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 in March 2025, and continuing at top winter resorts worldwide. 

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. 

Each event on the Season Two calendar will feature the world’s best snowboarders and freeski athletes competing for points toward the overall championship. The Snow League crowned its first-ever World Champions, snowboarders Sena Tomita and Yuto Totsuka, and freeskiers Eileen Gu and Luke Harrold, in LAAX, Switzerland this past March.

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.

Season Two will also introduce an evolved three-day competition format featuring both snowboard and freeski competition each day. Day One will focus on qualifying rounds, followed by quarterfinal competition on Day Two, and culminating with semifinals and Finals on Day Three. By integrating snowboard and freeski competition across all three days, the new format delivers a more consistent competition experience for fans and athletes.

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.

The Snow League is proud to support 49 of its athletes who will represent the league in both snowboard and freeski halfpipe competition at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympic Games. The Snow League is home to the world’s best athletes including gold medalists Eileen Gu, Gaon Choi, and Yuto Totsuka.

Athletes from more than a dozen nations across five continents competed in Italy, showcasing the continued global growth and competitive depth of halfpipe disciplines at the highest level of winter sports.

The fourth and final event of The Snow League Season One in LAAX, Switzerland not only crowned the inaugural Snow League World Champions, but also determined which athletes secured automatic invites to Season Two.

At the conclusion of the season, 16 snowboarders and 8 freeskiers finished above the cutline to guarantee their place in next year’s field. The freeski division required athletes to rank inside the top four men and women, while the snowboard field awarded automatic qualification to the top eight men and women. 

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.

With a growing international broadcast footprint and distribution across more than 175 countries, The Snow League continues to bring elite winter sports competition to a global audience, combining high-performance sport with immersive storytelling and fan-first experiences. Additional details about performances, athletes, on-mountain experiences, and town-wide programming will be announced in the coming months.

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