The Snow League is a professional winter sports league dedicated solely to snowboarding and freeskiing . It was founded by Shaun White, a three - time Olympic halfpipe champion, in June 2024 . The league's first season, which kicked off on March 7, 2025, at Buttermilk Mountain in Aspen Snowmass, USA . The competition consists of four stops in total . The second stop will be held at the Genting Snow Park in China from December 4 to 6, 2025. After a break for the 2026 Winter Olympics, the tour will resume at Aspen's Buttermilk Mountain in February, 2026, and the season finale will take place at the Laax halfpipe in Switzerland in March, 2026, crowning the first Snow League world champions worldsnowboardfederation.org. The Snow League has a total prize pool of $2.5 million, with an equal split between male and female athletes . It uses a points - based system, and athletes collect points by their performance in each match to strive for the overall championship . Additionally, snowboarding legend Eileen Gu has joined The Snow League as a global ambassador .