Ryan Stevenson - Freeski Park USA

Washington Township, New Jersey, United States | Active public record: 2015-present | Known for: park skiing, Jiberish, SLVSH, Junior Worlds, Woodward Copper | Current: Jiberish rider and park/rail skier

Cardrona Wind Over Big Bucks Park

The jumps at Cardrona’s Big Bucks Park sat under a hard New Zealand sky, with red event flags snapping near the takeoffs and judges watching every rail touch. Ryan Stevenson came through qualification with a run that mixed technical rail work, double corks, and switch landings into the top score of the heat.

That 2018 Junior World Championships moment is still one of the cleanest competition markers in his public record. Stevenson, from Washington, New Jersey, led men’s slopestyle qualification before finishing sixth in the final. But his current identity is wider than one result. He now sits between contest skiing, park media, Jiberish style, SLVSH battles, and Woodward Copper sessions.

Washington Township Before Colorado

Jiberish lists Stevenson as Ryan Stevenson, also known as Lil Ryan, and traces his skiing back to Washington Township, New Jersey. The brand profile says he started skiing at age three and entered the park scene at nine before moving to Colorado in high school.

That move matters because it changed his daily terrain. New Jersey gave him an East Coast start, with small-hill park repetition and short laps. Colorado gave him Woodward Copper, larger jumps, better terrain-park infrastructure, and a deeper freeski network. His later skiing carries both sides: rail precision from smaller terrain and jump confidence from bigger parks.

Junior Worlds Put Him Beside The Future Names

At the 2018 FIS Junior Freeskiing & Snowboard World Championships in Cardrona, U.S. Ski & Snowboard reported that Stevenson scored 90.33 in slopestyle qualification. His run included a backswap on wallride, left 270 in, right 270 in, backslide 270 safety out, left double 1260 safety, switch right double 1080 Japan, and switch left double 1260 safety.

The final placed him sixth, behind a podium of Oliwer Magnusson, Sebastian Schjerve, and Kim Gubser. Cody LaPlante was tenth. That field gives the result context. Stevenson was skiing against athletes who would become established names in international slopestyle, and his qualifying run showed that his rail-to-jump structure could score under pressure.

FIS Starts Without A Podium Identity

FIS lists Stevenson as a U.S. freestyle skier born in 2000, with starts in slopestyle and big air. His record includes World Cup slopestyle at Font Romeu in January 2022, Silvaplana in March 2022, and big air at Copper Mountain in December 2022.

Those results do not frame him as a World Cup podium skier. His best public value is not a medal table. The FIS record gives him credibility as a contest skier, while his strongest current visibility comes from formats where style, trick choice, and crew identity matter more than a final score.

Woodward Copper Became The Working Room

Woodward Copper appears repeatedly in Stevenson’s modern archive. Jiberish lists Woodward Copper as one of his favorite parks, and several projects place him there with the Jiberish crew, SLVSH, and Jib League.

The terrain suits his public skiing. Woodward gives rails, tubes, jumps, halfpipe, spring laps, summer camp lines, and enough feature variety for a skier to move between technical rail tricks and larger rotations. Stevenson’s skiing often reads best in that environment: switch takeoffs, 270s, presses, grabs, doubles, and landings kept tight rather than thrown open.

Midsize Sedan And The Jiberish Door

In 2022, Midsize Sedan placed Stevenson directly inside the Jiberish world. Downdays described the edit as Jiberish veterans Sam Zahner, Calvin Barrett, and Seamus Flanagan taking on Woodward Copper with Stevenson as the newest addition to the family. Prime Skiing also framed him as a new Jiberish team rider in the same project.

That matters because Jiberish is not only a clothing sponsor. In freeski culture, the brand has long sat close to street, park, design, and style-first video. Joining that crew placed Stevenson beside riders whose skiing is judged by how a trick looks, how a clip feels, and how the outfit, music, filming, and trick choice fit together.

