Calgary FK Halfpipe World Cup: Stats Preview

● Calgary is the third of five Freeski Halfpipe World Cup events in the 2025/26 season: Secret Garden (CHN); Copper Mountain (USA); Calgary (CAN); Aspen (USA); and Silvaplana (SUI). Aspen will be the last chance for Freeski Halfpipe athletes to qualify for the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games.

● Calgary has been on the Freeski World Cup circuit since the 2013/14 season, having previously hosted 10 Freeski Halfpipe events.

Stats Men

● Alex Ferreira (USA) won the second 2025/26 Halfpipe World Cup event in Copper ahead of Hunter Hess (USA) in second and Andrew Longino (CAN) in third.

● Hunter Hess (USA) currently leads the 2025/26 Halfpipe World Cup standings after two events on 140 points ahead of Alex Ferreira (USA) and Finley Melville Ives (NZL) in joint second place on 100 points each.

● Alex Ferreira’s Copper victory marked his third consecutive and fourth overall Copper Halfpipe World Cup win, one more than Aaron Blunck (USA) and his three wins. Ferreira is not competing in Calgary.

● Andrew Longino (CAN) claimed his second career podium in Copper with third place. His previous best result was also third place in Cardrona in 2024/25.

● Hunter Hess (USA) is the only athlete who managed to finish on the podium at the first two Halfpipe World Cup events of 2025/26.

● Hunter Hess (USA) has finished inside the top 10 at seven consecutive Halfpipe World Cup events. It is the longest running streak in the field. Hess has finished outside of the top 10 only once in 12 events since the 2023/24 Halfpipe World Cup season, and has claimed three runner-up spots and three third-place finishes.

● Luke Harrold (NZL) claimed his second Halfpipe World Cup podium at the Secret Garden season opener, repeating his previous career best result from Secret Garden in December 2023.

● Finley Melville Ives (NZL), the reigning Halfpipe World Champion, missed Copper after winning his second consecutive Halfpipe World Cup in Secret Garden. That win followed his victory at the 2024/25 season finale in Calgary in February 2025. Melville Ives has finished inside the top 10 at eight consecutive Halfpipe World Cup events.

● In Copper, 11 U.S. skiers were among the 16 finalists. A U.S. skier has finished on the podium at 14 consecutive Halfpipe World Cup starts since January 2023 in Calgary when Jon Sallinen (FIN) was first ahead of Brendan Mackay (CAN) in second and Simon d'Artois (CAN) in third. Team USA claimed 11 victories during this streak.

● Finley Melville Ives (NZL) won last season’s Calgary event ahead of Nick Goepper (USA) in second and Alex Ferreira (USA) in third place.

● Alex Ferreira (USA) has recorded the most victories in Calgary: he won here three consecutive times in 2022/23 and 2023/24.

● The last Canadian to achieve a victory on home slopes in Calgary was Brendan Mackay, winning twice here in the 2021/22 season.

● Team USA has the most Halfpipe World Cup wins in Calgary with four. Canada has three. Great Britain, Finland and New Zealand have one victory each.

Women Stats

● Zoe Atkin (GBR) won the second 2025/26 Halfpipe World Cup event in Copper ahead of Indra Brown (AUS) in second and Kexin Zhang (CHN) in third.

● Zoe Atkin (GBR) currently leads the 2025/26 Halfpipe World Cup standings after two events on 180 points ahead of Indra Brown (AUS) in second on 140 and Kexin Zhang (CHN) in third on 105 points. Atkin is not competing in Calgary.

● Zoe Atkin (GBR) is the current Halfpipe World Champion and last season’s joint Crystal Globe winner with Li Fanghui (CHN). Atkin’s victory in Copper makes her the most successful British woman in Freeski. Fellow British skier Kirsty Muir has two World Cup wins (one in Big Air and one in Slopestyle).

● Indra Brown (AUS) claimed her second podium finish in Copper in her second Halfpipe World Cup start. At the 2025/26 season opener in Secret Garden, Brown became the youngest Australian to secure a World Cup podium at 15 years of age.

● Indra Brown is one of three Australian women who have each secured two podium finishes at Halfpipe World Cup events. Davina Williams was second in Apex (CAN) in February 2007 and third in Inawashiro (JPN) in February 2008, and Amy Sheehan claimed two third-place finishes in Calgary and Breckenridge (USA) in 2013/14.

● Kexin Zhang (CHN) claimed her 10th career Halfpipe World Cup podium in Copper. It is the second-best record among Chinese athletes, men or women, and only Eileen Gu has more with 17.

● Kexin Zhang (CHN) has the most Halfpipe World Cup top-10 finishes among active women skiers with 26. She needs four more to claim the top spot on the all-time list occupied by Brita Sigourney (USA) with 29 Halfpipe World Cup top-10 results.

● Chinese athletes have finished on the podium at 15 consecutive Halfpipe World Cup events starting in January 2023 in Calgary.

● Eileen Gu (CHN) is the reigning Olympic champion and the most successful Halfpipe World Cup athlete. Gu has recorded 15 wins, 17 podiums and 18 top-10 results from the 18 World Cup events she has contested. Gu has won the Halfpipe Crystal Globe twice: 2021/22 and 2023/24.

● Eileen Gu (CHN) is not competing in Calgary and did not compete in Copper. Gu won the season opener in Secret Garden in December and has won the past six consecutive Halfpipe World Cup events she has contested.

● Amy Fraser (CAN) did not compete in Copper. It ended her streak of 18 consecutive Halfpipe World Cup top-10 finishes since Calgary in December 2021.

● Li Fanghui (CHN) won last season’s Calgary event ahead of Zoe Atkin (GBR) in second and Rachael Karker (CAN) in third place.

● The last Canadian to achieve a victory on home slopes in Calgary was Cassie Sharpe, who won here in February 2019.

● Team China has won the previous eight consecutive Halfpipe World Cup events in Calgary (Eileen Gu, 7; Li Fanghui, 1). Cassie Sharpe has one win for Canada in 2018/19, Rowan Cheshire claimed a win for Great Britain for the very first Calgary event in 2013/14.