Reece Howden
Ski Cross — Targeting Milan Cortina 2026
2024 FIS World Cup Ranking – 2nd
2023 Crystal Globe (World Cup Overall Winner)
2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games – 9th
2022 Red Bull SuperSkicross Winner
2021 Crystal Globe (World Cup Overall Winner)
2021 Alpine Canada Athlete of the Year
2021 Red Bull SuperSkicross Winner
2021 FIS Ski Cross Rookie of the Year
2016 Youth Olympic Games Gold Medalist
Social Followers: Instagram, 4,500
Hometown: Cultus Lake, British Columbia
Reece started the 2020-21 season with a silver and gold in Val Thorens, France and followed with back-to-back World Cup wins in Idre, Sweden.
Another silver in Reiteralm, Austria.
Followed by his fourth win in Sunny Valley, Russia.
And then a season-ending win in the most dramatic finish of the year at the Red Bull Superskicross in Andermatt, Switzerland where he edged France's Jean-Frederic Chapuis by an inch.
Other than that, there weren't a lot of close calls for Reece in one of the most dominant seasons in the history of the sport:
Six podiums.
Four World Cup wins.
Red Bull Superskicross gold.
FIS Rookie of the Year.
Alpine Canada Athlete of the Year.
FIS Crystal Globe.
At just 22, he's gained a career-worth of competition confidence over the past year and has had to rethink his goals leading into the Olympic season.
For inspiration, he'll draw on his experience at the Youth Olympic Games in Lillehammer, Norway in 2016 where he won the Ski Cross gold medal for Canada.
For now, as one of the podium favourites for Beijing 2022, he'll continue to keep things simple, trust his ability, and stay present.
And leave the prognostications to his dad.
At the end of the 2021-2022 season, Reece regained his form and won the Red Bull SuperSkicross in back-to-back years, cementing his reputation as the brightest young talent in the sport.
