That's a wrap from the 2026 Silver Belt competition at Sugar Bowl, California. For the second year straight, FREESKIER got to witness the action, and once again, we were blown away. Now you can watch the full competition replay and weigh in to decide who will take home the 2026 People's Choice Award!
We need your help to crown the People’s Choice Award winners:
Watch the ski recap video (below with timestamps)
Vote for one rider per category who you think deserves the top spot
One vote per day; must be 13 or older to vote
It’s that easy! Scroll down and get started
If you’re having any issues entering the voting portal above, click HERE.
Ski Men Timestamps
00:00 - Anders Leckie
00:29 - Beau Smith Rohlen
00:59 - Danny Garringer
01:23 - Gustav Legnavsky
01:55 - Luca Harrington
02:30 - River Brown
02:59 - Mack Winterberger
03:24 - Graham Gray
03:45 - Tyler Curle
04:18 - Henry Schrichte
04:29 - Connor Clemens
05:17 - Drew Dana
05:47 - Isaac Kaufman
06:22 - Soren Fanning
06:51 - Jasper Donley
07:24 - Nolan Knickerbocker
07:54 - Reid Litwiller
08:20 - Robert Ruud
08:48 - David Wise
09:12 - Hank Stowers
09:42 - Ryan Faye
Ski Women Timestamps
10:12 - Elena Messner
10:35 - Ruby Star Andrews
10:56 - Valerie Festavan
11:25 - Abby Winterberger
11:45 - Ava Fox
12:13 - Becca Rimer
12:44 - Anna Patterson
13:13 - Savannah Dayberry
Snowboard Men Timestamps
13:43 - Nate Bromley
14:20 - Ronnie Schoff
14:56 - Sammy Luebke
15:27 - Tilden Wooley
16:17 - Davis Olsen
16:54 - Finn Branzel
17:34 - Holden Samuels
18:17 - Tavo Sadeg
19:07 - Tim Humphreys
19:44 - Shayne Blue Sanblom
20:22 - Steven Greer
Snowboard Women Timestamps
21:02 - Valerie Festavan
21:39 - Ellery Manning
22:14 - Emma Dayberry
22:46 - Audrey Hebert
23:22 - Freya Hamerlein
