As the season draws to a close, British athletes continued to standout on the international stage, delivering five medals across Freeski, Snowboard and Telemark, in another strong week for GB Snowsport
Muir makes it two for two in Tignes
Kirsty Muir successfully defended her World Cup Slopestyle title in Tignes, to claim her third World Cup victory of the season.
Having secured her first ever World Cup victory on this very course in 2025, Muir raised the bar once again, adding a right double 1080 into her run to seal back-to-back victories.
The 21-year-old also qualified for Big Air finals in top spot, but a crash on her opening left double 1440 caused her to injure her thumb, resulting in her opting for a safer approach left cork 720 to claim a respectable sixth place finish.
On the men’s side, James Pouch returned to competition for his first Slopestyle World Cup of the season, finishing 41st and backing it up with a top 30 result in Big Air. Jeremy Boiston made his first World Cup appearance for GB Snowsport, landing solid runs in both competitions to claim 48th in Slopestyle and 36th in Big Air, gaining valuable experience on the World Cup circuit.
Brookes seals Slopestyle Gold
Mia Brookes made an immediate impact on her return to the World Cup circuit, taking the gold in her first Slopestyle World Cup of the season, in what was her first appearance since the Winter Olympic Games.
She topped the qualification before delivering a composed first run in the final, scoring 73.25 and a well-earned victory lap. Despite the poor weather conditions, Brookes executed a flawless rail section and back-to-back 900’s to seal the win and her fifth World Cup title of her career.
This caps off a golden week for Brookes who also claimed two gold medals in the Absolute Park Spring Battle Slopestyle and Rail Jam earlier in the week.
Elsewhere in Flachau, Ethan Smith produced a career-best World Cup performance, finishing eight in his heat-just one place shy of the final-and 16th overall. Txema Mazet Brown also finished inside the top 20, rounding off a strong showing from the snowboard squad.
Atkin takes bronze on Snow League debut
Fresh off the Olympic podium, Zoe Atkin secured bronze in her debut Snow League event, in the final leg of the series in Laax, Switzerland.
Atkin took victory over Canada’s Rachael Karker in the quarterfinal, before facing Olympic Champion, Eileen Gu, in the semifinals. A narrow defeat saw her move into the bonze medal match against New Zealand’s Mischa Thomas.
In a tightly contested battle, Atkin responded quickly to a fall on her second run with a superb final effort, scoring 88.50 to secure victory in the third-place matchup.
Atkin also won the ‘highest female air’ award, boosting nearly 16 feet out of the pipe and underlying her status as one of the sport’s most progressive halfpipe skiers.
Gus Kenworthy also dropped in for his second Snow League event but was unable to progress beyond the quarterfinals after a fall on his final run.
Taylor doubles up on Classic podiums in Pra Loup
Jasmin Taylor continued her remarkable season in Pra Loup, securing silver and bronze in the Classic races, alongside a fourth-place finish in the Sprint.
These results bring her tally to 10 World Cup podiums this season, strengthening her position ahead of the final World Cup event next week. Taylor currently sits second in the overall standings as she pushes in the battle for the Crystal Globe.
Davies delivers season best in Craigleith
Ollie Davies had a standout result in the penultimate Ski Cross World Cup of the season, picking up fourth place to mark his best result of the season so far.
After qualifying in 22nd, Davies battled through the knockout rounds, winning his quarterfinal and placing second in his semifinal to reach the Big Final.
Despite running in second for most of the race, he narrowly missed out on the podium, but nonetheless the result marks his best World Cup finish since 2023.
The 28-year-old will close out his World Cup season at the Ski Cross finals in Gallivare, Sweden.
Cross Country World Cup season draws to a close
A stacked British lineup took to the start line in Lake Placid for the final Cross Country World Cup of the season.
Andrew Musgrave led the performances with ninth place in the 20km Mass Start Free and 12th in the 10km Interval Start Classic, while Joe Davies followed closely, finishing 16th and 17th in the same events.
Anna Pryce matched her career-best World Cup result in 35th in the Sprint, marking a positive return to competition since her record-breaking Olympic Games.
James Clugnet delivered consistent results, placing 31st in the Sprint and 32nd in the 20km Mass Start Free, while Andrew Young back it up with 36th place. Meanwhile, Gabriel Gledhill brought his competitive career to a close in Lake Placid, signing off after several seasons representing Great Britain on the World Cup circuit.
