The Hydro Flask U.S. Snowboard Team closed out the 2025–26 FIS Snowboard Cross World Cup season Saturday in Mont-Sainte-Anne, where Bri Schnorrbusch led the American results with a strong fourth-place finish in the women’s final.

A 2026 Olympian, Schnorrbusch raced with veteran composure through the quarterfinal and semifinal rounds to earn a spot in her first career World Cup big final. The 20-year-old was in the mix for the podium before taking a fall midway down the course, but her breakout performance still secured a career-best World Cup result.

Schnorrbusch's 2026 Olympic teammates Stacy Gaskill and Hanna Percy joined her in the final, taking 13th and 16th on the day, respectively.

On the men's side, the Hydro Flask U.S. Snowboard Team failed to reach the quarterfinal round, with Nathan Pare, Theodore McLemore, Jake Vedder and Tyler Hamel all falling in their respective 1/8 final. Pare finished 22nd, Mclemore 26th, Vedder 27th and Hamel 32rd.

This race marks the end of the 2025-26 FIS snowboard cross World Cup season. The team heads back stateside for some well-deserved rest and relaxation before ramping up summer training.

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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.

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Women
Men

The Hydro Flask U.S. Snowboard Team delivered a strong performance in Flachau, Austria, with Judd Henkes and Lily Dhawornvej both earning podium finishes at the second to last World Cup of the 2025-26 season.

On the men's side of competition, Henkes led the charge for the Americans and delivered a clutch second run to secure a spot on the podium. Consistently in the mix, Henkes has finished in the top-6 in every World Cup this season but Flachau markes his first time cracking the top-3 since 2020 - a well deserved result for the athlete who effortlessly blends creativity and execution in each slopestyle run he puts down. Henkes is now in second place in the slopestyle Crystal Globe standings heading into World Cup finals.

Hydro Flask U.S. Snowboard Team's Brooklyn Depriest joined Henkes in the men's final and earned a respectable 13th place after a long week of competition.

In her first contest back from the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympic Winter Games, 16-year-old Lily Dhawornvej secured her second career World Cup podium with a third place finish in Flachau. Dhawornvej's first run heater held strong throughout the competition with only two riders - Great Britian's Mia Brookes and Austria's Anna Gasser - able to best her score of 66.61. Her podium finish put her in the top spot of the slopestyle Crystal Globe rankings heading into the final World Cup of the season and second in the race for the overall park & pipe Crystal Globe.

Teammates Jess Perlmutter and Rebecca Flynn joined Dhawornvej in the women's final and took seventh and eighth place, respectively, highlighting the growing depth of the American women's slopestyle squad.

The Hydro Flask U.S. Snowboard Team looks to ride this momentum into park & pipe World Cup Finals taking place in Silvaplana, Mar. 24-29.

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Men

Jess Perlmutter led Team USA in women's snowboard slopestyle with a sixth place finish on Wednesday at the Olympics in Livigno, Italy. 

The 16-year-old New Jersey native has taken the snowboard world by storm, making her Olympic debut in 2026 and earning a score of 68.18. Although she missed the podium, the young athlete is proving that her talent, composure and fearless approach mark her as one to watch in future competitions.

Perlmutter's 16-year-old teammate Lily Dhawornvej finished out the women's snowboard slopestyle finals in 11th place after having difficulty on the course and was unable to finish a complete clean run. However, both athletes making the finals at their young age is a milestone they and Team USA can be proud of, and hints at good things to come. 

Mari Fukada from Japan put down three impressive runs to take the gold medal, earning a score of 87.83. Five-time Olympic medalist Zoi Sadowski-Synnott earned her second silver medal of the games with a score of 87.48 and Japan's Kokomo Murase rounded out the podium with a score of 85.80, her second medal of the games as well after earning gold in women's snowboard big air. 

