In an epic conclusion to an exciting season of halfpipe skiing, Alex Ferreira and Nick Goepper found themselves together on the podium once again at the Snow Rodeo in Calgary.

After a week in frigid temperatures, the Stifel U.S. Freeski Team halfpipe riders gave it their all for the last World Cup of the season. In Friday's qualifiers, Svea Irving was the lone American woman to get through to finals, while seven American men qualified including Hunter Hess, Dylan Ladd, Birk Irving, Alex Ferreira, Nick Goepper, Matt Labaugh and David Wise. Wise was the top qualifier in heat one and Goepper was the top qualifier in heat two.

While the action heated up on Saturday night, the temperatures dropped. The famed night final took place at -5 degrees Fahrenheit, adding another layer of difficulty. 

The women's side had their usual three run final format with eight finalists. Svea Irving put down her first run, giving her a score of 72.75 and she knew she needed to kick it up a notch for her next two runs. Unfortunately, Svea could not put down a clean run, getting caught up on her last two hits and finishing the night in fifth. China's Li Fanghui finished in the top spot, with Great Britain's Zoe Atkin in second and Canada's own Rachel Karker in third. Svea's finish secured her the fourth overall spot in women's halfpipe this season, just one away from an overall podium finish.

On the men's side, it was a 16-man, two-run final. Goepper finished as the top American man in second place with an unreal second run. Ferreira ended in third, after his first run resulted in a 91.75 - setting the tone for the contest. They were joined on the podium by New Zealand's Finley Melville-Ives in first, his first World Cup victory.

Hess finished the evening in sixth, after a good first run. He also debuted his misty 720, adding an extra 180 degrees of rotation from how he usually does it to land switch, a new twist on his beloved last hit. Wise finished the night in seventh, after a clutch last run, but unfortunately it was not enough to crack the podium. Ladd finished eighth, Birk Irving 10th and Matt Labaugh 14th. The American men put together incredible runs, with many having heartbreaking, last-hit falls that ultimately resulted in a disappointing night for many.

Alex Ferreira also won the Crystal Globe for the second year in a row and the third time in his career. Nick Goepper joined him on the overall podium, finishing the season in second overall. The two had a heated battle for the top spot that brought a lot of excitement to the season. They were joined by Canada's Brendan Mackay for third place overall.

Next up for the Stifel U.S. Freeski Team, slopestyle heads to Stoneham, Quebec next weekend for their last North American competition this season. Halfpipe is taking some time off, and then gears up for the World Championships in Endagin, Switzerland in March.

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The Stifel U.S. Freeski Team wrapped up their stint at Aspen this morning, Feb. 6, with the Visa Big Air at Aspen Snowmass, with Konner Ralph walking away with a big air podium. After qualifications on Tuesday, Feb. 4, the Americans put four athletes into the finals: Ella Andrews, Mac Forehand, Rell Harwood and Ralph.

Harwood has been going strong in Aspen, with an X Games gold medal and Toyota U.S. Grand Prix slopestyle podium just days apart. Unfortunately, today wasn't her day; she finished in eighth place overall. Rookie team member Ella Andrews got some clean runs in, but not clean enough to crack the podium, finishing in sixth. The women's podium consisted of Canada's Megan Oldham in first, Italy's Flora Tabanelli in second and Finland's Anni Karava in third.

On the men's side, Mac Forehand and Ralph fell on run one, putting the pressure on runs two and three. Ralph and Forehand turned it on for run two, putting down epic tricks for scores of 93.75 and 92.75, respectively. Forehand didn't get a clean landing on run three and finished the day in eighth. Ralph pulled out a left triple 1800 mute for run three, bumping him to third place.

This was Ralph's first big air finals and first big air podium. This was only his second-ever career World Cup podium, making the day extra special. Ralph was pumped up, saying, "I'm super excited - this is one of the most insane feelings I've ever had. I'm just so stoked to walk away with third place today. It was awesome!".

Ralph was joined on the podium by Austria's Matej Svancer in first and New Zealand's Luca Harrington in second.

With today's results, Andrews and Ralph were crowned the U.S. Big Air National Champions, adding another title to their resume. 

