2024-25 Canadian Halfpipe Team Freestyle Canada is pleased to announce the 2024-25 Canadian Halfpipe team. The team of veterans will include three skiers who were away from competition last year, Rachel Karker, Cassie Sharpe, and Noah Bowman. They will all have their sights set on the 2025 World Championships as well as the 2026 Olympic Winter Games.   Freestyle Canada welcomes back all returning skiers to the program and extends a warm welcome to Quincy Barr, the only new skier added to the high-performance program. Two skiers have announced their retirement and Freestyle Canada would li ..read more

Freestyle Canada welcomes three new skiers to the team who have been selected to the Canadian Mogul team based on the results they earned during their time on their provincial teams in 2023/24: Cole Carey (BC) Sina Clegg (BC) and Florence Laroche (QC) Freestyle Canada also welcomes the promotion of Berkley Brown from the NextGen team to the World Cup team. “We are excited to continue building on last season’s improvements with our returning veterans by adding some new depth and talent to the mix. The provincial teams continue to developed excellent athletes and we thank them for their hard w ..read more

Freestyle Canada is pleased to share the 2024-25 Canadian Aerial Team. Head Coach, Jeff Bean is excited about the talent coming up in Canada. “The RBC Training Ground has helped us find some outstanding athletes and we feel so fortunate to have Genevieve Tougas coaching them through their transition from being acrobats to aerialists. She has been handing athletes to the thriving aerial programs in Quebec including the Le Relais club and the Quebec Team. Between Naomi Boudreau-Guertin, a retired Olympian and the head of the Quebec Aerial Team, and Alain Morin, we are benefitting from quality sk ..read more

Canada Clinches 2023-24 Overall Freestyle Nations Cup Trophy Calgary, Alberta – The joint performances of athletes from Freestyle Canada (moguls, dual moguls, aerials, slopestyle, big air and halfpipe) and Alpine Canada (ski cross) were enough for Canada to secure the prestigious FIS Freestyle Overall Nations Cup trophy for the year. The collective efforts by Canadian Freestyle athletes over the 2023-24 season generated 8983 points to secure the top spot. Coming in second and third were the USA (8125 points) and Switzerland (5737 points) respectively. The FIS Freestyle Nations C ..read more

Calgary, Alberta – In a season filled with remarkable achievements, Canadian skier Louise-David Chalifoux has emerged as the standout male mogul rookie of the year, despite facing a setback due to injury mid-season. Despite missing out on the final events of the season, Chalifoux’s three top-6 performances earned him the coveted Rookie of the Year award in the freestyle skiing world. Chalifoux, who missed the events in Deer Valley (USA), Bakuriani (GEO) or Chiesa in Valmalenco (ITA) this season, garnered attention and accolades for his outstanding debut in the World Cup circuit. Voted on ..read more

Calgary, Alberta – As the curtains closed on the 2023/24 FIS Freestyle World Cup season, the picturesque slopes of Chiesa in Valmalenco, Italy, played host to the 2024 Dual Moguls finale competition on Saturday, March 16. After a globe-trotting tour spanning nearly four months, the competition returned to Europe, culminating in an electrifying showdown on the “Dosso” course at Alpe Palu. Valmalenco, renowned for its history of hosting premier FIS competitions, once again provided the perfect backdrop for the season’s climax, welcoming athletes and fans to a venue steeped in winter sports ..read more

Calgary, Alberta- Canadian freeskier Olivia Asselin clinched the bronze medal at the 2024 Tignes Mountain Shaker Slopestyle FIS World Cup. After opting out of the Big Air competition, Asselin left her mark on the slopes of Tignes. Asselin’s performance earned her a score of 74.81, marking her second career top-3 finish. Notable highlights of her run included a right rodeo high safety, a flawless switch left 720, and a series of rail maneuvers that featured a switch left 270 onto the first rail, followed by a left 270 onto rail two, and a seamless transition into a right slide to 450 off the ca ..read more

Freestyle Canada Announces 2024 Junior World Championship Roster in Italy Calgary, Alberta  – March 14, 2024 Freestyle Canada has proudly unveiled its roster for the upcoming 2024 Junior World Championships, set to take place in Livigno/Mottolino and Chiesa in Valmalenco, Italy. The championship, scheduled from March 22nd to April 7th, will witness the prowess of young Canadian freestyle skiing talents across various disciplines. The event is divided into two segments: the first leg will feature four Slopestyle (SS) and Big Air (BA) competitions from March 22nd to March 30th in Livigno/Mo ..read more

Marion Thenault Clinches Gold in Weather Impacted Finish to the 2023/24 FIS Freestyle Aerials World Cup Season Calgary Alberta March 10, 2024 – The curtains closed on the 2023/24 FIS Freestyle Aerials World Cup season in an unexpected manner as Marion Thenault (CAN) won gold after weather conditions in Almaty, Kazakhstan led to the cancelation of the final rounds of jumps. The final showdown of the season was scheduled to take place with the high-flying aerial jumps at the Shymbulak resort, just outside of Almaty. However, Mother Nature had different plans, when dense cloud cover and fog desce ..read more

Calgary, Alberta – March 9, 2024 The Shymbulak Mountain Resort in Almaty witnessed a breathtaking display of skill and determination as Mikael Kingsbury added another milestone to his illustrious career by securing the dual moguls title on Saturday. Kingsbury, often referred to as the ‘King of Moguls,’ not only claimed his 89th career Gold Medal but also clinched both the dual moguls and overall moguls Crystal Globes in the process. The ‘Yuka G’ course at Shymbulak Mountain Resort was the setting for this exhilarating showdown, following Kingsbury’s remarkable 88th career Gold Medal in the fin ..read more