Men’s Slalom action resumes, while Park & Pipe team move on to Kreischberg
Big Air World Cup – Kreischberg
A large British Park & Pipe team head to Kreischberg looking to build on the successes of last weekend’s Klagenfurt Big Air World Cup.
Mia Brookes heads up the Snowboard contingent with a third consecutive Big Air World Cup victory the prize on offer, while Txema Mazet-Brown will be hoping to build on a career best Big Air World Cup performance which saw him take ninth place at the weekend. Maisie Hill rounds out the Snowboard team having also showed up strong in Klagenfurt.
In the Freeski set-up, Chris McCormick and James Pouch will also be looking to capitalise on excellent performances last time out, and will be joined in the Men’s competition by Tom Greenway, while the Women’s side will see Ash Clayton line up for their Big Air World Cup debut and fourth career World Cup appearance.
Kreischberg Big Air – British Line-Up:
- Mia Brookes (Freestyle Snowboard)
- Ash Clayton (Freeski)
- Tom Greenway (Freeski)
- Maisie Hill (Freestyle Snowboard)
- Txema Mazet-Brown (Freestyle Snowboard)
- Chris McCormick (Freeski)
- James Pouch (Freeski)
Alpine Slalom World Cups – Madonna and Adelboden
The first Men’s Slalom World Cups of 2025 will take Dave Ryding, Billy Major, and Laurie Taylor to Madonna di Campiglio and Adelboden in quick succession as some of the most iconic races on the Slalom calendar come thick and fast through this month.
On Wednesday, the team head for the slopes of Madonna di Campiglio, site of Ryding’s most recent World Cup podium coming third at last season’s race, before the team head to Adelboden, where the best ever British result remains Ryding’s third place finish in January 2021.
Madonna and Adelboden Slaloms – BRitish Line-Up:
- Billy Major
- Dave Ryding
- Laurie Taylor
How to Watch:
All the action from Kreischberg, Madonna, and Adelboden will be live for British viewers on Eurosport, while Ski Sunday will also broadcast highlights and interviews from Madonna on next weekend’s show.
Mia Brookes and Andrew Musgrave delivered podiums across a brilliant week for British snowsport
Brookes goes back-to-back with Klagenfurt victory
Mia Brookes’ Big Air brilliance was on show in the first Freestyle Snowboard World Cup of 2025, as she delivered a spectacular performance to clinch Gold in Klagenfurt. While nominally considered a Slopestyle rider, Brookes’ increased confidence in Big Air has reaped rich dividends across the 2024/25 season with her first two World Cup victories, each secured with a cab-1440 which is fast becoming a trademark trick.
Brookes’ victory continues an epic battle with Japan’s Mari Fukada, with the two January 2017-born riders notching World Cup victories this year, with Fukada second two Brookes in both Beijing and Klagenfurt.
In the Men’s Snowboard Big Air, Txema Mazet-Brown finished in ninth spot to deliver a career-best World Cup performance, secured with an exceptional qualifying round performance on an extremely challenging city jump.
The Freeski competition, meanwhile, saw outstanding performances from both Chris McCormick and James Pouch, who each secured a career-best Big Air World Cup finish, taking 12th and 16th positions respectively, with McCormick desperately unlucky to miss out on a spot in Finals.
Musgrave’s 20km F podium caps excellent Tour de Ski showing
Andrew Musgrave delivered the best Stage World Cup performance of his career to date with a superb third place showing in the 20km F leg of this year’s Tour de Ski, in the final World Cup contest of 2024. Finishing in a time of 44:33.7, Musgrave was less than 10s behind second place and only 28.4s off the Gold medal spot as the 34-year-old secured the fifth World Cup podium of his career, three of which have come in the past three seasons.
Elsewhere in the Tour de Ski, Musgrave’s 13th place in the Skiathlon 10km/10km C/F leg was the highest non-podium finish, while James Clugnet’s SP F 33rd place and Andrew Young’s 20km F 25th place marked other standout results.
Lane and ROthney secure EC Freestyle Snowboard Bronzes
Charlie Lane and Emily Rothney both took the first Europa Cup podiums of their careers in the Font Romeu Slopestyle EC Premium event over the weekend, with each coming third in the Men’s and Women’s competitions respectively.
For 17-year-old Lane the result marks a first podium since dual top-3 finishes at the 2023 European Youth Olympic Festival following a long spell of injury that disrupted his 2023/24 season, while 16-year-old Rothney followed up a breakthrough performance at last year’s Junior World Championships with her first EC podium.
Both results came in stacked fields, showing the significant promise on display for the next generation of British Freestyle Snowboard talent.
