Steamboat Snowboard Big Air World Cup: Statistics Preview

Su Yiming (CHN) won the first two Big Air World Cup events of the season and has an 88-point lead on his compatriot Ge Chunyu (CHN) ahead of the Steamboat Big Air World Cup. Su will not compete in Steamboat.

Two riders have a chance to surpass Su Yiming (CHN) and win the Big Air Crystal Globe: Ge Chunyu (CHN) and Kira Kimura (JPN). Both need to win this event to claim the Crystal Globe.

Su Yiming (CHN) and Ge Chunyu (CHN) can both become the first Chinese man to claim the Big Air Crystal Globe.

Kira Kimura (JPN) can win the Big Air Crystal Globe for the second time in his career, after 2023/24. He can become the first Japanese rider to win multiple Big Air Crystal Globes.

Japanese men have reached the podium in each of the last 12 Big Air World Cup events. That run started after the Copper World Cup on 17 December 2022 when Marcus Kleveland (NOR), Chris Corning (USA) and Ian Matteoli (ITA) made up the top three. That third place marked Matteoli’s first career World Cup podium finish.

Ian Matteoli (ITA) can become the first Italian snowboarder to win a Big Air World Cup event. He has already claimed three podium finishes: second in Klagenfurt in 2024/25; second in Beijing in 2024/25;  third in Copper Mountain (USA) in 2022/23.

Rene Rinnekangas (FIN) finished third at the most recent Big Air World Cup event in Beijing (CHN), his second career Big Air World Cup podium after second place in Chur (SUI) in 2021/22.

Eli Bouchard (CAN) won the most recent Big Air World Cup event held on U.S. snow in Aspen in February 2025. He can join compatriot Max Parrot (CAN, 2) as the only snowboarders to claim multiple Big Air World Cup victories on American snow.

Redmond Gerard (USA) will compete in a Big Air World Cup event for the first time this season. He can become the first American rider to win a Big Air event since Chris Corning triumphed in Atlanta (USA) in 2019/20.

The top three snowboarders  in the women’s Big Air World Cup standings are within five points of each other: Miyabi Onitsuka (JPN) on 105 points, Mari Fukada (JPN) on 104 and Mia Brookes (GBR) on 100.

The winners of the two Big Air World Cup events this season, Mari Fukada (JPN) and Mia Brookes (GBR), will not compete in Steamboat. Brookes and Fukada finished first and second respectively in the Big Air standings in the previous two seasons.

Miyabi Onitsuka (JPN) can become the second Japanese rider to win the Big Air Crystal Globe after Reira Iwabuchi (JPN) claimed the trophy in 2018/19, 2019/20 and 2022/23.

Miyabi Onitsuka (JPN) finished inside the top eight in each of the last 12 Big Air World Cup events she has contested. She recorded three third-place finishes during this run.

Only Anna Gasser (AUT, 20) and Reira Iwabuchi (JPN, 12) have recorded more Big Air World Cup podiums than Miyabi Onitsuka (JPN, 10).

Hanna Karrer (AUT) finished second at the Beijing Big Air World Cup to claim her first career World Cup podium finish. Karrer trails the top spot in the Big Air World Cup standings by 23 points and can follow in the footsteps of compatriot Anna Gasser (AUT), who has won the Big Air Crystal Globe three times (2016/17, 2017/18 and 2021/22).

Momo Suzuki (JPN) recorded her best Big Air World Cup result with third place in Beijing (CHN). Last season she recorded two third-place finishes: in Klagenfurt (AUT) and Aspen (USA).

Melissa Peperkamp (NED) can follow in the footsteps of Cheryl Maas (NED) and become the second Dutch rider to reach a Big Air World Cup podium. Maas recorded a third and first-place finish in the 2014/15 season. Peperkamp’s best finish at a World Cup event was fourth in Edmonton (CAN) in 2022/23.

Zhang Xiaonan (CHN) can become the first Chinese woman to finish on the podium at a Big Air World Cup event.