Here Are The Riders That Have Been Confirmed For X Games Aspen in 2026

Originally posted on SNOWBOARDER | By Josh Sullivan | Last updated Dec 3, 2025 11:04 AM ET

In January 2025, Hiroto Ogiwara competed in his first X Games. He won a gold medal in Big Air after putting down a 2340, a first in any snowboard competition anywhere. It was a trick that he had in the bag, but said that he'd been waiting to pull it out in Aspen.

Ogiwara will be back in Aspen a year later. The 20-year-old from Japan headlines a list of some of the best riders in the world who have committed to the contest. He'll be joined in the Big Air contest by fellow countryman Taiga Hasegawa, who also made history with the world's first cab 2160 in competition.

Here's who else will compete in Big Air:

Ian Matteoli
Marcus Kleveland
Mons Roisland
Rocco Jamieson
Oliver Martin
Romain Allemand
Ryoma Kimata
Wenlong Yang
Anna Gasser
Reira Iwabuchi
Mia Brookes
Kokomo Murase
Mari Fukada
Zoi Sadowski-Synnott
Miyabi Onitsuka
Momo Suzuki

Scotty James will return to defend his men's SuperPipe title. He'll try to win his fifth straight, which would put him one gold medal shy of Shaun White's six straight.

One note to make for those keeping score at home: Chloe Kim is notably not in the lineup for SuperPipe, an event she historically has thrived in. With it being an Olympic year, and the Olympics kicking off just weeks after the event, she could be resting her body. Kim is one of just two riders that have made the U.S. Olympic team already. Gerard is the other.

Here's who else will compete in SuperPipe:

Yuto Totsuka
Ayumu Hirano
Ruka Hirano
Shuichiro Shigeno
Lucas Foster
Kaishu Hirano
Alessandro Barbieri
Campbell Melville Ives
Haku Shimaski
Maddie Mastro
Sara Shimizu
Mitsuki Ono
Gaon Choi
Sena Tomita
Xuetong Cai
Rise Kudo

Just weeks ago, Kokomo Murase made some noise on the internet when she landed the first ever backside triple cork 1620 during a training run. She'll headlines a star-studded lineup of women competing in both Big Air and Slopestyle.

The other contestants competing in Slopestyle are:

Zoi Sadowski-Synnott
Mia Brookes
Reira Iwabuchi
Anna Gasser
Mari Fukada
Annika Morgan
Tess Coady
Jamie Anderson
Cameron Spalding
Oliver Martin
Rene Rinnekangas
Taiga Hasegawa
Judd Henkes
Dusty Henricksen
Mons Roisland
Su Yiming
Marcus Kleveland
Mark McMorris
Liam Brearley
Red Gerard

Photo: Ezra Shaw/Getty Images

And of course, Knuckle Huck is back, and Zeb Powell is leading the charge. He'll be joined by last year's champion, Wang Ziyang.

Other riders competing in Knuckle Huck are: