset and the top-four athletes from the playoff round take two more runs, best score counts. Unable to compete this weekend due to injury, three-time X Games medalist and Hydro Flask U.S. Snowboard Team’s own Hailey Langland took to the booth to commentate the exciting final. Austria’s Anna Gasser landed a switch triple cork 1260 to claim the gold. Japan’s Reira Iwabuchi buchi took home the silver and New Zealand’s Zoi Sadowski-Synnott the bronze.

The highly anticipated men’s superpipe final was the final event of the night and featured three American’s in the field of eight riders. Hydro Flask U.S. Snowboard Team’s Lucas Foster was the top American rider of the night, putting down his signature double ally-oop mctwist on the final hit of his first run. Foster’s first run earned him a spot in the final four and ultimately led to his best X Games finish of his carrer, ending the night just off the podium in fourth place. Joining Foster for the American’s was Okemo Mountain School’s Joey Okesson and X Games rookie Jason Wolle (USA). Wolle ended the night in seventh place and Okesson in eight, dawning a stylish leather jacket on the sub-zero degree Colorado night. Australia’s Scotty James took the win and tied American legend Shaun White’s record of total medal count in the pipe, earning his tenth medal in the discipline. The win marks James’ fourth consecutive gold, slowly creeping up on White’s record of six consecutive pipe wins and only one shy of White’s total pipe gold record of eight. Heavy hitters Yuto Totsuka and Ayumu Hirano rounded out the podium, Totsuka earning silver and Hirano the bronze.

Friday marks X Games Aspen’s biggest day of competition, featuring finals of women’s snowboard slopestyle, men’s ski slopestyle, women’s and men’s ski street style, women’s snowboard knuckle huck, women’s ski superpipe, women’s and men’sski big air and men’s snowboard knuckle huck. Live stream all the action live on Xgames.com starting at 1 p.m. ET or tune in at 10:30 p.m. ET on ESPN for primetime coverage of the first two days of action.

Click here for updates on schedules, start lists and results.

Kim & Mastro Make History; Gerard Third in Laax

By Sadie Texer - Hydro Flask U.S. Snowboard Team
January, 18 2025
Kim, Mastro and Gerard on the Podium in Laax

The highly anticipated 2025 Laax Open proved to be one for the books, celebrating its 10th anniversary with a jam-packed Saturday schedule featuring both snowboard slopestyle and halfpipe competition. Chloe Kim took the win with Maddie Mastro in second on the women's side, while Red Gerard was third for the men. 

The pressure was on as 10 Hydro Flask U.S. Snowboard Team athletes were set to compete in front of a crowd of 12,000 onlooking fans lining the sides of the infamous Crap Sogn Gion glacier. With both Laax Open rookies and seasoned veterans in the mix, it was sure to be an exciting day of action and the team stepped up to the plate, securing three podium finishes, three never-been-done tricks and a Laax Open record on the sport’s biggest stage.

SLOPESTYLE

First up was the men’s slopestyle semifinal and boy, did it deliver.

The Hydro Flask U.S. Snowboard Team saw five athletes advance from Wednesday’s first round of slopestyle competition, four of which being past Laax Open slopestyle podium finishers: 2023 runner-up Dusty Henricksen, 2020 runner-up Red Gerard, 2019 champion Chris Corning and Sean Fitzsimons, whose clutch win at the 2022 Laax Open secured him a spot in the Peoyng-Chang Olympics. Joining the three veterans was 2023 junior world champion Brooklyn Depriest in his Laax Open debut.

Showing off his signature sleepy style, Dusty Henricksen punched his ticket to the final round with teammate Red Gerard, whose second run came in clutch after failing to put his first attempt down top-to-bottom.

Henricksen was first to drop for the men in finals and laced together a near-flawless run before clipping the final rail, earning him a score of 64.19 from the judges. A rail mistake on the top section of his second run would end Henricksen’s chances at another Laax Open podium, but still, the 2023 FIS slopestyle Crystal Globe winner was back riding in his first slope competition back from injury.

Gerard showed veteran composure in the Laax Open final and put on a show for onlooking fans, putting his first run down clean top-to-bottom in signature Red Gerard fashion. Complete with a signature hand drag over the rainbow rail and a frontside miller flip 540, the judges awarded Gerard’s technically savvy run an 86.22 that held the top spot for most of the competition, only to be beaten by Canada’s Cameron Spalding by a mere four tenths of a point late in the contest, securing Gerard the second spot on the podium.

15-year-old Lily Dhawornvej was the lone American qualifier for the women after earning her spot in the big show during Wednesday’s round of qualifications. Although unable to put down a run top-to-bottom, Dhawornvej gained invaluable experience competing on the sport’s biggest stage and continued her breakout season with an eighth place overall finish in Laax.

