2015–16 FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup

The 2015/16 FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup was the thirty seventh World Cup season in freestyle skiing organised by International Ski Federation. The season started on 23 August 2015 and ended on 19 March 2016. This season included six disciplines: moguls, aerials, ski cross, halfpipe, slopestyle and big air.^[1]

Freestyle Skiing World Cup 2015/16
Discipline	Men	Women
Overall	Mikaël Kingsbury (5)	Devin Logan
Moguls	Mikaël Kingsbury (5)	Chloé Dufour-Lapointe
Aerials	Oleksandr Abramenko	Ashley Caldwell
Ski Cross	Jean-Frédéric Chapuis (2)	Anna Holmlund (3)
Halfpipe	Kevin Rolland (2)	Ayana Onozuka (2)
Slopestyle/Big Air	Andri Ragettli	Tiril Sjåstad Christiansen
Nations Cup	Canada (8)
Competition
Locations	28	28
Individual	35	35
Team	2	2
Cancelled	11	11
←2014/15 2016/17→

Men

Ski Cross

Num	Season	Date	Place	Event	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
107	1	5 December 2015	Montafon	SX	Christopher Delbosco	Brady Leman	Filip Flisar	[2]
108	2	11 December 2015	Val Thorens	SX	Christopher Delbosco	Filip Flisar	Brady Leman	[3]
109	3	12 December 2015	Val Thorens	SX	Jean-Frédéric Chapuis	Thomas Harasser	Christopher Delbosco	[4]
110	4	19 December 2015	Innichen	SX	Jean-Frédéric Chapuis	Brady Leman	Johannes Rohrweck	[5]
111	5	20 December 2015	Innichen	SX	Victor Öhling Norberg	Jean-Frédéric Chapuis	Sylvain Miaillier	[6]
		16 January 2016	La Plagne	SX	lack of snow; rescheduled to Watles
112	6	16 January 2016	Watles	SX	Jean-Frédéric Chapuis	Sylvain Miaillier	Jonas Devouassoux	[7]
113	7	17 January 2016[nb 1]	Watles	SX	Jonas Lenherr	Alex Fiva	Brady Leman	[8]
114	8	23 January 2016	Nakiska	SX	Jean-Frédéric Chapuis	Armin Niederer	Brady Leman	[9]
		6 February 2016	Arosa	SX	lack of snow; postponed to March
115	9	13 February 2016	Idre	SX	Filip Flisar	Christopher Delbosco	Christoph Wahrstötter	[10]
116	10	14 February 2016	Idre	SX	Victor Öhling Norberg	Thomas Zangerl	Jonas Lenherr	[11]
		20 February 2016	Tegernsee	SX	warm weather
		21 February 2016	Tegernsee	SX
117	11	28 February 2016	Bokwang/Pyeongchang	SX	Bastien Midol	Paul Eckert	Jean-Frédéric Chapuis	[12]
118	12	4 March 2016[nb 2]	Arosa	SX	Semen Denshchikov	Victor Öhling Norberg	Christopher Delbosco	[13]
		13 March 2016	Squaw Valley	SX	cancelled in January
		19 March 2016	Blue Mountain	SX	cancelled

Moguls

Num	Season	Date	Place	Event	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
61	1	12 December 2015	Ruka	DM	Mikaël Kingsbury	Benjamin Cavet	Ikuma Horishima	[14]
62	2	6 February 2016	Deer Valley	DM	Anthony Benna	Jimi Salonen	Dmitriy Reiherd	[15]
63	3	28 February 2016	Tazawako	DM	Mikaël Kingsbury	Thomas Rowley	Benjamin Cavet	[16]
64	4	5 March 2016	Moscow	DM	Mikaël Kingsbury	Benjamin Cavet	Philippe Marquis	[17]
		14 January 2016	Lake Placid	MO	lack of snow
313	1	23 January 2016	Val St. Come	MO	Mikaël Kingsbury	Matt Graham	Laurent Dumais	[18]
314	2	30 January 2016	Calgary	MO	Mikaël Kingsbury	Philippe Marquis	Sho Endo	[19]
315	3	4 February 2016	Deer Valley	MO	Matt Graham	Mikaël Kingsbury	Ludvig Fjällström	[20]
316	4	27 February 2016	Tazawako	MO	Bradley Wilson	Mikaël Kingsbury	Matt Graham	[21]

