Kirsty Muir topped the podium, Billy Major climbed into the top-10, Maisie Hill landed a career best World Cup result, and Mia Brookes took the overall Globe in another superb week for Brits on snow
Muir breaks new ground in Tignes
Kirsty Muir‘s comeback from injury went into overdrive at the Tignes Freeski Big Air and Slopestyle World Cup, with two Finals appearances culminating in a career first World Cup victory in Slopestyle.
Following a serious knee injury sustained in December 2023, Muir spent more than 14 months out of action before making an encouraging return at the Aspen World Cup in February, immediately returning to the top-10 with an eighth place finish in the Slopestyle contest. Following another top-10 in Stoneham in late February, Muir landed another in the Tignes Big Air competition, finishing seventh, before raising her game to new levels to finish top of the standings in the Slopestyle event.
Elsewhere in Tignes, the best British performance came from Chris McCormick with 25th place in the Men’s Slopestyle, with James Pouch also notching a top-30 finish, coming 29th in Big Air.
Mia Brookes misses Flachau, wins Crystal Globe, while Maisie Hill secures career best finish
Mia Brookes put the seal on a stunning World Cup season by taking the Overall Snowboard Park & Pipe Crystal Globe, despite missing out on the Flachau Slopestyle World Cup.
Brookes was one of a number of athletes who elected to sit out the season closing World Cup competition, which saw the Men’s competition abandoned due to declining conditions across the week, but with final results taken from qualification runs, Brookes nevertheless ended up clear at the top of the Crystal Globe standings, taking her first Overall title and her second Globe of the season following confirmation of the Big Air crown earlier in the season.
Maisie Hill, meanwhile, performed superbly to finish in fifth place off the back of a superb qualifying round which had put her into third spot in her heat, a result that gives the 24-year-old her best ever World Cup finish just a year on from her return from career-threatening injury.
Billy Major breaks top-10 with excellent performance in Hafjell
Billy Major‘s Slalom World Cup season drew to a close with a best-ever World Cup finish, finishing ninth in Hafjell.
Sitting 14th at the turn, Billy delivered the sixth fastest second run in the field to propel him into the top 10 of a World Cup for the first time in his career and put a proud finish to another excellent season for Britain’s Men’s Slalom World Cup team.
Dave Ryding took a ninth World Cup top 20 of the season with seventeenth spot, while Laurie Taylor recorded a first run DNF in a nevertheless excellent season.
Meenagh podiums in Torsby to end Para Biathlon season in top-3
Scott Meenagh notched his first Para Biathlon World Cup podium of the season in the final World Cup race of 2024/25, finishing third in the Torsby Sprint World Cup.
The result, which comes off the back of a season of remarkable consistency from Meenagh, helped propel him into the top-3 of the overall standings, and delivered a richly deserved podium moment for one of Britain’s most trailblazing para snowsport starts.
And the rest…
The Moguls World Cup season drew to a close with World Cup Finals in Livigno, taking place on the course scheduled to host the event at next year’s Olympic Winter Games. Mateo Jeannesson finished 19th in Dual Moguls and 29th in Individual Moguls, while Makayla Gerken Schofield finished 15th and 22nd in Duals and Individuals respectively.
The Cross-Country squad followed up their successful World Championships campaign with a return to the World Cup tour in Oslo, Andrew Young taking the team’s best result with a 32nd place finish in the 10km F.
Britain’s superb 2025 continued with World Cup, World championships, and Junior world Championships successes
Bankes’ brilliance returns fifth World Cup gold of season
Charlotte Bankes demonstrated the skill and resilience that makes her one of Britain’s greatest contemporary athletes with a fifth World Cup victory of the season in the second of the weekend’s two World Cup races in Gudauri, Georgia.
A shock qualification stage elimination in the first of the weekend’s races was put swiftly in the rear-view mirror as Bankes showed her trademark dominance to come through the second of the weekend’s double header contests in first place, giving her a commanding lead in the overall standings in the process.
