Sarah Burke
To be honest, Sarah Burke’s legacy and who she was as a person is greater than one simple paragraph. She didn’t just pioneer woman’s halfpipe skiing, she lit a fire in her path for other women to follow.
Winter X Games Europe 2011 - Sarah Burke Wins Ski Women's Superpipe Gold
Throughout her entire ski career, she helped create a female community to be out in the park. In the early days, she met fellow freeskier Kristi Leskinen and together they lobbied for women to have their own competitions. Sarah would forerun the half-pipe event of men’s competitions and execute flawless, progressive runs that would have landed her on the podium. She was the first woman to land a numerous amount of tricks in competitions, including a 1080. She did not just have a passion for her progressing own skiing, she had a passion for progressing woman’s skiing as a whole. It is due to Sarah’s dedication that the Sochi Winter Olympics in 2014 had a women’s half-pipe event. After she passed away in 2012 The Sarah Burke Foundation was created in her name to support and inspire future generations of girls in sports. Her legacy of involving girls in skiing continues on.
Marie Martinod
Marie Martinod has been dominating the headlines of freeskiing for a long time. She is from France where she began competed in moguls and aerial jumping as a young teenager. At 16, Dynastar pushed for Marie to be on the freestyle team and she began thriving at the big air and halfpipe. When there were no women’s events, Marie, like Sarah, would forerun the men’s competitions. However, in 2006 she quit competitive skiing to focus on other priorities, such as her family. In 2012, with the encouragement of Sarah, she made her comeback and won silver in the halfpipe in the Sochi Olympics.
Marie on the podium for the 2014 Sochi halfpipe with her daughter as well as gold medalist Maddie Bowman and silver medalist Ayana Onozuka.
Marie didn’t stop at the Olympics. In 2017 she won the super halfpipe in the 2017 X-Games Aspen with a beautiful run in one of the most challenging and icy conditions for a competition. That gold medal win was over 10 years after she won bronze in the same event in 2006. Right now Marie is training for the 2018 Olympics, proving that skiing is in her blood and age is just a number.
Marie Martinod wins Ski Halfpipe X-Games Aspen 2017
Kaya Turski
Kaya Turski has been labeled the queen of slopestyle and rightfully so. Before her ski career even began, she was skilled blader based in Montreal, Canada. She switched to skis when she was 16, where her background as a blader influenced her smooth style and easy progression through tricks.
In 2009 Kaya made her first appearance in the X-Games where she won bronze in slopestyle. Since then, she has become one of the most decorated athletes in freeskiing. In 2013 she was the first female to do a switch 1080 in a competition, but her progression didn’t stop there. In 2017 Kaya landed a switch dub 10 in the big air competition at X-Games Aspen. Throughout her ski career she has had a numerous amount of injuries, but her determination and ability to bounce back has made Kaya a huge influencer on woman’s progression in slopestyle.
Winter X Games 2012: Kaya Turski's Gold Medal Run
http://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/856548/Kaya-Turski-Switch-Dub-10---X-Games-2017?c=1
Winter X Games 2017: Kaya Turski Switch Dub 1080
Lisa Zimmermann
Lisa Zimmermann was once a pretty good figure-skater, and spinning on ice seems to transition perfectly into spinning on skis….In the air….At really high speeds. She constantly impresses those around her through her ability to push herself in skiing. It shows - in 2012 at just 16 years old she was the first female to land a double cork at the Stubai Glacier.
Some might debate’s Zimmermann’s inclusion on the list, but every other athlete that has skied with Lisa has stated her determination to pull off progressive tricks has influenced themselves to push harder. An X-Games invite evaded Lisa until 2017, where she was invited to compete in the inaugural woman’s big air competition. Zimmermann won gold in the big air with a switch dub 1080. While she is a serious competitor on the mountain, she clearly knows how to laugh at herself and the ridiculousness that’s included with working in the ski industry.
Kelly Sildaru
Kelly Sildaru is a force to be recognized with at just 15 years old. She is well-known for her progressive skiing in slopestyle and big-air with smooth execution of her runs. Technically, she is one of the most proficient skiers in the competitions. Kelly already has many podium finishes and contest wins to her name from the X-Games to the Dew Tour - her first medal was at age 13. In the 2016 Dew Tour, she threw down switch left and right 900s flawlessly.
In her home country of Estonia, she is a local hero for representing the country’s first high-level competitive freeskier. Unfortunately, she is out for the 2018 Olympics due to a knee injury but there’s no doubt Kelly is going to continue to push women’s freeskiing in the right direction when she returns. Hopefully, she will try her skills in the halfpipe next.
