At AVSC, Ferreira met some of his biggest ski influences and supporters: His current longtime coach, Elana "E" Chase, and Erik Knight.

Ferreira graduated from Colorado Mountain College in August 2021 with a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration.

Ferreira won his first major victory at the Gatorade Freelow Finals youth halfpipe competition hosted by Snowbasin Ski Resort, Utah on February 10–12, 2012.

The win guaranteed Ferreira an invite to the Dew Tour professional competition in December 2013 at Breckenridge Mountain Resort, Colorado.

In 2018, Ferreira won the silver halfpipe medal at the Pyeongchang Olympics in Korea, where he made history becoming the first halfpipe athlete in history to attempt and complete an "all doubles run", where a double is an acrobatic ski trick that consists of two flipping rotations within a single jump.

Alongside his professional halfpipe career, in 2018 Ferreira developed a film persona named Hotdog Hans with his good friend and filmmaker, Matt Hobbs.