Pre-Christmas podium rush in excellent week for GBS athletes
Simpson and Poth take Gold in Courchevel
Neil Simpson and Rob Poth delivered a timely reminder of their class and racing capabilities at the Courchevel Para Alpine GS World Cup this week, securing Gold in the week’s second race, after a second run DNF when well positioned in the opening contest.
The result marks a first World Cup podium for Simpson since the 2022/23 season, having been absent from snow for the majority of the 2023/24 season, and provides a meaningful springboard back into elite competition as the clock ticks towards the Milan-Cortina Paralympic Winter Games, where he will be due to defend the Super-G title won alongside his brother, Andrew, in Beijing.
Atkin strikes Silver in Copper
Zoe Atkin delivered her finest performance of the season so far, and one of the best demonstrations of the richness of her talent as a Halfpipe skier, with a Silver medal winning show at the Copper Mountain Halfpipe World Cup.
Having finished outside of the podium positions in Cardrona and Secret Garden Atkin soared to her fourth World Cup podium of the calendar year in a brilliant contest that saw the Brit battling it out with China’s Eileen Gu and Cassie Sharpe of Canada in a contest which saw the rankings determined on the third and final run.
In the end, Atkin’s score of 89.75 was enough to hold off Sharpe, who secured third with an 89.00, and sat only marginally behind Gu whose first round score of 90.50 took the honours on the day.
In the Men’s Freeski contest, Liam Richards impressed again with a 16th place finish, while in Freestyle Snowboard, Siddhartha Ullah took the best result coming 23rd, with Aaron Wild and Gidget Holden also representing Britain in the men’s and women’s competitions respectively.
Taylor doubles up in Telemark Sprint opener
Jaz Taylor‘s reign as Telemark Crystal Globe holder got off to a strong start at the Pinzolo Sprint World Cup opening races, taking Gold and Bronze across the week’s two races.
At the venue which marked the springboard towards her overall title glory last season, Taylor’s racing instinct and technical strength was on clear display amid challenging conditions, with weather rapidly setting in.
The results leave Taylor top of the nascent Overall World Cup standings with two races completed, ahead of Bjoernstad Konow of Norway, and France’s Augustine Carliez and Argeline Tan who share third spot.
Elsewhere, Jamie Dykes, Josh Wisbey, Hamish Ross, and Matthew Deane all competed in the Men’s Sprint races, with Dykes’ second race 25th place the pick of the performances.
Ski Cross team impress in Arosa and Innichen
Ollie Davies and Scott Johns delivered impressive showings in Arosa and Innichen, with Davies landing two top-10 finishes, and Johns the highest World Cup finish of his career to date.
For Davies, the pick of the races was the first Innichen World Cup, which saw him take victory in the Small Final, securing fifth place and the second best World Cup finish of his career, behind his Reiteralm Silver medal in 2023. The Arosa World Cup, meanwhile, saw him clinch tenth spot and an at-the-time sixth top-10 World Cup finish, marking a promising return from the season’s early races.
Johns, meanwhile, in his first season of full-time World Cup racing managed a career-first top-30 finish and the first FIS World Cup points of his career with an excellent performance in Arosa, highlighting the 21-year-old’s excellent potential in only his sixth World Cup race.
Ryding lands yet another top-10 in Alta Badia
Dave Ryding continued to fly the flag for British Alpine skiing with a powerful top-10 finish in the Alta Badia Slalom. His eighth place finish, 2.04s behind race winner Timon Haugan, marked a third consecutive top-10 performance for the 38-year-old, putting him only one top-10 finish behind his overall record from last season with the majority of the race calendar still to come.
Fellow Brits Laurie Taylor and Billy Major took 32nd and 36th spots respectively, each narrowly missing out on a second run in the final pre-Christmas Slalom races.
Jeannesson 15th in Bakuriani
Mateo Jeannesson landed an impressive fifteenth place finish at the Bakuriani Dual Moguls World Cup, following up a 26th place finish in the individual Moguls the previous day.
Another superb day of British skiing saw Jaz Taylor take bronze in Pinzolo before zoe Atkin seized silver in the US
Atkin takes first podium of season in Copper Mountain Halfpipe
Zoe Atkin secured her first podium of the season with one of her best ever displays of Halfpipe skiing, taking Silver at tonight’s Copper Mountain World Cup.
In a hotly-contested battle, Atkin improved on each run and landed a monster 89.75 on her third run to take Silver behind Eileen Gu, who led from the front with a 90.50 in the first run. Heading into the final run, Atkin had trailed Cassie Sharpe of Canada, whose second run 89.00 had pushed the Brit down into third spot, before a super clean third run catapulted Atkin back into second, less than a point from the Gold medal position.
