Bowman made his debut in the Freestyle Skiing World Cup in January 2009 in Les Contamines and finished 19th. Since the 2009/10 season he has also participated in competitions on the AFP World Tour . He reached his first podium finish in August 2010 with third place at the New Zealand Freeski Open in Cardrona . In the same month he became World Junior Champion in Cardrona . At the 2011 Freestyle Skiing World Championships in Park City , he finished 11th. In the 2011/12 season, which he finished in fourth place in the Halfpipe World Cup, he came second in the US Grand Prix and World Cup in Mammoth . He won the silver medal at the 2012 Winter X Games in Aspen . In March 2013 he reached tenth place at the Freestyle Skiing World Championships 2013 in Voss . That same month, he finished third in the Sierra Nevada . In the 2013/14 season he came in second place at the World Cup in Calgary . In his first Olympic participation in Sochi in 2014 , he finished fifth in the first-ever halfpipe competition.