HALFPIPE

With slopestyle competition done and dusted, all eyes turned to the halfpipe for night finals under the lights - the signature and most anticipated event of the Laax Open.

Four Hydro Flask U.S. Snowboard Team athletes were set to drop: two-time Olympic gold medalist and four-time Laax Open champion Chloe Kim, two-time Olympian and 2023 Laax Open medalist Maddie Mastro, two-time Olympian and 2017 Laax Open champion Chase Josey and 16-year-old Youth Olympic Games silver medalist Alessandro Barbieri.

Donning the FIS World Cup halfpipe leader yellow bib, Mastro was first to drop for the Americans and quickly set the tone for the night, nailing her signature double-crippler on her first hit and lacing together a near-flawless run. Mastro’s first run score of 88.75 put her in third place heading into run two, but the veteran was determined to best her 2023 Laax Open bronze medal. In one of the most insane runs the halfpipe world has ever seen with Mastro stomping the first-ever competition front dub cork 1080 and became the first woman to drop two dubs in one competition run en route to a second place finish at the 2025 Laax Open.

Teammate Chloe Kim was the only rider to best Mastro’s score and added another historic Never Been Done to her resume, becoming the first woman to land a cab dub 1080 in competition. Kim was all smiles in the corral after her first run heater that earned her the fifth Laax Open title of her career and a spot in the history books as the most decorated Laax Open athlete of all time.

“This means so much to me. I was really having a hard time in practice but really wanted to show off my cab double," said Kim in a post contest interview. "I’m so happy I was able to put it down. This was my first contest where I really just wanted to ride for fun and do what felt fun and it was so rewarding."

When asked about both her own and teammate Mastro's respective NBDs, she said, "Just wow. It's crazy to see the sport progress and I'm honored to be a part of it and inspire a new generation of female riders."

It was a dog-eat-dog world at the top of the pipe on the men’s side of competition and Josey and Barbierei held it down for the Americans in a field of heavy hitters. Josey was first to drop in the 12-man final and showed why he’s one of the most consistent riders on the World Cup circuit, putting down a technical run complete with a front-1260 on his final hit that earned him a solid score of 70.00 from the judges - his best of the two-run format. Making his first appearance in a Laax Open final, 16-year-old Barbieri was unable to lace together a full run top-to-bottom but showed he can hang with the best in the world and is one to watch on the World Cup circuit.

With three new pieces of hardware in tow, the Hydro Flask U.S. Snowboard Team travels back to the states, with many heading straight to Aspen, Colorado for the 2025 Winter X Games, Jan. 23-25. X Games athletes will be joined in Aspen by the rest of the team the following week for another round of World Cup competition with the Toyota U.S. Grand Prix and Visa Big Air presented by Toyota.

RESULTS

Slopestyle
Women
Men

Halfpipe
Women
Men

Kim Fourth, Schaffrick Fifth at Toyota U.S. Grand Prix

By Courtney Harkins
December, 20 2024
chloe kim
Chloe Kim competes at the Toyota U.S. Grand Prix at Copper Mountain. (Brie Cooper)

Two-time Olympic champion Chloe Kim led the Hydro Flask U.S. Snowboard Team at the Toyota U.S. Grand Prix halfpipe contest at Copper Mountain, finishing just off the podium in fourth place. Maddy Schaffrick was close behind in fifth.

It was a stunning sunny Colorado day at Copper Mountain, with three Hydro Flask U.S. Snowboard Team women competing in the 22-foot halfpipe. Sara Shimizu of Japan was first for the women, followed by Xuetong Cai of China and Mitsuki Ono of Japan.

It was Kim’s first comp back from injury and she threw down in standard form. Her first run was a stunner, but a hip bump on the ground as she slowed into the finish resulted in a low score. She put down both of her following two runs but it wasn’t quite enough to crack the top three.

Schaffrick landed her second two runs to take fifth place in front of friends and family. It was the first time many of them had seen her compete since she made the decision to return to competition after retiring in 2016. “It was really cool to have the support from my friends and family at the contest today,” said Schaffrick, who hails from nearby Steamboat Springs. “Coming off of the podium in China, I am excited to be back competing at a high level and it meant a lot to have the community support.”  

After hitting the halfpipe deck on her final hit in qualifications, Maddie Mastro put down a safe and clean first run that had her in fourth place and in a good podium position. However, battling a sore ankle, she decided to play it safe and pulled out of the comp in order to compete at 100% the rest of the season.

The U.S. men had a strong day, but couldn’t top the impressive Japanese team, who swept the podium. Ayumu Hirano was first, Yuto Totsuka second and Ruka Hirano third.