Aerials

Num	Season	Date	Place	Event	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
312	1	19 December 2015	Beijing	AE	Qi Guangpu	Petr Medulich	David Morris	[22]
313	2	20 December 2015	Beijing	AE	Maxim Gustik	David Morris	Oleksandr Abramenko	[23]
		15 January 2016	Lake Placid	AE	lack of snow; rescheduled to Deer Valley
		16 January 2016	Lake Placid	AE
314	3	4 February 2016[nb 3]	Deer Valley	AE	Qi Guangpu	Olivier Rochon	Oleksandr Abramenko	[24]
315	4	5 February 2016	Deer Valley	AE	Petr Medulich	Oleksandr Abramenko	Naoya Tabara	[25]
316	5	13 February 2016	Moscow	AE	Mac Bohonnon	Jonathon Lillis	Ilya Burov	[26]
317	6	20 February 2016	Minsk	AE	Christopher Lillis	Maxim Gustik	Ilya Burov	[27]
		27 February 2016	Sierra Nevada	AE	cancelled

Slopestyle/Big Air

Num	Season	Date	Place	Event	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
14	1	28 August 2015[nb 4]	Cardrona	SS	James Woods	Øystein Bråten	Joss Christensen	[28]
15	2	24 January 2016	Mammoth Mountain	SS	Joss Christensen	McRae Williams	Øystein Bråten	[29]
		6 February 2016	Park City	SS	cancelled
16	3	21 February 2016	Bokwang/Pyeongchang	SS	Alex Bellemare	Henrik Harlaut	Jossi Wells	[30]
17	4	5 March 2016	Silvaplana	SS	Andri Ragettli	Fabian Boesch	Øystein Bråten	[31]
1	1	12 February 2016	Boston	BA	Vincent Gagnier	Andri Ragettli	Jonas Hunziker	[32]

Halfpipe

Num	Season	Date	Place	Event	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
30	1	23 August 2015	Cardrona	HP	Kevin Rolland	Thomas Krief	Benoît Valentin	[33]
31	2	23 January 2016	Mammoth Mountain	HP	Gus Kenworthy	David Wise	Aaron Blunck	[34]
32	3	5 February 2016	Park City	HP	Aaron Blunck	Benoît Valentin	Kevin Rolland	[35]
33	4	10 March 2016	Tignes	HP	Kevin Rolland	Lyman Currier	Benoît Valentin	[36]

Ladies

Ski Cross

Num	Season	Date	Place	Event	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
108	1	5 December 2015	Montafon	SX	Marielle Thompson	Anna Holmlund	Katrin Ofner	[37]
109	2	11 December 2015	Val Thorens	SX	Anna Holmlund	Sandra Näslund	Ophélie David	[38]
110	3	12 December 2015	Val Thorens	SX	Anna Holmlund	Alizée Baron	Andrea Limbacher	[39]
111	4	19 December 2015	Innichen	SX	Heidi Zacher	Anna Holmlund	Sandra Näslund	[40]
112	5	20 December 2015	Innichen	SX	Andrea Limbacher	Kelsey Serwa	Alizée Baron	[41]
		16 January 2016	La Plagne	SX	lack of snow; rescheduled to Watles
113	6	16 January 2016	Watles	SX	Anna Holmlund	Alizée Baron	Andrea Limbacher	[42]
114	7	17 January 2016[nb 5]	Watles	SX	Marielle Thompson	Anna Holmlund	Heidi Zacher	[43]
115	8	23 January 2016	Nakiska	SX	Marielle Thompson	Anna Holmlund	Andrea Limbacher	[44]
		6 February 2016	Arosa	SX	lack of snow; postponed to March
116	9	13 February 2016	Idre	SX	Anna Holmlund	Marielle Thompson	Sandra Näslund	[45]
117	10	14 February 2016	Idre	SX	Marielle Thompson	Sandra Näslund	Alizée Baron	[46]
		20 February 2016	Tegernsee	SX	warm weather
		21 February 2016	Tegernsee	SX
118	11	28 February 2016	Bokwang/Pyeongchang	SX	Andrea Limbacher	Kelsey Serwa	Anna Holmlund	[47]
119	12	4 March 2016[nb 6]	Arosa	SX	Anna Holmlund	Marielle Thompson	Alizée Baron
		13 March 2016	Squaw Valley	SX	cancelled in January
		19 March 2016	Blue Mountain	SX	cancelled

