Silvaplana (SUI) Freeski Halfpipe World Cup: Stats Preview

Silvaplana Freeski Halfpipe World Cup Stat Sheet

● Silvaplana is the fifth and final stop 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).

● This is the first time that Silvaplana will be hosting a Freeski Halfpipe World Cup.

● Silvaplana marks the first Halfpipe World Cup after the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games. In the women’s competition Eileen Gu (CHN) became the Olympic champion, adding to her Beijing 2022 title. Li Fanghui (CHN) finished second to give China two medals in one Olympic Freeski event for the first time in history. Zoe Atkin (GBR) was third, which was Great Britain’s second Olympic Freeski medal after her older sister Isabel Atkin claimed bronze in Freeski Slopestyle at the Pyeongchang 2018 Games.

● In the men's competition, Alex Ferreira (USA) won gold during his third Olympic attempt after claiming silver atPyeongchang 2018 and bronze at Beijing 2022. Henry Sildaru (EST) finished second, earning Estonia its second Olympic Freeski medal after his older sister Kelly Sildaru claimed bronze in Freeski Slopestyle at Beijing 2022. Brendan Mackay (CAN) claimed bronze at Milano Cortina 2026 after not finishing above 14th place in the Freeski Halfpipe World Cup this season.

Silvaplana Freeski Halfpipe World Cup – Men

● Finley Melville Ives (NZL) leads the Freeski Halfpipe World Cup standings on 280 points. Melville Ives is not competing in Silvaplana. Only two other athletes are still in the running for the Halfpipe Crystal Globe: Hunter Hess (USA), who trails Melville Ives by 15 points; and Birk Irving (USA), who is 89 points behind. Only a win by Irving would give give him the Globe.

● If Hunter Hess (USA) wins the Freeski Halfpipe Crystal Globe, it would be his first season trophy. Birk Irving (USA) previously won the 2022/23 Freeski Halfpipe Globe.

● Finley Melville Ives (NZL) leads the overall Freeski Park & Pipe World Cup standings on 280 points, eight points ahead of the 2025/26 Freeski Big Air Crystal Globe winner Troy Podmilsak (USA), who will be starting in Slopestyle in Silvaplana.

● Finley Melville Ives (NZL) won the previous Freeski Halfpipe World Cup event in January in Aspen’s Buttermilk ahead of Hunter Hess (USA) in second and Nick Goepper (USA) in third.

● Alex Ferreira (USA) leads the all-time list of men’s Freeski Halfpipe World Cup wins with 12 wins.

● To date, Hunter Hess (USA) is the only athlete to have recorded a top-five result at every Freeski Halfpipe World Cup during the 2025/26 season.

● Hunter Hess (USA) has finished inside the top 10 at nine consecutive Freeski Halfpipe World Cup events. It is the longest running streak in the field. Hess has finished outside of the top 10 only once in 14 events since the 2023/24 season. During that period, Hess has claimed four runner-up spots and two third-place finishes.

● Nick Goepper (USA) claimed his second consecutive Freeski Halfpipe World Cup podium in Aspen after his win in Calgary. Goepper has claimed seven podium finishes in eight events since the start of the 2024/25 season.

● A three-time Olympic Freeski Slopestyle medalist, Nick Goepper (USA) switched to Freeski Halfpipe before the 2023/24 season. After claiming only one podium finish in his first Freeski Halfpipe season, in the 2024/25 season Goepper finished on the podium all four Freeski Halfpipe World Cup events he contested.

● Of his 11 Freeski Halfpipe World Cup starts, Nick Goepper (USA) has finished outside of the top five only two times. His Freeski Halfpipe results include two wins, two runner-up spots and three third-place finishes. Goepper is not competing in Silvaplana.

● Birk Irving’s (USA) fifth place in Aspen now puts him in third place on the all-time list of Freeski Halfpipe World Cup top-10 finishes with 33. David Wise (USA) leads that list with 40 top-10 results.

● Birk Irving (USA) won the 2022/23 Freeski Halfpipe Crystal Globe and has finished outside of the top 10 only once since the start of the 2019/20 season when he was 15th in Calgary in 2024. A four-time Freeski Halfpipe World Cup winner, Irving has not claimed a victory since 2023, with two third-place finishes between 2023 and 2026.

