On the final day of racing in Kitzbühel, Austria Stifel U.S. Ski Team athlete Ben Ritchie was the lone U.S. finisher in 21st place. 

“I am not that happy with today. It was raining and in between soft and salt conditions,” said Ritchie. “I don’t know if I was 100% prepared, but I am happy to walk away with some points and it helps the journey to Sun Valley in March.” 

It was a day riddled with rain which made for a challenging day of slalom racing—quite the opposite from the downhill day just 24 hours earlier. The snow was hard with a touch of soft snow from the rain on top giving the track some bite. Despite the rain the Austrian fans came out in full force lining each side of the fencing - all awaiting the fate of their favorite slalom skiers. 

Ritchie, now in the top 30 for slalom, started the day for the U.S. men and skied solidly. He would make it into the top 30 for a second run with a nice second-run start position. Teammate Jett Seymour did not qualify for a second run and Luke Winters did not finish. 

On the second run Ritchie was pushing hard to find the right line on the variable conditions and just fell short of the leaderboard chair. In the end Ritchie snagged a few more slalom points that put him in better position for the next races. The men’s slalom team will now head straight to Schladming, Austria for the classic night slalom on Wednesday. 

“I need to figure some things out for Wednesday but I like that hill and I am looking forward to it,” said Ritchie. 

After a dramatic second run that brought down the final top two skiers the winner of the day was Frenchman Clement Noel, second place was Italian Alex Vinatzer with Brazil’s Lucas Pinheiro Braathen in third place. 

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men's slalom

The women’s super-G in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, was a race to remember, especially for Stifel U.S. Ski Team athlete Keely Cashman, who secured her career-best World Cup result in sixth. With seven American women on the start list—Lauren Macuga, Keely Cashman, Tricia Mangan, Lindsey Vonn, Jackie Wiles, Haley Cutler and Breezy Johnson—it was a strong showing despite challenging weather conditions.

The day started with a mix of rain and snow, making the Garmisch course even more demanding. Snow blanketed the higher sections of the track, while rain drenched the finish area. Despite the weather, the race got underway and the U.S. women gave it their all for the second race on the Garmisch track. 

Lauren Macuga, wearing bib nine, was the first American to take on the course, laying down a steady run. Following her was California native Cashman, who faced not just the challenging terrain but also some mental barriers from a crash a couple of years ago on the same course, which resulted in a season-ending injury. Since then, the track has been a mental hurdle for the speed athlete. 

"Yesterday was a really hard day. Just being in Garmisch and seeing a lot of crashes... it was hard," said Cashman. "This is also where I crashed four year ago, and I know that's a long time to get over it, but this is not something you can get over quickly. So yesterday was tough but today I started with a new mindset.

And to have my personal best in a place like Garmisch... that's really good!" 

But today was different. Now, with a solid result under her belt, Cashman is ready to keep this momentum going. 

"Confidence is huge and every race," she added. "I've been trying to chip away at the points and move up in the start list and so to do this today, it's huge for my confidence going into World Champs." 

With her parents waving the American flag in the finish area, Cashman attacked the course with confidence and composure. She carried speed through the top section, precisely hitting every line and staying in the green, or close to, on the timing splits. Building momentum with each gate, Cashman crossed the finish line in sixth place—a top 10 on the World Cup and a career-best result. 

As she crossed the line, Cashman threw her hands in the air. Her teammates cheered her on in the finish area and her parents were just feet away in the crowd. The run wasn’t just a personal victory but a powerful statement about perseverance and overcoming mental barriers.

Next was Vonn. Vonn, who has won on this track five times in the downhill, was ready for the super-G. So far this season, Vonn has put together strong races, considering her taking years away from the sport. She was back in the top 15, securing 13th place. Teammate Macuga was in 12th, stringing together another strong race and continuing to set the pace for her strong 2024-25 World Cup season. Breezy Johnson also punched it into the points, taking 20th place.

The day was ultimately won by Lara Gut-Behrami of Switzerland, with Kajsa Lie of Norway in second and Federica Brignone in third. Outside of the top 30, Jackie Wiles finished 32nd, Tricia Mangan 34th and Haley Cutler 38th. 

Now, the team will rest and reset before the World Championships in Saalbach, Austria. 

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.

The Stifel U.S. Ski Team moguls athletes skied lights out today at the Toyota Waterville Freestyle Cup, where Jaelin Kauf took her second podium of the weekend, and 10 U.S. athletes advanced to the finals - their best showing so far this year. 

“Really stoked with today, the course is super fun, I’m really happy with my skiing, I feel like I was really consistent and did what I wanted to do out there as far as my runs,” said Kauf. “I was really hoping for that top spot but [I’m] stoked to walk away with another podium and to keep the yellow bib.” 

