A New Wave of Slopestyle Talent Has Joined the American Olympic Team

It was December 20, 2025, and a young snowboarder sat at a picnic table outside the Ski Hill Grill at the base of Peak 8. She ate chicken tenders and talked to someone on the phone. She sat alone.

If you were visiting Colorado on vacation with your family or taking your lunch break outside to take advantage of the winter sunshine, you probably walked past her without thinking twice. I mean, if you had a dollar for every time you walked past a teenager eating chicken tenders outside at a resort...