NEIL SIMPSON CLAIMS PARA ALPINE SILVER FOR FIFTH WORLD CUP MEDAL OF THE SEASON
Neil Simpson continued his impressive World Cup campaign with another top performance at the Para Alpine World Cup in Meribel, securing silver in Slalom to claim his fifth World Cup podium of the season. Guided by Rob Poth, the pair produced a strong showing to finish just 0.43 seconds off the top spot, marking Simpson’s first Slalom podium of the season.
The duo continued their week with two consecutive Giant Slalom races, finishing 6th in the first, before recording a DNF2 on day two.
PODIUM PERFORMANCE FROM BARNES-MILLER IN PARA SNOWBOARD CORSS
James Barnes-Miller stepped onto the podium at Big White to claim third place and his first Snowboard Cross medal of the season. The 36-year-old took an impressive third place behind Aron Fahrni of Switzerland and second placed Jacopo Luchini of Italy for his first SBX World Cup medal since February 2025. Ollie Hill finished 15th on day one of competition, but showed clear progression on day two, racing to eighth place after qualifying for the small final.
FINAL ALPINE WORLD CUP BEFORE THE OLYMPIC STAGE
Dave Ryding, Billy Major and Laurie Taylor lined up in Schladming for their final Slalom World Cup ahead of the Milan-Cortina Olympic Games. Ryding secured a place inside the top 30 on his opening run, before recording a DNF on run two. Major and Taylor both battled hard but narrowly missed qualification. Luca Carrick-Smith also saw his race cut short with a first run DNF on the demanding course.
Elsewhere, Owen Vinter took on his first Downhill World Cup in Crans Montana, finishing 57th and gaining valuable experience on the World Cup circuit.
SKI CROSS DOUBLE HEADER FOR DAVIES
Ollie Davies returned to action in with a Ski Cross World Cup double header in Val di Fassa. He finished 37th on day one, just a few spots away from qualifying, before placing 42nd on day two. The back-to-back races provided important mileage in the final phase of preparation ahead of his second Olympic Games.
GBS athletes add sixth and seventh podiums in final pre-Christmas competitions
Atkin takes gold, Kenworthy and Richards impress in Copper
Zoe Atkin delivered another standout performance for her second career victory in Copper Mountain, while Gus Kenworthy and Liam Richards both impressed in an enthralling pair of Freeski Halfpipe World Cup contests in the US resort.
Atkin, the reigning Halfpipe World Champion, was in imperious form, leading all the way through qualification and Finals to seal victory, while a dramatic men’s Finals saw Kenworthy finish fourth and only marginally off the podium, with Richards finishing in ninth spot to take a first career World Cup top-10 berth.
Taylor takes first World Cup victory of 25/26 season in Pinzolo
Jaz Taylor‘s continued run of success on the Telemark World Cup tour saw her add a first World Cup podium of the season with victory in the second of the weekend’s double-header Sprint World Cup races in Pinzolo. Taylor, who boasts back-to-back overall Crystal Globes, had already recorded a battling fourth-place finish in the first of the weekend’s races before coming through victorious in an incredibly tight contest to stand on the top of the podium for the seventh time since the beginning of the 2024/25 season.
Davies pick of the bunch in hectic Ski Cross season
Ollie Davies was the standout performer for British Ski Cross World Cup entrants over a three-race week in Arosa and Innichen, taking 12th spot in the Arosa World Cup and 31st in the second of the Innichen meets. Scott Johns finished just outside the top-30 with a strong 34th place showing in Arosa, while Tommy Dade and Andrew Wilson made overall and British World Cup debuts across the week, with Dade 59th in Arosa and Wilson 48th and 44th in Innichen.
Two in the top-20 in Alta Badia Slalom
Dave Ryding and Laurie Taylor rounded out their pre-Christmas racing with top-20 finishes in the Alta Badia Slalom World Cup, while Billy Major was unfortunate to finish just outside the top-30 after the first run despite a bout of illness in the build-up to the event.
15th for Ryding and 18th for Taylor marked decent results in a tricky race where the second run in particular threw up significant drama throughout, and caps an impressive first half of the season from the British Slalom team which has seen all three members of the Men’s Slalom World Cup team battling for the top spots on a regular basis.
