A Season to Remember For The HEAD Team at the 2026 Freeride World Tour

The 2026 Freeride World Tour was never going to be straightforward. Two stops cancelled due to conditions, a replacement event that also never made it off the ground, and a compressed format where every single result counted more than ever. In that context, the HEAD team delivered a full season campaign: historic victories, brutal bad luck, runs that will stay in people's heads for a long time, and a season finale in Verbier that already belongs in freeride history.

From the first drop in Baqueira to the last one on the Bec des Rosses, the HEAD team showed up with their own identity at every stop on the circuit.

Agostina Vietti was the story of the season. She arrived at Baqueira as a rookie and left as the first Argentine woman ever to compete on the FWT, finishing 4th in her very first start. A few weeks later in Val Thorens, she became the first Argentine woman in history to win on the Freeride World Tour, charging the fall line faster than anyone else in the field and going straight to the top of the hot seat. A milestone that goes way beyond a score on a leaderboard. At the World Championships in Andorra, she arrived off the back of her win in Val Thorens, ready to drop, and the fog rolled in and shut the competition down before she ever got to the start gate. That is the part of freeride nobody talks about enough.

In Ski Men, Max Hitzig made his return from a back injury look easy. A massive backflip and an even bigger crosshill 360 in Baqueira put him straight into the top five on day one, and he kept that level all the way to the final. Abel Moga was Abel at every single stop: lines nobody else would choose, airs that sent the crowd into a frenzy, and that ability to read terrain in a completely unique way. Abel's run at the World Championships in Andorra, pioneering a line far out to rider's left and closing with a massive backflip in front of the home crowd, was one of the standout moments of the entire season. Jack Kolesch stepped onto the FWT for the first time and delivered a top ten finish in Baqueira on his debut, showing the kind of maturity and commitment that makes it clear he belongs at this level.

In Andorra, hidden rocks under the snow ended Max and Carl's day at the worst possible time. That is freeride. It gives and it takes, sometimes on the same day.

Not every HEAD athlete got the season their level deserved. With two stops cancelled and only two results counting towards the cut, the margin for error was razor thin. Jenna Keller and Lena Kohler both competed hard at every venue, with Jenna showing the level and potential that made her finish second overall last season and Lena going bigger than many other athletes, showing just how strong she is. But with so few results in play, there was no room to absorb a bad day, and both athletes missed the cut to the finals despite having the skiing to be there. Carl Regner Eriksson faced the same brutal reality, a rider with nine seasons on Tour who had the experience and the level but not enough results on the board when the cut came. The format this year was unforgiving, and some of the athletes who deserved to be in Verbier simply ran out of opportunities to get there.

On March 28, 2026, the Bec des Rosses showed up in its best possible shape. Fifty centimetres of cold, dry powder had fallen in the days leading up to the event and the snowpack was stable and consistent throughout the face. In the morning, the safety team ran avalanche control across the entire mountain to make sure conditions were safe, and when everything came back clean and solid, the energy in the athlete camp went through the roof. With cloud cover forecast for later in the morning, the competition was moved forward, with the first rider dropping at 8:45 AM and lifts opening at 7:00 AM, making sure everyone competed in the best possible window.

The Bec des Rosses is the mountain that defines freeride. Thirty years of history since the first Xtreme Verbier in 1996, 600 metres of vertical drop, slopes reaching 51 degrees, and a maze of tight couloirs and cliffs that give no second chances. The level on the day was in a league of its own.

The HEAD team was right in the middle of it. Max put down one of the most solid runs of his season on the Bec, precise 360, committed backflip, clean from top to bottom, and walked away with 90.33 points and 5th place in the event, closing out the season 6th in the overall standings. That is what real consistency on the world's toughest circuit looks like.

Abel went for the double Bamba line, the most committing line on the entire face, on the biggest day of the year. 81.33 points and 9th in the event, 11th in the overall. But what people will remember is the line choice, not the number. That is Abel. Jack went for one of the biggest airs of the day, a massive backflip with the full exposure of the Bec underneath him. The snow on the landing did not hold and he walked away with a No Score, but the freeride he showed in that moment is exactly what is going to put him on podiums in the years ahead. He closes his debut FWT season 13th in the overall.

In Ski Women, Agostina finished the year exactly the way she started it: with a committed, well-read, solid line on the most demanding face in the world. 77.50 points and 5th in the event, 5th in the overall standings for the full season. For a rookie, that is not just a result. It is a statement.

The 2026 FWT closes with one clear picture: the HEAD team competed at the highest level in the world from start to finish. A historic season for Agostina that will be talked about for years. Runs from Abel that nobody is forgetting. Max closing 6th in the world coming back from injury. Jack finishing 13th overall in his debut season. And Jenna, Lena and Carl, three athletes who had the level to be in Verbier and were denied by a format that left no room for error.

Not every stop went the way it should have. The mountain does not always give you what you deserve. But that is part of this too.

The season is over. The mountain is waiting.