The Snow League is just months away from beginning its second season, and the League has officially announced its roster. Dozens of the world’s best freestyle skiers and snowboarders are set to compete, including multiple Olympic, X Games, and World Championship gold medalists. In total, 60 athletes will participate in The Snow League Season Two across its three halfpipe-only events, battling it out for the chance to be crowned The Snow League World Champion.
Represented in the Season Two roster are 12 countries across five continents. Both men’s and women’s snowboard and freeski athletes will compete at each stop.
This is the full Snow League roster for Season Two:
Men’s Snowboard:
- Alessandro Barbiera, U.S.A
- Chaeun Lee, South Korea
- Chase Blackwell, U.S.A
- Jio Lee, South Korea
- Pat Burgener, Brazil
- Cam Melville-Ives, New Zealand
- Levko Fedorowycz, U.S.A
- Jake Pates, U.S.A
- Lucas Foster, U.S.A
- Shuichiro Shigeno, Japan
- Valentino Guseli, Australia
- Yuto Totsuka, Japan
- Jonas Hasler, Switzerland
- Ryan Wachendorfer, U.S.A
- Ayumu Hirano, Japan
- Ziyang Wang, China
- Kaishu Hirano, Japan
- Ruka Hirano, Japan
- Ryusei Yamada, Japan
Women’s Snowboard
- Sonora Alba, U.S.A
- Maddie Mastro, U.S.A
- Queralt Castellet, Spain
- Mitsuki Ono, Japan
- Gaon Choi, South Korea
- Maddy Schaffrick, U.S.A
- Brooke D’Hondt, Canada
- Sara Shimizu, Japan
- Elizabeth Hosking, Canada
- Sena Tomita, Japan
- Rise Kudo, Japan
- Shaotong Wu, China
- Isabelle Loetscher, Switzerland
- Patti Zhou, China
- Rachael Karker, Canada
Men’s Freeski
- Nick Goepper, U.S.A
- Andrew Longino, Canada
- Luke Harrold, New Zealand
- Brendan Mackay, Canada
- Hunter Hess, U.S.A
- Fin Melville-Ives, New Zealand
- Birk Irving, U.S.A
- Jon Sallinen, Finland
- Gus Kenworthy, U.S.A
- David Wise, U.S.A
Women’s Freeski
- Zoe Atkin, Great Britain
- Svea Irving, U.S.A
- Indra Brown, Australia
- Hanna Faulhaber, U.S.A
- Fanghui Li, China
- Amy Fraser, Canada
- Mischa Thomas, New Zealand
- Eileen Gu, China
- Kexin Zhang, China
Some of the most notable athletes across the board include three-time Olympic gold medalist freeskier Eileen Gu, reigning men’s Olympic halfpipe gold medalist snowboarder Yuto Totsuka, and reigning women’s Olympic halfpipe gold medalist Gaon Choi. Both Gu and Totsuka are also reigning Snow League World Champions and will look to defend their titles this season. The other two current Snow League World Champions — Luke Harrold and Sena Tomita — will also compete this season.
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Perhaps the most exciting addition to the roster from season one to two is American skier Gus Kenworthy. The 2014 Olympic silver medalist spent the past several years competing for Great Britain, but recently switched to compete under the American flag. Kenworthy will make his Snow League debut at the first event of the season in Aspen, Colorado, on January 7-9.
While many of the veterans on the roster may be fan favorites, there are plenty of contenders who could win big this season. Young riders like Alessandro Barbieri, Patti Zhou, Fin Melville-Ives, Zoe Atkin, and plenty of others each have tricks that could put them on podiums.
“One of my favorite things about last season was seeing new contenders emerge with performances that changed the conversation,” The Snow League chief operating officer Ian Warda said in a Park Record article. “Patti Zhou won in her league debut, and Sara Shimizu won the final two events. Now I want to see how they build on that, how Sena Tomita responds as defending champion, and where Olympic champion Gaon Choi fits into that battle. In men’s freeski, Luke Harrold and Brendan Mackay traded wins, and their title race came down to one deciding run at Laax. That’s a rematch I’m already looking forward to.”
With Snow League Season Two regular season on the clock and rosters officially set, both the fans and athletes can start to visualize what the season might look like. A roster full of veterans and rising stars is the perfect recipe for creating some of the most memorable moments in freestyle skiing and snowboarding history. So when The Snow League finally kicks off this season, tune in to catch some of the best athletes in the world.
“I think what The Snow League’s doing for the industry is pretty incredible,” New Zealand skier Luke Harrold said. “And I think it’s really going to be the top-tier season.”
The Snow League Season Two regular season begins on January 7-9 at Buttermilk Mountain in Aspen, Colorado.