The birthplace of freestyle skiing was buzzing on the second day of competition, with crowds pouring out to support the best moguls athletes in the world. The action started in qualification, where 10 U.S. athletes won at least one dual to advance to today’s finals. Asher Michel, Dylan Marcellini, Charlie Mickel, Dylan Walczyk and Nick Page advanced for the men - taking out esteemed athletes like Eliot Vaillancourt of Canada, Rasmus Stegfeldt of Sweden and Cooper Woods of Austrialia. On the women’s side, Kauf, Tess Johnson, Olivia Giaccio, Kasey Hogg and Alli Macuga advanced. Kai Owens finished 24th, and Kylie Kariotis landed in 30th place.

In the round of 16, Giaccio and Johnson went head to head - an unfortunate reality of dual moguls skiing. Giaccio lost control and had to ski out to slow her speed, finishing 16th. Johnson put down a beautiful run to advance to the quarterfinals alongside Kauf. Kasey Hogg earned another top 10 finish, and Alli Macuga ended the day 11th. Johnson took on Maia Schwinghammer of Canada, who has been having an incredible season thus far. Despite not moving on, Johnson finished seventh on the day.

The men had a slew of tough duals, but Mickel, Walczyk and Page advanced to the quarters, where they finished sixth, seventh and eighth, respectively. 

Kauf was the sole American to advance to the final rounds, where she competed against Schwinghammer in the semis to advance to the big final, where she met Perrine Laffont, yesterday’s winner who was celebrating her 100th World Cup start. The big final against Laffont was about as tight as it gets, with Perrine edging out 20-15.

The result marked Kauf’s 40th career podium - all in front of her friends and family. With her win last month in Bakuriani, Georgia at the first dual moguls event of the season and her second place today, Kauf holds on to the coveted yellow leader bib. 

Next week, the team is heading up north to Val St. Come, Canada for another set of moguls and dual moguls events from Jan. 31 to Feb. 1.

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On a technical course with relentless turns and top speeds, the American team delivered an impressive performance in today’s skate sprint in Engadin, Switzerland, with eight athletes landing in the top 30. Among them were five women, including first-time World Cup racer Kate Oldham and Luci Anderson. Jessie Diggins led the team, finishing in sixth, with Ben Ogden and Julia Kern in 12th. 

Diggins led the charge and showcased her signature grit and speed. In winning her quarterfinal heat, Diggins advanced from the semifinals to the finals and battled her way to a sixth place finish. Despite breaking a pole after a tangle with Sweden’s Maja Dahlqvist, Diggins powered through to close out an impressive day for the Stifel U.S. Ski Team. Impressive meaning that over half of the team was in the top 30, a huge feat on the World Cup and a way to showcase the depth of the American skiers. 

"Today, the thorn was getting my ski stepped on and leading me to fall. But consequently, my rose was how I handled it. I think the thing about sportsmanship is that you only ever get your sense of sportsmanship tested when things go wrong. And i'm really proud i kept my head high, smiled and thanked the volunteers and fans, and took time to high-five cute little kids and wax techs! I'm proud of how I handled a situation that was obviously a bummer. Also, this is sport, and sometimes things like that happen."

Joining Diggins in the women’s sprint heats were Kern, Anderson, Oldham and Lauren Jortberg. This marked a special milestone for Oldham and Anderson as they each advanced to the sprint heats for the first time in their World Cup careers. Oldham's achievement was even more remarkable as it came in her World Cup debut—an unforgettable day for the Montana State University skier.

On the men’s side, Ogden, JC Schoonmaker and Jack Young advanced for the U.S. in the sprint heats and put together strong races. Ogden was the sole athlete to move out of the quarterfinals, and had his day cut short in the first semifinal heat. The men's race was won by Norway's Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo, Sweden's young stand-out Edvin Anger in second and France's Lucas Chanavat in third. For the women, it was Sweden's Jonna Sundling in first, Norway's Kristine Stavaas Skistad in second and Dahlqvist in third. 

The Engadin World Cup wraps up Sunday with a 20k skate, promising another day of thrilling racing in this picturesque setting. Stay tuned as the American team looks to cap off a strong weekend.

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The Stifel U.S. Ski Team speed men posted three in the top 30 on the infamous downhill day. The team was led by Ryan Cochran-Siegle in 19th, Jared Goldberg in 25th and Bryce Bennett in 29th. 

“Not what I was looking for today. There was an unfortunate mistake, and it's tough; I tried everything I could to reset and refocus, but once you blow the top, you are skiing unfocused,” said Bennett. “I really felt like I figured out some stuff with equipment but it's all good we are skiing well. It's just building momentum to finish off strong and head to World Champs in a good place.”  

