With fierce competition, SuperPipe has made a grand resurgence in recent years. The SuperPipe is about 567 feet long and 66 feet wide. The walls reach a height of 22 feet, sending riders launching over 35 feet above the ground as they link tricks together, striving for the perfect run. The women’s and men’s fields each contain eight riders who get two runs to rack up the highest score, with the top four scores moving on to finals. There, points reset to zero and the remaining skiers get two runs, with the best single score taking the gold.
Skiers in SuperPipe are judged on progression, execution, difficulty, variety and amplitude.
This year’s Men’s X-Games Superpipe was absolutely stacked with heavy hitters like Aaron Blunk, Alex Ferreira, Nick Goepper, Birk Irving and Hunter Hess, all going for gold. After a wild two-run playoff round, only Alex Ferreira, Nick Goepper, Hunter Hess and X-Games rookie Finley Melville-Ives survived to fight in the finals.
Alex Ferreira kicked off the Superpipe finals with a mind-blowing run that shot him straight to the top of the leaderboard with a massive score of 90. But Nick Goepper came to battle – he unleashed an insane first run, capping it off with a rightside 1080 into a switch Bio 9 that launched him into the lead with a 92.66. With everything on the line in his final run, Alex Ferreira went absolutely huge, throwing down a rightside 1620 with an opposite tail grab on his last hit. He absolutely stomped the run and fired up the crowd with his signature pole twirl. When the numbers dropped, Alex had landed a 92 – just .66 points shy of the top spot. With Nick seeded last to drop and no one able to best his score, he had officially claimed his 2025 X-Games Superpipe Gold. It was time for a victory lap.
Back in 2023, Nick Goepper walked away from Slopestyle with three X-Games Golds under his belt and made the shocking switch to halfpipe. Just two years later, in his second X-Games pipe appearance, he earned his fourth Gold medal. Last night, Nick Goepper became only the third rider ever to conquer both Slopestyle and Superpipe. The last to do it was the legendary Tanner Hall over 15 years ago.
Alex Ferreira walked away with a silver medal, coming within just .66 points of X-Games gold. Hunter Hess rounded out an all-American podium with the bronze. I think we witnessed the start of an epic rivalry between Alex Ferreira and Nick Goepper, and we were excited for the 2026 X-Games Superpipe.
Be sure to watch the top podium runs and full event replay below!