The United States will send nine athletes to the 2026 Winter Olympics in snowboard cross and parallel giant slalom, headlined by Olympic champion and five-time Olympian Nick Baumgartner. One athlete, Cody Winters, will represent the U.S. in both events.
The full U.S. Olympic snowboarding roster, which also includes the park and pipe events, is made up of 24 riders across all disciplines. In snowboarding, athletes earn quota spots for their countries, which are allocated based on FIS World Cup and world championship results. It's then up to each country to determine how to fill those quota spots. While the U.S. did not have a formal Olympic Trials event, there were a series of selection events that helped decide the team.
Meet the riders representing Team USA in the two snowboard racing disciplines.
Nick Baumgartner (Snowboard Cross)
Baumgartner is set to compete in his fifth Olympics, returning to the Games after becoming an Olympic champion in Beijing four years ago. He was the oldest U.S. Olympian in 2022 and won his first Olympic gold medal in mixed team snowboard cross alongside his teammate, Lindsey Jacobellis. Over his 20 years of competitive snowboarding, Baumgartner, now 44, has developed a reputation as both a tenacious competitor and mentor to the younger members of Team USA.
Nathan Pare (Snowboard Cross)
Nathan Pare is part of the next generation of emerging American snowboard cross athletes. The Maine native was named the FIS World Cup Snowboard Cross Rookie of the Year in 2024 and placed 6th individually at the 2025 World Championships. He recorded his first career World Cup podium last season with a 3rd-place finish and returned to the podium in January with another 3rd-place result.
Jake Vedder (Snowboard Cross)
Jake Vedder hails from Pinckney, Michigan, and made his Olympic debut at the 2022 Beijing Games. He was the top U.S. finisher in men's snowboard cross, placing 6th. He has collected five individual World Cup podiums and won gold at the 2026 Youth Olympic Games.
Cody Winters (Snowboard Cross, Parallel Giant Slalom)
Winters qualified for Team USA in two disciplines: snowboard cross and parallel giant slalom. He grew up in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, and made his Olympic debut in PGS at the 2022 Beijing Games. During the 2024-25 season, Winters became the only American to earn World Cup podium finishes in two disciplines after placing 3rd in snowboard cross in Cortina and 3rd in parallel slalom in Bad Gastein.
Stacy Gaskill (Snowboard Cross)
Stacy Gaskill learned to snowboard at age 8 and her mother, Martha, won a bronze medal at the 1988 Paralympics in Calgary. She represented the U.S. at the 2022 Beijing Olympics, finishing 7th overall in women's snowboard cross. Gaskill was raised in Golden, Colorado, and is a student at the University of Colorado Boulder, where she has won three world ultimate frisbee titles with the women's team.
Hanna Percy (Snowboard Cross)
Hanna Percy is the youngest member of the U.S. women's snowboard cross team at 18. After a strong showing on the Nor-Am Cup circuit, she joined the World Cup circuit full-time this season. Percy was raised in Truckee, California, by two pro snowboarders and is poised to make her Olympic debut at the Milan Cortina Games.
Brianna Schnorrbusch (Snowboard Cross)
Brianna Schnorrbusch is a two-time world championship team member from Monroe Township, New Jersey. She has recorded several Nor-Am victories and earned a silver medal at the 2022 Junior World Championships in Veysonnaz, Switzerland. Now 19, the Milan Cortina Games will mark her Olympic debut.
Faye Thelen (Snowboard Cross)
With a career spanning more than a decade on the World Cup circuit, American snowboard cross legend Faye Thelen (née Gulini) has qualified for fifth Olympic team. She made her Olympic debut at 17 at the 2010 Vancouver Games and recorded her best finish (4th) at the 2014 Sochi Games. The Salt Lake City native took a few years off from competitive snowboarding to start a family and returned for the 2025-26 season.
Iris Pflum (Parallel Giant Slalom)
The sole American woman competing in parallel giant slalom at the 2026 Winter Olympics is Iris Pflum. The Milan Cortina Games will mark the Minneapolis native's Olympic debut. Pflum, 22, has won three medals at the Junior World Championships, was a member of the 2025 World Championship team and recently placed 3rd in the PGS team competition at a World Cup event in Simonhohe, Austria.
