New Red Bull TV Documentary Series ‘Winter Heroes’ Shows How the World’s Best Prepare for Their Defining Moment

 

As the world’s elite winter athletes prepare for the sport’s biggest stage, Winter Heroes - a new Red Bull TV documentary series released on October 27th — looks inside their lives to reveal what truly defines greatness. Beyond medals and podiums, it shows how resilience, purpose, and the courage to keep evolving shape performance long before the starting line.

The series follows 16 elite Red Bull athletes across freeskiing, snowboarding, alpine skiing, ski jumping, speed skating and ski mountaineering – from record-breaking champions to rising prodigies – exploring the discipline, mental strength, and growth that drive them when no one is watching. Among them: Eileen Gu, Marcel Hirscher, Anna Gasser, Ryōyū Kobayashi, Kjeld Nuis, and a new generation of winter-sports talent redefining what it means to compete at the highest level.

Filmed across homes, training grounds and competition venues, Winter Heroes captures candid moments with family, friends and coaches – blending unseen personal footage with rare competition clips. Through the voices of these athletes, the series explores how they stay grounded, motivated and human in a world that demands perfection.

Who are the Winter Heroes?

Sixteen Red Bull athletes across freeskiing, alpine skiing, snowboarding, ski jumping, speed skating and ski mountaineering – from household names like Eileen Gu and Marcel Hirscher to rising stars including Daniel Tschofenig and Hiroto Ogiwara.

What makes the stories unique?

Each episode goes beyond results to explore identity, motivation and mental strength as athletes prepare for the world’s biggest winter stage.

Why now?

With the world’s biggest winter stage approaching, Winter Heroes offers rare, timely access to the personal journeys driving sport’s most dominant athletes.

Watch the stories of the world’s most inspiring winter athletes in Winter Heroes Red Bull TV HERE.