US 2024-25 Domestic Freestyle Season Preview

The 2024-25 season is right around the corner, and it includes one of the most exciting domestic freestyle schedules yet. There are more events on the calendar than ever before, highlighting the best junior and professional athletes in the world on home snow.

This year’s schedule includes World Cup, U.S. Selection Events, U.S. Championships, NorAms and Junior Championships. There are three FIS Freestyle World Cups in the United States for the first time in years, where the best moguls and aerials athletes in the world come to compete. The NorAm tour, U.S. Selection Events and U.S. Championships provide a platform for the best up-and-coming talent in the United States.

Domestic Freestyle Schedule

• Selections The domestic schedule kicks off for the moguls and dual moguls athletes at U.S. Freestyle Selections in Winter Park, CO, from Dec. 13 to 15, 2024. Competing athletes can earn the opportunity to qualify for starts in NorAm competitions. The aerials athletes have their Selections Event on Jan. 10, 2025, in Bristol, NY.
• National Championships Directly following the aerials U.S. Selections Event in Bristol will be the Freestyle Aerials U.S. Championships on Jan. 11, 2025, also in Bristol, NY. The moguls athletes will wrap up their 2024-25 season at the U.S. Freestyle Moguls Championships in Palisades, CA, from Mar. 28-30, 2025. These events are unique because the best from the Stifel U.S. Freestyle Ski Team and the best divisional athletes will compete on the same stage.
• World Cup The aerials World Cup circuit is back in Lake Placid, NY, for the first time since 2018, from Jan. 18-19, 2025, and it's going to be an event you won’t want to miss. The following weekend, the Stifel U.S. Freestyle Ski Team moguls athletes will be back stateside for the Waterville Freestyle Cup in the birthplace of freestyle skiing: Waterville, New Hampshire. The athletes will compete in a set of moguls and dual moguls events Jan. 24-25, 2025. After a week off from competition, both moguls and aerials teams will be back in action at the Intermountain Health Freestyle International at Deer Valley, also known as the Superbowl of Freestyle Skiing, from Feb. 6-8, 2025.
• NorAm The Deer Valley NorAm, Feb. 12-13, 2025, is the first of multiple moguls NorAm cup stops this season. The moguls athletes have a second domestic NorAm in Stratton, Vermont, Feb. 28-Mar. 1, 2025 competing in both moguls and dual moguls. The aerials NorAm cup stops at the Utah Olympic Park Feb. 14-15, 2025, for its only domestic competition of the season.
• The athletes competing in NorAms are hoping to earn a spot on the World Cup circuit for the following season, a spot given to the overall winner in both moguls and aerials.

Junior U.S. Championships

The 2024 U.S. Junior National Championships for aerials and moguls will be hosted at the Utah Olympic Park in Park City, Utah, from Mar. 17-23, 2025. This event attracts the best of the best on the junior side, competing head to head against their age groups—U15, U17, and U19.

“The U.S. has built a really fantastic development pipeline across the country,” said Matt Gnoza, U.S. Ski & Snowboard Freestyle Sport Director. "Events like the U.S. Selections and U.S. Championships, where top divisional athletes compete against some of the best in the world, provide these athletes with an opportunity to qualify for the Stifel U.S. Ski Team, World Cups, and the 2025 World Championships. The door is open in the freestyle disciplines, and we’re always excited to see who will take advantage of these opportunities and announce themselves on the world stage. We are thrilled to bring more freestyle events to home snow, offering more chances for the next generation to be inspired. The team is building on a highly successful 2023-24 season, and I’m looking forward to seeing what we can achieve at both the development and elite levels.”