Speaking afterwards, Zoe said:
“I’m super hyped to put down a solid run and be back on the podium after a tough event in China. Feeling excited and motivated to keep pushing as I move forward with the next few comps.”
Joe Schuster, Freeski Halfpipe Coach, said:
“Zoe’s been training super hard lately and I couldn’t be more proud to see her back on the podium where she belongs.”
Taylor goes back-to-back podiums in Pinzolo
Jaz Taylor followed up her Gold medal winning performance in Pinzolo with a third place finish at the second of the weekend’s Telemark Sprint World Cups in Pinzolo.
The result, which saw Taylor finish behind Kaja Bjoernstad Konow of Norway and France’s Argeline Tan Bouquet in first and second respectively, continues the Telemark Crystal Globe holder’s remarkable podium record at Pinzolo, which now stands at four in four races. It also takes Taylor to 13 World Cup podiums since the beginning of last season.
Superb skiing in Lillehammer on a weekend of weather impacts in Sweden, and high-octane action in Beijing
Musgrave and Davies to the fore in high-grade Cross-Country showing
The British Cross-Country team, racing as part of Team AkerDaehlie, laid down a marker at the Lillehammer World Cup with a slew of excellent performances across the weekend’s competitions.
The best results of the weekend came on the final day’s racing, where Andrew Musgrave raced to a brilliant sixth place in the 10km/10km Classic/Free Skiathlon, with Joe Davies managing a new career-best finish in 15th spot, and Andrew Young making it three top-30 results with a 30th place finish. Amid a highly-competitive race, Musgrave led with just over 2.5km to go, before being reeled in but securing his first top-10 finish of the World Cup season, hot on the heels of an 11th place finish in the earlier 10km F races.
In the same 10km F race, Davies had matched his previous best World Cup finish with an excellent 16th place, while Young took 43rd and Gabriel Gledhill came in in 51st.
The weekend’s Sprint races saw James Clugnet take 42nd in the Sprint F, with Andrew Young in 46th, and Gledhill in 82nd.
Secret Garden Halfpipe action sees signs for encouragement
Zoe Atkin, Liam Richards, and Siddhartha Ullah all showed encouraging signs at the Secret Garden Halfpipe World Cup, with Atkin’s seventh place the pick of the results.
Qualifying for the Women’s Freeski Finals in 3rd, Atkin pushed outside of her established routine’s comfort zone, and was close to landing a superb run that would’ve challenged the higher medal positions in Finals, but fell marginally short to leave her in a still impressive seventh spot.
In the Men’s Freeski competition, Liam Richards skied brilliantly in only his second World Cup since transferring to the British system over the summer, just missing out on Finals and showing much of the rich promise that has marked him out as one of the sport’s most exciting young athletes to watch.
Meanwhile in the Men’s Freestyle Snowboard competition, Siddhartha Ullah finished in 34th spot in only his seventh World Cup start.
Weather interrupts Moguls programme in Idre Fjall
Having seen relatively few weather disruptions to the early part of the season’s calendar, the Idre Fjall Dual Moguls competition fell victim to heavy fog on the Swedish slopes, leaving the weekend shorn of the latter half of its competition schedule.
In the individual Moguls events, Cali Carr took 26th and Mateo Jeannesson 34th, with the team now entering a period away from competition after the Alpe d’Huez World Cup which had been planned for the coming weekend was called off having failed snow control procedures.
Beijing hosts the latest Halfpipe World Cups, while Lillehammer and Idre Fjall play host to Nordic and Moguls contests
Halfpipe World Cups, Secret Garden, China
Zoe Atkin, Liam Richards, and Siddhartha Ullah represent Britain’s latest World Cup interest in China as Secret Garden plays hosts to the latest of the season’s Halfpipe World Cup contests. In a midweek start, the Women’s Freeski Halfpipe qualifiers were postponed due to bad weather, with qualification and Finals now set for the weekend. Conditions held off long enough to permit the Men’s Freeski contest to get underway, where Richards skied brilliantly but just missed out on qualification for the weekend’s Finals.
In the Snowboard Halfpipe contest, Siddhartha Ullah is set for his first World Cup of the season and only the seventh of his career, with qualifiers set for early Friday morning.