Moguls

Num	Season	Date	Place	Event	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
60	1	12 December 2015	Ruka	DM	Mikaela Matthews	Regina Rakhimova	Chloé Dufour-Lapointe	[48]
61	2	6 February 2016	Deer Valley	DM	Justine Dufour-Lapointe	Yuliya Galysheva	Jaelin Kauf	[49]
62	3	28 February 2016	Tazawako	DM	Deborah Scanzio	Audrey Robichaud	Chloé Dufour-Lapointe	[50]
63	4	5 March 2016	Moscow	DM	Perrine Laffont	Andi Naude	Wessel Hedvig	[51]
		14 January 2016	Lake Placid	MO	lack of snow
314	1	23 January 2016	Val St. Come	MO	Justine Dufour-Lapointe	Chloé Dufour-Lapointe	Maxime Dufour-Lapointe	[52]
315	2	30 January 2016	Calgary	MO	Chloé Dufour-Lapointe	Justine Dufour-Lapointe	Andi Naude	[53]
316	3	4 February 2016	Deer Valley	MO	Justine Dufour-Lapointe	Yuliya Galysheva	Chloé Dufour-Lapointe	[54]
317	4	27 February 2016	Tazawako	MO	Perrine Laffont	Chloé Dufour-Lapointe	Audrey Robichaud	[55]

Aerials

Num	Season	Date	Place	Event	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
315	1	19 December 2015	Beijing	AE	Ashley Caldwell	Zhang Xin	Kiley McKinnon	[56]
316	2	20 December 2015	Beijing	AE	Fanyu Kong	Ashley Caldwell	Huilin Quan	[57]
		15 January 2016	Lake Placid	AE	lack of snow; rescheduled to Deer Valley
		16 January 2016	Lake Placid	AE
317	3	4 February 2016 [nb 7]	Deer Valley	AE	Yu Yang	Samantha Wells	Alexandra Orlova	[58]
318	4	5 February 2016	Deer Valley	AE	Zhang Xin	Danielle Scott	Ashley Caldwell	[59]
319	5	13 February 2016	Moscow	AE	Alina Gridneva	Zhanbota Aldabergenova	Madison Olsen	[60]
320	6	20 February 2016	Minsk	AE	Ashley Caldwell	Danielle Scott	Aliaksandra Ramanouskaya	[61]
		27 February 2016	Sierra Nevada	AE	cancelled

Slopestyle/Big Air

Num	Season	Date	Place	Event	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
14	1	28 August 2015[nb 8]	Cardrona	SS	Tiril Sjåstad Christiansen	Silvia Bertagna	Lisa Zimmermann	[62]
15	2	24 January 2016	Mammoth Mountain	SS	Yuki Tsubota	Giulia Tanno	Emma Dahlström	[63]
		6 February 2016	Park City	SS	cancelled
16	3	21 February 2016	Bokwang/Pyeongchang	SS	Tiril Sjåstad Christiansen	Maggie Voisin	Emma Dahlström	[64]
17	4	5 March 2016	Silvaplana	SS	Emma Dahlström	Giulia Tanno	Maggie Voisin	[65]
1	1	12 February 2016	Boston	BA	Lisa Zimmermann	Emma Dahlström	Tiril Sjåstad Christiansen	[66]

Halfpipe

Num	Season	Date	Place	Event	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
30	1	23 August 2015	Cardrona	HP	Devin Logan	Janina Kuzma	Ayana Onozuka	[67]
31	2	22 January 2016	Mammoth Mountain	HP	Ayana Onozuka	Devin Logan	Janina Kuzma	[68]
32	3	5 February 2016	Park City	HP	Maddie Bowman	Ayana Onozuka	Marie Martinod	[69]
33	4	12 March 2016	Tignes	HP	Maddie Bowman	Annalisa Drew	Marie Martinod

Team

Mixed

Num	Season	Date	Place	Event	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
3	1	20 December 2015	Beijing	AET	China I Fanyu Kong Guangpu Qi Zhongqing Liu	Belarus I Aliaksandra Ramanouskaya Denis Osipau Maxim Gustik	Russia II Alexandra Orlova Pavel Krotov Vasily Polenov	[70]
		16 January 2016	Lake Placid	SXT	lack of snow

Men's standings

Overall Rank Points 1 Mikaël Kingsbury 88.13 2 Kevin Rolland 59.20 3 Jean-Frédéric Chapuis 57.83 4 Andri Ragettli 52.40 5 Oleksandr Abramenko 51.67 Standings after 35 events.

Moguls Rank Points 1 Mikaël Kingsbury 705 2 Matt Graham 378 3 Benjamin Cavet 378 4 Philippe Marquis 348 5 Jimi Salonen 272 Standings after 8 races.

