TL;DR
The fifth edition of the Austrian and German Masters wrapped up at the Kitzsteinhorn on April 8, doubling as a European Cup Big Air event with 70 riders from 19 nations competing. Japan's Hiromu Watanabe took the men's win while Sofia Afanaseva claimed the women's title. National championship honours went to Niklas Huber and Heli Bockhorn for Germany, and Lennox König and Ilvy Paul for Austria.
Seventy snowboarders from 19 nations descended on the Kitzsteinhorn for the fifth Austrian and German Masters, and once again Japan walked away with the top prizes.
The two-day Big Air competition, held on April 7 and 8, served double duty as both the penultimate European Cup Big Air event of the season and the platform for crowning the Austrian and German national Big Air champions. It's a tidy format - one event, multiple titles on the line - and the standard of riding across the field reflected that.
Austrian & German Masters 2026 – Recap
Men's competition
Japan's Hiromu Watanabe took the win with a frontside 1620 Indy and a cab 1440 mute grab - a combination that earned him the European Cup points to match. Germany's Niklas Huber finished second, picking up the German championship title in the process, while Japan's Sora Horigome rounded out the podium in third.
