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2026
XGames 2026 – Mathilde Gremaud
- the only woman in the world to land a nosebutter double cork 1260, and it just scored Gold in @Stake Women’s Ski Big Air. It’s Mathilde’s 4th XG Big Air gold and 11th medal overall.
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2023
At #XGamesAspen 2023, Megan Oldham became the first woman on skis or snowboard to land a triple cork in a contest. Oldham’s 1440 was absolutely perfect. Literally — it scored a 50 and led to Big Air gold.
2022
Alex Hall – landing the first-ever switch 2160 at the X Games in 2022.
Mathilde Gremaud of Switzerland was the first woman to land a double cork 1620 (dub 16) in competition. She achieved this during the women’s freeski big air event at the 2022 Winter X Games, where she took gold.
Eileen Gu later landed it in the same Olympic cycle at Beijing 2022, becoming the second woman and the first to do a leftside version in competition.
The longest rail grind ski is 154.49 m (506 ft 10.3 in), achieved by Jesper Tjäder (Sweden), at Skistar Resort in Åre, Sweden, on 9 May 2022.
2021
Eileen Gu – set rookie records at X Games Aspen 2021, winning three medals (two golds, one bronze)
2020
2019
Swiss skier Bösch was in training for the X Games 2019 when he landed the the first-ever quadruple flip on skis, in the form of a a Quadruple Cork 1980 (comprised of four off-axis flips with five full rotations).
2016
Tom Wallish – Guinness World Record – longest rail grind on skis at 424 feet (128.656m) at Seven Springs, Pennsylvania (surpassed previous 405ft record)
2012
on January 19, 2012
Tom Wallish – X Games Aspen Gold (Slopestyle) – historic highest score in men’s slopestyle history (96.00 points)
2008
Simon Dumont – jumped 10.08m from the quarter pipe at Sunday River in Maine
2002
Tanner Hall – Co-founder of Armada Skis – the first athlete-led ski brand dedicated to freeride/freestyle
2001
Eileen Gu – landed the world’s first women’s freeski double cork 1440 in training later in 2021 during Prime Park Sessions.
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Tanner Hall – First X Games gold in Big Air – youngest winner (age 17)
2000
One of the first recorded 720s was pulled off by French skier Candide Thovex. He nailed a D-spin 720 with an off axis rotation over Chad’s Gap, a natural gap in Utah. Having spent an entire day slamming into a snow pile, Thovex returned the following day and nailed the trick.
Twin-tip skis were pioneered by Mike Douglas and others in the early 2000s, enabling switch landings and park progression.
1999
JF Cusson – nailed an unnatural (right side) switch 720 at the 1999 X Games, won gold
Noted
- JF Cusson – the inventor of the 360 mute grab
- Jon Olsson, the Swedish maverick, is renowned for progressive Big Air tricks, like the Kangaroo Flip, the DJ Flip, and the Tornado
- Tanner Hall
- First skier to win gold medals in all freestyle disciplines at Winter X Games
- Record: Most medals from X Games Aspen in history (11 medals total, 7 gold)
- Tom Wallish
- Popularized „Afterbang“ – the stylized leaning-back pose after landing tricks (became „King of Afterbang“)
- Nickname: „Pretzel Man“ – pioneered and mastered pretzel-style rail tricks (270 on-pretzel 270 off variations)
Early adopter of extremely baggy (XXL+) ski clothing as fashion statement
Influenced hip-hop culture integration into freeskiing
- Henrik Harlaut – Cuban grab
- Eileen Gu – the first freeskier to win three medals at a single Olympics
- The double cork was developed in the mid-2000s by skiers like Jon Olsson and Mike Wilson, revolutionizing off-axis flips
- Steele Spence
- Steele represents the bridge between early freeski pioneers and modern Olympic-level competition – from athlete to architect of the judging system that defines the sport today.
- Developed AFP judging curriculum that FIS now uses to train and certify judges worldwide
- Created international judging clinics taught in 16+ countries (France, Norway, Canada, Czech Republic, Russia, Poland, Belarus, etc.)
- Revised FIS rulebook with judging standards
- Advocated for „Overall Impression“ judging format to preserve creativity and progression
- 5 judging criteria: difficulty, execution, variety, amplitude, progression