Chloe, Maddie, Jamie, Red, Sean, and plenty more big names return to the team nominations alongside newcomers like Kade Martin, Toranosuke Komiyama and Kaylee Tippit. Big news is Jake Pates is officially back on the list after retiring following the 2020 season and having an unbelievable run this past winter with a finals appearance at the Olympics and a podium at Snow League. Chase Josey is also back after some time away and Jess Perlmutter, one of the up-and-coming standouts on the women’s side has been promoted to the pro team. After a strong showing from the young U.S. women on the big stage in Italy, the team is giving them the respect they deserve and hoping for even better results this upcoming winter. Ollie Martin is noticeably absent from the men’s pro slope team after finishing the highest in Italy, as well as some podium results throughout the season, but this is just the nominations list so we are hoping he will be coming back in September.

Full press release below:
PARK CITY, UT (May 6, 2026) – U.S. Ski & Snowboard has officially dropped the nominations for the 2025-26 Hydro Flask U.S. Snowboard Team. Athletes are nominated to the team based on pre-determined criteria. 

U.S. Ski & Snowboard announces its teams in two phases: nomination and acceptance. The athletes are formally nominated to the Hydro Flask U.S. Snowboard Team in May. Pending their acceptance of the nomination and adherence to the team expectations outlined in the team criteria, athletes will be officially announced to the team in September 2026.

The halfpipe team is headlined by three-time Olympic medalist Chloe Kim who most recently won silver at the 2026 Olympic Winter Games. Two-time Olympian Jake Pates and two-time World Championships team member Ryan Wachendorfer are back on the pro halfpipe roster for the first time since the 2019 season and Kade Martin made the jump to the pro team roster after taking home the 2026 overall NorAm title. Tristam Henkels, Ava Lilly and Kaylee Tippitt earned their first rookie halfpipe call up, while halfpipe rider Toranosuke Komiyama made his first slopestyle/big air roster and will compete in all three disciplines throughout the World Cup season.

2026 Olympic bronze medalist Jake Canter and 2026 FIS women’s snowboard slopestyle Crystal Globe winner Lily Dhawornvej highlight a young slopestyle/big air roster of up-and-coming talent in each discipline. Both riding the high of breakout seasons, 2026 Olympian Jess Perlmutter and Calgary NorAm big air champion Brooklyn DePriest join three-time Olympic medalist Jamie Anderson and 2018 Olympic slopestyle champion Red Gerard on the diverse pro team roster. Earning their first call up to the rookie team are Annabelle McCarthy, Colin Frans and Caleb Dhawornvej.

Olympic champions Nick Baumgartner and Lindsey Jacobellis and five-time Olympian Faye Gulini continue to lead the charge in snowboard cross as young guns Nathan Pare and Bri Schnorrbusch are hungry to make their mark on the program.

25-26 HYDRO FLASK U.S. SNOWBOARD TEAM
(Hometown; Club; USASA Series; College; Birthdate)

HALFPIPE
Pro Team
Women

• Sonora Alba (San Pedro, CA; Mammoth Snowboard Team; Unbound Series; UCLA; 7/16/2006)
• Bea Kim (Palos Verdes, CA; Mammoth Snowboard Team; Unbound Series; Colombia University; 1/25/2007)
• Chloe Kim (Torrance, CA; Mammoth Snowboard Team; Unbound Series; 4/23/2000)
• Maddie Mastro (Wrightwood, CA; Mammoth Snowboard Team; Unbound Series; 2/22/2000)
• Maddy Schaffrick (Steamboat Springs, CO; Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club; Rocky Mountain Series; 4/29/1994)

Men

• Alessandro Barbieri (Portland, OR; Tahoe Select Snowboard Team; Mt. Hood Series; 10/5/2008)
• Chase Blackwell (Longmont, CO; Summer Action Sports Club; Rocky Mountain Series; 2/27/1999)
• Levko Fedorowycz (Topanga, CA; Mammoth Snowboard Team; Unbound Series; 8/21/2004)
• Lucas Foster (Telluride, CO; Jim Smith Club; Rocky Mountain Series; 9/17/1999)
• Kade Martin (Bellyache Ridge, CO; Ski & Snowboard Club Vail; Rocky Mountain Series; Colorado Mountain College; 1/21/2006)*
• Jake Pates (Eagle, CO;Aspen Valley Ski & Snowboard Club; Aspen Snowmass Seires; 7/30/98)
• Ryan Wachendorfer (Edwards, CO; Ski & Snowboard Club Vail; Rocky Mountain Series; 2/3/98)

