Whistler, British Columbia, Canada | Active: 2018-present public archive | Known for: Whistler Freestyle, Timber Tour podiums, Cardrona ANC starts, Whistler Blackcomb park clips | Current: documented park video appearances
The Whistler Blackcomb spring park in SPEEDTRIP PRELUDE looked bright, soft, and fast, with takeoffs cut clean enough for late-season jump laps. Emerson Raffler moved through that setting beside Aidan Mulvihill and Joel Macnair, part of a Whistler crew using spring snow for park skiing rather than a formal contest run. The clip is short, only 1:52, but it gives a useful current picture: Raffler’s public profile sits between the Canadian competition pathway and Whistler’s modern video culture, where technical rail lines, clean jump timing, and filmed park laps build the athlete’s archive.
FIS lists Raffler as a Canadian freestyle skier born in 2004 and attached to Whistler Freestyle. That club marker is the most important background detail available. Whistler Freestyle sits inside one of Canada’s deepest park environments, where young skiers can move from club training to provincial contests, national-level judging formats, and eventually international starts.
His early public results show that progression. At the 2018 Whistler Timber Tour slopestyle event, Raffler placed fourth in the M14 group, just behind Luc Dallaire, Caden Ferguson, and Aidan Mulvihill. That result does not define him by itself, but it places him early inside a strong British Columbia age-group field.
The 2019 SilverStar Super Youth & Timber Tour gave Raffler a stronger provincial marker. Freestyle BC listed him second in U16 male ski slopestyle, behind Alexander Henderson and ahead of Owen Scarth. That result is useful because it shows him moving from top-group placements into podium territory within the BC park system.
SilverStar also adds a different terrain context from Whistler. Interior British Columbia snow can run colder and quicker, with park speed changing sharply through the day. A slopestyle podium there usually depends on more than one trick: rail sections, jump execution, landings, and the ability to keep the full run stable.
Raffler’s clearest verified provincial result came at Sun Peaks in 2020. In the men’s freeski slopestyle results, he won the U16 group with a best score of 90.40. The result sheet shows his second run receiving scores of 90, 90, 91, 90, and 91 from the five judges.
The same Sun Peaks stop also produced a strong big air result. In men’s freeski big air, Raffler finished second in U16 with a best score of 87.60, behind Bryce Menning and ahead of Mason Land. Together, those two results show a skier who could convert both multi-feature slopestyle runs and single-jump pressure into podium-level junior scores.
By October 2022, Raffler had moved into the FIS environment at Cardrona Alpine Resort in New Zealand. FIS lists him 22nd in Australian New Zealand Cup freeski big air on 4 October 2022 and 12th in Australian New Zealand Cup freeski slopestyle on 7 October 2022.
Cardrona matters because it is not just another regional stop. The Southern Hemisphere season gives skiers early access to large park builds, spring snow, and international fields before the North American winter starts. For Raffler, those starts mark the step from BC provincial development into a broader competition setting.
Raffler’s documented results point toward a park skier with a balanced slopestyle and big air base. The technical language around his profile should stay practical: rail slides, switch takeoffs, jump grabs, clean axes, speed checks, compact landings, and full-run control. His Sun Peaks results suggest that he was not relying on one isolated feature. He could build a judged run and also produce a high-scoring big air jump.
His Whistler video credits add the other side of the profile. Spring park clips reward flow more than judging categories. A skier has to carry speed between features, keep the upper body quiet on rails, and land with enough direction to continue the line.
SPEEDTRIP PRELUDE, published in 2025, lists Raffler with Aidan Mulvihill and Joel Macnair at Whistler Blackcomb. The video was filmed by Max Hagerman and edited by Aidan Mulvihill. That credit connects Raffler directly with the current Whistler park video scene rather than only older result sheets.
WHISFILES 2025 expands that setting. Prime Skiing lists Raffler in a large Whistler-focused lineup featuring riders such as Aidan Mulvihill, Jérémy Gagné, Finn Bilous, Charlie Beatty, Mac Forehand, Hunter Henderson, Kai Martin, Joel Macnair, Tate Garrod, Deston Swift, and others. Shot and edited by Max Hagerman, the project frames Raffler inside a mixed group of young talent, established pros, and Whistler regulars.
The safest current frame for Emerson Raffler is Canadian park skiing with Whistler as the base. His public record includes Whistler Freestyle, Timber Tour results, Sun Peaks podiums, Cardrona ANC starts, SPEEDTRIP PRELUDE, and WHISFILES 2025. There is no verified major sponsor roster, World Cup podium, X Games result, or Olympic start in the available public archive.
For skipowd.tv, Raffler should sit in the emerging / park category. The strongest tags are Whistler Freestyle, Whistler Blackcomb, SPEEDTRIP PRELUDE, WHISFILES 2025, Aidan Mulvihill, Joel Macnair, Max Hagerman, Timber Tour, SilverStar, Sun Peaks, Cardrona, slopestyle, big air, rails, jumps, spring park, and Canadian freeski development.