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Women's Olympic snowboard slopestyle 

Team USA's Jake Canter won the bronze medal in the men's snowboard slopestyle on Wednesday in his Olympic debut, putting together a huge third run to get onto the podium. 

In his typical fashion, it was never over for Canter. After overcoming multiple injuries, including a traumatic brain injury that left him in a coma and led many to doubt he’d snowboard again, his grit and determination shone through. Sitting off the podium after his first two runs, Canter surged into medal position on his third, delivering an impressive run that earned the second-highest score of the round and third-highest of the day with a 79.36, leapfrogging him onto the podium.

"It makes it all worth it, it's unbelievable," said Canter. "I really just hope I made 13-year-old me laying in that hospital bed proud. This is for him and everyone that's supported me, for my parents who have supported me through everything even when so many doctors told me I'd never ski again. So to be here at the Olympics on the biggest stage in unbelievable." 

China’s five-time Olympic medalist Su Yiming won gold with a score of 82.41, earning his second medal of the 2026 Olympic Games. Taiga Hasegawa of Japan claimed silver with a score of 82.13 in his Olympic debut, while the USA’s Jake Canter rounded out the podium with bronze. 

Team USA had a solid showing in the event, with Red Gerard finishing in sixth place and 17-year-old Ollie Martin earning ninth. Both had strong runs, but some small mistakes, which left them off the podium. 

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Men's Olympic snowboard slopestyle 

The men's snowboard halfpipe final went down Friday night, featuring some of the highest-level riding ever seen in an Olympic contest. Team USA sent three men to the finals, with Jake Pates leading the way in eighth place. Alessandro Barbieri was 10th and Chase Josey 11th. 

It was a crisp, cold night in Livigno, Italy, with thousands of fans crowding the bottom of the pipe, including hundreds of family members, friends, teammates and athletes from other sports. Heading into the evening, the sentiment around the venue was that this event would feature the highest level of riding the Olympics has ever seen - the athletes felt it, the crowd felt it and the world was ready. 

American Jake Pates was the first to drop in the 12 man final and set the tone off early, lacing together an impressive run that included a massive cab triple cork to earn a 77.50. His score held strong throughout the contest and ultimately secured eighth place, matching Pates’ previous Olympic result back in 2018.

Teammate and three-time Olympian Chase Josey was next to drop but couldn’t put together a full pull on his first attempt. Josey’s veteran composure came into play as he stomped his second run clean in front of friends and family cheering him on in the finish. The judges awarded the 'king of switch' a 70.25, good enough for 11th place.

Coming into the final sitting in fourth place, Olympic rookie Alessandro Barbieri stared down the pipe hoping to put on a show for his crew of Italian relatives in attendance. The 17 year old, who became the first American to land a triple in halfpipe competition just last month in Aspen, launched into his second attempt determined to put it down clean after falling on his first run. Despite a full pull, the judges awarded Barbieri with a 75.00 that earned “The Italian Stallion” 10th place in his Olympic debut.

In arguably the most progressive halfpipe final the snowboarding world has ever seen, Japan’s Yuto Totsuka bested Australia’s Scotty James for the top spot on the podium. James took home the silver and Japan’s Ryusei Yamada the bronze.

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Under bluebird skies and in front of an electric crowd, five-time Olympian Faye Thelen raced to seventh place in a stacked women’s snowboard cross Olympic final. Her teammates, including two-time Olympian Stacy Gaskill and Olympic rookies Hanna Percy and Brianna Schnorrbusch, all finished the day inside the top-20, taking 14th, 28th and 19th respectively.

After a relatively disappointing seeding time that placed her 21st in qualifications, Thelen worked her way up through the heats all the way to the quarterfinals, where she joined Gaskill for a chance in the top eight. The two Olympic vets were neck and neck throughout most of the race, but Thelen ultimately came out on top, knocking Gaskill out for the day.

