kirsty muir has become the first British woman to win World Cup titles in both freeski slopestyle and overall park and pipe after finishing second in the final slopestyle event of the 2025-26 season in Silvaplana, Switzerland on Saturday (ET). She scored 75. 54, behind home skier Sarah Hofflin’s 80. 07, and that result pushed her season slopestyle total to 280 points to clinch the slopestyle Crystal Globe. The 21-year-old Scot combined that with a third place in the big air standings to finish the overall competition on 470 points.
Key results and how the titles fell into place
In Silvaplana, the podium placed the final seal on a season that saw kirsty muir take three consecutive World Cup podiums, including wins in Aspen and Tignes earlier in the campaign. Her 75. 54 score on Saturday left her 69 points clear of Canada’s Elena Gaskell in the slopestyle standings and third in the big air season rankings on 219 points. The combined total of 470 points beat nearest challenger Naomi Urness by 78 points, handing muir the overall park-and-pipe title as well as her first slopestyle Crystal Globe.
The Silvaplana result came after a narrow Olympic miss; muir had finished fourth in both slopestyle and big air at the Winter Olympics, missing the slopestyle bronze by 0. 41 points. That Olympic near-miss preceded her late-season run of form, which culminated in the season trophies.
Kirsty Muir: Reaction and what she said
kirsty muir, the X Games champion and Aberdonian, described the Olympic setbacks as motivation and outlined her immediate plans. “I am really excited to go and try and learn some new tricks. I am excited to see where I can push myself and where I can push the sport, ” she said. She added a clear short-term focus: “For the next two years I will go and do everything that I would like to do and forget about the Olympics, and then when it comes round to qualification again I will get stuck in. “
Her statement framed the Silvaplana success as part of a deliberate response to Olympic disappointment, and the season’s results show that approach translated into trophies and season titles rather than just individual event wins.
What this means and what comes next
The slopestyle Crystal Globe and the overall park-and-pipe title mark landmark achievements for British freeskiing: kirsty muir is now the first British woman to claim both. The wins close a season that combined multiple World Cup victories and consistent podium finishes. As of Saturday (ET), muir has signalled a two-year focus on progression and new tricks before returning to Olympic qualification efforts, a timeline she outlined herself and will be the immediate storyline to watch in the sport.
Expect attention now to turn to muir’s planned development phase and how she and her coaching team translate this World Cup momentum into sustained technical progression and competition plans over the coming seasons.
