What age categories are used in the Air Nation Freestyle Tour and Junior Nationals?
Rule- Canada
- Canada Snowboard
- Air Nation Freestyle Tour
- Slopestyle
- Halfpipe
- Big air
- Ages 7+
- 2026-27
- Athletes
The Air Nation Freestyle Tour (Canada Snowboard's national tour) is made up of three tour stops (NorAm Cup), Air Nation Freestyle Nationals and Air Nation Freestyle Junior Nationals (U18). Disciplines are slopestyle, halfpipe and big air (big air is not held at Junior Nationals), for women and men. The Air Nation Tour Handbook (Rev. 11/2023) lists these categories:
- NorAm Cup and National Championships: FIS Open, age 13 and over.
- Junior FIS (Junior Nationals): open/overall, ages 13 to 17.
- U13 and U15 (Junior Nationals). At Junior Nationals a FIS licence is recommended, and U13 (ages 11 to 12) and U11 (ages 9 to 10) athletes are also considered.
For the 2026 Junior Nationals (Horseshoe Valley, Ontario), the event notice set:
- JR FIS style: ages 13 to 17 as of December 31, 2025.
- Groms (style): ages 12 and younger as of December 31, 2025.
Organizers may combine age groups depending on registrations.
Sources: https://www.canadasnowboard.ca/files/AirNationFreestyleTourHandbook_2023_FINAL.pdf and https://www.canadasnowboard.ca/files/2026%20JRNationalsEventNotice%20(1).docx.pdf
Added 25 Oct 2026