And the rest…
Neil Simpson and Rob Poth were unfortunate to record a DNF when well-placed on their first Para Alpine World Cup race of the season in St. Moritz…
Aaron Wild, Siddhartha Ullah, and Sam Gaskin put up battling showings in the Copper Mountain Halfpipe Snowboard (Wild, Ullah) and Freeski (Gaskin) World Cups…
Luca Carrick-Smith‘s World Cup career continued with another start in Alta Badia, in a week in which brother Freddy recorded British history with a first ever Europa Cup GS victory for British Alpine racers…
Bankes and Nightingale, and Davies and Johns named in Snowboard and Ski Cross WC squads
Ollie Davies and Scott Johns, and Charlotte Bankes and Huw Nightingale have been selected to the GB Snowsport’s Ski and Snowboard Cross World Cup squads for the 2025/26 season, with seven athletes selected to Europa Cup squads across the two disciplines.
The selection process sees Scott Johns named to the Ski cross World Cup squad for the first time, two seasons on from his World Cup debut. The 22-year-old achieved top 30 placings three times on last season’s World Cup circuit, in Arosa, Val di Fassa, and Gudauri.
Ollie Davies, meanwhile, will be bidding to secure a spot at Olympic Winter Games for the second time in his career, having made his Olympic debut in Beijing in 2022. Davies notched a pair of top 10 finishes in Arosa and Innichen in the 2024/25 season, with fifth place in the latter competition marking the second-best World Cup result of his career to date.
In Snowboard Cross, Charlotte Bankes and Huw Nightingale will be looking to build on another successful campaign which saw Bankes secure five World Cup victories along with second place at World Championships, and Nightingale a career-best World Cup finish of 11th place in Mt. St. Anne, alongside a top 10 finish at World Championships. In the Team event, the pair also recorded their second ever World Cup podium with second place in the Erzurum World Cup in March 2025.
Both disciplines will also field Europa Cup squad athletes this season, with Max Vardy named to the Snowboard Cross EC squad, and Greg Baillie, Tommy Dade, Faith Davie, Emily Keen, Alannah Lawrie, and Andrew Wilson selected for Ski Cross.
GB Snowsport Performance Director, Kearnan Myall, said:
“Congratulations to each of our Ski and Snowboard Cross athletes on being selected to World Cup and Europa Cup squads for the coming season.
“The Cross disciplines have shown real strength over recent years, and our athletes have every chance of making the coming season a memorable one for British skiing and snowboarding.
“Athletes across both disciplines have worked exceptionally hard over the off-season period to put themselves in the best possible position to achieve success over the coming year, and we look forward to seeing that work translate into performances when the season gets underway.”
The Ski Cross World Cup season gets underway in Val Thorens on 9-11 December, with the first Snowboard Cross races in Cervinia on 19-21 December.
Full Squad Selections
Snowboard Cross World Cup squad
- Charlotte Bankes
- Huw Nightingale
Ski Cross World Cup squad
- Ollie Davies
- Scott Johns
Snowboard Cross Europa Cup Squad
- Max Vardy
Ski Cross Europa Cup squad
- Greg Baillie
- Tommy Dade
- Faith Davie
- Emily Keen
- Alannah Lawrie
- Andrew Wilson
As the season draws towards a close, British athletes continued to set new standards across Europe
Taylor takes double bronze at Telemark World championships
Jaz Taylor‘s incredible season continued at the Telemark World Championships with a brace of bronze medals in the Sprint and Classic disciplines.
Having shown imperious form throughout the season to lead the overall World Cup standings, Taylor’s competitive pedigree remained on full show at the 2025 Telemark World Championships as she secured third place finishes in two events alongside a fourth place in the Parallel Sprint. Remarkably Taylor’s showing marked the second time she has taken multiple medals at a single World Championships, having left the 2023 Murren World Championships with silver and bronze.
The Telemark calendar now shifts back to World Cup races, with a single meet left and the Overall Crystal Globe title still on the line, with Taylor holding the advantage against Argeline Tan Bouquet in second place.
Jeannesson records best ever British World Championships Moguls result
Mateo Jeannesson confirmed his status as one of Britain’s most exciting young talents, with the best ever result for a British Moguls skier at World Championships. Jeannesson’s fifth place in the Dual Moguls competition goes one better than the country’s previous best performances, set by Makayla Gerken Schofield in 2023 and Thomas Gerken Schofield in 2021.
