X games skiers 2013

In an October ESPN The Magazine story, he announced publicly that he was gay, becoming the first male action sports athlete to do so. With k Instagram followers, Sweden's Jon Olsson is one of the most popular skiers ever. And who wouldn't want to follow Olsson's life? He drives fast cars, has a beautiful fiance, spends his days making Vlog posts from his home in Monaco and was named one of Sweden's sexiest men by Elle magazine. Olsson wasn't always the glam face of skiing, though.

At his first XG in , he flew under the radar finishing eighth in Big Air. That was the last time he failed to leave an impression on skis. Over the course of the next nine years, he went on to earn 10 XG medals between three disciplines -- the second most skiing medals in history.

When Olsson bid adieu to X Games in , he returned to alpine ski racing and eventually worked his way up the World Cup -- an unheard-of feat. Tanner Hall's name is synonymous with X Games. He first competed at XG back when he was 16 and was a fixture from He dominated Slopestyle first before moving onto SuperPipe becoming the only skier to three-peat in both disciplines. One of the original founders of Armada Skis, Hall was the most influential and mimicked skier of his generation.

He still trots the globe in his Mercedes Sprinter van making video edits of his backcountry skiing exploits. Simply a prodigy on skis, Kelly Sildaru was only years-old and 88 pounds when she first ruled the women's Slopestyle course at XG in She's the youngest athlete to ever win a winter event. She has since gone on to dominate women's slopestyle and big air -- pushing women's park skiing to a whole new level. From Jan. Still only 15, Sildaru is a star in her homeland of Estonia.

No woman changed the trajectory of women's freeskiing like Sarah Burke. A pioneer of the sport and mentor to all, Burke pushed hard for women's skiing to be added to events like the X Games and the US Open.

During her X Games career, she netted six SuperPipe medals including gold from Hearts broke everywhere when Sarah passed away on January 19, after falling on a routine trick in the superpipe.

Gone but not forgotten, no one would have been prouder to see the progression of women's skiing over the last six years than Sarah. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame, is still an ambassador of the sport who travels around the world spreading the freeskiing doctrine.

Doug Coombs was an incredible skier -- he was a two-time winner of the World Extreme Skiing Championships -- but his largest impact on the sport was introducing the rest of the world to a little place called Alaska. Coombs died from a fall in La Grave, France, in You can't talk about freeskiing without talking about Shane McConkey, the sport's original funnyman. He appeared in countless ski movies from Matchstick Productions and others and helped build the first rockered powder ski, and his alter ego "Saucer Boy" and sense of humor reminded everyone not to take themselves too seriously.

Seth Morrison has never searched for the spotlight; it's always just found him. A former big-mountain competitor, he has appeared in dozens of ski films, including a documentary film about him in , and he was one of the first to take big tricks to the backcountry. His most impressive contribution? His longevity. Now age 40, he's still considered one of the best in the game and appears regularly in films.

Tanner Hall, now 30, has been a dominating force in competitive freeskiing for years, and he was among the first to show everyone you should spin four ways to win. Skiers and snowboarders competed in the X-Games for 3. Skiers earned 22 medals prior to ACL reconstruction 9 gold, 5 silver, 8 bronze and 24 medals after ACL reconstruction 16 gold, 2 silver, 6 bronze. Snowboarders earned 7 medals prior to ACL reconstruction 4 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze and 19 medals after ACL reconstruction 7 gold, 7 silver, 5 bronze.

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