Family man David Wise has been on the top of the halfpipe podium since early 2011 and now has his own chapter in the freeskiing history books for becoming the first-ever Olympic halfpipe skiing gold medalist. (Getty Images/Adam Pretty)
The world’s most elite snowboarders and skiers are at Copper Mountain this week for the first stop of the Toyota U.S. Grand Prix tour.
Joss Christensen and David Wise talk with Team USA about defending their gold medals in the upcoming Olympics.
USSA has developed a strategic partnership with top sports advertising agency Adore Creative to produce branding spots for both the U.S. Ski Team and U.S. Grand Prix.
At the Suzuki Nine Knights event in Watles, Italy, David Wise (Reno, NV) broke the world record for the highest air on a hip by 3 meters on Friday—soaring 14.2 (about 46.5 feet) meters above the deck.
American athletes grabbed 10 of the 16 overall spots into the final FIS Freeski World Cup halfpipe event of the season in Tignes, France.
X Games put together a guide of the most important athletes, events and music to watch at Aspen this year.
Gus Kenworthy led a U.S. sweep in the men’s halfpipe final, which was cancelled due to heavy snow, as the results were determined off the qualifying round.
Eight U.S. athletes qualified for Friday’s halfpipe finals at the Visa U.S. Freeskiing Grand Prix at Mammoth Mountain.
The U.S. Grand Prix tour kicks off at California’s Mammoth Mountain Jan. 21-24. Both snowboarders and freeskiers will compete in halfpipe and slopestyle. (USSA)
American skier David Wise (Reno, NV) won the men’s superpipe event under snowy conditions at the Dew Tour Breckenridge on Saturday.
Olympic Champions Wise, Bowman and Christensen lead 39 athletes named to 2016 U.S. Freeskiing Team
The final stop of the FIS World Cup halfpipe tour wrapped up under the lights in Tignes, France with David Wise, Alex Ferreira and Brita Sigourney all snagging podium spots and Wise walking away with his first crystal globe.
The FIS World Cup Tour wraps up this week with halfpipe finals taking place in Tignes, France on Thursday, with slopestyle qualis and finals taking place in Silvaplana, Switzerland on Friday and Saturday. Gus Kenworthy sits in striking distance for both.
Wednesday kicked off qualifying rounds for all Sprint U.S. Grand Prix events in Park City, UT, including the Visa U.S. Grand Prix ski halfpipe.
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David Wise has been on the top of the halfpipe podium since early 2011, with a trophy case that includes the inaugural Olympic gold medal in men's ski halfpipe. Wise, a family man from Reno, NV, had a consistent road to Sochi, winning two of the five Olympic qualifying events and clinching his team nomination through objective criteria. Ticket to Sochi in hand, Wise made a quick stop in Aspen, CO before heading to Russia and bagged his third-straight X Games gold medal, the only athlete to accomplish the feat since Tanner Hall’s three-peat from 2006-2008. In Sochi, unfavorable weather conditions in the Olympic halfpipe venue provided a challenge to competitors, but Wise remained focused and professional and threw down a smooth and technical run that was unbeatable. Heading into the Olympics, Wise considered it a huge achievement just to represent his country at his sport’s debut. With the gold medal in hand and his wife and daughter cheering him on at the bottom, Wise truly achieved freeskiing greatness in 2014. Wise began competing in halfpipe at a young age, winning his first U.S. national title at 15 and then turning professional at 18. Wise has all the tools to compete on the highest level: style, technicality and amplitude. So it should come as no surprise that Wise kicked off a dominant streak in 2012, winning the Winter X Games, the Dew Tour Finals and The Grand Prix finals consecutively. The 2013 season was another standout year for Wise with gold at the Aspen X Games, gold at the FIS World Championships, silver at X Games Tignes and winning a sixth U.S. national title. He then topped it off with an AFP halfpipe title. He won the Winter Dew Tour that kicked off the 2016 season but then took a hard fall at the Mammoth Grand Prix that resulted in a separated left shoulder. FIRST TRACKS OFF THE SNOW In the summer he plays volleyball on the beaches of Tahoe. He and his friends have a “men's league” slow-pitch softball team that helps Wise get his competitive sports fix. |
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HighlightsTeams: 2014 Gold, HP, Sochi, RUS, 2014 1st, HP, 2015 1st, HP, 2013 2nd, HP, 2012 4th, HP, 2011 Gold, HP, Aspen, CO, 2014 Gold, HP, Aspen, CO, 2013 Gold, HP, Aspen, CO, 2012 Silver, HP, Tignes, FRA, 2012 Silver, HP, Tignes, FRA, 2013 4th, HP, Aspen, CO, 2016 Teams: 2009, 2011, 2013 1st, HP, Voss, NOR, 2013 4th, HP, Park City, UT, 2011 4th, HP, Inawashiro, JPN, 2009 Sixteen World Cup Starts, eleven podiums, four wins, since 2009 GRAND PRIX 1st, HP, Copper Mountain, CO, 2014 1st, HP, Breckenridge, CO, 2014 1st, HP, Park City, UT, 2013 1st, HP, Mammoth Mountain, CA, 2012 2nd, HP, Mammoth Mountain, CA, 2016 3rd, HP, Copper Mountain, CO, 2013 U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS TITLES 2011, Stratton Mountain, VT 2009, Squaw Valley, CA 2008, Park City, UT 2006, Killington, VT OTHER 4th, HP, SFR Freesytle Tour, FRA, 2016 1st, HP, Dew Tour, Breckenridge, CO, 2013 1st, HP, Dew Tour, Snowbasin, UT, 2012 2nd, HP, New Zealand Open, Cardrona, NZL, 2011 3rd, HP, New Zealand Winter Games, Snowpark, NZL, 2011 5th, HP, Dew Tour, Breckenridge, CO, 2012 |