Ava Lilly's three-year build — Futures gold to Rev Tour gold

The U.S. development pipeline for halfpipe is supposed to work like this: regionals, then Futures Tour, then Rev Tour, then Grand Prix. Each tier is a real qualifier event with real fields. The progression is gradual; most riders spend several seasons at each level before moving up.

Ava Lilly's halfpipe record reads like a textbook example of the system working. Three seasons, one tier per season, and now two Rev Tour golds in a row.

The trajectory

Looking at her halfpipe results, the years tell a story:

2024 — Futures Tour dominance. Three Futures Tour halfpipe wins (January, February, late February), one regional win at Northstar in February, plus a USASA national gold. Four Futures podiums, all of them golds.

2025 — Rev Tour, with progress. A 5th place at Copper, then a 5th at the Aspen Rev Tour halfpipe in February. By March, she had a Rev Tour silver at the Mammoth halfpipe. Mid-tier results in early 2025, then a podium by spring.

2026 — Rev Tour breakthrough into dominance. Bronze at the Copper season opener in January, then gold at Mammoth in March, then gold at Aspen in March-April. Two consecutive Rev Tour halfpipe wins.

That's not a "had a good season" arc. That's a clean three-step climb up the pipeline, finishing on top.

By the numbers

Across Lilly's full halfpipe career in our database:

• 26 halfpipe events, 11 gold, 2 silver, 3 bronze (16 podiums total)
• 42% gold rate across all halfpipe events she's entered
• 62% podium rate — meaning she's hit the podium in roughly 6 of every 10 halfpipe events

Across all disciplines (halfpipe, slopestyle, rail jam):

• 23 medals total: 12 gold, 4 silver, 5 bronze, 2 silver-bronze in slope/rail
• USASA tier: 15 medals (6 gold)
• Rev Tour: 4 medals (2 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)
• Futures Tour: 4 medals (all gold)

The Futures Tour record especially is striking: every Futures Tour halfpipe podium she's ever earned has been a win. Like Komiyama on the men's side, she didn't accumulate Futures medals — she won the Futures events she entered.

The 2025-26 season as the keystone

This year specifically, Lilly's halfpipe ledger:

• January 15, Copper Mountain — bronze
• March 11, Mammoth Mountain — gold
• March 24, Aspen / Buttermilk — gold

She's the only U.S. women's snowboarder to take multiple halfpipe golds at Rev Tour level this season. The two next-best (Kaylee Tippit, Toranosuke Komiyama on men's side) had two medals each, but neither had two golds.

That makes a strong case for calling her one of the strongest U.S. halfpipe development prospects this season — she clears the 2-Rev-Tour-medal threshold for Rookie Team consideration with room to spare, plus a bronze on top.

Why this story matters

A few things stand out:

1. The system worked. When U.S. Ski & Snowboard runs Futures Tour and Rev Tour as a development ladder, the assumption is that strong Futures riders should graduate to Rev Tour and become competitive there. Lilly's 2024-2026 arc is exactly that path executed cleanly. Wins at Futures Tour, podium at Rev Tour, win at Rev Tour. No skipped steps, no missed seasons.

1. The 2024 Futures sweep was a real signal. Going 4-for-4 on Futures Tour halfpipe golds, plus a national gold, was the kind of result that justified a shift to Rev Tour the following year. If your young rider is sweeping their tier, the next tier is the right move.

1. It took two seasons at Rev Tour to win one. Worth flagging for parents and coaches reading this. Lilly didn't podium at her first Rev Tour appearances — she finished mid-pack twice in early 2025 before getting a silver in March. The pattern is "show up, learn the field, contend the next year." That's two seasons of accepting non-podium finishes before things start to break right.

What's next

The 2026-27 Rev Tour season opens in January. Whether Lilly continues to dominate Rev Tour halfpipe or transitions fully toward World Cup competitions is the next decision in the trajectory — and it's mostly a coaching decision, not a results question. The results say she's ready for harder fields.

Full halfpipe history on her profile page.