Swang On And A Solo Jiberish Marker

Jiberish’s Newschoolers archive lists Swang On - Ryan Stevenson, published in June 2023. The page describes the edit as a Jiberish presentation filmed and edited by Jack Benziger at Woodward Copper in early winter 2023, with Stevenson as the skier.

That solo marker is useful because it moves him beyond group-crew visibility. A skier can appear in a team edit without defining the tone. A solo clip gives more space to show rail rhythm, jump selection, body shape, and how the skier wants to be remembered inside a short timeline.

Hot One And The Summer Camp Crew

Hot One, covered by Prime Skiing in October 2024, returned Stevenson to Woodward Copper with a larger Jiberish group. The skier list included Liam Baxter, Jed Waters, Pete Koukov, Ryan Buttars, Stevenson, Benni Harrington, Emerson Lawton, and Sam Zahner, with Jack Benziger shooting and editing.

The context was summer camp, which changes the skiing. Soft landings, slushy rails, and repeated laps can make tricks look casual, but they also expose control. A skier has to keep edges clean when the snow slows down, hold presses through sticky metal, and land spins without letting the slush pull the skis apart.

SLVSH Against Liam Baxter

In 2024, Stevenson faced Liam Baxter in a SLVSH game filmed during Jiberish Week at Woodward Copper. Freeskier described the matchup as Jiberish riders going trick for trick, with Sam Zahner refereeing and the session built around summer park laps.

SLVSH is a useful format for Stevenson because it strips away the full-run contest structure. A skier must call tricks, match tricks, reset quickly, and show whether the move is actually repeatable. That tests rail discipline, switch awareness, grab security, and confidence under a camera that does not cut away.

Grandvalira Under The SLVSH Bracket

Stevenson’s SLVSH profile expanded at Grandvalira. Prime Skiing listed him in the 2025 SLVSH Cup men’s bracket at Sunset Park Peretol, Andorra, against Matěj Švancer in Game 3. SLVSH and Skipowd also list the 2025 game between Švancer and Stevenson.

The 2026 bracket kept him active in the same arena. Powder listed Stevenson among the men invited to SLVSH Cup 2026, beside names such as Ferdinand Dahl, Christian Nummedal, Hunter Henderson, Elias Syrjä, Kuura Koivisto, Alec Henderson, Andreu Moreno, and Trym Andreassen. That roster shows where his current reputation sits: not on a World Cup podium list, but inside elite park-ski game culture.

Jib League And The Steel Slider Lane

In 2025, Jiberish brought Stevenson to Woodward Copper for the final stop of Jib League. Freeskier and Downdays listed him with Jed Waters, Ryan Buttars, Seamus Flanagan, Pete Koukov, Luca Harrington, Mike Cappola, and Tucker FitzSimons.

Downdays framed the group as Jiberish team steel sliders trying to score clips across the park. That description fits Stevenson’s strongest lane. He can jump, but his current media identity is especially tied to rails, creative jib lines, tight landings, and the ability to keep a trick looking calm even when the feature is technical.

Feet Glued Together

Jiberish’s profile describes Stevenson as a skier who can tweak a switch 5 lead mute, stack street clips, or throw massive triples, while landing with his feet glued together. That description is brand language, but it matches the public pattern around his skiing.

The technical picture is clear enough: rail 270s, backslides, wallrides, switch doubles, double 1260s, pretzel-style control, compact grabs, and clean ride-aways. His skiing works when the movement looks tight rather than forced. The trick can be heavy, but the landing should still feel composed.

The Current Shape Of Lil Ryan

Stevenson’s verified public record now has several layers: New Jersey roots, a Colorado move, Junior Worlds qualification and finals, World Cup starts, Jiberish team projects, Woodward Copper edits, SLVSH battles, Grandvalira brackets, and Jib League sessions.

The most accurate reading is a U.S. park and rail skier whose importance comes from the overlap between contest ability and ski-media culture. His next public checkpoints will likely come through Jiberish edits, SLVSH games, Woodward Copper footage, and style-first park formats rather than a conventional World Cup campaign.