Snowboarding
The future of women’s snowboarding is now. Meet the fearless riders redefining the sport and taking progression to new heights.
Women’s professional snowboarding is experiencing a renaissance. The current crop of up-and-comers is all gas, no brakes, building on the progressive foundation set by established women riders and propelling the status quo upward, from video parts to rail events to backcountry contests (see: 2025 Natural Selection). The level of riding is increasing with every turn and each trick, buoyed by the collective style, talent and determination of the rising generation. So who’s leading the charge? Here are 10 women riders that are making an impact on snowboarding and they’re all just getting started.
01
Grace Warner
When Grace Warner dropped into consequential street rails with her signature easy style in 2022’s Hot Coco, the record stopped. The rest of the world was introduced to what the Michigan snowboarding community already knew: Grace has a rare talent and an understated composure on her snowboard that belies how difficult and technical her trick selection is. Over the past few years, Grace’s momentum has continued to build; she has landed on podiums at X Games, Dew Tour and Red Bull Heavy Metal, while continuing to film for videos like Burton’s Blooom and Four If By Sea. Throughout it all, Grace is committed to community, too – each year she hosts Grace’s Getaway, a gathering at her home mountain, Pine Knob, bringing friends and professional peers to ride together alongside the Michigan scene.
02
Telma Särkipaju
Telma Särkipaju is an up-and-coming all-terrain destroyer, an esteemed distinction given to riders who excel in a variety of settings, from street rails to slopestyle courses to backcountry lines. It’s rare acclaim, but at only 19 years old, Telma has already earned it. Her rail prowess is clear: in 2023, the Finnish phenom turned heads with her ender in Remarkable. In 2024, she won The Uninvited Invitational. And in 2025, she earned silver at the X Games Streetstyle. In addition, she has competed at the Laax Open in slopestyle and was invited to Anna Gasser’s Future Queens event, proving her jump abilities. And at the first Research and Development women’s backcountry contest, she won best trick – a preview of what’s to come when she sets her sights on big mountains.
03
Ellery Manning
In 2024, Ellery Manning won the inaugural Research and Development, an all-women’s backcountry contest and qualifier for Natural Selection. She was only 18 years old at the time, the event her first pro-level contest, and her natural ability to navigate steep drops and powder landings – honed growing up in North Lake Tahoe – broadcast her tenacity, style and emerging place pushing progression in big mountains. Since then, Ellery has been expanding on her snowboarding, adding more freestyle tricks to the mix while filming for a fall 2025 video project following her trajectory. In March 2025, she competed in Natural Selection at Revelstoke and held her own in some of the gnarliest terrain imaginable.
04
Iris Pham
The mountains of Montana aren’t usually known for turning out rail destroyers, but Iris Pham is the kind of snowboarder that breaks the mould. At Red Bull Heavy Metal Duluth in 2022, the Bozeman, MT-raised Pham dropped into her first street rail and ever since has been rapidly rising through snowboarding’s ranks, thanks to her ridiculously smooth style, highly technical tricks and easy-going demeanour. Now, two video parts and an X Games gold in women’s streetstyle later, and with an upcoming segment in the Nitro team movie, Iris is steadily rising even higher.
05
Jess Perlmutter
Vermont native Jess Perlmutter was relatively unknown when she earned a wildcard spot at the 2024 Uninvited Invitational, the all-women’s rail contest at Woodward Park City, but by the time the event ended, everyone knew who she was. The now-15-year-old’s bag of tricks is deep and loaded with technical prowess (she’s also a killer skateboarder, too.) At Red Bull Heavy Metal Boston in 2025, she stood on business in front of a crowd of 20,000 people, riding with her idols and taking the overall win. Watching Jess snowboard is peering at what’s to come in women’s snowboarding and the future is brighter than ever.
06
Mari Fukada
Mari Fukada exploded onto the global snowboarding scene in 2022 when she won her World Cup debut at the FIS Big Air at Copper Mountain, Colorado. Mari was only 15 at the time and clinched her first pro-level podium with a switch backside 900 and a frontside double underflip. Mari’s showing in Colorado was just a glimpse of what was to come as since then, the Japanese phenom has added more tricks to her repertoire – like a double cork switch back 1260 and a frontside 1440, among other big and technical rotations – and more podiums in big air and slopestyle to her tally. With plenty of momentum and a striking ability to up the ante on her snowboard, Mari is clearly just getting started.
07
Gaon Choi
In 2023, Korean rider Gaon Choi became the youngest athlete ever to win halfpipe gold at X Games. She was 14 years old at the time, making history at her Aspen debut and staking her claim at the top of the next generation of pipe riders with massive airs and big spins. In 2024 at the Laax Open, the pipe prodigy suffered a crash that forced her to pause her podium streak, but in in 2025 she returned, landing in third place at Laax before doing the same at the inaugural Snow League. Still in high school with a switch back 900 and a frontside 1080 on lock, the sky is the limit for Gaon.
08
Mia Brookes
British snowboarder Mia Brookes is a force to be reckoned with. Her sleepy style and big tricks are an unstoppable combination and over the past few seasons, she’s been stacking podiums and contest wins in slopestyle and big air with striking consistency. In 2023, when she was 16 years old, Mia was the first woman to land a cab 1440 (while on her way to becoming the FIS World Champion). She followed that feat up with her first X Games gold in 2024 (plus two more medals at the 2025 event) and her first win at Laax in 2025. She’s a multi-time FIS Crystal Globe winner, has won best style at The Nines and is known to blast metal in her headphones when competing. What will Mia do next? We’re can’t wait to see.
09
Egan Wint
In 2023, Egan Wint emerged victorious at Red Bull Heavy Metal Detroit, stepping to each of the event’s three zones and showcasing distinct style and precision with every trick. That, along with clips in Volcom’s Creedlecosm, earned the Colorado-born boarder Slush’s 2023 Rookie of Year. And that was just her warm up. In 2024 at Heavy Metal Saint Paul, Egan was the overall winner for the second year in a row. While Egan’s rail riding is, of course, elite, she’s also a killer on transition (she earned bronze in X Games Knucklehuck in 2024). Now based in Salt Lake City, Utah, Egan snagged a well-deserved ender in 2024’s Bittersweet, her part loaded with unique spots and technical tricks, as well as a big double backflip – a hint of what’s to come as she’s been venturing into the backcountry more. Whatever is next, we can’t wait to see this ATV expand her riding repertoire, letting her one-of-a-kind style shine big on any terrain she chooses.
10
Ellie Weiler
Raised in the pristine jump lines of Summit County, Colorado, Ellie Weiler is a hard-charging snowboarder with an eye for creative tricks and old-school style. While her background is in slopestyle, her snowboarding is at home in a variety of terrain. In 2024, she earned the rookie award at the Uninvited Invitational and followed that up with her first showing at X Games, where she competed in the inaugural Women’s Knuckle Huck. She’s podiumed at minipipe events and is the 2024 World Quarterpipe Champion – a title that requires an aptitude for amplitude as well as a robust bag of tricks (she’s got a floaty McTwist on lock). At the 2025 Research and Development in British Columbia, Ellie was awarded Best Style during her first heavy foray into the backcountry. Considering Ellie’s commitment to big airs and proper style, the sky’s the limit for this rising rider.
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