Freeskiing
Meet the skiers who will compete at Red Bull Unrailistic 2024
Some of the world’s best freeski athletes are ready to take on the most bonkers Slopestyle course in the world at the 2024 Red Bull Unrailistic in Åre, Sweden.
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On April 25-26th Jesper Tjäder welcomes back the world's best park skiers to Åre and the innovative, playful and boundary-pushing ski event that is the Red Bull Unrailistic. With an even bigger and more bonkers course than last year, the skiers will be challenged on a hole new level. This is not your normal Slopestyle event, this is rail skiing on steroids!
Check out who will tackle the course in Åre below and come watch the event live on the 25th and 26th of April in Åre or catch it live online. See you there!
More info on the Red Bull Unrailistic event page.
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Andreas Håtveit 🇳🇴
Andreas Håtveit
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- Age: 37
- Nationality: Norway
- Results: 1st Place Red Bull Unrailistic 2023, 1st place Winter X Games Slopestyle Aspen 2008, 2nd place Winter X Games Slopestyle Aspen 2010, 3x 3rd place Winter X Games Slopestyle Aspen
Coming out of a decade-long retirement with a bang, Norwegian rail master and 2023 Red Bull Unrailistic winner Andreas Håtveit impressed on so many levels at last event. Håtveit was probably the most stoked rider throughout the whole event and after taking a third at the best trick event he proceeded to absolutely nailing his main competition run. What a win!
Håtveit is veteran in the sport, taking a Winter X Games Slopestyle gold medal already back in 2008 and has been described as a park slaying machine who used to have his own private backyard setup back home in Norway. Make sure you keep your eyes on this guy come competition day!
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Colby Stevenson 🇺🇸
Colby Stevenson
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- Age: 27
- Nationality: USA
- Results: 2nd place Red Bull Unrailistic 2023, 2nd place Freeski Slopestyle World Cup Mammoth Mountain 2024, 1st place X Games Slopestyle Aspen 2023, 2nd place Winter Games Big Air Beijing 2022
The America free skier Colby Stevenson has been on fire ever since he took a double win in both Slopestyle and Knuckle Huck back in 2020, becoming the first rookie in history to win two gold at an X Games. The skier suffered a traumatic brain injury in a car crash in 2016 that has the doctors questioning if he would walk let alone ski again, but made a remarkable recovery and won his first World Cup just eight months later. With multiple World Cup and podiums and four X Games gold medals to his name, the 2024 Skier of the Year keeps impressing on the world stage. Landing 2nd place at last year's Red Bull Unrailistic, can he take another step up the podium this time around?
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Emil Granbom 🇸🇪
Emil Granbom
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- Age: 26
- Nationality: Sweden
- Results: 3rd place European Slopestyle Cup Laax 2022, 1st place European Slopestyle Cup overall 2020, Swedish Champion in Big Air 2019 and 2017, 6th place Slopestyle World Cup Font Romeu
Emil Granbom is known for his style and creativity in the ski community. With a nack for both making edits and competing, this Falu local knows how to play to his strengths. Regularaly featured in SLVSH Games, Emil has duelled and won against Jesper Tjäder himself. He was also the first to land a nosebutter 1800 and has collected big results in both the European Cup as well as the World Cup in Slopestyle.
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Evan McEachran 🇨🇦
Evan Mceachran
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- Age: 26
- Nationality: Canada
- Results: 3rd place Red Bull Unrailistic 2023, 1st place Freeski Slopestyle World Cup Stubai 2023, 2nd FIS Slopestyle World Cup Silvaplana 2023, 3rd X Games Slopestyle Aspen 2021
The Canadian freeskier and two-time Olympian has plenty of Slopestyle competitions under his belt. He has podiumed at both X Games and World Cup events, taking the win in Austrian Stubai just last November. As a young kid he started off racing downhill, but after breaking five sets of skis shredding rails, it was pretty clear that he was about to go down the free skiing route. Landing third at last year’s event he showed talent for rail skiing.
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Henrik Harlaut 🇸🇪
- Age: 32
- Nationality: Sweden
- Results: 2nd place Winter X Games Knuckle Huck Aspen 2024, 3rd place Winter Games Big Air Beijing 2022, 1st place Knuckle Huck Winter X Games 2021, 6x 1st place Big Air Winter X Games, 1st place Slopestyle Winter X Games 2018
Widely recognised as one of the greatest freeskiers of all time, Åre’s Henrik Harlaut is just as famous for his ski career as his unique and iconic style on the hill. He has countless X Games medals, got 3rd in Big Air at the Olympics 2022 and his nose butter triple cork 1260 from Big Air in 2013 is stuff of legends. Producing his own video projects, running his own clothing line and making marks at competitions, he continues to influence the freeskiing world with his talent and personality.