Gaskill, an extremely close family friend of Thelen, took the result in stride, noting after the race that “Faye was racing in what may be her last Olympics and in front of her whole family, which is pretty special. If anyone had to beat me to the line, I’m glad it was her. She deserves to be in the semifinal more than anyone I know.”

Thelen, who decided to come back and attempt to make her fifth Olympics just six weeks postpartum, had her entire family at the bottom cheering her on, including her two young children- 2-year-old Theo and 6-month-old Scarlett.

“Being so recently postpartum I’ve had a lot of fear and up until this moment fear was holding me back. But showing up here and being able to put all of that fear aside and just have fun snowboarding or the first time in a while, it just felt really good.”

Olympic rookies Percy and Schnorrbush had great seeding runs at the top of the day, but early tough heats ended their chances of a spot on the podium. The two walk away with valuable experience in a sport where reps play a huge role.

“I’m just grateful to be here,” said Schnorrbusch. “I had an incredibly tough heat and just to be in the mix with those girls feels great. I’ve never had this many people watch my race, this whole experience has been amazing.”

“I’m definitely leaving here with a lot of positives,” Percy continued. I’m so impressed with all of my teammates, especially Faye. Her two kids are here watching and I couldn’t be happier for her.”

Australia’s Josie Baff stood atop the podium with the gold medal, Czechia’s Eva Adamczyková took silver and Italy’s Michela Moioli earned the bronze.

Snowboard cross action continues at the 2026 Olympic Winter Games with the mixed team event on Feb. 15th.

RESULTS
Women's snowboard cross

Chloe Kim led Team USA to another medal in halfpipe at the Olympic Winter Games, taking home the silver in Livigno on Thursday night.

Korean Gaon Choi took gold with Mitsuki Ono of Japan rounding out the podium in the bronze medal position.

Kim's silver is her third overall Olympic medal after securing Gold in 2018 and 2022.

Team USA’s Bea Kim was eighth and Maddie Mastro finished 12th.

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Women’s snowboard half pipe

Nick Baumgartner led Team USA in Men’s snowboard cross with a seventh-place finish at Livigno Snow Park on Thursday. 

Austria's Alessandro Haemmerle took the gold medal, with Canada’s Eliot Grondin winning silver and fellow Austrian Jakob Dusek rounded out the podium, earning the bronze medal. 

Baumgartner’s Team USA teammates Jake Vedder, Nathan Pare and Cody Winters did not advance past the quarterfinals. 

Up next, the women's snowboard cross qualifications and finals are set for Friday.

RESULTS
Men's Olympic snowboard cross

On a thrilling night at the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games, 17-year-old Ollie Martin delivered a standout performance in the men’s snowboard big air final, just missing an Olympic medal in fourth place. 

Martin, the youngest rider in the event and the only U.S. competitor to advance to the finals, impressed against seasoned veterans. Dealing with a broken arm sustained from a fall in X Games practice just 10 days earlier - in which he had surgery for - the Colorado native showed resilience and determination to compete in his first Olympic games and finish just shy of the podium.

When asked about narrowly missing the podium in a post contest interview, Martin was as optimistic as ever.

"I mean any result is great, fourth is great, third would have been better, but I'm just happy I am out of the contest safe."

"i'm pretty proud of myself," Martin continued. "Just to be able to come this far is pretty cool."

The men’s snowboard big air gold was won by Japan’s Kira Kimura with teammate Ryoma Kimata taking the silver. China’s Yiming Su, the defending Olympic champion from Beijing, claimed bronze.

Reaching the Olympic final on his debut Games is an achievement in itself. A rising star in the snowboard world, Martin gained international attention before the Olympics with top World Cup and World Championships results, including two bronze medals at the 2025 World Championships just last year.

Martin was the only American man to qualify for the big air finals; Jake Canter, Red Gerard and Sean FitzSimons all participated in the qualification round, but did not make it through to finals. The snowboard big air/slopestyle team next competes in snowboard slopestyle qualifications on Feb. 16.

RESULTS
Men’s Olympic big air