Ally's Story
Fast Facts
Sport: Snowboard
Event: Slopestyle, Big Air
Olympic History: Milano Cortina 2026
Highlights: 3rd at my first Junior World Championships, at 13, and World Cup 3rd in Big Air
Year Born: 2009
About Ally
Ally Hickman is one of Australia’s brightest up‑and‑coming snowboarders, competing in slopestyle and big air. At just 16, she has had a breakthrough season leading up to the Milano Cortina Olympic Games, with a World Cup bronze in big air and she also finished seventh and ninth.
The young rider first surfaced on the domestic circuit as a young teenager with top‑10 finishes at Perisher in the Australia–New Zealand Cup in 2022, quickly showing the amplitude and rail craft that would become her trademarks.
Ally was selected for her first Australian Olympic Team at just 16. It is a credit to her that she will get to experience the Olympic Winter Games at such a young age and
Internationally, Ally had strong performances throughout in 2023. Competing in the BC Snowboard Provincial Series in Canada she had early‑season podiums, including a win in Silver Stare and further podiums at Whistler and Winsport Calgary, she carried that momentum to the FIS Junior World Championships at Cardrona, New Zealand, where she won bronze in women’s slopestyle as one of the youngest riders in the field.
Selected to Australia’s Winter Youth Olympic Games team for Gangwon 2024, Ally delivered two top‑10 results on debut at a multi‑sport Games: eighth in the women’s slopestyle final and ninth in the women’s big air final.
Her 2024 Southern Hemisphere season confirmed the trajectory. Ally won the women’s snowboard slopestyle at The Remarkables and placed second in big air at Cardrona, closing out the Australia–New Zealand Cup series as overall women’s Park & Pipe slopestyle/big air champion at just 14. She was also named to Snow Australia’s National Development Team for 2024/25, recognition of her results and potential across both disciplines.
Stepping into the senior ranks in 2025, Ally made her World Cup debut at the Laax Open in Switzerland and impressed immediately, placing 10th in women’s slopestyle qualifying to narrowly miss the eight‑rider final. She then backed up with five World Cup starts across slopestyle and big air through the 2024/25 season, gaining valuable major‑tour experience.
Beyond the World Cup, Ally collected milestone podiums on the Nor‑Am circuit in North America, highlighted by a slopestyle victory at Stoneham, Quebec, and third in big air at the same venue the following day. She also won World Rookie Fest slopestyle event in Livigno, Italy, underscoring her consistency against the best of her age group.
Recognition followed on and off the snow. In May 2025, Ally was named Snowboard Park & Pipe Junior Athlete of the Year (Slopestyle/Big Air) at the Snow Australia Awards, after her World Cup debut season, Nor‑Am podiums and series win at home. Her junior standing was further reflected by topping the World Rookie Tour rankings in women’s slopestyle in both the Youth and Under‑18 categories in 2024.
Back on Australian snow in August 2025, Ally opened her 2025 domestic campaign by finishing second in women’s snowboard slopestyle at Thredbo’s Triple Crown, a newly sanctioned Australia–New Zealand Cup stop, in an all‑Australian podium that highlighted the strength of the national programme.
Across the 2025-26 season she continued to deliver against the world’s best riders. Her big breakthrough when she won World Cup bronze in big air at Steamboat. Ally was also seventh in big air at Secret Garden (CHN) and ninth in slopestyle at Laax in Switzerland. Ally was also seventh in big air at Secret Garden (CHN) and ninth in slopestyle at Laax in Switzerland.
Away from the scoreboard, Ally’s rapid rise has been built on disciplined off‑season training and frequent time at the National Snowsports Training Centre in Jindabyne, using on‑snow and airbag sessions to refine new tricks. Those investments have translated into reliable run construction, a growing jump repertoire in both directions, and an ability to deliver when it matters, from the Junior Worlds podium in Cardrona to Youth Olympic top‑tens and Nor‑Am wins. As she moves through the 2025/26 season, she amassed strong results and selection to wear the green and gold at the Games. Ally remains firmly on an upward curve for Australia in slopestyle and big air.