● A U.S. skier has finished on the podium at 16 consecutive Freeski Halfpipe World Cup events since January 2023 when Jon Sallinen (FIN) was first in Calgary ahead of Brendan Mackay (CAN) and third-placed Simon d'Artois (CAN) in third. Team USA has claimed 12 victories during this streak.

Silvaplana Freeski Halfpipe World Cup – Women

● Indra Brown (AUS) leads the Freeski Halfpipe World Cup standings on 290 points with one start remaining. Only two other athletes in Silvaplana are still in the running for the Freeski Halfpipe Crystal Globe: Zoe Atkin (GBR), who trails Brown by 30 points; and Zhang Kexin (CHN) on 45 points. Zhang will not compete in Silvaplana.

● Indra Brown (AUS) is currently third in the overall Freeski Park & Pipe World Cup standings on 358 points. To claim the overall Globe she needs to score 62 points more than Kirsty Muir (GBR) and 35 points more than Naomi Urness (CAN) in Silvaplana. Brown is contesting both the Freeski Halfpipe and Freeski Slopestyle events in Silvaplana, while Muir and Urness will only compete in Freeski Slopestyle.

● Li Fanghui (CHN) won the fourth Freeski Halfpipe World Cup of the 2025/26 circuit in Aspen ahead of Zoe Atkin (GBR) and Zhang Kexin (CHN) in third. It was her second career World Cup win after her maiden victory in Calgary in February 2025.

● Li Fanghui (CHN) was season's joint Crystal Globe winner with Zoe Atkin (GBR). Li is not competing in Silvaplana.

● Zoe Atkin (GBR) claimed her 13th career Freeski Halfpipe World Cup podium in Aspen. This allowed her to join Marie Martinod (FRA) in fourth place on the list of athletes with the most Freeski Halfpipe World Cup podiums. Atkin needs one more to match Ayana Onozuka (JPN) in third place. Eileen Gu (CHN) leads the field with 17 podiums. Gu is not competing in Silvaplana.

● Zoe Atkin (GBR) has finished in the top two of her six previous Freeski Halfpipe World Cup events, with two wins and four runner-up spots during that time.

● Zhang Kexin (CHN) claimed her 12th career Freeski Halfpipe World Cup podium in Aspen. It is the second-best record among Chinese athletes, across men and women, and only Eileen Gu has more with 17 podiums.

● Zhang Kexin (CHN) has finished inside the top 10 at 27 consecutive Freeski Halfpipe World Cup events since Mammoth Mountain  (USA) in January 2018. During that period she claimed three victories for a total of 10 podium finishes.

● Zhang Kexin (CHN) has the most Freeski Halfpipe World Cup top-10 finishes among active women skiers with 28. She needs one more to claim the top spot on the all-time list joining Brita Sigourney (USA) with 29 top-10 Freeski Halfpipe World Cup results.

● Indra Brown (AUS) became the Junior World Champion in Freeski Halfpipe at the recent FIS Park and Pipe Junior World Championships in Calgary (CAN). Brown made her World Cup debut in the 2025/26 season and recorded her Freeski Halfpipe career result at Aspen’s Buttermilk resort in January when she was fourth.

● Indra Brown’s (AUS) maiden Freeski Halfpipe World Cup victory in Calgary in January made her the youngest Australian to claim a World Cup victory at 15 years of age. Brown finished within the top three during her first three World Cup starts: third at the Freeski Halfpipe season opener in Secret Garden (CHN), second in Copper; and first in Calgary. It was only the second time in Freeski World Cup history that an athlete had claimed a podium in each of their first three World Cup starts. Jennie-Lee Burmansson (SWE) was the first to achieve this during the 2017/18 Freeski Slopestyle World Cup season. 

● Two-time Olympic champion Eileen Gu (CHN) is the most successful Freeski Halfpipe World Cup athlete. Gu has recorded 15 wins, 17 podiums and 18 top-10 results from the 18 Freeski Halfpipe World Cup events she has contested. Gu has won the Freeski Halfpipe Crystal Globe twice: 2021/22 and 2023/24. Gu competed in only one Freeski Halfpipe World Cup during the 2025/26 season, winning the Secret Garden season opener. Gu is not competing in Silvaplana.

● Chinese athletes have finished on the podium at 17 consecutive Freeski Halfpipe World Cup events starting in January 2023 in Calgary. This streak will end in Silvaplana as no athletes representing China are competing in Silvaplana.