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The Stifel U.S. Freeski Team secured their third men's halfpipe podium sweep of the season at the Toyota U.S. Grand Prix in Aspen. The men's team went one through four: Alex Ferreira, Nick Goepper, Matt Labaugh, and Hunter Hess. Svea Irving led the charge for the women, as the top finisher in fourth. 

In maybe the most exciting halfpipe final ever, Alex Ferreira secured the win with a near-perfect third run, putting it down when it mattered. Ferreira threw both ways double 1620s, clinching the top spot. This was a huge win for Ferreira in his hometown of Aspen, Colorado after finishing second in X Games just last week behind Nick Goepper. Goepper finished second after a beautiful first run that set the tone for the rest of the competition. He was coming in hot after winning X Games in the same Aspen Buttermilk pipe last week.

Matt Labaugh earned his first World Cup podium with a third place on an awesome run that he capped off by leaping into his friends at the bottom of the pipe. Labaugh's previous best finish was fifth at Mammoth last year, but since finals were cancelled it didn't feel quite real enough. Labaugh was so excited for his first podium, and to podium at such a stacked finals, saying "I didn't have any expectations, it was the run I've been dreaming about putting down for months. I landed the run, and just couldn't believe that went into the podium. The run felt so right, I couldn't believe it when I landed, I was kind of in awe at the bottom. It feels like it's been coming for a long time. The best part was jumping into my friends, everyone being down there cheering me on was awesome". 

The American men did not stop there though, Hunter Hess came in fourth after a great third run earning him a 92.50 and Birk Irving in seventh with a 91.00. Finals was tough, with the top seven finishers all in the 90s. Tristan Feinberg finished in 10th.

Svea Irving finished fourth, after a great first run. She cranked up the intensity, trying some harder tricks for her second and third run but not getting it quite smooth enough for a podium spot. Kate Gray finished seventh, after a clean first run. Great Britain's Zoe Atkin came away with the top spot, with China's Fanghui Li in second and Canada's Amy Fraser in third.

The Ferreira-Goepper dynamic is heating up, with Alex winning two events this year, Copper and Apsen, and Nick winning two events this year, X Games and Secret Garden. It will all come down to the Snow Calgary showdown in Calgary from February 

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Finals at the Toyota U.S. Grand Prix at Aspen kicked off with men's and women's slopestyle early Saturday morning. After a cold and sunny week of training, conditions changed for finals offering warm temperatures and flat light.

Junior Worlds silver medalist, Ella Andrews, dropped first for the American women. This was only Andrew's second World Cup final, but she handled it with ease. Andrews put down a clean first run that earned her sixth for the day. This was Andrew's second highest finish at a World Cup, after a second place finish in Mammoth last season.

X Games gold medalist Rell Harwood was the other American woman in the final. After qualifying second, Rell dropped towards the end of the pack. Harwood put down a clean first run, but it wasn't enough for the podium. On her second go, she cleaned up her rails and her last hit: a left double 1260 safety. The judges rewarded her with third place, earning Harwood her first World Cup podium. Harwood was extremely happy with the outcome and with her skiing, standing on the podium alongside of France's Tess Ledeux in first and Canada's Megan Oldham in second.

On the men's side, the Stifel U.S. Freeski Team was out in full force with five of 16 competitors: Alex Hall, Colby Stevenson, Mac Forehand, Konnor Ralph, and Cody LaPlante. Alex Hall came out swinging, putting down a beautiful first run that earned him first place, and his first World Cup win of the season. Hall was stoked on the victory, saying, "I was so hyped to put one down today! The Aspen Buttermilk course was really fun and everyone in the field killed it today. I was really happy with my run and was able put it down about as smooth as I could." Colby Stevenson finished second, with a great final run to bump Norway's Birk Ruud to third. LaPlante struggled to put down a clean run, finishing the day in 15th, but was proud of his effort to put together a challenging and stylish run. Forehand and Ralph finished the day in ninth and sixth, respectively, putting down good runs, but not enough to crack the podium. 

The Stifel U.S. Freeski Team is wrapping up their Aspen stint, with the Visa Big Air finals going down on Thursday, February 6. After that, they are taking some much needed time off before heading off to the last North American World Cup of the season in Quebec, Canada.

