The Snow League is the first professional winter sports league dedicated to snowboarding and freeskiing. Founded by three-time Olympic gold medal winning snowboarder and entrepreneur Shaun White, the league’s first season will feature a four-event global competition format, with the inaugural competition kicking off at Aspen Snowmass’ Buttermilk Mountain in March 2025, and continuing at top winter resorts worldwide. 

The first season will feature men’s and women’s snowboard halfpipe competitions at all four events. Freeskiing will be introduced during the league’s second event in late 2025, and will be included in all future events. Athletes will compete to accumulate points based on their results from each event to be tallied together at the end of the season to crown The Snow League World Champion. 

The Snow League’s innovative format will see the top athletes in snowboarding and freeskiing compete across the season. The athletes with the most points accumulated across the entire season will be crowned as the Snow League World Champion. Finals Day at each event will bring a fresh twist to the high-octane action, with head-to-head contests between athletes determining the winner at each event.

The full field will consist of 36 athletes, 20 men and 16 women, who earn their spot in The Snow League from the World Snowboard Points List (WSPL) standings. Currently, 32 athletes are confirmed, with the remaining four spots held as wildcard entries to be allocated based on upcoming competition results. All athletes are committed to competing across the global halfpipe event season to claim the first-ever Snow League World Championship title and a piece of the unprecedented $1.5 million total prize purse.

Finals Day features eight men and eight women seeded from qualifying rounds going against each other in a knockout style bracket – similar to a tennis tournament or college basketball.

An athlete must win two out of three runs to win the contest and they must drop in from each wall in the first two runs.

Since athletes are going up against a single competitor in each bracket, there is more strategy in trick and run selection than standard competition:

• An athlete must win two out of three runs to advance through the round and must drop in from each wall in the first two runs.
• Athletes must show a deep bag of tricks, combinations and run variety to be competitive.

Snow League events will be calendared and count for points on the WSPL. Most nations use these points to pick their National and Olympic teams.

Fans tuning in from the United States, NBC Sports will present the event live on Peacock, with encore presentations on NBC. Additional global broadcasters and further details will be announced closer to the start of competition.