Silvaplana (SUI) Snowboard Halfpipe World Cup: Stats Preview

Silvaplana Halfpipe World Cup Stat Sheet

• This is the first time a Halfpipe World Cup event will be staged in Silvaplana (SUI).

• This marks the first time since the 2010/11 season, after Saas-Fee (SUI) and Arosa (SUI), that Switzerland will host multiple Halfpipe World Cup events in a single season.

Men

• At the previous Halfpipe World Cup held in Switzerland this season, Scotty James (AUS) won the event in Laax, ahead of Campbell Melville Ives (NZL) and Valentino Guseli (AUS).

• Scotty James (AUS) has won each of the last three World Cup Halfpipe events on Swiss snow, all in Laax (SUI). In this same timespan, he also became World Champion in Engadin (SUI). James will not compete in Silvaplana.

• Yuto Totsuka (JPN) won the previous Halfpipe World Cup event in Sapporo (JPN). He (10) became the third man to record double digits in Halfpipe World Cup event wins, after Ryo Aono JPN, 12) and Scotty James (AUS, 11).

• Yuto Totsuka (JPN) is the only rider on multiple Halfpipe wins this season, picking up victories in Aspen (USA) and Sapporo (JPN). He can become the first rider on three Halfpipe triumphs in a single season since Ruka Hirano (JPN) won three events in 2022/23.

• Yuto Totsuka (JPN) has recorded five podium finishes in Halfpipe World Cup events on Swiss snow. Only Scotty James (AUS, 8) has more.

• Yuto Totsuka (JPN) won his most recent Halfpipe Crystal Globe in 2020/21. If he claims the 2025/26 Crystal Globe, it would be the longest gap between Halfpipe Globe wins.

• Valentino Guseli (AUS) could claim his first Halfpipe Crystal Crystal Globe. He would follow in the footsteps of compatriots Nathan Johnstone (AUS) and Scotty James (AUS) as the third Australian to top the discipline standings.

• Yuto Totsuka (JPN) and Valentino Guseli (AUS) also lead the Overall Park & Pipe standings, on 396 and 379 points respectively. Totsuka could claim the overall Globe for the first time, and Guseli could tie with Janne Korpi (FIN) for the record of three overall Crystal Globe trophies. Guseli also topped the overall standings in 2022/23 and 2023/24.

• In six of the last seven seasons, a Japanese rider won the last Halfpipe World Cup event of the season, including Yuto Totsuka (JPN) with victories in 2018/19 and 2020/21. The only exception in this run was Valentino Guseli’s (AUS) win in Calgary in 2023/24.

• Valentino Guseli (AUS) has finished inside of the top-four in each of his last 11 World Cup Halfpipe starts, including his second career win in Calgary (CAN) earlier this season. Guseli (8) has tied Nathan Johnstone (AUS, 8) as the Australian rider on the second-most podium finishes in Halfpipe World Cup events, behind only Scotty James (AUS, 18).

• Yuto Totsuka (JPN, 396 points) and Valentino Guseli (AUS, 350 points) have a gap of 46 points between them and will compete for the men’s Halfpipe Crystal Globe in Silvaplana (SUI). If Totsuka finishes on the podium, he will be guaranteed the Halfpipe Crystal Globe.

• Yuto Totsuka (JPN) could claim his fourth Halfpipe Crystal Globe, a record. He is among four athletes who have three Crystal Globes in this discipline with Ryo Aono (JPN), Scotty James (AUS) and Ruka Hirano (JPN).

• Yuto Totsuka (JPN) could become the second rider to win the Olympic gold medal and Crystal Globe in the same season, after his compatriot Ayumu Hirano (JPN) achieved this feat in 2021/22.

• Chase Josey (USA) recorded his sole career World Cup event win on Swiss snow: in Laax (SUI) in 2016/17.

• The six previous Halfpipe events of the 2025/26 World Cup season were won by five different riders: Ayumu Hirano (JPN), Ryusei Yamada (JPN), Valentino Guseli (AUS), Yuto Totsuka (JPN) and Scotty James (AUS). This already marks the most unique winners in a Halfpipe World Cup season since 2012/13, when all five events were won by five different athletes. The last time more than five athletes won a Halfpipe event in a single World Cup season was in 2009/10, when all seven events were won by different riders.

• The last European man to triumph at a Halfpipe World Cup was Jan Scherrer (SUI) who won in Secret Garden (CHN) in December 2018. Since then, the subsequent 33 World Cup events have been won by either a Japanese athlete (22 times) or an Australian athlete (11 times).

Women

• All six previous Halfpipe events of the 2025/26 World Cup season were won by riders born after 1 January 2000. This could be the first season in which all events are won by snowboarders born in this century.

• The last time a Halfpipe World Cup season finale was held in Switzerland, a U.S. woman topped the podium: Chloe Kim (USA) in 2021/22.

• At the previous Halfpipe World Cup held in Switzerland this season, Gaon Choi (KOR) won the event in Laax, ahead of Rise Kudo (JPN) and Cai Xuetong (CHN).

• Japanese women swept the most recent Halfpipe World Cup podium in Sapporo, but none of the riders from that podium will compete in Silvaplana.

• Since the top six ranked women in Halfpipe will not compete in Silvaplana, Gaon Choi (KOR) is guaranteed to win the Crystal Globe. She is the first rider, male or female, representing the Republic of Korea to win a FIS Snowboard Park & Pipe Crystal Globe.

• With 17-year old Gaon Choi (KOR) claiming the 2025/26 Halfpipe Crystal Globe, Choi is the youngest winner in this category since Chloe Kim’s (USA) first career Crystal Globe for the 2016/17 season.

• Gaon Choi (KOR) also currently leads the Overall Park & Pipe (OPP) standings. She leads Lily Dhawornvej (USA) by 48 points, her closest rival who will compete in Silvaplana this weekend.

• If Gaon Choi (KOR) secures the Overall Park & Pipe Crystal Globe, it would mark the fifth consecutive victory in these standings by a teenager. 

• Only two riders within the top-10 of this season’s Halfpipe standings are competing in Silvaplana (SUI): ninth-placed Isabelle Loetscher (SUI) and tenth-placed Madeline Schaffrick (USA).

• Isabelle Loetscher (SUI) recorded her first career World Cup podium earlier this season: third place in Calgary (CAN).

• Isabelle Loetscher (SUI) has not yet succeeded on Swiss snow: she posted four of her five lowest finishes in Halfpipe World Cup events in front of a home crowd, including her World Cup debut in 2020/21 (14th in Laax),  and a 13th place in Laax earlier this season.

• Maddy Schaffrick (USA) finished second in the Halfpipe World Cup in Aspen (USA) earlier this season, her career best.

• Maddie Mastro (USA) has finished inside the top-10 in each of her last 20 World Cup events. Her last World Cup result outside the top 10 was 12th in Laax during the 2019/20 season.

• Maddie Mastro (USA) is in eighth place on the all-time list of Halfpipe World Cup podium finishes with 18. Sabine Hasler-Wehr (GER) is seventh with 19 podiums.