In the Men’s competitions, Huw Nightingale delivered one of his best performances of the season to finish in the top-30 for the third time this season, taking 28th place following a 1/8th final stage exit.
Cross-Country team secure three top-10 World Championships finishes
The Trondheim Cross-Country World Championships drew to a close at the weekend with Britain delivering a raft of memorable results, including three top-10 finishes across the Championships.
Andrew Musgrave secured the best result of the competition, with sixth place in the 50k Free providing a best British individual World Championships result since 2017. Elsewhere, a monumental effort in the Relay saw Musgrave, James Clugnet, Gabriel Gledhill, and Andrew Young take ninth place, while Joe Davies was in excellent form in the Skiathlon on his way to a 24th place finish.
Read our dedicated Cross-Country World Championships round-up here.
Alpine next generation make history in Tarvisio
The next generation of British Alpine skiers showed superb form in the Tarvisio World Junior Championships, as the team demonstrated why there’s so much excitement building around the future of British Alpine skiing.
Leading the charge was Luca Carrick-Smith, whose bronze medal winning performance in the Men’s Slalom gave Britain its first Alpine World Junior Championships podium since Graham Bell took Downhill silver in 1984.
In the U18s category, Freddy Carrick-Smith secured U18 titles in Slalom and GS, the latter coming in a race which saw three Brits in the top-12 including Jack Irving whose fifth place finish had been the best British Alpine World Junior Championships result since Chemmy Alcott’s fourth place in 2002, prior to Luca’s podium on the final day’s racing.
Taylor dominates in Krvarvec
Jaz Taylor‘s incredible run of form continued in the Slovenian resort of Krvarvec, as she returned a silver and two gold medals from two Sprint events and one Classic race, extending her lead in the overall Telemark World Cup standings in the process.
Indeed, so remarkable is Taylor’s form that she currently stands atop the Overall, Sprint, and Classic leaderboards with a remarkable ten World Cup podiums with fourteen of the season’s twenty World Cup competitions completed.
Meenagh fourth in Para Biathlon World Cup
Scott Meenagh finished just outside of the podium places at the Torsby Para Biathlon World Cup, coming fourth in the 12.5km Individual races over the weekend.
The result adds to an encouraging body of work for Meenagh in Para Biathlon this season, which has seen him edging ever closer to the podium with strong skiing and excellent shooting execution.
Carpenter into top 10 in Alpine Snowboard World junior Championships
Sam Carpenter showed his rich promise in at the Alpine Snowboard World Junior Championships with a seventh place finish in the Parallel Slalom in Zakopane/Suche.
The result comes in 18-year-old Carpenter’s fourth appearance at a World Junior Championships, and marks his best result at that level, coming hot on the heels of a breakthrough FIS level victory in Val Saint Come last month.
First British Alpine World Junior Championships podium since 1984
Luca Carrick-Smith capped a sensational Alpine World Junior Championships for Britain’s Alpine team with a first British podium since Graham Bell took Downhill silver 41 years ago.
Sitting fourth at the turn, 19-year-old Luca delivered a sensational second run to propel him into third spot, less than half a second off the lead, and into British Alpine skiing history.
As well as marking Britain’s first Overall age category podium at an Alpine World Junior Championships since 1984, the result also gives Britain its first ever Slalom World Junior Championships medal, and comes amid a season of astonishing results in the Alpine ranks, ranging from Dave Ryding’s barnstorming sixth place and Reece Bell’s 20th spot at last month’s Alpine World Championships to the remarkable performances of Luca’s siblings Zak and Freddy Carrick-Smith at the European Youth Olympic Festival.
In the age-group rankings, Freddy Carrick-Smith’s overall seventh spot was enough to comfortably seize the U18 Men’s Slalom title, coming hot on the heels of his defence of the U18 GS title, a race which saw Jack Irving finish in fifth place, and three British men feature in the top-12.
Britain added three more World Cup podiums on another impressive week of action
Bankes and Nightingale take Turkish podiums
An impressive weekend of Snowboard Cross performances yielded podiums in the Women’s and Team events, with Charlotte Bankes continuing her run of dominant form.