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Hugo Burvall 🇸🇪
Hugo Burvall
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- Age: 27
- Nationality: Sweden
- Results: Slopestyle National Champion 2022, 3rd place Overall Big Air World Cup 2018
Sweden’s Hugo Burvall possesses a unique style and a creative approach to the sport. He is the 2022 Swedish Champion in Slopestyle and has scored a couple of World Cup medals in Big Air contests.
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Hunter Henderson 🇺🇸
Hunter Henderson
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- Age: 21
- Nationality: USA
- Results: 6th place FIS Freestyle Ski World Championships 2023, 4th place Freeski 5th place FIS Big Air World Cup Copper Mountain 2022, 4th place Freeski Slopestyle World Cup Stubai 2021
Hunter Henderson's name has been on the map since 2019 when, at the age of 16, he became the first skier to land 1600 double cork spins in all four take-off directions. That same year he also stepped up to World Cup level events. He has scored multiple gold medals in the North American NorAm Cup and is still looking to get on that elusive podium at the World Cups.
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Isabella Tvede 🇩🇰
Isabella Tvede
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- Age: 29
- Nationality: Denmark
- Results: Ski segment in “Hai, My name is” ski film
Danish freeskier Isabella Tvede has forged her own way in the street skiing industry. Last winter she filmed and produced the street film Sushi Buffet and she also had a part in the all-female street ski movie Hai, My name is. A multi-talent and creative skier who likes to be both in front and behind the camera.
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Jennie-Lee Burmansson 🇸🇪
Jennie-Lee Burmansson
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- Age: 21
- Nationality: Sweden
- Results: 1st place Audi Nines Crans-Montana 2021, 1st place X Games Big Air Oslo 2018, 1st place World Cup Slopestyle overall 2018, 3rd place Slopestyle X Games Aspen 2018
From big international competitions to street skiing edits, Swedish freeskier Jennie-Lee Burmansson has managed to squeeze a lot in to her ski career despite being only 21 years old. Back in 2018 she won the overall Slopestyle World Cup in her rookie season on the circuit, and in 2020 she took two bronze medals (Slopestyle and Big Air) at the Youth Winter Games in Lausanne. Today Burmansson is taking some time away from competitions to focus more on street skiing and filming part of the sport.
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Jesper Tjäder 🇸🇪
Jesper Tjäder
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- Age: 29
- Nationality: Sweden
- Results: 1st place Red Bull Playstreets 2023 + Best Trick, 1st place FIS Slopestyle World Cup Corvatsch 2023, 1st place FIS Slopestyle World Cup Silvaplana 2023, 3rd place Slopestyle Winter Olympic Games Beijing 2022
Jesper Tjäder is the mastermind behind Unrailistic. A creative freeskiing genius who likes to push boundaries in his edits as well as in competitions. He has an ability to imagine and create rail features and trick combinations that are lightyears ahead of its time and have over the years release multiple viral ski edits that have wowed the international ski community. He had an incredible 2023 season where he has scored multiple gold medals across several disciplines including Slopestyle, Best trick and Knuckle Huck.
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Joel Magnusson 🇸🇪
Joel Magnusson
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- Age: 25
- Nationality: Sweden
- Results: Short movie of the year with Suedesite, nominated for 2024 Skier of the Year
Joel Magnusson is phenomenal at rails. He came into last year’s Red Bull Unrailistic as a bit of wildcard but impressed massively landing one insane trick after the next. The crowd went wild for his switch left disaster 270 pretzel front 450 on the Triple-S rail during the Best Trick competition. Having impressed the ski world with his talent he was nominated for Skier of the Year in 2024.
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Johanne Killi 🇳🇴
Johanne Killi
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- Age: 26
- Nationality: Norway
- Results: 3rd place Slopestyle World Championships Bakuriani 2023, 7x Winter Games Medals 2016-2020.
7x X Games medallist, 6x World Cup winner and World Cup Overall Champion Johanne Killi has had a huge career. A skier that consistently delivers at the very top of the sport, she is oozing style and is known for throwing big lofty doubles. After ten years with the national ski team, the Norwegian freeskiier announced she’s stepping back last year. She retires as one of the most successful female skiers in the history of the sport.
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Lisa Zimmermann 🇦🇹
Lisa Zimmermann
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- Age: 28
- Nationality: Austria
- Results: 1st place Dew Tour Copper Super Streetstyle 2023, 1st place X Games Big Air Aspen 2017, 2015 Slopestyle World Champion
From X Games medals to Slopestyle heroics, Austria’s Lisa Zimmermann has been laying the path for female freeskiing for over a decade. Back in 2013 she landed a double cork 1260 at and then, two years later, a switch double cork 1080 - both firsts for women. Progression and learning new tricks has always been at the forefront of what she does and she continues to impress on out on the slopes.
