Skye Clarke - Freestyle Skier Canada

The rails at Copper Mountain carried a different rhythm during the 2023 Dew Tour women's streetstyle final. Skye Clarke worked through transfers, switch entries and technical rail combinations against Lisa Zimmermann and Marion Balsamo, finishing the event on the podium. It was a format built less around a conventional jump line than around creativity on metal features, and it showed a part of Clarke's skiing that sits alongside her slopestyle and big-air results. Two winters later, that wider skill set would carry her into the World Cup top ten and eventually to her first Olympic Games.

Vancouver beginnings: Whistler Freestyle builds Clarke

Clarke was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, and began skiing at roughly two and a half years old. Freestyle Canada identifies Vancouver as both her birthplace and hometown and notes that she joined Whistler Freestyle Ski Club at nine after friends convinced her to try the programme. Her development therefore came through one of British Columbia's established freestyle environments, with slopestyle and big air becoming the disciplines that eventually carried her onto the Canadian national programme in 2023.

Leysin 2019: Junior Worlds reach fifth

Clarke's first major international championship result came at the 2019 FIS Junior World Championships in Leysin. She finished fifth in women's slopestyle behind Kelly Sildaru, Kirsty Muir, Rell Harwood and Wilma Johansson, then placed 12th in big air. The same year, she also collected three medals at the Canada Winter Games: gold in slopestyle, silver in big air and bronze in halfpipe. Those results established a broad freestyle base before her later international career narrowed toward slopestyle and big air.

Nor-Am 2020: Aspen Open adds victories

Clarke's development through the North American circuit accelerated in 2020. Her FIS record includes victories in both slopestyle and big air at Aspen Buttermilk during the Nor-Am season. She also produced top-ten results at Mammoth, Calgary and Park City. That winter was supposed to include the Lausanne Youth Olympic Games, but although Clarke was named to Team Canada, she recorded DNS in both slopestyle and big air and therefore did not post an Olympic youth competition result.

Copper 2023: Dew Tour rewards street skiing

At the 2023 Dew Tour, Clarke finished third in women's Super Streetstyle. Newschoolers documented a final in which Lisa Zimmermann won ahead of Marion Balsamo, with Clarke completing the podium. Her runs included switch rail entries, 270-degree movements and technical combinations across the course. The result matters because it sits outside the pure FIS slopestyle pathway and shows Clarke succeeding in a rail-heavy invitational format against riders known specifically for street and park skiing.

Stoneham 2024: four wins seal Nor-Am titles

The 2023/24 Nor-Am season became Clarke's dominant continental campaign. She won slopestyle at Copper Mountain and Aspen Snowmass, then completed a double victory at Stoneham with first place in both slopestyle and big air. Those four wins secured the overall Nor-Am titles in both disciplines. Freestyle Canada lists seven Nor-Am victories across her career, but the 2023/24 season was the decisive step that moved her from the development circuit toward a regular World Cup schedule.

Stoneham 2025: World Cup enters top ten

Clarke made her World Cup debut during the 2024/25 season and immediately began moving toward finals-level results. She finished 14th at Stubai, 13th at Laax and then tenth in slopestyle at Aspen. On 22 February 2025, she improved again with ninth place at Stoneham, her best World Cup finish of that season. A month later, she competed at her first senior World Championships in Engadin, taking 17th in slopestyle and 18th in big air. The World Cup season ended with Clarke ranked 16th overall in slopestyle.

Livigno 2026: Olympic debut for Canada

Team Canada selected Clarke for Milano Cortina 2026, giving her the Olympic debut that had not materialised competitively at Lausanne six years earlier. In Livigno, she finished 21st in women's slopestyle and 17th in big air. After the Games, Clarke remained on the World Cup circuit, placing 18th in slopestyle at Tignes and 14th at Silvaplana. The Silvaplana result closed the season with another World Cup points finish and kept her inside the international field after her first Olympic campaign.

Main competition results

2025/26 — Olympic Winter Games, Livigno — Big air — 17th
2025/26 — Olympic Winter Games, Livigno — Slopestyle — 21st
2025/26 — World Cup, Silvaplana — Slopestyle — 14th
2024/25 — World Championships, Engadin — Big air — 18th
2024/25 — World Championships, Engadin — Slopestyle — 17th
2024/25 — World Cup, Stoneham — Slopestyle — 9th
2024/25 — World Cup, Aspen — Slopestyle — 10th
2023/24 — Nor-Am Cup, Stoneham — Big air — 1st
2023/24 — Nor-Am Cup, Stoneham — Slopestyle — 1st
2023/24 — Nor-Am Cup, Aspen Snowmass — Slopestyle — 1st
2023/24 — Nor-Am Cup, Copper Mountain — Slopestyle — 1st
2023 — Dew Tour, Copper Mountain — Streetstyle — 3rd

Selection of her strongest results. Not a complete competition record.