ASPEN, CO – It was a good day for the U.S. ski and snowboard team at the 2026 U.S. Grand Prix.
Of the four finals, the U.S. placed a competitor on the podium in three events. Mac Forehand won the men’s freeski slopestyle competition and more or less – more on that later – clinched his spot for the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics.
In women’s snowboard halfpipe, Maddy Schaffrick placed second, while Alessandro Barbieri finished third on the men’s side. Both essentially punched their tickets to Italy with the showing.
U.S. Ski and Snowboard is not officially announcing any additional team members until the evening of Jan. 10, when Day 2 of finals wraps in Aspen, at the earliest. Which is why we can’t say with complete certainty any of the aforementioned athletes are going to Milan, but basic mathematics of the standings, the waning competition schedule in advance of the Games, and the number of slots allotted to American teams dictate that these athletes are almost surely Olympians.
Let’s dive deeper into their successes from Friday.