Secret Garden Halfpipe – British Line-Up:
- Zoe Atkin
- Liam Richards
- Siddhartha Ullah
Cross Country World Cup, Lillehammer
The full Cross-Country World Cup squad is set to compete for the first time on this season’s World Cup calendar across the weekend’s Lillehammer World Cup races. Joe Davies will be looking to build on excellent performances at last weekend’s Ruka World Cup, while James Clugnet, Gabriel Gledhill, Andrew Musgrave, and Andrew Young will be taking to their opening World Cup start lines.
All five are due to compete in the 10km Free and Sprint Free races, while the Skiathlon 10/10km Classic/Free will see a three-man team of Davies, Musgrave, and Young in the line-up.
Lillehammer World Cup – British Line-Up:
- James Clugnet
- Joe Davies
- Gabriel Gledhill
- Andrew Musgrave
- Andrew Young
Moguls World Cup, Idre Fjall
The next stop on the Moguls World Cup circuit will Cali Carr and Mateo Jeannesson in the Idre Fjall World Cup, with Will Feneley set to make a late decision on whether to compete as he ramps up his return from injury. Amid exceptionally cold and icy conditions, competition is set to take place across 6-7 December, at a venue that has seen three previous top-10 finishes for British skiers, all from Makayla Gerken Schofield, as well as an 11th place finish for Feneley in 2020, and 12th place for Jeannesson last year.
Idre Fjall World Cup – British Lined-Up:
- Cali Carr
- Will Feneley
- Mateo Jeannesson
Header Image: Liam Richards
Super snowboarders cap stunning week of British snowsport
Brookes brilliant in Beijing
Mia Brookes took the first of what are sure to be many career World Cup victories with a superlative performance at the Beijing Big Air World Cup. With a World Championships title and five World Cup podiums under her belt going into the Beijing contest, Brookes’ maiden World Cup victory came courtesy of a dominant Finals performance that showcased her new Dub 12 backed up by the Cab 1440 to put her top of the podium.
Elsewhere in Beijing, Maisie Hill‘s first Big Air World Cup appearance of the season landed a 21st place finish, while Txema Mazet-Brown finished the men’s contest in 38th place having come close to landing a Cab-18 on two attempts in qualification.
In the Freeski contest, Chris McCormick was again the pick of the bunch finishing 17th with a score of 156.75, with James Pouch in 34th and Tom Greenway placing 44th.
Hill lands Bronze in Landgraaf
The opening Para Snowboard World Cup of the season saw Ollie Hill take Bronze in the second of the week’s double header races. Qualifying for the Small Final, Hill’s time of 34.80s was enough to land him a podium spot ahead of America’s Zach Miller, in a reversal of the first day’s results. Gold and Silver were taken on both days by Italy’s Emmanuel Peranthoner and Australia’s Ben Tudhope respectively.
Elsewhere in Landgraaf, James Barnes Miller finished just outside the medals with a second day fourth place following fifth on the first day’s racing, while Matt Hamilton bagged a pair of eighth place finishes, and Nina Sparks took seventh and eighth.
Davies matches career-best World Cup result
Joe Davies demonstrated his rich potential at the Ruka Cross Country World Cup, finishing 16th in the 20km Free Mass Start, equalling his previous career-best World Cup finish in the process. The 23-year-old, racing in only his third year on the World Cup circuit, raced brilliantly to finish in a time of 46:36.5 a little over 20s outside of the top-10. In the first of the weekend’s races and in his less favoured discipline, Davies managed a 54th place finish in the 10km Classic.
Moguls season underway with promising results for Carr and JEannesson
The Moguls World Cup season got underway with promising performances from a youthful British World Cup Squad pairing of Cali Carr and Mateo Jeannesson. Carr, 17, finished 24th in a strong field for her best single Moguls World Cup result to date, while Jeannesson, who enjoyed a breakout season in 2023-24, finished 19th for a fifth top-20 finish since the start of his World Cup career in the 2021-22 season.
Palla builds experience in Killington
Victoria Palla‘s World Cup career continued with a sixth World Cup start, and her first in North America, at the Killington Slalom World Cup, ending in a first run DNF.
Taylor’s Telemark season opens with FIS race podium
Jaz Taylor‘s 2024-25 season got underway with a third place finish at the season-opening FIS Sprint races in Hintertux. The reigning Crystal Globe holder came in in 2:16.55 to finish in the Bronze medal slot, behind Goril Strom Eriksen in second and Argeline Tan Bouquet in first.
Season openers for Para Snowboard, Cross-Country and Moguls join Park & Pipe and Slalom World Cup meets
Para-Snowboard World Cup, Landgraaf
The Para Snowboard squad are set for their first World Cup of the 2024/25 season with a four-athlete line-up set for back-to-back Banked Slalom races on the indoor slopes of Landgraaf.