ROOKIE TEAM
Women

• Ava Lilly (Steamboat Springs, CO; Steamboat Winter Sports Club 10/5/2009)**
• Kaylee Tippit (Mammoth Lakes, CA; Mammoth Mountain Snowboard Team; Unbound Series; 9/4/2009)**
• Aimee Wild (Steamboat Springs, CO; Tahoe Select Snowboard Team; Rocky Mountain Series; 1/15/2011)**

Men

• Tristam Henkels (Los Angeles, CA; Mammoth Snowboard Team; Unbound Series; 11/30/2009)**
• Toranosuke Komiyama (Mammoth Lakes, CA; Mammoth Snowboard Team; Unbound Series; 4/5/2011)

SLOPESTYLE/BIG AIR
Pro Team

Women

• Jamie Anderson (South Lake Tahoe, CA; South Lake Tahoe Series; 9/13/1990)
• Lily Dhawornvej (Frisco, CO; Ski & Snowboard Club Vail; Rocky Mountain Series 8/14/2009)
• Rebecca Flynn (Victoria, MN; G Team; Upper Midwest Snow Series; University of Utah; 7/24/2006)
• Julia Marino (Westport, CT; Southern Vermont Series; 9/11/1997)
• Hahna Norman (Truckee, CA; Ski & Snowboard Club Vail; Rocky Mountain Series; Colorado Mountain College; 10/26/2004)
• Jessica Perlmutter (Millburn, NJ; Killington Mountain School; Southern Vermont Series; 12/2/2009)*

Men

• Jake Canter (Evergreen, CO; Aspen Valley Ski & Snowboard Club; Aspen Snowmass Series; 7/19/2003)
• Brooklyn DePriest (Rocklin, CA; Ski & Snowboard Club Vail; North Lake Tahoe Series; 2/21/2006)*
• Sean FitzSimons (Hood River, OR; Mt. Bachelor Sports Education Foundation; Central Oregon Series; University of Utah; 9/22/2000)
• Red Gerard (Silverthorne, CO; Rocky Mountain Series; 6/29/2000)
• Judd Henkes (La Jolla, CA; Mammoth Mountain Snowboard Team; Unbound Series; 4/3/2001)
• Luke Winkelmann (Blowing Rock, NC; Kirk’s Camp; Rocky Mountain Series; 12/18/2000)

Rookie Team
Women

• Gabriella Boday (South Lake Tahoe, CA; Northstar Ski and Snowboard Teams; North Tahoe Series; 6/12/2010)
• Giada Brienza (Frisco, CO; Ski & Snowboard Club Vail; Rocky Mountain Series; 11/3/2010)
• Annabelle McCarthy (San Diego, CA; Rocky Mountain Series; 4/1/2007)**

Men

• Caleb Dhawornvej (Frisco, CO; Ski & Snowboard Club Vail; Rocky Mountain Series; 7/14/2007)**
• Colin Frans (Woodbury, MN; 2009; Buck Hill; Upper Midwest Snow Series; )**
• Toranosuke Komiyama (Mammoth Lakes, CA; Mammoth Snowboard Team; Unbound Series; 4/5/2011)**

SNOWBOARD CROSS
Pro Team

Women

• Stacy Gaskill (Golden, CO; International Snowboard Training Center; Rocky Mountain Series; University of Colorado Boulder; 5/21/2000)
• Lindsey Jacobellis (Stratton Mountain, VT; Stratton Mountain School; Southern Vermont Series; 8/19/1985)
• Hanna Percy (Truckee, CA; Gould Academy Competition Program; North Tahoe Series; 7/7/2007)
• Bri Schnorrbusch (Monroe Township, NJ; Gould Academy; Maine Mountain Series; University of Utah; 1/30/2006)
• Faye Gulini Thelen (Salt Lake City, UT; Ski & Snowboard Club Vail; Rocky Mountain Series; Westminster College; 3/24/1992)

Men

• Nick Baumgartner (Iron River, MI; Superior Series; 12/17/1981)
• Tyler Hamel (Bethel, ME; Gould Academy; Maine Mountain Series; 7/12/2004)
• Theodore Mclemore (Pittsburgh, PA; International Snowboard Training Center; Appalachian Series; 12/30/2002)
• Nathan Pare (Bethel, ME; Gould Academy; Maine Mountain Series; 2/1/2005)
• Jake Vedder (Pinckney, MI; International Snowboard Training Center; Rocky Mountain Series; 4/16/1998)
• Cody Winters (Steamboat Springs, CO; Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club; Rocky Mountain Series; 4/20/2000)

Rookie Team

Women

• Madeline Lochte Bono (Durango, CO; International Snowboard Training Center; Rocky Mountain Series; 1/7/2003)

Men

• Boden Gerry (Carrabassett Valley, ME; Carrabassett Valley Academy; Maine Mountain Series; 3/9/2006)

*promoted to Pro Team
** newly named to the Hydro Flask U.S. Snowboard Team