The 2024/25 FIS Snowboard Park & Pipe slopestyle World Cup season has just officially started, kicking off at New Zealand’s Cardrona Alpine Resort from August 30 to September 1. Cardrona welcomed back World Cup action for the first time in five years, and this is definitely a favorite destination amongst riders.
This event marked the beginning of a season featuring five slopestyle World Cup competitions, leading up to the St Moritz-Engadine 2025 FIS Freestyle, Snowboard, and Freeski World Championships in Switzerland at the end of March.
Each slopestyle World Cup this season promises to be unique, and with the qualification for the Milano-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games now in full swing, the competition will be fierce through to February 2026.
Now that Cardrona is over, the slopestyle season will take a break for nearly four and a half months while the focus shifts to the big air World Cup, wrapping up by mid-January. When slopestyle returns, the Laax Open from January 15-18 will be a highlight. One of the biggest and most talked about events each year, this year marks the 10th anniversary of the prestigious competition, and it is shaping up to be the biggest yet.
Then, from January 30 to February 6, Buttermilk Resort in Aspen will host a massive week of competitions, including slopestyle, big air, and halfpipe. It is rare to see one resort host such a full lineup of events, and Aspen is the perfect stage for this week of action.
Following Aspen, the circuit will head to Calgary, Canada, for the Snow Rodeo at Canada Olympic Park from February 19-23. Calgary, which hosted the first FIS Snowboard World Cup slopestyle competition in 2010, will celebrate that milestone with a special edition this season.
Finally, the finale is set for Livigno, Italy, where the slopestyle World Cup season will conclude. This event will also serve as the test event for the Milano-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games halfpipe competition.
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