By most approximations, there are 195 recognized sovereign countries in the world. More importantly to us–out of the 195 countries, approximately 61 are estimated to receive consistent snowfall at or below 1,000 meters above sea level. With this information, we started to seed invitations to riders from many of the countries on that list in the name of crowning a world champion.
During the event at Mammoth Mountain, California, we had participants from 10 of these countries, namely the USA, Canada, Japan, China, New Zealand, Great Britain, Switzerland, Sweden, Iceland, France, and Germany. This event featured the most robust competitive field to date.
Though the sunny June conditions resulted in a significant amount of the namesake slush, the international roster skillfully tackled the towering 28-foot snow feature before them.
If you're interested in watching the complete live stream of the event, you can find it HERE.
![WORLD QUARTER CHAMPES // p: Mike Yoshida](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0526/1796/9847/files/yosh_winners-07_2048x2048.png?v=1686151721)
Men’s World Quarter Pipe Champion: Yuki Kadono (JPN)
Women’s World Quarterpipe Champion: Brooke D’hondt (CAN)
![Nixon Best Time Winners! p: Mike Yoshida](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0526/1796/9847/files/yosh_winners-08_2048x2048.png?v=1686151682)
Men’s Nixon Best Time Award: Dillon Henricksen (USA)
Women’s Nixon Best Time Award: Hrund Hansdóttir (ISL)
Thank you to Mammoth Mountain and the park crew for hosting this event and helping us create one of the greatest QPs. Thank you to our sponsors for supporting this event: Sunbum, Nixon, Ikon Pass, and 10 Barrel Brewing. We could not do this without their support! See you next year.