Kings & Queens of Corbet's

2022 Queen of Corbet's, 2025 Kings & Queens 3rd Place (Ski)

No stranger to big air or hucking into the Couloir, Piper Kunst is making her fourth appearance at Kings & Queens of Corbet’s. Born and raised in South Park Colorado where she spent a lot of her free time skiing with friends and family at Breckenridge Ski Resort. It wasn’t until she moved to Salt Lake City to attend the University of Utah that she discovered her true potential. The unique Wasatch Mountain range allowed her to hone in on her skills, and she was invited to her first Kings and Queens competition in 2022. That win in 2022 gave her to momentum she needed to be recognized, and she walked away with her first sponsor. After taking home last year's notorious Tomahawk award, naturally given to the couloir's best tomahawk, Piper is eager to put it back to her feet and reclaim her crown.

Sponsors: Arc'teryx, Blizzard Tecnica, Sweet Protection, BUFF, GrassSticks

2026 Kings and Queens 1st Place (Snowboard), 2025 X Games 4th Place

Originally from Highlands Ranch, Colorado and now based in Salt Lake City, Ellie Weiler brings a versatile, style-forward approach to this year’s competition. Raised riding at Copper Mountain, she entered the contest scene at just 10 years old and has since competed across X Games and Dew Tour disciplines including knuckle huck, slopestyle, and streetstyle. Her recent highlights include winning Slush’s World Quarterpipe Championship, taking the Round-Up title at Woodward Park City, earning the Uninvited Invitational Rookie Award, and claiming the Style Award at Research & Development. Off the contest circuit, Weiler’s riding has been featured in Warren Miller’s SNO-CIETY, and Bode Merrill’s When Doves Cry,.

Sponsors: ThirtyTwo, DEATHGRIP GLOVE CO, Smith Optics, and Purl Wax

2026 Kings and Queens 2nd Place (Ski)

Valerie Festavan is one of two new folks to join this years field. Hailing from Park City, Utah, Valerie is known widely for her skills in freeride and freestyle skiing, but she's also spent time dabbling in ski racing, street skiing, snowboarding, skateboarding, various artistic endeavors and even youth coaching. A true Swiss-Army knife, Festavan won the 2019 Shred Fest Rail Jam before turning her sights onto freeride competitions in pursuit of qualifying for the Freeride World Tour. She's also filmed parts with LINE Skis over the years and most recently released a personal project with LINE highlighting her love of community and freedom within the sport called Allow Me to Reintroduce Myself. We're excited to see how Valerie showcases her versatility as she makes her first introduction the Corbet's this year.

Sponsors: LINE Skis, 686, 805 Beer, Magick Co. ANIMA Merx

2026 Kings and Queens 2nd Place (Snowboard), 2021 Queen of Corbet’s, Kings & Queens 2025 2nd Place (Snowboard)

Hailing from Park City, Utah and now calling Salt Lake City home, Madison Blackley returns for her sixth year after being crowned Queen of Corbet’s Couloir in 2021 and earning second or 'princess' honors in 2025. With more than a decade of competition experience alongside years spent producing full-length films and filming street and backcountry video parts, Madison brings a deep and well-rounded resume to the field. In recent seasons, her focus has shifted toward backcountry freestyle, highlighted by her second-place finish in in the competition last year and a standout Natural Selection Duel where she bested Stefi Luxton to earn a Finals berth in Revelstoke, Returning for yet another go at the lauded couloir, Madison is most excited to return to what she calls her favorite event of the season, where skiers and snowboarders collide in one of the most iconic venues in the sport. When she’s not riding, she’s usually found with dogs, a solid après, or preFURably both at the same time.

Sponsors: Airblaster, Rome Snowboards, Deeluxe, Dang, Saltt, Uinta Brewing, Coal, Backcountry Access

2026 Kings and Queens 3rd Place (Ski)

Wynter is a professional freeride skier from Ogden, UT who grew up skiing at Snowbasin. She didn’t have expectations to be a professional skier necessarily - just a love for the sport, a passion to progress in her skiing, and the community around it. She started coaching the Snowbasin Freeride Team in 2020 which inspired her to try her first IFSA Qualifier Freeride competition in 2022. She was hooked after that first competition. In 2025 she topped the IFSA Qualifier and Challenger Series finishing 1st overall in Women’s Ski. Back to back strong finishes earned her a spot on the Freeride World Tour and qualified her for the first ever FIS Freeride World Championships to represent the USA. Her approach to skiing is to be powerful, smooth, stylish, and consistent. 

Beyond skiing and freeride competition, she is passionate about art, storytelling, and community. She was featured in the full length ski film “Advice for Girls” (2024) and serves on the board for the non profit, Ogden Avalanche. In the summers you’ll find her mountain biking often, practicing yoga, and strength training for the next ski season! 