Elsewhere in the Moguls competitions, there were top-30 finishes for Makayla Gerken-Schofield (23rd in Moguls, 27th in Dual Moguls) and Cali Carr on her World Championships debut (28th in Moguls, 25th in Dual Moguls).
Bronze for Bankes and Nightingale impresses in pre-World Championships World Cup
The Montafon Snowboard Cross World Cup saw impressive showings for Charlotte Bankes and Huw Nightingale as both tuned up for the start of the SBX World Championships programme this week.
In the individual World Cup races, Bankes secured third spot and a sixth individual women’s World Cup podium, while in the Men’s contest Nightingale came in in 21st place, his joint highest World Cup finish of the season.
The Team event saw Bankes and Nightingale make it through to the Big Final before being pipped at the last stage, taking fourth place with a World Championships team event to follow this week.
Cross-Country World Cup season draws to a close with brace of top-10s
Andrew Musgrave and the Sprint team of James Clugnet and Andrew Young brought the Cross-Country World Cup season to a close with a brace of top-10 finishes in Lahti.
The Team Sprint saw Clugnet and Young ski with great skill and speed to book tenth place in a stacked field for the country’s highest Team Sprint finish this season, while the 50km C gave Musgrave a seventh top-10 finish of the season as he also finished in tenth position to close off another outstanding season for the pre-eminent British Cross-Country skier of his generation.
Slew of Slopestyle top-20s for World Championship Brits
The Freestyle World Championships Snowboard and Freeski Slopestyle contests delivered five top-20 finishes with Mia Brookes (6th), Kirsty Muir (6th), Maisie Hill (14th), Katie Ormerod (16th), and Chris McCormick (17th) all hitting the higher marks. For Brookes the result represented a good showing having been suffeirng with illness since the beginning of the Championships, while for Muir it marks another excellent performance in the context of her continued return from injury. Hill and Ormerod both looks in good form in the Snowboard field, while McCormick delivered an outstanding run with only one small mistake towards the end of the run denying him a place in Finals.
Meanwhile, Txema Mazet-Brown came in 45th, Tom Greenway 39th, and James Pouch 36th, while in Ski Cross Ollie Davies took 32nd and Scott Johns 36th.
GB Snowsport are delighted to confirm an 18-athlete travelling squad will represent the nation at this month’s Freestyle World Championships in St. Moritz/Engadin.
The squad, which is the largest ever to represent Britain in a Freestyle World Championships setting, features a roll call of some of the best Freestyle skiers and snowboarders in the world, and a raft of bright young talent making a mark on the world stage across multiple disciplines including eight World Championships stage debutants.
2023 World Champions Mia Brookes (Freestyle Snowboard Slopestyle) and Charlotte Bankes and Huw Nightingale (Team Snowboard Cross) are joined by reigning Junior World Champions Mateo Jeannesson (Individual Moguls) and Txema Mazet-Brown (Freestyle Snowboard Big Air), current 2024/25 Freeski Halfpipe joint-Crystal Globe holder Zoe Atkin, and a host of World Cup podiuming athletes across multiple disciplines.
Opening on Wednesday 19 March with Moguls, the 2025 World Championships run until Sunday 30 March with British representation across Moguls, Ski Cross, Snowboard Cross, Freestyle Snowboard (Big Air. Slopestyle and Halfpipe) and Freeski (Big Air, Slopestyle, and Halfpipe).
Speaking after selections, GB Snowsport Head Coach, Pat Sharples, said:
“This year’s Freestyle World Championships is a huge moment for GB Snowsport, and I’m extremely excited about the depth of talent in the team that’s been selected to compete. Bakuriani 2023 gave us so many incredible moments, and I know everyone around the team is focused on performing to their best and hopefully giving us plenty more memorable moments over the next few weeks.
“It’s great to have a team that combines great experience with youthful promise; everyone selected and all the coaches and support teams behind them deserve huge credit for creating such an exciting and competitive group of athletes.”
Charlotte Bankes (Snowboard Cross) said:
“This has been another tough but positive season, and heading into World Championships I’m really happy with where my form’s at.
“Obviously last time out in Bakuriani was really special, winning the team event alongside Huw, and I’m going to give it my all to make sure this year is another great occasion.
“World Championships are always super competitive, and hopefully that will mean some great racing for the fans, and some good results to look forward to.”
