Eleonora Ferrari

Chamrousse, France | Active: 2018-present public ski record | Focus: jibbing, street skiing, slopestyle, big air, women’s ski projects | Current: K2 Skis athlete

Chamrousse Rails After The Storm

Chamrousse’s snowpark sits above the Belledonne massif, where wind can polish a rail line before the sun reaches the takeoff. Eleonora Ferrari learned that terrain before her name appeared on FIS sheets or brand pages. The resort’s park was not a giant international course. K2 later described it as a small French Alps setup with small kickers, rails, and hips, the kind of place where a skier can become precise before becoming widely known. Ferrari’s profile belongs to that scale: technical, rail-focused, local first, then slowly pushed outward through FIS contests, French championships, K2 clips, Bucket Clips, and women’s freeski media.

From Alpine Turns To Freestyle In 2015

Chamrousse’s athlete page says Ferrari grew up and learned to ski in the resort, beginning with the local ski club before moving from classic alpine skiing into freestyle in 2015. Her own early website tells the same route in more personal terms: she grew up in the mountains of the Belledonne massif, started with alpine skiing, then switched to freestyle while training with the Comité des Sports de Neige du Dauphiné. That background matters because her freestyle did not begin as a film-only project. It came from a structured French ski environment, then shifted toward a looser park identity built around rails, slopestyle and big air.

Vars, Laax And The 2018 FIS Base

Ferrari’s FIS record begins with useful domestic and European markers. In January 2018, she placed second in a FIS Big Air at Vars and second in a FIS Slopestyle at the same venue. In March, she won a FIS Slopestyle at La Clusaz, placed second in Slopestyle at Laax, then finished fourth and sixth in European Cup slopestyle events at Livigno. Those results give her profile more than a social-media base. They show a skier moving through proper judged formats, with enough consistency to score in French, Swiss and Italian events before the bigger shift toward video and street skiing.

Les Arcs And The French Big Air Silver

The clearest competitive anchor came at Les Arcs in 2019. FIS lists Ferrari second in the French National Championships Big Air on April 17, 2019, and Chamrousse presents that result as her vice-championne de France de Big Air title. Earlier that season, she had also placed third in European Cup slopestyle at Vars, second in a FIS slopestyle at Méribel, second at Chamrousse, and first in a FIS slopestyle at Laax. The French big air silver matters because it is the result that best summarizes her competitive ceiling: strong nationally, visible in Europe, but not a World Cup podium or global medal résumé.

Vars 2020 Before The Contest Door Closed

Her last listed FIS competition period came in January 2020 at Vars. FIS records fifth in a FIS freeski slopestyle on January 16 and fifth in a European Cup freeski slopestyle on January 18. The European Cup result sheet from Vars shows fresh snow, sunny weather and light wind, with only five women in the field. That detail keeps the profile honest. Ferrari reached European Cup finals and national podiums, but the available record does not show a long elite contest career. Her FIS status is now marked not active, and K2 later noted that she had stopped competing a few years before joining its team.

K2 Saw A Jibber, Not A Score Sheet

In September 2024, K2 welcomed Ferrari to its ski roster and described her directly as a jibber. The brand placed her story back at Chamrousse, noting the resort’s rails and hips, then explained that she had become more focused on filming and street sessions after stepping away from contests. That brand framing is important because it gives the current page its correct direction. Ferrari should not be written like an Olympic-path athlete. Her current identity is closer to rails, clips, street features, van travel, surf-season energy, and a freer version of freestyle that does not need a bib to be valid.

Omen Week In Austria

K2 also tied Ferrari to an Omen Week in Austria with Joss Christensen, Keegan Kilbride, Joona Kangas, Colin Wili, Thierry Wili, Johanne Killi, Isaac Simhon, Kai Mahler and Zoe Blewett. That crew context gives a stronger read on where her skiing sits now. Those are not all the same type of skier: some come from Olympic slopestyle, some from film, some from rail-heavy creative skiing. Being placed in that setting suggests Ferrari’s value to K2 is not only as a French athlete. It is as a style skier who can fit into a mixed team environment built around park laps, rails, creative takeoffs and short-format video.

Bucket Clips And The Women’s Ski Mixtape

Ferrari appears in the rider list for Bucket Clips 2.0, the Newschoolers-supported women’s ski project produced and edited by Ludwig Hagelstein and Rosina Friedel. The cast included a wide range of riders, from well-known names such as Olivia Asselin and Laura Wallner to lesser-known skiers from the women’s park, street and freeride scene. That placement matters because it connects Ferrari to a collective media current rather than a solo film profile. Bucket Clips is built around visibility, clips, diversity of style, and the idea that women’s freeskiing needs more shared platforms beyond standard contests.

Rails, Hips And Low-Noise Style

Ferrari’s public sources do not give a complete trick-by-trick archive, so her skiing should be described carefully. The reliable terrain around her profile points toward jibbing, rails, hips, slopestyle lines, big air starts, street sessions, and clip-based progression. That supports a technical vocabulary built around rail slides, switch approaches, presses, grabs, small rotations, landing absorption and speed management through compact park features. Chamrousse’s park scale also matters. A skier who grows up on smaller kickers and more rail-heavy features often learns to create style through timing, not through size. Ferrari’s current identity seems to follow that logic.

The Rating Stays Focused

Ferrari earns a 2/5 importance rating because her public record is verified but still modest. The anchors are clear: Chamrousse roots, a switch from alpine to freestyle in 2015, FIS slopestyle and big air results, European Cup top fives, a 2019 French Big Air silver medal, Bucket Clips 2.0, and K2 team status from 2024. A higher rating would overstate the résumé because there is no World Cup podium, X Games medal, Olympic start, major solo film part or broad international profile. The best page angle is precise: Eleonora Ferrari as a French jib skier from Chamrousse whose career moved from FIS contests toward street, rails, filming and women’s ski-media projects.