Big Air Masters 2026 Results Are In

MEN

1 ▸ Hiromu Watanabe, JPN
2 ▸ Niklas Huber, GER
3 ▸ Sora Horigome, JPN

WOMEN

1 ▸ Sofia Afanaseva, AIN
2 ▸ Melissa Peperkamp, NED
3 ▸ Yura Murase, JPN

At Kitzsteinhorn, riders dug deep into their bag of tricks the entire field showed an impressively high level.
Once again, Team Japan dominated: Hiromu Watanabe secured the win and valuable Europa Cup points with a Frontside 1620 Indy and a Cab 1440 Mute Grab. Second place went to Niklas Huber (GER), who also claimed the German Big Air title. Sora Horigome (JPN) finished third.
In the women's competition, Sofia Afanaseva (AIN) won convincingly with a Backside Double Cork 1080 and a Frontside Double Cork 1080 Mute. Dutch Olympian Melissa Peperkamp took second, while Yura Murase (JPN) completed the podium in third.

AUSTRIAN MASTERS

Men ▸ Lennox König
Women ▸ Ilvy Paul

GERMAN MASTERS

Men ▸ Niklas Huber
Women ▸ Heli Bockhorn

The Austrian Masters 2026 Big Air titles went to Ilvy Paul (women) and Lennox König (men). The German Masters 2026 titles were won by Heli Bockhorn (women) and Niklas Huber (men).

A fitting season finale for the Austrian Snowboard Association and Snowboard Germany marking the fifth anniversary of the jointly hosted Austrian & German Masters at Kitzsteinhorn.