Kelly Sildaru wins Women's Ski Slopestyle X Games Aspen 2017
To be honest, Sarah Burke’s legacy and who she was as a person is greater than one simple paragraph. She didn’t just pioneer woman’s halfpipe skiing, she lit a fire in her path for other women to follow.
Winter X Games Europe 2011 - Sarah Burke Wins Ski Women's Superpipe Gold
Throughout her entire ski career, she helped create a female community to be out in the park. In the early days, she met fellow freeskier Kristi Leskinen and together they lobbied for women to have their own competitions. Sarah would forerun the half-pipe event of men’s competitions and execute flawless, progressive runs that would have landed her on the podium. She was the first woman to land a numerous amount of tricks in competitions, including a 1080. She did not just have a passion for her progressing own skiing, she had a passion for progressing woman’s skiing as a whole. It is due to Sarah’s dedication that the Sochi Winter Olympics in 2014 had a women’s half-pipe event. After she passed away in 2012 The Sarah Burke Foundation was created in her name to support and inspire future generations of girls in sports. Her legacy of involving girls in skiing continues on.
Marie Martinod
Marie Martinod has been dominating the headlines of freeskiing for a long time. She is from France where she began competed in moguls and aerial jumping as a young teenager. At 16, Dynastar pushed for Marie to be on the freestyle team and she began thriving at the big air and halfpipe. When there were no women’s events, Marie, like Sarah, would forerun the men’s competitions. However, in 2006 she quit competitive skiing to focus on other priorities, such as her family. In 2012, with the encouragement of Sarah, she made her comeback and won silver in the halfpipe in the Sochi Olympics.
Marie on the podium for the 2014 Sochi halfpipe with her daughter as well as gold medalist Maddie Bowman and silver medalist Ayana Onozuka.
Marie didn’t stop at the Olympics. In 2017 she won the super halfpipe in the 2017 X-Games Aspen with a beautiful run in one of the most challenging and icy conditions for a competition. That gold medal win was over 10 years after she won bronze in the same event in 2006. Right now Marie is training for the 2018 Olympics, proving that skiing is in her blood and age is just a number.
Marie Martinod wins Ski Halfpipe X-Games Aspen 2017
Kaya Turski
Kaya Turski has been labeled the queen of slopestyle and rightfully so. Before her ski career even began, she was skilled blader based in Montreal, Canada. She switched to skis when she was 16, where her background as a blader influenced her smooth style and easy progression through tricks.
In 2009 Kaya made her first appearance in the X-Games where she won bronze in slopestyle. Since then, she has become one of the most decorated athletes in freeskiing. In 2013 she was the first female to do a switch 1080 in a competition, but her progression didn’t stop there. In 2017 Kaya landed a switch dub 10 in the big air competition at X-Games Aspen. Throughout her ski career she has had a numerous amount of injuries, but her determination and ability to bounce back has made Kaya a huge influencer on woman’s progression in slopestyle.
Winter X Games 2012: Kaya Turski's Gold Medal Run
http://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/856548/Kaya-Turski-Switch-Dub-10---X-Games-2017?c=1
Winter X Games 2017: Kaya Turski Switch Dub 1080
Lisa Zimmermann
Lisa Zimmermann was once a pretty good figure-skater, and spinning on ice seems to transition perfectly into spinning on skis….In the air….At really high speeds. She constantly impresses those around her through her ability to push herself in skiing. It shows - in 2012 at just 16 years old she was the first female to land a double cork at the Stubai Glacier.
Some might debate’s Zimmermann’s inclusion on the list, but every other athlete that has skied with Lisa has stated her determination to pull off progressive tricks has influenced themselves to push harder. An X-Games invite evaded Lisa until 2017, where she was invited to compete in the inaugural woman’s big air competition. Zimmermann won gold in the big air with a switch dub 1080. While she is a serious competitor on the mountain, she clearly knows how to laugh at herself and the ridiculousness that’s included with working in the ski industry.
Kelly Sildaru
Kelly Sildaru is a force to be recognized with at just 15 years old. She is well-known for her progressive skiing in slopestyle and big-air with smooth execution of her runs. Technically, she is one of the most proficient skiers in the competitions. Kelly already has many podium finishes and contest wins to her name from the X-Games to the Dew Tour - her first medal was at age 13. In the 2016 Dew Tour, she threw down switch left and right 900s flawlessly.
In her home country of Estonia, she is a local hero for representing the country’s first high-level competitive freeskier. Unfortunately, she is out for the 2018 Olympics due to a knee injury but there’s no doubt Kelly is going to continue to push women’s freeskiing in the right direction when she returns. Hopefully, she will try her skills in the halfpipe next.
Kelly Sildaru wins Women's Ski Slopestyle X Games Aspen 2017