Jason Wolle was the top U.S. man, finishing in seventh and tying his career best result. Joey Okesson put on a stylish run for eighth place and Chase Josey once again showed composure under pressure for a solid performance in ninth place.

The halfpipe team takes a well-deserved break for the holidays before returning to the iconic Laax Open in January.

Watch the tape delayed version of the Toyota U.S. Grand Prix finals on CNBC and Peacock on Saturday, Dec. 21 at 12 p.m. ET, or on demand on Outside TV with an Outside+ membership.

RESULTS
Women’s halfpipe
Men’s halfpipe

HOW TO WATCH

Friday, Dec. 20
8:00 pm –women’s Next X snowboard street style – LIVE on XGames.com
8:45 pm –men’s Next X snowboard street style – LIVE on XGames.com

Saturday, Dec. 21
12:00 pm – women and men’s Toyota U.S. Grand Prix snowboard finals – TAPE DELAYED on CNBC/Peacock
8:00 pm  – women’s X Games snowboard street style – LIVE on XGames.com
8:45 pm – women’s X Games snowboard street style – LIVE on XGames.com 

A Big Day for the Maddie/ys; Mastro Clinches First World Cup Win; Schaffrick First World Cup Podium

By Sadie Texer - Hydro Flask U.S. Snowboard Team
December, 8 2024
Maddie Mastro and Maddy Schaffrick on the podium in Secret Garden. (FIS Snowboard)
Maddie Mastro and Maddy Schaffrick on the podium in Secret Garden. (FIS Snowboard)

It was a storybook start to the 2024-25 FIS World Cup halfpipe season for the Hydro Flask U.S. Snowboard Team. Last season’s World Cup halfpipe Crystal Globe runner-up Maddie Mastro clinched her first victory on the World Cup stage and teammate Maddy Schaffrick earned her first World Cup podium in her first appearance back in the bib in eight years.

Near perfect conditions set the scene for an exciting snowboard halfpipe World Cup final at China’s iconic Secret Garden Resort. The Hydro Flask U.S. Snowboard Team put four athletes through to finals: Maddy Schaffrick, Maddie Mastro and Bea Kim on the women’s side, and Chase Josey representing the red, white and blue for the men.

Coming off a podium-perfect season, Mastro looked confident at the top of the pipe, singing as she dropped into the ditch for the first halfpipe final of the 2024-25 season. Mastro set the tone for the day, throwing a clean first run complete with impressive amplitude that put her in the top spot. Teammate Shaffrick was the only rider to best Mastro’s run, scoring an 85.25 in her first final back from retirement. 

The Americans held on to the top two spots as Mastro dropped in for her second run, kicking things off with her signature double-crippler and lacing together a near-flawless performance. With coaches celebrating at the top and her teammates were stoked at the bottom, Mastro was awarded a massive score of 88.75, which put her in a position to secure the first World Cup win of her already impressive career.

Schaffrick was the second-to-last rider to drop and the final threat to mix up the podium. It had already been an impressive showing for the 30 year old, making her return to competition after an eight-year hiatus from the World Cup circuit. With that, wherever she landed in the final rankings would be her best World Cup finish of her career. Schaffrick showed veteran composure as she dropped in the Secret Garden halfpipe for the final time and put down another solid performance. Still, it was ultimately not enough to best teammate Mastro’s score. Schaffrick ended the day on the podium in third place, an impressive feat in her first World Cup since February 2016. China’s Xuetong Cai split the Americans on the podium and earned a second-place finish in front of her home crowd.

With 15 World Cup podiums to her name, Mastro was all smiles when asked what it meant to land in the top spot for the first time in her career.

“I’ve got a lot of seconds and thirds in these World Cups and this is my first on top and am I happy about it," remarked Mastro. “I came into this contest with a completely new game plan and just wanted to focus on doing my own thing. I had these goals of tricks I wanted to land and runs I wanted to put together and…it happened. This contest just set a new baseline for women’s snowboarding and I’m just really excited to be a part of it.”

For Mastro, it's a victory well worth the wait.

Coming off a breakout 2023-24 season, 17-year-old Bea Kim ended the day in seventh place, improving on each run and continuing to impress at a young age on the world stage. On the men’s side, Chase Josey showed competitive consistency under pressure, ending the day in ninth place amongst a field of heavy hitters like Japan’s Yuto Totsuka, who landed an insane final run complete with a triple cork that put an exclamation mark on his winning performance. Australia’s Scotty James took second and Japan’s Ryusei Yamada finished third.

The halfpipe squad returns home for the Toyota U.S. Grand Prix in Copper Mountain, Colorado, with qualifications set to drop on Wednesday, Dec. 18.

RESULTS
Women
Men