Kai Jones, alongside 65 different athletes, will seem in Andorra Ordino Arcalís this coming winter for the first-ever FIS Freeride World Championships between February 1 and February 6, 2026.Jones, a Teton Gravity Analysis star and massive mountain wunderkind, has loads of film credit however hasn’t appeared on the Freeride World Tour. For the upcoming Championships, he was awarded a wildcard. An array of different qualification channels crammed out the remainder of the roster. Included are top-ranked skiers from the FWT. The opposite wildcard skier, Manon Loschi, had a standout rookie season on the 2024 FWT however didn’t compete on the circuit in 2025. She did, nonetheless, seem within the inaugural Pure Choice Tour ski occasion in Alaska this 12 months and, like Jones, completely rips. Of word, the FIS Freeride World Championships aren’t technically a cease of the FWT. It’s a separate occasion that’ll happen alongside the six-stop, beforehand introduced FWT calendar. The launch of the brand new freeride competitors comes after the self-discipline was granted official standing by the FIS in 2024—a sign however not affirmation that freeride was on its option to changing into an Olympic sport. The Freeride World Championships, because the FIS famous in a earlier press launch, situate freeride within the governing physique’s framework and pave the best way “for a structured and unified strategy to competitions and athlete improvement.” The FIS introduced that it had purchased the FWT in 2022. Different Olympic freeskiing disciplines, like halfpipe and slopestyle, have already got FIS World Championships each different 12 months.Preserve studying for the entire FIS Freeride World Championships ski roster. The 2026 POWDER Photograph Annual is right here! Search for a print copy on a newsstand close to you, or click on right here to have a replica shipped on to your entrance door.
FIS Freeride World Championships Ski Roster
Ski Ladies
Jenna Keller (SUI)Justine Dufour-Lapointe (CAN)Astrid Cheylus (FRA)Lily Bradley (USA)Molly Armanino (USA)Lena Kohler (GER)Zuzanna Witych (POL)Chisato Sasada (JPN)Zanna Farrell (AUS)Wynter McBride (USA)Agostina Vietti (ARG)Elly Olsson (SWE)Jessica Hotter (NZL)Ulla Gilot (AUT)Elisabet Marina (SPA)Manon Loschi (FRA)
Ski Males
Valentin Rainer (AUT)Martin Bender (SUI)Weitien Ho (CAN)Marcus Goguen (CAN)Benjamin James Richards (NZL)Oscar Mandin (FRA)Virgile Didier (FRA)Ross Tester (USA)Toby Rafford (USA)Tiemo Rolshoven (GER)Abel Moga (ESP)Carl Regnér Eriksson (SWE)Kristofer Turdell (SWE)Tenra Katsuno (JPN)Fynn Powell (NZL)Kelly Hilleke (USA)Dante Ginaca (ARG)Victor Hale-Woods (SUI)Max Hitzig (GER)Jacob Muller (AUT)Jokin Ruiz de Larramendi (SPA)Koga Hoshino (NOR)Andreas Bakke (JAP)Kai Jones (USA)
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