Where to watch the freestyle skiing and snowboard world championships

Winter Sports 18 Mar 25

The biggest freestyle party on snow is back and British athletes are ready to shine.

Switzerland is set to host the Freeski and Snowboard World Championships this month with the action taking place across Engadin and St Moritz.

With world medals up for grabs and possible Olympic qualification points on the line, the British snow sport team will have their sights set on making more history in Switzerland.

What events are at the Freeski and Snowboard World Championships?

With both freestyle skiing and snowboard events involved, there's double the fun at the this world champs.

There are a total of 12 events on show, with British involvement in nine of them:

  • Freeski and snowboard slopestyle

  • Freeski and snowboard halfpipe

  • Freeski and snowboard big air

  • Freeski and snowboard cross

  • Moguls

  • Aerials (no British involvement)

  • Snowboard parallel giant slalom (no British involvement)

  • Snowboard parallel slalom (no British involvement)

Previous British success at the World Championships

Britain emerged from the 2023 event buoyant as they cemented their best ever worlds performance.

Two world titles and a silver medal saw Britain enter the record books, with Mia Brookes becoming the world's youngest ever snowboarding world champion in the slopestyle event and Charlotte Bankes and Huw Nightingale clinching mixed team snowboard cross gold.

Bankes had already stood atop of the world podium in 2021 when she took the women's individual snowboard cross title, stepping up from her 2019 silver.

Zoe Atkin upgraded her 2021 freeski halfpipe bronze to silver. Atkin's sister Izzy also holds two world bronzes in freeski slopestyle in 2017 and big air from 2019.

Freeski slopestyle veteran James Woods has three World Championship medals to his name, one of each colour. He took a silver in the 2013 event before clinching bronze two years later and in 2019, he finally completed the set with a glittering gold.

While at the 2015 event, Katie Summerhayes became the first British female competitor to win a worlds freeski medal with slopestyle silver.

Ones to watch

An 18-strong British team will descend on Switzerland for the upcoming championships, with multiple previous medallists looking to add to their haul.

Mia Brookes - The 18-year-old snowboarder is set to defend her slopestyle title in Corvatsch, whilst also eying up a maiden world medal in the big air event. Brookes clinched overall World Cup park and pipe gold this season, also winning the overall big air title and finishing second in the overall slopestyle standings. Qualifying takes place on March 20, with the final on March 23.

Kirsty Muir - After 14 months of rehab and two surgeries, Muir recently claimed a maiden World Cup victory in Tignes, France for her first podium since 2023. The freestyle skier clinched slopestyle gold and is now targeting a maiden World Championship medal. Qualifying is on March 20, with the final on March 22.

Zoe Atkin - Fresh from sharing the overall halfpipe World Cup title this season, Atkin will return for her third World Championships in Switzerland. With bronze in 2021 and silver in 2023, the halfpipe skier will be looking to complete the set with gold. Qualifying is on March 28, with the final on March 30.

Charlotte Bankes and Huw Nightingale - The snowboard cross duo of Bankes and Nightingale will be defending their mixed team title this year. Bankes will also be looking to reclaim her 2021 individual crown after missing out on the podium last time out. The 29-year-old won her 25th World Cup title this season, one of a staggering five golds since the beginning of February. Qualifying is on March 27, with the individual finals the following day and the mixed team final on March 29.

How does it affect Olympic qualification?

Olympic qualification is never an easy system to wrap your head around.

But at the freeski and snowboard worlds, vital Olympic points are on the line for athletes.

Put simply, Olympic quota spots, which guarantee a National Olympic Committee a spot in an event or sport at an Olympics will be revealed for freestyle skiing and snowboarding through an Olympic Quota Allocation List.

The list will be calculated through World Cup points over the 2024-2026 seasons, as well as success at the 2025 World Championships.

So the better the athlete does at the worlds, the better chance they have at gaining pivotal points for the rankings.

Where to watch the Freeski and Snowboard World Championships?

The Champs will take place from March 17-30 in Switzerland.

Fans can tune in to watch coverage of the finals on BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website from Saturday 22 March.

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