X Games Aspen 2026 Recap - Podium Runs, Highlights and More

Featured Image: Matt Power | Skier: Alex Ferreira

It's time to go back, back... to the X Games! This past weekend, we witnessed one of the greatest three days of freeskiing we've ever seen in Aspen, Colorado. Despite challenging weather delivering over a foot of snow to Buttermilk Mountain, every event went off with riders putting everything on the line.

If you missed one of the eight freeski events or you just want to relive the glory, you've come to the right spot. Below you'll find highlights, winning runs, podium results, photo gallery and more from every comp of X Games Aspen 2026. That includes, in chronological order from Friday to Sunday, Women's Knuckle Huck, Women's SuperPipe, Men's Big Air, Men's Slopestyle, Men's Knuckle Huck, Women's Slopestyle, Women's Big Air and Men's SuperPipe. May this tide you over as we mentally prepare for the 2026 Winter Olympics...

DAY ONE

Women's Knuckle Huck

Gray skies loomed overhead as these women prepared to kick off the first freeski event of the weekend. The stacked lineup included Finley Good, Grace Elden, Anni Karava, Jennie Lee Burmansson, Maria Esteban Una, Alais Develay and Marin Hamill. Finland's Anni Karava snagged the bronze medal with a clean 720. The silver medal went to another 1000 Skis rider, Alais Develay, who also stomped a 720 but managed to win over the judges by going larger than Karava. The top spot was claimed by U.S. Freeski Team rider Marin Hamill, who landed a stylish switch right tail butter 720.

PODIUM RESULTS

🥇 Marin Hamill

🥈 Alais Develay

🥉 Anni Karava

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Women's SuperPipe

As the sun went down, the storm enveloped the Roaring Fork Valley. But the women here held nothing back and threw DOWN nonetheless. Riders included Svea Irving, Zoe Atkin, Indra Brown, Kelly Sildaru, Hanna Faulhaber, Amy Fraser, Rachael Karker and Cassie Sharpe. The 2025 X Games SuperPipe champ Sharpe was composed as ever and took the bronze with a run that included both a right and left 1080 as well as a styled out switch mute 360. Silver went to the 15-year-old rookie Indra Brown, who looked ready for the bright lights and was just four points away from winning.

Gold was claimed by Zoe Atkin, a dominant force in women's halfpipe skiing. Atkin started her run with a massive boost, coasting 16 feet out of the pipe and showing off her insane bag of tricks. This was one of the best runs we've seen Atkin put down in competition, hands down.

PODIUM RESULTS

🥇 Zoe Atkin

🥈 Indra Brown

🥉 Cassie Sharpe

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Men's Big Air

By 7 P.M., the snow continued to hammer at Buttermilk. High winds can often delay big air competitions, but the winds remained calm, allowing Elias Syrja, Mac Forehand, Luca Harrington, Hunter Henderson, Konnor Ralph, Ben Barclay, Birk Ruud, Tormod Frostad and Dylan Deschamps to step up to the plate. It was Deschamps who took home the bronze, who locked down a wild quad in his third run. Silver was taken by the Kiwi phenom Luca Harrington. He effortlessly secured a 94 on his second run... in a damn T-shirt. Legend.

But it was Mac Forehand who stole the show and won gold. Forehand was last in the competition going into his second run, but he pulled out a switch triple cork 2160 to get the crowd fired up. Congrats to all on a stellar first day of X Games Aspen 2026!

PODIUM RESULTS

🥇 Mac Forehand

🥈 Luca Harrington

🥉 Dylan Deschamps

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DAY TWO

Men's Slopestyle

After a brief delay due to snow, Men's Slopestyle was a go with the return of the legendary chanel gap jump. The stacked roster included Tormod Frostad, Evan McEachran, Big Air champ Mac Forehand, Konnor Ralph, Luca Harrington, Colby Stevenson, Andri Ragettli, Birk Ruud, Alex Hall and Hunter Henderson. The snow paused just long enough for riders to take two runs on the course, doing battle on three rail features and three kickers. To say it was highly contested would be an understatement, with the top five riders all separated by 4.33 points or less.

Bronze was claimed by Alex Hall, who, according to Tom Wallisch, is the tallest man at X Games this year. The more you know! A Hall put together a classic run while trying to keep speed heading into the jumps, and finishing it off with a right-side double cork 9. The silver medal went to another familiar face, Colby Stevenson. His right four, front four out to end the rail section had the judges in awe. He managed to put down a switch right dub 10 over the gap jump despite riders struggling to maintain speed through that feature. But it wasn't enough to knock off the 2025 X Games Men's Slopestyle champ, Luca Harrington. The young Kiwi came back ready to defend his title, scoring a 94.33 on his second run, capped off with a triple cork 1440, putting up the hands into a legendary claim as he skied into the corral.

