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Snowboard: Big Air World Cup 2024/25 preview, full schedule, and how to watch live action

Expect fireworks when the five-stop snowboard Big Air World Cup begins this weekend in Chur. Read all about the upcoming season and top athletes to watch below.

4 minBy Andrew Binner
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Red Gerard (L) and Anna Gasser (R) in action

The snowboard Big Air World Cup 2024-25 season will begin with a bang at Chur on Saturday, 19 October.

Olympic champions, world champions, and FIS World Cup winners will lock horns over five stops this campaign, meaning every jump could be crucial in the race to secure the Crystal Globe.

Consistency was key for Kimura Kira of Japan and British teenager Mia Brookes who won the men's and women's Big Air overall titles last year respectively, despite not winning an event. They will have to be at their best again to fend off a star-studded field that includes the likes of Olympic champions Red Gerard and Anna Gasser.

Below, we take a look at the stars to watch out for this season, the full schedule, and how to watch the action live.

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Snowboard Big Air World Cup 2024/25: Stars to watch out for

Big Air queen Anna Gasser will be the favourite for whichever competition she competes in on the women's side. The Austrian is a two-time Olympic gold medallist in the event, but competition is catching up.

British teenager Mia Brookes won the overall title last year with three podiums and will feel ready to reach the top step, having further proved her temperament with a slopestyle world championships title in 2023.

Expect Japan to have a constant presence in the hunt for wins. Murase Kokomo won two events last year and knows how to produce when it matters most, while her younger sister Yura is shaping up to be the next great athlete from the Asian powerhouse. Their compatriot Iwabuchi Reira secured several podiums last season and will look to kick on from her X Games victory last year.

Elsewhere, expect a strong challenge from Australian World Championships bronze medallist Tess Coady, and New Zealand's Zoi Sadowski-Synnott, whose full post-injury fitness remains to be seen. The Olympic silver medallist topped the Big Air World Cup rankings in 2021 and will hope to return to those lofty heights.

Japan is also spoilt for choice on the men's side with 2023 world champion and 2024 X Games winner Hasegawa Taiga arguably leading the charge. The 18-year-old is revolutionising Big Air with his breathtaking displays of skill and audacity.

Keeping Hasegawa on his toes is compatriot Ogiwara Hiroto, who was the first athlete to land a 2160 spin and sealed a World Cup win last season, and People's Republic of China's reigning Olympic champion Yiming Su.

USA star Red Gerard looked refreshed last season after taking some time away from the sport to rediscover his love for competition snowboarding and will look to kick on again in 2024-25. The PyeongChang 2018 slopestyle Olympic gold medallist made two podiums last year, possibly indicating his desire to prioritise more Big Air events.

Australia’s versatile Valentino Guseli - a threat across three disciplines and last year’s overall freestyle winner - sealed the 2023 Big Air Crystal Globe, and will certainly be knocking at the door, depending on where his focus lies.

Finally, don't count out Norway's Marcus Kleveland, who is one of the most technically gifted snowboarders of all time and can seemingly invent tricks at will.

Snowboard: Big Air World Cup 2024/25 - Full schedule

19 October

  • Chur, Switzerland

30 November-1 December

  • Beijing, PR China

3-5 January

  • Klagenfurt, Austria

9-11 January

  • Kreischberg, Austria

5-6 February

  • Aspen, USA

How to watch Snowboard Big Air World Cup 2024/25

The live results will appear on the FIS website and app, and below you will find the host broadcaster in your territory.

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