Slopestyle Snowboarding

Slopestyle snowboarding is a FIS-sanctioned freestyle snowboard discipline in which riders descend a purpose-built course featuring a mixture of jibbing features (rails, boxes, urban-style street features) + big-air features (jumps, kickers, hip-jumps). Judges score each rider on Overall Impression — assessing difficulty, amplitude (height/distance), execution, variety, and progression across the course. Rider drops in from the top gate, executes tricks over 2-4 rail features, then 3-5 jumps of increasing size. Scoring is by 6-judge panel; highest + lowest scores dropped, remaining 4 averaged for the run score. Two runs per rider; best of two counts (in some formats). Debuted as Winter Olympic discipline at Sochi 2014 (both men + women). Jamie Anderson (USA) won gold at Sochi 2014 + PyeongChang 2018. Sébastien Toutant (Canada) won inaugural Big Air / crossover with slopestyle 2018 Beijing 2022 saw Su Yiming (China) win men's gold. World Cup slopestyle events run annually Oct-Mar; X Games slopestyle is the marquee non-Olympic event.

0-100 score per run; higher = better; two runs per round, best counts.

Win condition · Highest single-run score in Finals wins (or highest sum-of-two-best in some formats).

• Freestyle snowboard

  Twin-tip, softer flex, ~150-160 cm; symmetrical for switch riding.

• Freestyle boots + bindings

  Softer boots for freestyle flex; standard 2-strap bindings.

• Helmet (mandatory)

  FIS + Olympic events require helmet.

• Slopestyle course

  Downhill run with 2-4 rail/jib features + 3-5 kickers of increasing size.

• Slopestyle Rider

  ×1

  Solo competitor executing runs on the course.

6 judges score runs; head judge oversees scoring; video review resolves disputes.

• 6 FIS-certified freestyle judges
• Chief of Course
• Head Judge
• Video Review Judge

• Variety-first line plan

  Plan spins in different directions (frontside/backside/switch) across kickers; judges penalise repetition.

• Difficulty escalation across course

  Save biggest trick for final feature — judges weight the final trick heavily.

• Consistent qualifier vs. all-in final

  Qualifier: land clean easier run; Final: attempt hero trick.

Jib

Rail / box feature slid or trick-ed on

Kicker

Jump ramp

Amplitude

Height / distance of trick above/across kicker

Spin (720/900/1080/1260)

Rotation in degrees mid-air

Switch

Riding non-dominant foot forward

Overall Impression

The single 0-100 judge score encompassing difficulty + execution + variety

• Winter Olympic Games — Slopestyle Snowboarding

  quadrennial · worldwide (Olympic) · since 2014

• FIS Snowboard World Cup — Slopestyle

  annual (~6 events) · worldwide · since 1994

• X Games Slopestyle (Aspen)

  annual · USA / broadcast worldwide · since 1997

• FIS Snowboard World Championships

  biennial · worldwide · since 1996

• 🇺🇸United States
• 🇨🇦Canada
• 🇳🇴Norway
• 🇸🇪Sweden
• 🇫🇮Finland
• 🇨🇭Switzerland
• 🇦🇹Austria
• 🇯🇵Japan
• 🇨🇳China
• 🇳🇿New Zealand
• 🇦🇺Australia

• Fédération Internationale de Ski (FIS)

  Founded 1924 · Oberhofen, Switzerland

• United States Ski and Snowboard Association

  Founded 1905 · Park City, Utah

• Ticket To Ride / TTR (until 2013) then absorbed into FIS

  Founded 2002 · n/a

• Wikipedia — Slopestyle— Wikipedia