In the individual competitions, Bankes was once again flawless as she executed a well-developed race strategy to secure Gold in the women’s competition, taking a fourth consecutive World Cup win in the process. Having finished fourth in the season’s opening competition, Bankes hasn’t missed a beat since and currently sits atop the overall standings with the World Cup season now more than halfway to completion.
The following day’s Team event saw Bankes and Huw Nightingale combine for a superb Silver medal winning performance behind a highly-rated Australian team. The result continues a rich vein of form for Bankes and Nightingale in the team event, with sights firmly set on the next Team race in Montafon before the pair set out to defend their Team World Championships title in St Moritz.
Barnes-Miller secures first World Cup podium of season in Steamboat
James Barnes-Miller grabbed his first Para Snowboard World Cup podium of the 2024-25 season with a third-place finish in the Snowboard Cross event in Steamboat, Colorado.
Having finished fifth in the week’s opening races, Barnes-Miller broke through into the Big Final in the second of the double-header competition, before coming through in third place to notch his first podium appearance this season.
In the women’s races, Nina Sparks took a heavy fall in the opening competition on her way to consecutive eighth-place finishes, with the team now set to be reunited with fellow World Cup squad members Ollie Hill and Matt Hamilton for the Para Snowboard World Championships in Big White, Canada, which kick off this week.
Musgrave and Clugnet impress in Trondheim
Andrew Musgrave and James Clugnet were the pick of the performances in the opening races of the 2025 Cross-Country World Championships with a seventh-place finish in the 20km Skiathlon and 19th place in the Sprint Free respectively.
In a nail-biting Skiathlon race, Musgrave was right up in the leading pack from the midway point, leading with 2.5km to go before a brutally fast finish saw him nudged back into seventh place for a result which confirms his continued status as one of the world’s top Cross-Country skiers.
In the opening races of the Championships, James Clugnet demonstrated his enduring Sprint capabilities with a top 20 placing in the Sprint Free event, registering one of the best British Sprint results of the season to date in the process.
Elsewhere, Joe Davies looked in excellent form in his sole World Championships appearance finishing 24th in the Skiathlon, with Gabriel Gledhill taking 55th spot.
Jeannesson at the double in Almaty
Mateo Jeannesson delivered another pair of solid performances at the Almaty Mogul World Cups, landing 15th in Dual Moguls and 24th in Individual Moguls. In a season where Jeannesson has delivered consistent top-30 finishes, the 20-year-old’s Almaty performances continued to show why he is rated as one of the sport’s brightest young talents, and a real prospect in the coming seasons.
Two top 30s for Brits in Kranjska Gora
Billy Major and Dave Ryding secured top 30 berths in the Kranjska Gora Slalom, with Laurie Taylor narrowly missing out on the second run with a 33rd place finish.
On a famously challenging surface, Major was the pick of the Brits coming 22nd after a solid second run performance, with Ryding marginally back from him in 24th spot.
Davies and Johns both in top 30 in Gudauri
Ollie Davies and Scott Johns both featured in the top 30 in the Gudauri Ski Cross World Cup races, finishing 29th and 30th respectively in the second of the weekend double header.
Having struggled in qualification for the first World Cup, the British pair looked in immediately better form in the second coming through comfortably in qualification, before delivering solid races to finish inside the top 30 positions in the Georgian resort.
14 athletes set to compete at Championships in Tarvisio
GB Snowsport are delighted to confirm a fourteen-athlete squad will represent the nation at the Alpine World Junior Championships in Tarvisio.
The Championships, which run from 24 February to 6 March, will see eight male and six female skiers compete in British colours, representing some of Britain’s brightest young Alpine skiing talent.
In the Men’s ranks, Luca, Freddy, and Zak Carrick-Smith will be joined by Lucas Ellis, Jack Irving, Toby Jennings, Max Laughland, and Dominic Shackleton, while the Women’s squad comprises Honor Bartlett, Maisie Blyth, Molly Butler, Charlotte Holmes, Olivia Howeson, and Nicole Wordley.