Liam Richards (Freeski Halfpipe) said:
“I’m really proud to have been selected for World Championships and very much looking forward to getting into resort with the rest of the British team.
“I feel like I’ve made real strides with my skiing this year; competing in events like this is a great way to continue to test myself against the best in the world, and I’m excited to get out there, try to put down my best run, and see how far it can take me.”
Full Squad Selections:
Moguls
- Cali Carr*
- Makayla Gerken-Schofield
- Mateo Jeannesson
Freeski Park & Pipe
- Zoe Atkin (Halfpipe)
- Tom Greenway* (Slopestyle & Big Air)
- Chris McCormick (Slopestyle & Big Air)
- Kirsty Muir (Slopestyle & Big Air)
- James Pouch* (Slopestyle & Big Air)
- Liam Richards* (Halfpipe)
Snowboard Park & Pipe
- Mia Brookes (Slopestyle & Big Air)
- Maisie Hill* (Slopestyle & Big Air)
- Txema Mazet-Brown* (Slopestyle & Big Air)
- Katie Ormerod (Slopestyle & Big Air)
- Siddhartha Ullah* (Halfpipe)
Snowboard Cross
- Charlotte Bankes
- Huw Nightingale
Ski Cross
- Ollie Davies
- Scott Johns*
* Set for World Championships debut
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.
Ski Cross and Snowboard Cross World Cup seasons resume, as athletes spread across Europe, North America, and Asia
Park & Pipe World Cup – Aspen
Aspen plays host to one of the biggest Park & Pipe World Cup meets of the season, with Freeski and Freestyle Snowboard athletes in action across Halfpipe, Slopestyle, and Big Air competitions.
A sizeable British contingent will be set to compete, with Kirsty Muir set to make her return from injury after more than 12 months out of action, Mia Brookes looking to cement a second consecutive Big Air Crystal Globe, and Caoimhe Heavey lined up for her first World Cup appearance of the season.
Zoe Atkin will be back in action in Freeski Halfpipe as will Liam Richards, while in Freestyle Snowboard Halfpipe, Gidget Holden, Siddhartha Ullah, and Aaron Wild are all set to compete.
The Freestyle Snowboard Big Air and Slopestyle contests will see Maisie Hill and Txema Mazet-Brown line up alongside Brookes, and in the Freeski contests, Chris McCormick is confirmed to compete, with Tom Greenway on the standby list.
Aspen World Cup – British Line-Up:
- Zoe Atkin
- Mia Brookes
- Tom Greenway
- Caoimhe Heavey
- Maisie Hill
- Gidget Holden
- Txema Mazet-Brown
- Chris McCormick
- Kirsty Muir
- Liam Richards
- Siddhartha Ullah
- Aaron Wild
Alpine Slalom World Cup – Schladming
The legendary Schladming Night Slalom race will see Billy Major, Dave Ryding, and Laurie Taylor in action, after a successful Kitzbuehel race which saw Ryding and Taylor share 16th spot.
One of the most iconic races on the annual Slalom circuit, Britain’s best Schladming result remains Ryding’s eighth place finish in 2020, while last year’s race saw Ryding finish highest of the Brits in 14th position.
Schladming World Cup – British Line-Up:
- Billy Major
- Dave Ryding
- Laurie Taylor
Para Biathlon World Cup – Val di Fiemme:
Scott Meenagh‘s 2024/25 campaign continues with the first of the year’s Para Biathlon World Cups in Val di Fiemme. Coming just ahead of the Para Biathlon World Championships early next month, Meenagh is set to compete across two days of action in the well-regarded Italian resort.
Val di Fiemme World Cup – British Line-Up:
- Scott Meenagh
Snowboard Cross World Cup – Beidahu
The next step on the Snowboard Cross World Cup circuit takes Charlotte Bankes and Huw Nightingale to Beidahu, in the Chinese province of Jilin, made famous as the site of the 2007 Winter Asian Games.
Following the cancellation of the Dolni Morava World Cup races, Beidahu marks just the second stop on the 2024/25 SBX World Cup calendar, with competitions coming thick and fast throughout February and March, following this weekend’s double-header.
Beidahu World Cup – British Line-Up:
- Charlotte Bankes
- Huw Nightingale
Moguls World Cup – Val St. Come
Following successful returns from injury at least weekend’s Waterville World Cup from Makayla Gerken Schofield and Will Feneley, the full Moguls squad heads to Val St. Come with some encouraging results and positive progress under their belt.
