The Race for the Title Continues: Slopestyle Super League Update
The season is heating up. Here’s where things stand heading into the final stretch of the inaugural SSL Regular Season.
What Is the Slopestyle Super League
If you’ve been living under a rock – or just missed our recent updates – here’s a quick recap of the Slopestyle Super League.
When the Freeride Mountain Bike Association (FMBA) unveiled the Slopestyle Super League (SSL) in December 2025, it marked the most significant evolution in competitive Slopestyle in years. The SSL replaces the former Crankworx FMBA Slopestyle World Championship (SWC) and introduces a league-based structure built to reward consistency, sharpen competition, and deliver season-long storylines worthy of the sport’s biggest stage.
The format is straightforward and high-stakes: a Regular Season of Gold and Diamond-level events accumulates points across a global calendar. From there, the top-ranked athletes advance into a two-stage Playoff, with the season culminating in a winner-takes-all SSL Final. The top three men and top two women from the Regular Season qualify directly for the Finals in Mont-Sainte-Anne. Men ranked 4–9 and women ranked 3–5 head to Playoff Round 1 at Crankworx SilverStar for one final shot at a Finals spot.
The 2026 season is the condensed inaugural edition – running January through September – before the SSL transitions to a dual-year format beginning with the 2026/2027 cycle. Five events make up the Regular Season, with the Playoffs hosted back-to-back in Canada before the grand finale in Québec.
This is Slopestyle’s biggest stage yet. And it’s just getting started. All details about the Slopestyle Super League here.
Round 3 Recap: Birell Slopestyle at Tipos BikeFest Kálnica
After kicking off strong in New Zealand with the Ōtautahi Slopestyle in Christchurch and the Rotorua Slopesytle in Memory of McGazza, the SSL touched down in the Slovakian village of Kálnica for the Birell Slopestyle at Tipos BikeFest last weekend. This is the longest-standing competition on the FMB World Tour, and one that was recently upgraded from Silver to Gold status. It’s a fitting recognition for an event that has quietly been one of the most beloved stops in Slopestyle, and the 2026 edition reminded everyone exactly why.
What unfolded in Kálnica was nothing short of a clinic. If there were any doubts about how far the level of Slopestyle has come, the scoreboard brought the proof: every single man in the top six crossed the 90-point threshold. That kind of across-the-board depth is rare, and it speaks to a generation of riders who are consistently pushing the ceiling of what’s possible on a Slopestyle course. On the women’s side, the field was smaller but not less competitive, with scores into the high 90s awarded to the top athletes.
Chance Moore took the win with a 97-point effort, a blistering score that showed what clean, committed riding looks like at the highest level. David Godziek and Nicholi Rogatkin rounded out the podium, with the top four separated by just four points. That kind of compression at the top tells you everything about where the sport is right now.
On the women’s side, newest Red Bull athlete Alma Wiggberg delivered a dominant performance, a 95.66-point run that left no question about who owned the day in Kálnica. Johanna Nußbaumer continued to show why she’s one of the most exciting riders in the field, while Natalia Niedźwiedź earned a third-place finish that comes with an added bonus: a wildcard spot to the next Slopestyle Super League stop (more on that below).
The crowd was a story in itself. Electric, passionate, and loud in the way only a tight-knit European festival crowd can be.
Women’s Results – Birell Slopestyle Kálnica
- Alma Wiggberg (SWE) – 95.66pts
- Johanna Nußbaumer (GER) – 92.33pts
- Natalia Niedžwiedž (POL) – 86pts
Men’s Results – Birell Slopestyle Kálnica
- Chance Moore (CAN) – 97pts
- David Godziek (POL) – 95.33pts
- Nicholi Rogatkin (USA) – 93.66pts
- Lucas Huppert (SUI) – 93pts
- Dane Folpp (AUS) – 92.66pts
- Tobey Miley (GER) – 90.16pts
Highlights from the event on @crankworx
Current Slopestyle Super League Standings
With three of five Regular Season events in the books, the standings are starting to take shape — and the battles at every position are worth watching closely.
Women’s Slopestye Super League Standings
- Shealen Reno (USA) – 2,124.8pts
- Harriet Burgbidge-Smith (AUS) – 1,936pts
- Johanna Nußbaumer (GER) – 1,720pts
- Alma Wiggberg (SWE) – 1,456pts
Shealen Reno has led the women’s standings all season – the reigning Slopestyle World Champion is backing it up in the SSL’s inaugural year. But the gap between first and fourth is just 668 points, and Alma Wiggberg’s win in Kálnica makes her very much a factor heading into the remaining two Regular Season stops.
Men’s Slopestye Super League Standings
- David Godziek (POL) – 2,350pts
- Chance Moore (CAN) – 2,010pts
- Nicholi Rogatkin (USA) – 2,000pts
- Lucas Huppert (SUI) – 1,890pts
- Erik Fedko (GER) – 1,467pts
David Godziek leads the men’s standings – a position he’s earned through consistent podium performances across the season including the top spot at Crankworx Rotorua. But with Chance Moore and Nicholi Rogatkin breathing down his neck, separated by just 340 points, and two Diamond-level events still to come, nothing is decided. The Playoffs qualification picture is equally tense: positions 4 through 9 are covered by less than 800 points, meaning every run matters.
Up Next: Red Bull District Ride
Before the Slopestyle Super League comes to Canada, the scene heads to the Netherlands for the return of Red Bull District Ride.
The legendary urban Slopestyle contest – where city centres become courses and centuries-old architecture doubles as drop-ins – arrives in Groningen, Netherlands on July 25, marking the very first time the event has touched down on Dutch soil. As the only Diamond-level SSL event in Europe, it carries maximum points and maximum pressure.
The rider list will feature the top-ranked FMBA athletes alongside wildcard spots earned out of the Birell Slopestyle Kálnica: Griffin Paulson and Natalia Niedžwiedž earned their invitations on the course. Red Bull has also created a second pathway to bring up-and-coming riders into the mix, continuing the FMBA’s commitment to expanding opportunity at the highest level of the sport.
The Canadian Finale: Three Events, Everything on the Line
After Red Bull District Ride, the Slopestyle Super League comes to Canada for a three-part finish that will crown the inaugural Slopestyle Super League Champions.
Crankworx Whistler Slopestyle (Diamond), August 2
The final event of the Regular Season, contested on one of the sport’s most iconic and demanding courses in the Whistler Boneyard, will determine who locks in a Playoff spot, who earns a bye directly to the Finals, and whose SSL journey ends here. As Crankworx World Tour Managing Director Darren Kinnaird said at the SSL’s launch: “Having Whistler serve as the last competition of the Regular Season before heading into the Playoffs is incredibly special.”
Crankworx SilverStar Slopestyle (Gold), August 9: SSL Playoff Round 1
The first stage of the Playoffs invites men ranked 4-9 and women ranked 3-5 after the Regular Season to fight for their spot in the winner-takes-all SSL Final.
Crankworx Mont-Sainte-Anne Slopestyle (Diamond), September 7: SSL Final
The inaugural Slopestyle Super League Champions will be crowned at the first-ever Diamond-level event in Québec, at what will be one of the biggest Slopestyle moments this sport has seen. The top performers from the Regular Season, the Playoff survivors, and the newly built course – all colliding in one final showdown.
Follow @crankworx and @fmbworldtour for confirmed rider lists, course build updates, schedule details, and more as we head into the final stretch of the inaugural SSL season.