Freestyle Skiing
Rachael Karker
- Halfpipe
- Nationality
- Canada
- Hometown
- Erin, Ontario, Canada
- Primary discipline
- Halfpipe
About Rachael Karker
Canadian halfpipe skier born in Guelph, Ontario and raised in Erin, Ontario (Blue Mountain club, FSO Ontario Park and Pipe Academy); on the national team since 2016. Left artistic gymnastics and trampoline as a teenager for park skiing after her brother Austin introduced her to it, then picked up halfpipe two years into her slopestyle career. Won the AFP Women's Halfpipe Junior title and finished 3rd in the NorAm halfpipe standings in her breakout 2015-16 season. Was runner-up ('Vice World Champion') at the 2020-21 FIS World Championships, then won Olympic bronze at Beijing 2022 alongside teammate Cassie Sharpe's silver. Won her first Crystal Globe in 2022-23 after reaching the podium at all four halfpipe World Cup stops that season (gold at Copper Mountain, two silvers in Calgary). A 4x X Games and 2x Dew Tour medalist. Competed at the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympics (7th).
Won Olympic halfpipe bronze at Beijing 2022 and finished 7th at Livigno in 2026. Has 16 World Cup podiums including two wins; her 2024-25 season-finale podium in Calgary tied Eileen Gu's all-time halfpipe World Cup podium record.
Sponsors: K2 Skis, POC Sports (helmet/goggles) - both confirmed via her own official Freestyle Canada athlete page.
Setup
3 items
Skis
K2
- Halfpipe
K2 (model unspecified)
Confirmed via Karker's own official Freestyle Canada athlete page. Reusing existing DB product (id 164).
Freestyle/park ski.
Helmet
POC
- Halfpipe
POC (model unspecified)
Confirmed via Karker's own official Freestyle Canada athlete page ('POC Sports'). Reusing existing DB product (id 50).
POC race-line ski helmet
Goggles
POC
- Halfpipe
POC (model unspecified)
Confirmed via Karker's own official Freestyle Canada athlete page ('POC Sports'). Reusing existing DB product (id 51).
POC race-line ski goggle
Setup verified 11 July 2026