European Skier of the Year 2025: Round 1 voting open now

Since 2014, we’ve invited our readers to help crown the European Skiers of the Year—one male and one female—celebrating the athletes who push the sport forward. ESOTY was created to spotlight exceptional performance, creativity and impact within Europe’s ski scene.

From hundreds of standout skiers, we narrowed the field to 20 men and 12 women for the 2025 ESOTY nominations. Selections were based on competition results, film appearances, social reach and overall influence. Scroll past the polls to discover the nominees and what earned them a place on this year’s list.

Thanks for voting! Stop by again next week to vote in the quarterfinals.

ESOTY 25 Finalists: The Men

Aapo Myllärinen. A hammer part in the last Forre movie.

Andri Ragettli. Mr. Consistency.

Birk Ruud. Quit snowboarding to focus on ski domination, and it’s working.

Candide Thovex. As long as he keeps dropping clips like this, we’ll keep nominating him.

Daniel Bacher. Capeesh and Ornada bangers. Cross country pole game.

Ferdinand Dahl. Keeping culture alive with Jib League and Catpiss.

Isak Davidsson. Won SuperUnknown. Not so unknown now.

Jesper Tjäder. Just Jesper Tjäder things.

Joona Sipola. Yet another banger part with Forre.

Lauri Kivari. Jet Skis part, look no further.

Markus Eder. Third place at Natural Selection. Beast.

Martin Bender. More like Martin Sender. FWT second place overall.

Matej Svancer. The young GOAT, enough said.

Max Palm. General assault on the backcountry, plus second Glomska.

Miro Tabanelli. First ever 2340, what more do you want?

Nikolai Schirmer. Consistently releasing cinema-worthy YouTube content.

Pierre Emile Rochat. Rubber-kneed Frenchman traveling the world breaking minds.

Siver Voll. No rail left unswapped.

Tormod Frostad. Outside-the-box contest skiing and a Capeesh part.

ESOTY 25 Finalists: The Women

Alaïs Develay: Won the off-FIS circuit from SLVSH to Jib League.

Kirsty Muir. Comeback from injury to resume contest dominance.

Anni Kärävä. Won Beijing Big Air and killed the streets.

Mathilde Gremaud. Retained the slopestyle World Champ title. She Who Flies.

Flora Tabanelli. Massive season of results.

Tess Ledeux. Record breaking X Games slopestyle gold.

Manon Loschi. Quickly reaching GOAT status with Endorphin and MSP parts.

Rosina Friedel. The curator of culture and a champion of FLINTA riders.

Astrid Cheylus. Third place in overall FWT and a win in Val Thorens.

Tereza Korabova. Bucket Clips, Rock A Rail, girl’s going places.

Laura Wallner. Main character energy in Bucket Clips.

Jenna Keller. Won the Xtreme Verbier and 2nd FWT overall.