Engadin 2025 Team Announcement | Ski Cross, Snowboard Cross & Alpine Snowboard

Australia will have more than 30 athletes competing at the 2025 FIS Snowboard, Freestyle & Freeski World Championships in Engadin, Switzerland, with 10 athletes named to compete across the speed disciplines.

SNOWBOARD CROSS
Seven athletes have been named to compete in Snowboard Cross, including three athletes who have already been on the World Cup podium this year.

On the weekend in Georgia, Adam Lambert became the third Australian to score a top three World Cup finish this season, joining Cam Bolton and Josie Baff.

Amber Essex and 2023/24 Rookie of the Year Mia Clift will join Josie in the women’s event on their World Championships debuts, however Belle Brockhoff has been forced to withdraw after sustaining a back injury on Saturday.

Olympic silver medallist Jarryd Hughes was a World Champion in the Mixed Team event with Brockhoff in 2021 and will compete in his sixth World Championships this week, in stark contrast to Declan Dent who will make his first World Championships appearance.

Qualifications for the individual events take place on Thursday 27 March with finals the following day, before the Mixed Team event on Friday 29 March.

ALPINE SNOWBOARD
Millie Bongiorno and Harvey Edmanson have been two of the busiest Australian athletes this season competing in over 50 events between them in Europe, North America and Asia.

While Edmanson competed at the Junior World Championships in 2018, this will be the first time he stands in the start gate at a World Championships in the open ranks.

Bongiorno has competed at the last three World Championships, with her best results comping at Park City, Utah in 2019 where she scored a pair of top 30 results.

Competition starts for the pair on Thursday 20 March with the Parallel Giant Slalom before Parallel Slalom on Saturday 22 March and Parallel Team the following day.

SKI CROSS
Liam Michael will be the sole Australian representative in Ski Cross at the World Championships.

The 25-year-old competed at World Juniors in Austria six years ago and made his World Cup debut in January 2024.

Michael was due to be joined in Engadin by Kyra Wheatley, however 2020 Winter Youth Olympian has been sidelined since late February with a knee injury.

Men’s Ski Cross qualifications are scheduled for Friday 21 March with finals to be held the following day.

Over the coming days, Snow Australia announce the athletes selected for Aerials, Moguls and Park & Pipe at the 2025 FIS Snowboard, Freestyle & Freeski World Championships.