Joining Makayla and Will in the line-up will be the two youngest members of the team, Cali Carr and Mateo Jeannesson.
Val St. Come World Cup – British Line-Up:
- Cali Carr
- Will Feneley
- Makayla Gerken Schofield
- Mateo Jeannesson
Ski Cross World Cup – Veysonnaz
The two-man World Cup line-up of Ollie Davies and Scott Johns are both set to compete in this weekend’s Veysonnaz World Cup, a race which marks the mid-point of the Ski Cross World Cup season.
Double header races will see qualification runs on 30 and 31 January, with Finals set for 1 and 2 February.
Veysonnaz World Cup – British Line-Up:
- Ollie Davies
- Scott Johns
Where to Watch
British audiences can tune in to Eurosport to follow the Schladming Slalom, Val St Come Moguls, Veysonnaz Ski Cross, and Aspen Park & Pipe World Cup competitions throughout the week.
Mia Brookes and Jaz Taylor delivered World Cup podiums on another weekend of British snowsport successes
Brookes dominant in Brilliant Laax showing
An already spectacular season from Mia Brookes added another World Cup victory as the teenager laid down a phenomenal display at the Laax Open Slopestyle World Cup.
After a comfortable qualifying run at a venue that practically counts as a home park, Brookes set the bar at an unmatchable 84.86 in the first Final run, ensuring her second run counted for little more than a victory lap. In a performance shot through with the style and technical supremacy that has become a hallmark of her riding, Brookes’ margin of victory stood at more than seven points, with Zoi Sadowski Synnott in second on 77.29 and Kokomo Murase in third on 71.15.
The performance gave Brookes her fifth World Cup podium and third World Cup victory of the season, while also marking a first World Cup victory in the Slopestyle discipline, which she famously took a World Championship title in at 16.
Elsewhere in Laax, Maisie Hill took 16th in the Women’s Freestyle Snowboard competition, Chris McCormick delivered his best Slopestyle World Cup performance of the season to finish in 16th in the Men’s Freeski, Siddhartha Ullah and Aaron Wild finished 28th and 34th respectively in Men’s Snowboard Halfpipe, Txema Mazet-Brown was solid with 30th in Men’s Freestyle Snowboard, and James Pouch came 52nd in Men’s Freeski.
Ryding and Major secure World Cup points in Wengen
On the notoriously challenging Wengen piste, Dave Ryding and Billy Major took more Slalom World Cup points with 19th and 26th place finishes respectively, while Laurie Taylor just missed out on a second run coming in 34th.
The result gives Ryding his sixth top-20 finish in seven World Cup races this season, while Major made the top-30 for the second consecutive World Cup, while Ryding’s second run saw him deliver the second fastest time in the field.
Taylor delivers double podiums in Carezza
Jaz Taylor‘s imperious Telemark Sprint World Cup form continued with first and second place finishes at the Carezza World Cup this week. The results leave Taylor, the defending Crystal Globe holder, top of the overall standings with 340 points to Argeline Tan’s 265, with Tan’s fellow French athlete Augustine Carliez in third.
In the Men’s races, Hamish Ross finished 23rd and 25th.
The Telemark tour continues into Melchsee-Frutt with Sprint and Parallel Sprint World Cups in the coming week.
Musgrave continues to impress in Les Rousses
The evergreen Andrew Musgrave continued his impressive form with an 11th place finish at the Les Rousses 10km F World Cup race this weekend, alongside 31st spot in the 20km C Mass Start. The result gives the 34-year-old his sixth top-20 finish of the season as well as his best ever result in Les Rousses, improving on the 17th place he secured at the same event in 2023.
And the rest…
The Pyha Para Snowboard World Cup saw heavy disruption after overnight rain ahead of the first day of competition saw the opening World Cup of the weekend cancelled due to dangerous conditions. In the second scheduled set of races, James Barnes-Miller was pick of the bunch with an eighth place finish.
Victoria Palla continued her Alpine Slalom World Cup progress with another outing in Flachau, but was unable to complete the first run, while in Ski Cross Ollie Davies managed 41st in the first World Cup’s qualification run followed by a DSQ in the second.
Header Image: Kristina Lubyova/GB Snowsport