The full World Cup squad of James Barnes-Miller, Matt Hamilton, Ollie Hill, and Nina Sparks are set to compete at a venue which has seen notable prior British successes, including Gold and Silver medals for Hill in 2022.
Landgraaf Banked Slalom – British Line-Up:
- James Barnes-Miller
- Matt Hamilton
- Ollie Hill
- Nina Sparks
Moguls World Cup, Ruka
The Finnish resort of Ruka will play host to the opening Moguls World Cup competition of the season and the first contest in the Milan-Cortina qualification period.
Three Brits are slated for the start line, with Cali Carr and Mateo Jeanneasson, alongside Will Feneley who is set to make his long-awaited return from a serious knee injury which caused him to miss the whole of the 2023/24 World Cup season.
For Jeannesson and Carr, the competition marks their first competitive action since the World Junior Championships in April, from which the former emerged with Gold and Bronze medals.
Ruka Moguls World Cup – British Line-Up:
- Cali Carr
- Will Feneley
- Mateo Jeannesson
Cross-Country World Cup, Ruka
Ruka also sees the Cross-Country World Cup season get underway with 10km Interval Classic, Sprint Classic, and 20km Mass Free races across a three day stretch.
British interest will come in the shape of 23-year-old Joe Davies, in his sixth World Cup meet and first in Finland.
Ruka Cross-Country World Cup – British Line-Up:
- Joe Davies
Park & Pipe Big Air World Cup, Beijing
The world’s only permanent Big Air ramp will host the Beijing Big Air World Cup, with Freeski and Freestyle Snowboard athletes both set to compete in the Chinese capital.
Mia Brookes starts as Britain’s most highly-favoured athlete with her second Big Air World Cup start of the season with Maisie Hill and Txema Mazet-Brown rounding out the Freestyle Snowboard line-up.
In the Freeski competition, Tom Greenway, Chris McCormick, and James Pouch are slated to appear in a repeat of the line-up that skied impressively at the Stubai Slopestyle World Cup last weekend.
Beijing Big Air World Cup – British Line-Up:
- Mia Brookes (Freestyle Snowboard)
- Tom Greenway (Freeski)
- Maisie Hill (Freestyle Snowboard)
- Txema Mazet-Brown (Freestyle Snowboard)
- Chris McCormick (Freeski)
- James Pouch (Freeski)
Alpine Slalom World Cup, Killington
Vici Palla will make her third World Cup start of the season at the Thanksgiving Weekend Slalom races in Killington, USA, in her first competition in North America since triumph in the NorAm Slalom Cup in 2023/24.
The Killington slope was the location of a top-30 finish for Charlie Guest in 2021, who also lined up for the North American races in 2022 and 2023.
Killington Slalom World Cup – British Line-Up:
Vici Palla
How to Watch:
The Killington Slalom, Ruka Cross-Country, Ruka Moguls and Beijing Big Air are all available for UK viewers to watch on Eurosport. The Landgraaf Para Snowboard World Cup results will be tracked live on FIS-Ski.com
Ryding returns to top-10 in weekend of impressive performances
Ryding and Taylor take top-30s in Gurgl
The Gurgl Slalom World Cup saw Dave Ryding and Laurie Taylor deliver a pair of top-30 finishes on a day of high-octane racing at the Austrian resort’s second year as a World Cup host.
At the turn, Ryding sat in fifth place after a blistering first run, while Taylor came through in 29th spot, five tenths of a second inside the top-30 cut off. In what is fast becoming at trademark, Taylor delivered a blistering second run performance, the eighth fastest of the competition, rising to an eventual 23rd place finish for the joint third-best World Cup result of his career, while Ryding showed superb racing instincts to hold on to an eventual seventh place finish, less than a second behind Noel Clement’s eventual winning time.
Billy Major looked in fine form at the start of his run before falling victim to a straddle which ended his race.
In the women’s Slalom, Victoria Palla‘s fifth World Cup start ended after the first run, with a time of 54.45 leaving her less than a second outside of qualification for the second run.
Freeski boys put up good showing in weather-impacted Stubai Slopestyle event
Chris McCormick was within one place of Finals qualification at the Stubai Freeski Slopestyle World Cup in an event that faced multiple scheduling changes due to high levels of wind and snow throughout qualification. Showing some of his best form in the past year, McCormick landed a clean first run alongside fellow British competitors Tom Greenway and James Pouch, with McCormick’s 17th place finish proving his best since the March 2023 Silvaplana World Cup, with Greenway joining him in the top-30 with a 29th place finish, and Pouch just outside finishing in 35th.