Aerials Rank Points 1 Oleksandr Abramenko 310 2 Maxim Gustik 276 3 Petr Medulich 244 4 Guangpu Qi 226 5 Ilya Burov 214 Standings after 6 races.

Ski Cross Rank Points 1 Jean-Frédéric Chapuis 694 2 Christopher Delbosco 554 3 Brady Leman 523 4 Victor Öhling Norberg 413 5 Filip Flisar 379 Standings after 12 races.

Halfpipe Rank Points 1 Kevin Rolland 296 2 Aaron Blunck 245 3 Benoit Valentin 245 4 Lyman Currier 162 5 Broby Leeds 136 Standings after 4 races.

Slopestyle/Big Air Rank Points 1 Andri Ragettli 262 2 Øystein Bråten 248 3 Mcrae Williams 222 4 James Woods 221 5 Joss Christensen 160 Standings after 5 races.

Ladies' standings

Overall Rank Points 1 Devin Logan 88.20 2 Anna Holmlund 81.25 3 Tiril Sjåstad Christiansen 69.00 4 Ashley Caldwell 68.17 5 Chloé Dufour-Lapointe 61.75 Standings after 35 events.

Moguls Rank Points 1 Chloé Dufour-Lapointe 494 2 Justine Dufour-Lapointe 471 3 Perrine Laffont 414 4 Yulia Galysheva 318 5 Andi Naude 306 Standings after 8 races.

Aerials Rank Points 1 Ashley Caldwell 409 2 Danielle Scott 325 3 Alina Gridneva 247 4 Alexandra Orlova 242 5 Zhang Xin 232 Standings after 6 races.

Ski Cross Rank Points 1 Anna Holmlund 975 2 Marielle Thompson 737 3 Alizée Baron 612 4 Sandra Naslund 556 5 Andrea Limbacher 527 Standings after 12 races.

Halfpipe Rank Points 1 Ayana Onozuka 290 2 Devin Logan 260 4 Maddie Bowman 245 3 Janina Kuzma 214 5 Annalisa Drew 159 Standings after 4 races.

Slopestyle/Big Air Rank Points 1 Tiril Sjåstad Christiansen 345 2 Emma Dahlström 300 3 Lisa Zimmermann 224 4 Yuki Tsubota 210 5 Giulia Tanno 208 Standings after 5 races.

Nations Cup

Source:^[71]

Ski Cross Rank Points 1  Canada 2390 2  France 2276 3  Sweden 2042 4  Austria 1893 5  Germany 1429 Standings after 24 events.

Moguls Rank Points 1  Canada 2224 2  United States 1149 3  France 1071 4  Russia 979 5  Japan 709 Standings after 16 events.

Aerials Rank Points 1  United States 1170 2  China 1113 3  Russia 1082 4  Belarus 875 5  Australia 711 Standings after 12 events.

Slopestyle Rank Points 1  United States 905 2  Norway 883 3  Canada 779 4  Switzerland 719 5  Sweden 601 Standings after 8 events.

Halfpipe Rank Points 1  United States 1136 2  France 798 3  New Zealand 459 4  Japan 452 5  Canada 307 Standings after 8 events.

Overall Rank Points 1  Canada 6131 2  United States 4579 3  France 4185 4  Russia 2921 5  Sweden 2845 Standings after 68 events.

Men overall Rank Points 1  Canada 3163 2  France 2591 3  United States 2104 4  Switzerland 1600 5  Russia 1469 Standings after 34 events.

Ladies overall Rank Points 1  Canada 2968 2  United States 2475 3  Sweden 1831 4  France 1594 5  Russia 1452 Standings after 34 events.

Footnotes

1. Ski Cross event for men from La Plagne rescheduled to Watles on 17 January.
2. Ski Cross event for men from Arosa postponed from 6 February to 4 March.
3. One aerial event for men cancelled on 15/16 January in Lake Placid was rescheduled to Deer Valley on 4 February.
4. Slopestyle event in Cardrona rescheduled from 29 to 28 August.
5. Ski Cross event for ladies from La Plagne rescheduled to Watles on 17 January.
6. Ski Cross event for ladies from Arosa postponed from 6 February to 4 March.
7. One aerial event for ladies cancelled on 15/16 January in Lake Placid was rescheduled to Deer Valley on 4 February.
8. Slopestyle event in Cardrona rescheduled from 29 to 28 August.