GB Snowsport have confirmed a six-athlete World Cup squad as part of a wider 33-person Alpine team who will represent the country across the 2025/26 season

Dave Ryding, who confirmed this week that the coming season will be his last on the World Cup tour, will be joined in the World Cup squad by fellow Slalom specialists Billy Major and Laurie Taylor, while Roy Steudle is selected to the World Cup squad for the first time following his recovery from injury and excellent performances across last season. Reece Bell and Victoria Palla, meanwhile, are also first time World Cup squad selections following a series of highly encouraging performances across last year including excellent showings at the 2025 Alpine World Ski Championships in Saalbach.

Ten athletes will compete as part of the Europa Cup squad, with Freddy, Luca, and Zak Carrick-Smith being joined by Max Laughland, Dominic Shackleton, Owen Vinter, Jack Irving and Calum Langmuir, while the women’s EC team will feature Molly Butler and Giselle Gorringe, with all ten EC athletes having demonstrated exceptional potential across the Alpine circuit last season.

In the FIS Development squad, Nicole Wordley, Honor Bartlett, Maisie Blyth, Olivia Howeson, Liv Imregi, and Tia Freshwater make up a six athlete women’s team, while Lucas Ellie, Christian McCourtie, Toby Jennings, Aidan Urquhart, Toby Stephen, Harry Duncan, Emerson Proctor, William Freear, Lewis Parton, Hamish Blyth, and Matteo Padoan represent the men’s selections.

This year’s selections follow an update to the GBS Alpine selection policy criteria, with the major change seeing a higher standard assigned to selection for the FIS Development squad alongside an age cut-off meaning all FIS Development athletes competing for Britain are aged 21 and under.

Commenting on selections, GB Snowsport Performance Director Kearnan Myall said:

“The achievements of the whole Alpine squad last season can’t be overstated, and the selection of so many talented athletes into the World Cup, Europa Cup, and FIS Development squads this year is testament to the depth of talent in the British Alpine ranks.

“This has the potential to be an enormously exciting season, and from our World Cup squad through to every level of competition, we are really confident that British Alpine skiers will continue to show that they’re among the best in the world over the coming year.”

Full Squad Selections:

World Cup squad

• Reece Bell
• Billy Major
• Victoria Palla
• Dave Ryding
• Roy Steudle
• Laurie Taylor

Europa Cup squad

• Molly Butler
• Freddy Carrick-Smith
• Luca Carrick-Smith
• Zak Carrick-Smith
• Giselle Gorringe
• Jack Irving
• Calum Langmuir
• Max Laughland
• Dominic Shackleton
• Owen Vinter

FIS Development squad

• Honor Bartlett
• Hamish Blyth
• Maisie Blyth
• Harry Duncan
• Lucas Ellis
• William Freear
• Tia Freshwater
• Olivia Howeson
• Liv Imregi
• Toby Jennings
• Christian McCourtie
• Matteo Padoan
• Lewis Parton
• Emerson Proctor
• Toby Stephen
• Aidan Urquhart
• Nicole Wordley