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Sarah Jean Burke [1] (September 3, 1982 – January 19, 2012) was a Canadian freestyle skier who was a pioneer of the superpipe event. [2] [3] She was a five-time Winter X Games gold medallist, and won the world championship in the halfpipe in 2005.
Half-pipe skiing is the sport of riding snow skis on a half-pipe. Competitors perform a series of tricks while going down the pipe. Competitors perform a series of tricks while going down the pipe. The current world record for highest jump in a half-pipe is held by Joffrey Pollet-Villard , with 26 feet 3 inches (8.00 metres). [ 1 ]
Eileen Feng Gu (born September 3, 2003), also known by her Chinese name Gu Ailing (谷爱凌), is a freestyle skier.Born in the United States, she has competed for China in halfpipe, slopestyle, and big air events since 2019.
USA skier Nina O'Brien falls in the second run of the women's giant slalom during the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games. (Joe Klamar/AFP via Getty Images) (JOE KLAMAR via Getty Images)
Elizabeth (Liz) Marian Swaney (born 30 July 1984) is an American who competed for Hungary in the 2018 Winter Olympics in the women's halfpipe based on her Hungarian ancestry. . She was unable to qualify for the 2014 Winter Olympics for Venezuela in both skeleton and freestyle skiing, and qualified for the 2018 Winter Olympics in the women's halfpipe, in which she placed la
He grew up skiing with his two sisters, Christy and Jessica, and his father, Thomas. In 2011, Wise joined his first freestyle ski team. In the early years, he also competed in moguls , aerials , big air , and slopestyle under the direction of Clay Beck but eventually gravitated to the halfpipe , one of many "new school" events he watched on TV ...
Needing to rock his final Olympic halfpipe run just to qualify, Aaron Blunck proceeded to pump up the volume. “If someone wants to mess with me on a competition day, they'd take away my music ...
Alex Ferreira was born in Aspen, Colorado.He grew up attending the Aspen school system, where the Aspen High School mascot is The Skiers. Between the ages of 8 and 18, Ferreira was part of the Aspen Valley Ski Club (AVSC), where he met fellow professional skier Torin Yater-Wallace, ski filmer Kyler Sciarrone, and toy designer Mikey Schumacher.