The Championships programme commences with Downhill Training on 25 February with the Women’s and Men’s Slalom races closing the schedule on 5 and 6 March respectively.
Everyone at GB Snowsport wishes the best of luck to all fourteen athletes set to compete.
Men’s Squad:
- Freddy Carrick-Smith
- Luca Carrick-Smith
- Zak Carrick-Smith
- Lucas Ellis
- Jack Irving
- Toby Jennings
- Max Laughland
- Dominic Shackleton
Women’s Squad:
- Honor Bartlett
- Maisie Blyth
- Molly Butler
- Charlotte Holmes
- Olivia Howeson
- Nicole Wordley
History rewritten as GB Snowsport athletes deliver series of stunning performances
Britain’s ski and snowboard athletes delivered one of the greatest weekends of action in living memory with a series of stunning performances across multiple disciplines.
Slalom teams rewrite history books in Saalbach
An already promising Alpine World Championships featuring strong performances in Speed led by Roy-Alexander Steudle went into overdrive in the closing Tech races. After a strong platoon performance in the Men’s and Women’s Giant Slalom races headlined by Molly Butler‘s 34th place finish, the Women’s and Men’s Slalom teams rewrote history across two stunning days in Saalbach.
First in the Women’s Slalom, Reece Bell delivered on her exceptional promise with a 20th place finish which marked Britain’s best result in the competition since Emma Carrick-Anderson’s 11th place in 1997 with Victoria Palla finishing in 23rd to give the nation its first double top-30 performance since 1993.
The following day’s Men’s Slalom saw history further rewritten as Dave Ryding secured the best result in a Men’s Alpine World Championships since 1934 taking sixth on the back of a barnstorming second run performance. Ryding was joined in the top-20 by Billy Major, whose 15th place finish included the fourth fastest second run in the entire field.
Atkin second in Calgary, shares Halfpipe Crystal Globe
Zoe Atkin‘s Halfpipe World Cup campaign delivered yet another podium with a second place finish in the Calgary Halfpipe World Cup and a share in the 2024/25 Crystal Globe alongside China’s Li Fanghui.
Atkin’s season record now stands at three podiums from five World Cup competitions, Silver medal winning performances in Copper and Calgary bookending a first World Cup victory in more than five years in Aspen at the start of February.
Atkin’s performances landed a second British Crystal Globe of the season following Mia Brookes’ Snowboard Big Air title.
There was more to celebrate in Calgary as Liam Richards made a World Cup Finals for the first time in his career, skiing brilliantly to secure a 13th place finish and continue his extraordinary trajectory in a stacked Men’s Halfpipe field.
Bankes’ brilliance continues in Cortina
Charlotte Bankes notched a third consecutive Snowboard Cross World Cup victory with a brilliantly orchestrated race in Cortina.
With a strategy built on express pace in the latter half of the circuit, Bankes battled back from trailing positions in the Quarter, Semi, and Big Final races to charge through for a third World Cup win of the season and a renewed demonstration of her racing prowess and ability to carve out results from within the most competitive fields.
Bankes now leads the Women’s SBX standings by 65 points from Lea Casta of France in second, and sits 100 points ahead of Australian Josie Baff in third.
Taylor’s Telemark season delivers yet another podium in Al
Jaz Taylor added to her proud Telemark World Cup podium record with a superb third place finish at the Al Classic World Cup, backing up a brace of fourth place finishes in the Sprint and Parallel Sprint races.
The latest performance marks a seventh World Cup podium of the season for Britain’s greatest ever Telemark skier, with World Cup Finals and a World Championships to follow.
Young talent excels at EYOF
The 2025 European Youth Olympic Festival concluded with five British snowsport medals highlighting the rich potential of the next generation of British ski and snowboard talent.
Following Freddy Carrick-Smith‘s GS gold in the opening days of competition, Zak Carrick-Smith made it two with Slalom bronze, before Sandra Caune seized a brace of medals with bronze in Freeski Slopestyle and gold in Freeski Big Air, the latter of which was matched by Emily Rothney in the Freestyle Snowboard competition.