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Jaelin Kauf and Olivia Giaccio continued their hot streak Friday night in Val St. Côme, Quebec, Canada, where they finished second and third once again in FIS Freestyle World Cup moguls. 

Quebec is one of the most significant freestyle development hotspots in the world, with Jean-Luc Brassard, Mikael Kingsbury, and many more freestyle athletes hailing from the area - including many from Val St. Côme. The freestyle spirit could be felt throughout the day as the best moguls athletes flocked to the renowned Bilodeau course, considered one of the most difficult on the circuit at almost 800 ft long and a gradient of 28 degrees. 

The light was flat and chilled during qualifications, where eight Stifel U.S. Ski Team athletes advanced to the final rounds. Kasey Hogg finished 23rd, followed by Charlie Mickel in 24th, Dylan Walczyk 25th and Kylie Kariotis 27th. Tess Johnson, Alli Macuga, Kai Owens, Giaccio, Kauf, Asher Michel, Dylan Marcellini, and Nick Page advanced to finals, where they continued putting on a show, allowing three to move on to the super finals round. Michel was firing all day and came extremely close to a new personal best, finishing the day eighth overall, tying his personal best World Cup result. Marcellini rounded out the top 10, and Page finished 11th. Macuga landed in 12th and Johnson in 13th. 

In the super finals round, Owens, Giaccio and Kauf advanced to the top six, which turned into an extremely tight battle. Owens ran into a bit of trouble on the top and finished sixth overall, tying her season's best result. Giaccio put down a stunning super finals run, finishing third to complete her incredibly successful day, earning the top three women’s air scores, peaking at 17.54 in qualifying. Kauf lived up to her name as the fastest woman on the World Cup circuit, earning the fastest times of the day to finish second overall. The podium was completed by Maia Schwinghammer (CAN), who earned her first career win in front of her hometown crowd. 

Tomorrow, the team will take on dual moguls in Val St. Côme. Qualification begins at 4:45 p.m. ET, followed by finals at 7:30 p.m. ET live on skiandsnowboard.live. 

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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 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 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.

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The Laax Open is one of the most anticipated World Cups of the slopestyle season and it's not hard to see why. Laax, Switzerland has a beautiful background in the Swiss Alps, a consistently creative course and always draws a great crowd.

The competition set up in Laax is also innovative, with the men's field having a qualifier, semifinal and final event throughout the week. Six of nine American men made it through qualifications and into the semifinals - Alex Hall, Colby Stevenson, Mac Forehand, Konnor Ralph, Troy Podmilsak and Hunter Henderson.

Four of the six Stifel U.S. Freeski Team members made it through the semifinals and into finals - Hall, Forehand, Stevenson and Podmilsak. Stevenson was the top qualifier, with Hall second and Forehand third.

After run one, Forehand was sitting in the top spot with Hall close behind in second. Norway's Birk Ruud had a beautiful second run, putting him in first, Forehand in second and Hall in third. Forehand and Hall had great second runs but couldn't put something down cleaner than run one. The final results were Ruud in first, Forehand second and Hall third.

Forehand reflected on the competition, saying, "Today was incredible! Showed up this morning and knew instantly that it was going to be a perfect day. Zero wind, tons of sun and not a cloud in the sky. Did some of the best skiing I’ve done over the whole week and felt really good to put down the run I wanted to do and get on the podium."

Stevenson finished the day in ninth with creative and unique runs, just not clean enough to threaten the podium. Podmilsak finished in 12th.

On the women's side, Marin Hamill was the sole American who made it through qualifications. Marin finished sixth in finals, with China's Eileen Gu on top, Canada's Megan Oldham in second and Switzerland's Mathilde Gremaud in third.

Coach Ryan Wyble was proud of the team today, saying, "I'm super hyped for Mac and Alex to end up on the podium. The level of skiing was crazy high with perfect conditions and an epic course, so it was a great show from everyone. Marin had a solid week and laid down a super stylish run for sixth which was great to see from her at her second comp back since the Olympics. The whole team skied well on the challenging course here all week."

Next up for many of the Stifel U.S. Freeski Team is X Games in Aspen, Colorado starting Jan. 23, 2025.

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