Steve began his World Cup jumping career on 27 December 1979 with a 10th-place finish at
Cortina d'Ampezzo Italy on the Large Hill, followed 3 days later with a 66th-place finish on the K-115 hill at
Schattenbergschanze in
Oberstdorf, Germany. The following year, on 28 February 1980, he won the FIS Junior World Ski Championships at
Örnsköldsvik in
Sweden. In 1979 Collins won the national
Tom Longboat Award that recognizes Aboriginal athletes for their outstanding contributions to sport in Canada. He once held the record for the longest jump on a 90-meter hill with 128.5 meters at
Big Thunder in
Thunder Bay on 15 December 1980. Along with team-mate
Horst Bulau, Canada gained more than respectable results in the sport that had been dominated by Europeans. He left the World Cup circuit in 1988, but returned to his home hill in
Thunder Bay for both hills in 1990 and his final World Cup appearance on 12 February 1991. == World Cup ==