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Matěj Švancer 🇦🇹
Matěj Švancer
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- Age: 19
- Nationality: Austria
- Results: 2nd place X Games Knuckle Huck Aspen 2023, 1st place Big Air World Cup Chur 2021, 1st place Big Air World Cup Steamboat Springs 2021, Junior Slopestyle World Champion Krasnoyarsk 2021, 1st Place Big Air Youth Games Lausanne 2020,
One of the youngest competitors at Red Bull Unrailistic 2024 is Austrian freeskier Matěj Švancer. At only 15 years old he landed his first major title becoming Youth Olympic gold medallist. Today he is stacking up big wins on the world cup circuit and is on his way to becoming a big star within the sport.
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Max Moffatt 🇨🇦
Max Moffatt
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- Age: 25
- Nationality: Canada
- Results: 2nd place Slopestyle World Cup Tignes 2022, 2nd place X-Games Slopestyle Aspen 2022, 2nd place FIS Slopestyle World Cup Tignes 2022
The Canadian Slopestyle and Big Air athlete Max Moffatt is part of a new generation of elite free skiers. Taking his first world cup gold medal in 2019 he has, since then, continued to progress and take medals at both world cup and X Games events as well as having represented his country at the Olympics.
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Nico Porteous 🇳🇿
Nico Porteous
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- Age: 22
- Nationality: New Zealand
- Results: 2nd place Halfpipe & SuperPipe Winter X Games Aspen 2024, 1st place Winter Games Slopestyle Beijing 2022, 2022 Halfpipe World Champion, 1st place X Games Halfpipe Aspen 2022
New Zealand freestyle skiing superstar Nico Porteous has been breaking records and winning medals from a very early age. Competing in Halfpipe, Slopestyle and Big Air events, Porteous is a versatile skier with plenty of talent. 2022 was a huge year for the skier who won gold at the Winter Games in Beijing, won the X Games Superpipe event in Aspen and defended his Halfpipe crown at the FIS Freestyle Skiing World Championships in Aspen. Poreous has had a flying start to his 2024 season securing silver in both SuperPipe and Halfpipe at the Winter X Games in Aspen.
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Oliwer Magnusson 🇸🇪
- Age: 23
- Nationality: Sweden
- Results: National Big Air Champion 2024, 4th place Winter Games Big Air Beijing 2022, 1st place Big Air World Championship 2021
Åre local Oliwer Magnusson made a mark on the Slopestyle scene when he grabbed the Big Air World Championships title in 2021, a result he followed up with a 4th place at the Winter Games the following year. Most recently he became Swedish Champion in Big Air.
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Theo Thorén 🇸🇪
Theo Thorén
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- Age: 17
- Nationality: Sweden
- Results: 1st place Slopestyle and Big Air World Rookie Tour 2024
The youngest competitor in the men’s category, Sweden’s Theo Thorén has been on an upwards trajectory for the past couple of years. Impressing big time already as a young teenager, the Sälen local won his first Swedish Championship at 11 years old. 2024 was his first season in the World Rookie Tour where he went on to take the win in both Slopestyle and Big Air, showing off some exceptional skills and boundary pushing commitment that set him apart in the fiercely competitive category.
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Tom Wallisch 🇺🇸
Tom Wallisch
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- Age: 36
- Nationality: USA
- Results: 1st place Slopestyle Freestyle World Ski Championships Voss 2013, 1st place Slopestyle Winter X Games Aspen 2012, Overall winner Winter Dew Tour 2011
Tom Wallisch is a multitalented freeskier with a long impressive career. He actually become successful before ever entering a ski competitions as he pioneer the trend of becoming famous by posting ski videos online, which wasn’t really a thing back in the 00s. Being voted Freeskier Magazine Skier of the Year 2010 and 2012 shows his impact on the ski world as well as his impressive result in and out of contests. In 2014 Wallisch shifted focus away from comps to park and urban filming and keeps producing sick edits for the world to enjoy.
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Zoe Van Essen 🇨🇭
Zoe Van Essen
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- Age: 16
- Nationality: Switzerland
- Results: 1st place Big Air World Rookie Tour 2024, 1st place Slopestyle World Rookie Tour 2022, 4th place Junior Half Pipe World Championship 2022
The youngest competitor at this year’s Red Bull Unrailistic is rising star Zoe Van Essen from Switzerland. She took the win in Big Air at the World Rookie Tour earlier this season by showcasing flawless execution and a fearless approach and is definitley one to watch out for in future competitions.
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