PODIUM RESULTS

🥇 Luca Harrington

🥈 Colby Stevenson

🥉 Alex Hall

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Men's Knuckle Huck

The crowd-pleaser of all events, Knuckle Huck, was a huge success under the lights. For other events on Saturday, speed was a huge factor as the fresh snow slowed down the inruns. We saw this in Men's Slopestyle, and it was a big factor in Women's Snowboard Big Air, with riders being pulled into the course by coaches to gain a little more momentum. But in Knuckle Huck, style rules all, and these riders had no problem going big.

Norway's Tormod Frostad snagged the bronze medal amongst a heavily stacked field, which included Daniel Bacher, Jesper Tjader, Juho Saastamoinen, Ed Therriault, Colby Stevenson, Alex Hall and Kuura Koivisto. Tormod opted for an absolute boost, going deep into the landing and putting himself high on the leaderboard. Stevenson was able to jump from fourth into second at the last minute with a nose butter dub 10 tail tap... we think. It's hard to label some of the creative tricks on the knuckle! But A Hall, after getting third in Slopestyle earlier, stole the show with what Tom Wallisch called "the longest grab in X Games history." Hall is now tied with Henrik Harlaut for the most X Games ski medals in history with 14.

PODIUM RESULTS

🥇 Alex Hall

🥈 Colby Stevenson

🥉 Tormod Frostad

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DAY THREE

Women's Slopestyle

The women came to play out here as the weather cleared up and the final day of X Games Aspen 2026 kicked off. The massive slopestyle course would send many running for the hills, but not this crew. Finals consisted of a tight battle between Anni Kärävä, Mathilde Gremaud, Megan Oldham, Kirsty Muir and Naomi Urness. It was the legendary Gremaud who took the bronze, trying her best to keep speed, as each competitor struggled wth that given the sticky snow.

Naomi Urness made her X Games debut this year and bagged an 85.00 on her first run, the first of the field. It was enough to secure the silver, but not enough to knock off the veteran Kirsty Muir. Muir had missed the last two X Games due to injury, but she came back hungry for the win. Her technicality in the rail section impressed the judges, and a right-side dub 10 sealed the win.

PODIUM RESULTS

🥇 Kirsty Muir

🥈 Naomi Urness

🥉 Mathilde Gremaud

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Women's Big Air

After being delayed from Saturday to Sunday, it was time for Women's Big Air. The storm moved back into the Valley, making speed a big factor and causing riders to utilize a slingshot from coaches down the in run. With overlapping faces from Slopestyle earlier in the day, we saw Anni Kärävä, Mathilde Gremaud, Megan Oldham, Kirsty Muir, Anastasia Tatalina and Naomi Urness on course. The competition was steep, with the top three separated by just 4.66 points.

Bronze went to Megan Oldham, who locked down an impressive 90 with a huge left mute 1260. The silver medal was taken by Scotland's Kirsty Muir, after Muir had already won gold in slopestyle just hours prior. Her three runs just got better every time, landing a dub 16 on her final lap to earn a 94. But she was just 0.44 points shy of the champ, Mathilde Gremaud. Her stylish left nose butter 1260 had the crowd on their feet as she secured her 11th X Games medal, marking her fourth gold in Big Air.

PODIUM RESULTS

🥇 Mathilde Gremaud

🥈 Kirsty Muir

🥉 Megan Oldham

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Men's SuperPipe

Men's SuperPipe had the honor to cap off an already incredible weekend. Under the lights, one of the most stacked rosters in X Games history was prepared to do battle in the 22-foot wall of ice. Of every discipline here at X Games and in freeskiing at large, this roster is a true gamble in terms of who ends up on the podium. With no clear favorite, we were fired up.

Going into the final runs of the night, Ferreira, the hometown hero, needed a monster run to move into the top three. He got it, going gigantic and locking down a switch double cork 1080 and a 1620 to close it out. The mood was electric as he was bumped into second place, moving Goepper out of the top three. But then it was Goepper's turn. The talent from Indiana didn't back down, ending a huge run with a switch bio 9 and promptly snapping his poles over his legs out of excitement. A 92.00 was enough to move him into second, bumping Alex into third.

And as if it couldn't get any better, the young Finley Melville-Ives, already sitting in first with a 93.00, was now in the start gate. He could have played it easy... but he didn't. The 19-year-old from New Zealand put on a clinic, going bigger than anyone (20 feet above the deck), and somehow besting his previous score to win with a 95.00. It was truly the fairytale ending to an already fantastic weekend.

PODIUM RESULTS

🥇 Finley Melville-Ives

🥈 Nick Goepper

🥉 Alex Ferreira