The results mark an outstanding return for a talented team that travelled to Bakuriani, with the promise of more to come in the future.
Davies impresses in Falun Cross-Country World Cup
Joe Davies‘ excellent season continued with the two best British results at the Falun Cross-Country World Cup, headlined by an 18th place finish in the 20km F Mst event. Andrew Young made it two Brits in the top-30, coming in in 29th place.
Two in top-20 as Brits impress in Saalbach
Dave Ryding secured Britain’s best Men’s Alpine World Championships result for more than 90 years with a stunning sixth place in today’s Slalom World Championship race in Saalbach.
13th at the turn, Ryding’s second run combined the Brit’s trademark technical skill and racing instinct, putting down a marker than only five could better and delivering the sixth fastest second run in the field in the process.
Skiing in his ninth World Championships, Britain’s greatest Alpine skier proved his pre-race assertion that he felt able to deliver a best ever World Championships performance correct, and once again showed that he belongs among the world’s pre-eminent Alpine skiers.
Earlier, Britain had qualified three racers in the top-30 after excellent first run performances from Ryding, Laurie Taylor, and Billy Major, with the latter proving fourth fastest in the second run field to move up ten places from 25th to a final position of 15th. Taylor, meanwhile, was unfortunate to record an early DNF in his second run.
The races concluded an epic Championships which saw a swathe of outstanding performances, with Roy-Alexander Steudle impressing in the Speed events, before Ryding, Major, Taylor, alongside Reece Bell and Vici Palla achieved historic results in the concluding weekend’s Slalom action.
Alpine pair deliver best Women’s World Championship Slalom results in a generation
Reece Bell and Victoria Palla laid down a Slalom marker at the 2025 Alpine World Championships, delivering Britain’s best women’s Slalom results in a generation.
Having both qualified for the second run inside the top-30, the pair briefly sat in the 1-2 slot as each delivered solid second run performances to put Britain on track for a result of historic significance.
In the end, the pair’s performances were good enough for 20th and 23rd position in the final standings, with Bell’s 20th place finish becoming Britain’s best in a Women’s World Championships Slalom race since Emma Carrick-Anderson’s 11th place in Sestriere in 1997, while the two results together provided Britain with their first brace of top-30 finishes in a Women’s World Championships Slalom since Carrick-Anderson and Claire de Pourtales achieved the feat in 1993 in Morioka Shizukuishi.
Beneath the headline results were shoots of huge promise, not least in Bell’s second and third sectors of the second run, which clocked in as the second and third fastest in the field.
Speaking afterwards, Reece Bell said:
“It was exciting to race in my second World Champs today. At the start of the race my only goal was to put down some skiing that I was proud of. I wasn’t too happy with the intensity of my first run, but I was lucky enough to have a fresh track to push it a bit more second run. Most importantly, I learned that putting down a fast run isn’t as out of reach as I thought. It was extremely special to share this day with my parents, because it wouldn’t have been possible without them.”
The 2025 Alpine World Championships conclude tomorrow with the Men’s Slalom, where Billy Major, Dave Ryding, and Laurie Taylor will all be in action.
Third place finish continues proud Olympic event record
17-year-old Zak Carrick-Smith banked Britain’s third snowsport medal of the 2025 European Youth Olympic Festival with Bronze in this morning’s Boys’ Slalom.
After twin Freddy’s GS Gold on Monday, Zak’s Bronze joins Sandra Caune’s Freeski Slopestyle Bronze to give Britain a third ski event medal of the Games and reaffirm the high levels of promise among Britain’s youth ranks.
Carrick-Smith’s podium was sealed with a total finishing time of 1:32.92s, just over a second behind Gold medal winner Storm Andre Hagen, and only twelve hundredths of a second shy of Luken Garitano Iturbe in the Silver medal position, and marks the Alpine protege’s fourth Olympic event medal, following the two Golds and a Silver won at the Gangwon Youth Olympic Winter Games in January 2024.