The sold-out downhill day brought out 40-thousand loud Austrian fans for what ended up being a picture-perfect downhill day with the sun shining and warm spring-like conditions. The day began with red bull skydivers flying overhead into the packed finish. Then there were cameos by famous Europeans including the famous Austrian Arnold Schwarzenegger, a consistent viewer of the Hahnenkamm. Finally it is race time. 

The race had its viewers on the edge of their seats. But ultimately it was a day for our friends up North (Canada). Cameron Alexander first threw down an incredible run going into second but it was ultimately his teammate James Crawford who absolutely annihilated the course claiming the win and earning the green light. In second place it was Swiss skier Alexis Monney. 

Our U.S. men did not have the day they were hoping with strong skiing but a few too many mistakes to make big moves. Bryce Bennett was locked in but had a major mistake that cost him. Bennett did his best to make up time - shown in his splits after the mistake - but ultimately ended up just inside the top 30. Cochran-Siegle skied solidly but was not able to find that Kitzbühel magic. Finally Jared Goldberg landed in 25th. 

“I got a bit low at the top which was not the way I wanted to start my run - I was trying to fight all the way down and find good energy,” said Cochran-Siegle. 

GettyImages-2195079835Despite not posting the results they wanted Saturday the men are still feeling confident heading into Garmisch and then World Championships early February. 

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men's downhill

On the first day of racing in Garmisch, Germany, the Stifel U.S. Ski Team, women’s alpine speed team, had quite a day, led by Breezy Johnson in fourth place, just .06 seconds off the podium. Johnson was joined by Lauren Macuga and Jackie Wiles in the top 11, with Macuga in sixth and Wiles in 11th. 

Garmisch, known for its low altitude, steep, dark, and icy course, welcomed back the fastest women in the world. With American fans and flags taking over the finish area, the American spirit was present for the 49 athletes on the start list. 

Off the start, Wiles ran bib one. Down the course, she put together a strong run and had her chance to sit in the leader's chair. Then came the Italians, led by Sofia Goggia and Federica Brignone. Macuga, Johnson, Allison Mollin (A-Mo), Keely Cashman, Lindsey Vonn, Bella Wright and Tricia Mangan were up next for the U.S. 

Down the course, it was anyone’s game. When it was Johnson’s turn, all eyes were on her. “This is one of my favorite courses,” said Johnson before the race. She’s been racing for over 10 years at the venue and today was another race to add to her resume. 

Johnson was putting together a strong race and was in the green most of the way down the course. The crowd was getting wild; her teammates held their breath as she crossed the line - .25 off from the lead, securing a top-five and fourth, her best result of the season. 

"I feel good! I had a plan and I executed it well. I was able to execute the main things and next time, the small things will come. Honestly, to be that close to the leaders and the podium is great and i'm excited for that. My goals for tomorrow is to stay excited and get a really good start!" 

Next was Macuga. Coming off her career-first win in St. Anton just a weekend ago, Macuga has become a crowd favorite. Only .38 seconds off from first, it was another solid day for the Park City, Utah native. Dawning her red, white and blue outfit in the finish, “Cougs” was all smiles, knowing she just secured another career top-10 and is going into her premier event tomorrow, the super-G. 

To round out the top 11 was Jackie Wiles. Wiles, whose best result of the season this year was outside the top 30, made a statement today in Garmisch. Running bib one is not easy - you’re setting the tone for the day for all the other athletes. Yet, she strung together a run she was proud of and ended the day in 11th place, her top result of the season. 

Vonn, Mangan and Wright did not finish their runs but are okay and focused on getting back out there. The ultimate winners of the day were given to the Italians, with Brignone and Goggia going head-to-head for first and second place. With only. 01 seconds between the two (the smallest margin possible in the sport), Brignone came out on top, with Goggia in second and Switzerland’s Corinne Suter in third. U.S. athletes, including Mollin, were 33rd, just out of the points, Cutler 35th, and Cashman 39th. 

The women are back at it tomorrow, with the super-G to wrap up a week in Garmisch. Watch LIVE and on-demand on skiandsnowboard.live at 5:00 a.m. ET. 

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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.

It was a day that dreams are made of in Waterville Valley, New Hampshire, where Jaelin Kauf, Nick Page and Olivia Giaccio all landed on the podium at the Toyota Waterville Freestyle Cup in front of their cheering friends, family and hometown crowd. 

“It was really fun to be on the podium with Jae, [it is] always fun to share it with a U.S. teammate, and quite a lot of the time it has been Jaelin so it’s awesome to see her shredding as well and to do that on home soil is incredible,” said Giaccio. “I was excited with my times today so I’m going to look to keep pushing that a little bit more and see what tomorrow will bring.”  

