{"id":2038,"date":"2025-12-03T08:41:38","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T08:41:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/?p=2038"},"modified":"2025-12-03T08:42:58","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T08:42:58","slug":"olympic-champions-set-to-clash-the-snow-league-freeskiers-descend-on-yunding-snow-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/olympic-champions-set-to-clash-the-snow-league-freeskiers-descend-on-yunding-snow-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympic Champions Set to Clash: The Snow League Freeskiers Descend on Yunding Snow Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"model-response-message-contentr_01eaabca7d563d61\" class=\"markdown markdown-main-panel enable-updated-hr-color\" dir=\"ltr\" aria-live=\"off\" aria-busy=\"false\">\n<p data-path-to-node=\"3\">The second event of The Snow League\u2019s inaugural season will feature <b>16 of the world\u2019s best freeskiers<\/b> joining the League&#8217;s snowboard roster at <b>Yunding Snow Park<\/b> in China, from <b>December 4\u20136, 2025<\/b>. You can watch the event live on SPOTV NOW app.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4\">Located in Chongli, Hebei Province, Yunding Snow Park is one of China\u2019s premier competition venues, notably serving as the site for the <b>Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic<\/b> halfpipe, slopestyle, and big air events. The park has become a national symbol of China\u2019s rapidly growing snow sports culture and world-class event infrastructure, attracting both elite athletes and passionate fans.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"5\">The Beijing 2022 Olympic venue will host three full days of freeskiing and snowboarding halfpipe competition. These 16 freeskiers join the <b>36 snowboarders<\/b> who launched the League earlier this year at Buttermilk in Aspen Snowmass.<\/p>\n<h3 data-path-to-node=\"6\"><b>Powerhouse Athlete Lineup<\/b><\/h3>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"7\">The impressive freeski lineup includes <b>12 Olympians<\/b> who hold a collective <b>13 Olympic medals<\/b>. They are led by global icons and Olympic champions <b>Eileen Gu<\/b> (CHN), <b>Cassie Sharpe<\/b> (CAN), and <b>David Wise<\/b> (USA), alongside Olympic medalists <b>Nick Goepper<\/b> (USA), <b>Rachael Karker<\/b> (CAN), and <b>Gus Kenworthy<\/b> (GBR).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DRww7xsETCb\/\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async defer src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3 data-path-to-node=\"8\"><b>Competition Format and Rules<\/b><\/h3>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"9\">The freeski competition kicks off in the halfpipe on <b>Saturday, December 6<\/b>, with quarterfinals organized into four head-to-head brackets. Athletes will be seeded based on their global ranking, with each matchup decided in a <b>best-of-three format<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"10\">Following The Snow League\u2019s unique competition rules, skiers must drop in from <b>opposite walls<\/b> during their first two runs. The first athlete to claim two runs advances through the bracket to the semifinals and final, where they will battle for the prestige of the inaugural Snow League freeski podium, a share of the event prize purse, and valuable points toward the Snow League World Championship title.<\/p>\n<h3 data-path-to-node=\"11\"><b>Season Finale and Prize Purse<\/b><\/h3>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"12\">Following the event in China, the freeski field will take a hiatus for the 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Milano Cortina before reconvening on European snow in <b>LAAX, Switzerland<\/b>, from <b>March 19\u201321<\/b>, for the final showdown where The Snow League\u2019s Season One champions will be crowned.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"13\">The total freeski prize purse for Season One of The Snow League is <b>$580,000<\/b> across the two events\u2014Yunding Snow Park, China, and LAAX, Switzerland\u2014with <b>equal prize money for men and women<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"14\">The payout structure for each gender at both events is <b>$85,000<\/b>, distributed as follows:<\/p>\n<table data-path-to-node=\"15\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Placement<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Prize Money<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"15,1,0,0\">1st Place<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"15,1,1,0\">$50,000<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"15,2,0,0\">2nd Place<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"15,2,1,0\">$20,000<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"15,3,0,0\">3rd Place<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"15,3,1,0\">$10,000<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"15,4,0,0\">4th Place<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"15,4,1,0\">$5,000<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"16\">In addition, the overall Snow League freeski champions will receive <b>$80,000<\/b> in Championship awards, split between the top three men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s finishers.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"18\">\n<\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7Nkf9Z4MrLY?si=syKiBXI0BJ3Df_Fo\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The second event of The Snow League\u2019s inaugural season will feature 16 of the world\u2019s best freeskiers joining the League&#8217;s snowboard roster at Yunding Snow Park in China, from December 4\u20136, 2025. You can watch the event live on SPOTV NOW app. Located in Chongli, Hebei Province, Yunding Snow Park is one of China\u2019s premier &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/olympic-champions-set-to-clash-the-snow-league-freeskiers-descend-on-yunding-snow-park\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Olympic Champions Set to Clash: The Snow League Freeskiers Descend on Yunding Snow Park<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":2043,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-popular","category-top-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2038"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2038\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2049,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2038\/revisions\/2049"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}