Finals Day will see athletes battling head-to-head for the inaugural Snow League win, Snow League World Championship points, and a piece of the $370,000 prize purse
Aspen, Colorado – March 7 – The inaugural Qualifying Day of The Snow League saw Shaun White’s vision of the next level of snowboard competition come to life under sunny skies in Aspen Snowmass. The halfpipe saw a day of thrilling competition in a fresh format that reduced the field of 36 athletes down to eight men and eight women advancing into Saturday’s Finals Day.
Olympic Champion Ayumu Hirano (JPN) and Maddie Mastro (USA) led the field with the top scores of the day in the men’s and women’s fields respectively. Both athletes also earned five bonus Snow League World Championship Standings points as the top qualifier heading into Finals Day.
The Qualifying Day format saw athletes grouped in heats, battling to advance across two runs with the top scorer advancing automatically to Finals Day. The lowest scoring athletes were eliminated, and the remaining field was then given a second chance to advance in the Last Chance Qualifier.
Women’s Finals Day Bracket
Men’s Finals Day Bracket
In the women’s field, Mastro rose to the challenge earning the day’s top score of 90 in heat one. Mastro threw down an incredible first run starting off with a massive 10-foot double crippler Indy, into a backside 540 mute, a frontside 540 stalefish, into a melon air, finishing with a frontside 720 tailgrab, and a Haakon Flip melon grab. Mastro says her strategy for the day was, “Regardless of what my competitors are doing or who I’m head-to-head with, I still need to show up and ride to my fullest. That’s the mindset I have.”
The four heat winners including Mastro, Sonora Alba (USA), Sena Tomita (JPN), and Gaon Choi (KOR), are seeded #1-4 and ranked by highest score going into Finals Day, they are followed by seeds #5-8 awarded to the top four scores from the Last Chance Qualifier which includes Elizabeth Hosking (CAN), Mitsuki Ono (JPN), Jiayu Liu (CHN), and Xuetong Cai (CHN).
In the men’s field, it was Hirano who rose to the top in a one-upmanship battle for the ages. Hirano threw down on his second run to overtake the lead, maintaining insane amplitude from top to bottom. He blasted a 15-foot frontside double cork 1080, into a switch frontside double cork 1440, linking up a frontside 900 into a double McTwist, and finishing with a frontside double cork 1260 to claim the highest men’s score of the day of 88.25.
The four heat winners, including Hirano, Yuto Totsuka (JPN), Ruka Hirano (JPN), and Alessandro Barbieri (USA) are seeded #1-4 and ranked by highest score going into Finals Day. They are followed by seeds #5-8 awarded to the top four scores from the Last Chance Qualifier, which includes Chaeun Lee (KOR), Shuichiro Shigeno (JPN), Ryusei Yamada (JPN) and Chase Blackwell (USA).
Saturday’s Finals Day will feature an exciting new format pitting athlete against athlete in a best two-of-three run, head-to-head format. The brackets have been seeded based on qualifying scores.
During head to head matchups, each athlete will be required to drop into both the right and left-hand wall in their first two runs—an innovative format that puts the spotlight on creativity, versatility, and progression. The first athlete to win two runs will advance into semifinals, and then battle again to advance into the final round.
On the line is the first Snow League win, Snow League World Championship Standings points, and a share of the $370,000 purse to be split equally between genders. Both podiums offer $50,000 for first, $20,000 for second, and $10,000 for third. Prize money extends to all finalists, with fourth place earning $5,000 and the remaining four finishers receiving $2,500 each. This payout structure will apply across all four events in Season One.
All 36 competing athletes receive a $5,000 appearance fee as part of The Snow League’s goal to elevate snowboard competition.
How To Watch The Snow League Finals: March 8
The Snow League Finals Day will be presented with exclusive live coverage in the United States on Peacock on Saturday, March 8, at 11:30 a.m. ET. Fans worldwide are invited to tune in, with viewing in more than 95 countries available globally.
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Aspen InfoAbout The Snow League
Launched in June 2024, The Snow League is the first professional winter sports league dedicated to snowboarding and freeskiing. Founded by three-time Olympic gold medalist and entrepreneur Shaun White, Season One features a four-event global format boasting a $1.6 million prize purse, with athletes competing to earn points to determine the overall champions. The season kicks off at Buttermilk in Aspen Snowmass (March 7–8, 2025), then moves to Yunding Secret Garden, China (Dec. 4–6, 2025), where 16 of the world’s top freeskiers will join the roster at the Beijing 2022 Olympic venue. The League returns to Aspen (Feb. 26–28, 2026) and concludes at LAAX, Switzerland (March 19–21, 2026), where the first-ever Snow League World Champions will be crowned.
The Snow League is powered by its sponsors including the three Founding Partners, Marriott Bonvoy, INEOS Automotive and Pacifico®, which are joined in the Snow League family by Hublot and Tiffany & Co. For more information, please visit www.thesnowleague.com and purchase tickets to the event here. Follow The Snow League on X, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube.
