Park & Pipe - 2024/25 Season Wrap

The 2024/25 season certainly brought the highlights across both ski and snowboard with a seasoned star again being crowned World Champion while a team favourite broke through on the World Cup circuit for a historic result.

Read more in our Park & Pipe season wrap.

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Scotty James certainly knows how to turn up when it counts and he did so again this season in the two biggest competitions of 2025.

In January, Scotty again conquered the Aspen SuperPipe to win X-Games gold in the event for the fourth straight year. The accomplishment is unprecedented for a male snowboarder, surpassing Shaun White’s three-peat (2009-2011) and took his tally to seven X-Games golds, one short of White’s all-time record.

Later in the season, Scotty created more history by winning his fourth snowboard halfpipe World Championship. No other snowboard halfpipe rider has achieved that feat and he became the first Australian winter sports athlete to win four world titles in any discipline.

Scotty limited his season to just four World Cup starts, with victory at Laax, second place in China and top five finishes at Aspen and Copper enough to still finish fourth on the overall standings.

Unfortunately Scotty was not joined on the international scene by Valentino Guseli, with an early season injury ending his campaign as he returned to Australia to recover and prepare for next season’s campaign and a second Olympic appearance.

Olympic bronze medallist Tess Coady’s comeback from injury limited her to just a pair of World Cups, however fourth and sixth place finishes showed she still has what it takes to be a threat at Milano-Cortina 2026.

She was joined in Engadin by Mela Stalker who continues to add to her international experience with her season highlights including a big air 10th at the Beijing World Cup, 13th in slopestyle at the World Championships and a Nor-Am Premium victory in slopestyle at Winsport Calgary.

Emily Arthur competed in three World Cups this season as well as her sixth straight World Championships where she lined up alongside debutants Amelie Haskell and Misaki Vaughan. Amelie also made her World Cup debut last December at Copper and topped out with a 13th place finish in Aspen, while Misaki added four more World Cup starts to her resume along with a FIS event victory at Mammoth.

Jesse Parkinson doubled his World Cup experience this season with eight more starts and a career-best big air result of 20th in Kreischberg. Josh Robertson-Hahn competed sparingly this season however his big air 15th at the Kreischberg World Cup and podium performance in Seiser Alm at the European Cup showed glimpses of the 20-year-old’s best form.  

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When Abi Harrigan qualified fourth and finished seventh in slopestyle World Cup in Stubai in November, it was clear the Beijing Olympian was set for a strong season. However her best result was still to come, finishing second in Tignes last Month for her first World Cup podium in a career-best performance.

She was a regular inside the top 20 in both big air and slopestyle at World Cup level and went on to compete at her third straight World Championships. Her strong results led to her finishing the season at a career-high ninth place on the FIS Freeski Slopestyle Points List. 

After making her World Cup debut in December 2023, Daisy Thomas enjoyed her first full season competing at senior level in 2024/25. The Winter Youth Olympics silver medallist took part in nine World Cups, with two top 10s and two 11th place finishes showing she has what it takes to make it at this level. Daisy also made her World Champs debut with her best result coming in slopestyle where she finished in 20th.

Daisy’s Winter Youth Olympic teammate Joey Elliss also made his first World Championships appearance in a season which also saw his World Cup debut. Joey also competed on the European Cup scene where he scored a pair of top five finishes.

Establishing herself as a potential triple threat in the future is 15-year-old Indra Brown. After taking out the Australia New Zealand Cup at Cardona in halfpipe and finishing third in big air, Indra continued her form in the United States where she never finished worse than fifth in any event.

She collected halfpipe wins in a Nor-Am Cup Premium in Aspen and the National Championships in Copper. She also stood on the Nor-Am Cup in slopestyle and added a fifth place big air finish for good measure. Indra finished the season fourth on the Nor-Am Cup halfpipe standings and fifth in slopestyle/big air.

Over the coming weeks snow.org.au will continue to wrap the international season as we breakdown the 2024/25 campaigns in Freestyle Skiing, Snowboard Cross, Park & Pipe, Cross Country and Ski Mountaineering. Follow the links to our Parasnowsport and Alpine Snowboard Wraps.