After mixed weather conditions over the last few days, ranging from snow to blistering wind and gorgeous bluebird skies, the bumps on Lower Bobbies run had been well prepared for today’s World Cup events.

In qualification, five U.S. athletes made their World Cup debuts: Reese Chapdelaine, Jack Petrone, Gavin Tobey, Nate Gendron, and Camden Lewis all suited up in World Cup bibs for the first time and gave stellar performances, finishing 24th, 33rd, 37th, 40th and 53rd respectively. 

Dylan Marcellini of the Stifel U.S. Ski Team finished 22nd, followed by Asher Michel in 24th and Charlie Mickel in 34th. On the women’s side in qualifying, Alli Macuga landed in 20th, and Kylie Kariotis in 21st. Seven athletes advanced to finals, Page, Dylan Walczyk, Kauf, Giaccio, Tess Johnson, Kasey Hogg and Kai Owens, and incredible showing for the U.S. team. 

Large fluffy snowflakes began to fall as the athletes warmed up for finals. Walczyk put down two great top-to-bottoms to start the day but missed out on super finals, finishing ninth on the day. Tess Johnson ended 13th, Kasey Hogg 14th, and Kai Owens 15th. 

The long day of competition wrapped in an epic super finals battle with three Stifel U.S. Ski Team athletes vying for the podium. Kauf and Giaccio dropped in back to back, each putting down their best runs of the day, perfectly composing their speed, turns and air. Kauf had one of the fastest times of the day, putting herself solidly into second place just behind Perrine Laffont (FRA). Giaccio finished third, earning her third podium of the season and 15th in her career. 

“I made a couple mistakes in my finals run and cleaned it up and did exactly what I wanted to do for that super finals run, so, [I’m] stoked with the run I was able to put down and stoked to share the podium with Olivia,” said Kauf. “We obviously have such a strong women’s team, I don’t think everyone was able to put it together exactly how they wanted to today, there is definitely a lot more that this team is capable of, so hopefully we see that tomorrow.”

Page qualified in the top spot, making him the last competitor to drop, following Mikael Kingsbery, a longtime mentor to Page. The men had trouble in the super finals with multiple crashes, but Page wasn’t phased. With one of the largest air packages of the day, Page skied into second place just behind Kingsbury - his first-ever podium on U.S. soil. 

“That first run that I skied today wasn’t my favorite in qualifying, I knew I needed to step it up and so I was talking to my coaches and said that the rest of the day, I was going to drop the hammer,” said Page. 

Tomorrow is the second dual moguls event of the season, one that won’t disappoint as the top athletes in the world go head to head. Tune in at 2:00 p.m. ET on Outside TV. 

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U.S. Ski & Snowboard and Ski Austria, two of the world’s most renowned and successful national ski and snowboard associations, announced a partnership around sports, marketing and commercial opportunities designed to leverage the unique expertise and resources of both organizations to achieve shared goals. It is U.S. Ski & Snowboard’s first commercial partnership with another country’s national ski and snowboard organization. 

The sport-specific aspect includes expanded training opportunities, as well as reciprocal access to world class training facilities for both elite and development-level athletes in Austria and the United States. The collaboration also focuses on sharing expertise, including the exchange of best practices in coaching, athlete development, sport science and performance optimization, as both organizations look to further innovate around sports performance.

From a commercial perspective, both organizations recognize the importance of leveraging their assets to maximize reach and revenue while delivering more value to their partners. Key areas include developing joint marketing initiatives to create shared opportunities for sponsors and media partners, as well as collaborating across social media, streaming platforms and other digital assets to engage a broader global audience, as well as co-creation of potential new events and experiences for athletes and fans.

“We are thrilled to embark on this deeper collaboration with the U.S. Ski & Snowboard Team,” said Ski Austria CEO Christian Scherer. “By combining our strengths and expertise, we are confident in our ability to create a significant impact, delivering value not only to our athletes but also to our fans and business partners. This partnership reflects our shared ambition to drive innovation and inspire the next generation of skiers and snowboarders worldwide.”

“We are pleased to expand our relationship with Ski Austria,” said U.S. Ski & Snowboard President and CEO Sophie Goldschmidt. “Their expertise and excellence are evident, and we know this partnership will improve us both on and off the snow. We share a vision and ambition for the future of snow sports, and I can’t wait to see how we can make improvements together for our stakeholders and fans.”

This strategic partnership marks the beginning of an exciting new chapter in the relationship between Ski Austria and U.S. Ski & Snowboard. With both organizations’ impressive roster of elite athletes and continuing to host important international competitions, the partnership demonstrates both countries’ commitment to innovation and will further strengthen both organizations’ global presence.