Sponsors: Columbia, ON3P, Scott

2026 Kings and Queens 3r Place (Snowboard), 4x Olympian, X Games Medalist, Kings & Queens 2025 1st Place & 2023 3rd Place

No stranger to Kings and Queens, Sarka finished 3rd in 2023 for Women's snowboard and broke through last year to win the category. Her wins didn't stop there, though. She continued on to dominate at Research and Development at Whitewater in BC, and the winner of that event punches their ticket into a Natural Selection Duel. In her Duel, Sarka narrowly missed out on making the finals after losing out to Aya Sato in Japan. As a 4x Winter Olympian, Sarka embodies strength, resilience, and grace under pressure. She has experienced the thrill of victory and the disappointment of defeat, but through it all, she remains steadfast in her pursuit of excellence. Her unwavering passion for her sport and her ability to consistently perform at the highest level inspire generations of athletes, regardless of gender.

Sponsors: Ikon Pass, Zeal Optics, Trew Gear, Nidecker Snowboards, Flow Snowboarding, Loge Camps

2026 Kings and Queens 4th Place (Ski), 2025 Queen of Corbet's - 1st Place (Ski)

Ana Eyssimont grew up in Littleton, CO, she started skiing in college where she fell in love with the sport through park skiing at Keystone and Breckenridge. Now based in Salt Lake City, she splits her time between the backcountry and the lift-accessed terrain of Alta and Snowbird. She is the 2025 Queen of Corbet’s, and continues to push her progression in big-mountain terrain, trick development, and competitive freeride. This season, she is also creating her first ski film project, exploring the full arc of becoming an athlete and highlighting her purpose through movement. Ana is motivated and inspired by her twin brother, Mikey Eyssimont, a professional hockey player who doesn’t ski at all, but whose dedication and ability to overcome adversity shaped the foundation of her own drive. Her dreams mostly live in the mountains: bigger lines, deeper commitment, creative progression, and carving out time to surf whenever she can.

Sponsors: LINE Skis, Giro, BlackStrap, Auclair, ZipFit, Backcountry and Bootcap.

2026 Kings and Queens 4th Place (Snowboard), 2025 Kings & Queens 3rd Place (Snowboard), Freeride World Tour Silver 2022, Bronze 2020 & 2021

Erika Vikander is a professional freeride snowboarder whose career is defined by consistency, progression, and big-mountain excellence. Growing up in Montana and now residing in Oregon, she spent six seasons competing on the Freeride World Tour, earning multiple event wins, 19 podium finishes, and multiple top-three overall finishes. Her other accomplishments include a podium result at the iconic Kings & Queens of Corbet’s, reflecting her respect within the global freeride community. Beyond competition, she is a filmmaker and mentor who uses storytelling and community involvement to help shape the future of freeride snowboarding.

Sponsors: Niche Snowboards, Zeal Optics, Pret Helmets, Coal Headwear, Dakine, Bent Metal Binding Works and Gordini.

With a blend of style and skill, Pat Fava has asserted himself as a bonafide big dog in snowboarding and is now taking his talents into the couloir for the first time. Fava bridges the gap between contests, video parts and simply showing the world how much fun you can have riding a snowboard with friends. Born and raised in Cedar City, Utah, Pat cut his teeth on urban rails, DIY street setups and on the slopes of Brian Head long before he hit the pro circuit, fostering a style defined by creativity and killer technical precision. That signature blend first turned heads with his featrure with ThirtyTwo in 2019, and hasn't looked back since,with standout parts in several more ThirtyTwo projects and self-driven missions that capture the soul of street snowboarding. His body of work doens't end with film projects, Fava has also excelled as a competitor taking gold in the inaugural X Games Aspen Snowboard Street Style in 2024 and reigned supreme at 2023's Red Bull Heavy Metal in Detroit earning a top spot against a stacked field of street specialists. Jackson Hole is thrilled to bring Fava into the fold due to his magnetic mix of personality, technical prowess and unmistakable style.

Sponsors: Thirtytwo, Dale’s, Corduroy, Crab Grab, Dang Shades, Milo Sport, Beaver Wax, Joeys Footbeds

Going for round two, we’re excited to welcome back 22-year-old French native Lalo Rambaud. Growing up skiing in La Clusaz, Lalo is no stranger to steep pitches and big air. This year, Rambaud is enjoying skiing more than ever—traveling and shooting for his recently released artistic ski film shot alongside JH local, Tucker Carr called All on Black.

Sponsors: LINE Skis, Mammut, La Clusaz, Smith Optics

Freeride World Tour Rookie of the Year

New to the competition this year, we're excited to welcome 22 year-old, Alta local, Kendall Goodman. Kendall was the top-ranked American on the 2024 Freeride World Tour as well as taking rookie of the year in 2023 and 2024. Growing up in Alaska and currently residing in Utah, he draws inspiration from skiers Henrik Harlaut, Sean Pettit, and Tim Durtschi, as well as from music through his work as a DJ and producer. Kendall’s goal at Kings & Queens is to ski with originality and inspire the world to embrace what makes them different.

Sponsors: Fischer, Diamant Skiing, Snow Shepherd