Sammy Carlson

Samuel or Sammy Carlson is an American freeskier. He was born in 1989 and lives in Tigard, Oregon, and recently graduated from high school. He is considered to be one of the best young newschool skiers out there, mainly a slopestyle specialist. His achievements include 1st in Slopestyle in the Paul Mitchell Freeski Tour in 2005, and also winning the King of Style in Stockholm, Sweden, in 2006, throwing a 'Switch 1080'. He has been featured in Poor Boyz Production's War, and also Kris Ostness' Teddy Bear Crisis. In 2007, he got his first X-Games Medal, coming second in slopestyle. He has also been featured in 2 of this year's (2007) ski movies, Poor Boyz Productions 'Yeah Dude', 'Ski Porn' and Matchstick Productions' 'Seven Sunny Days'. He is sponsored by Salomon, Oakley, Nike6.0, Kicker,Giro and Rockstar Energy Drink

Achievements

2005 Paul Mitchell Freeski Tour (Breckenridge, CO) - SlopeStyle - 4th
2005 Paul Mitchell Freeski Tour (Sugar Bowl, CA) - Slopestyle - 1st
2005 Gravity Games (Copper Mountain, CO) - Slopestyle - 1st
2005 World Ski Invitational (Whistler, BC) - Slopestyle - 5th
2006 US Open (Vail, CO) - Slopestyle - 2nd
2006 US Open (Vail, CO) - Big Air - 5th
2006 World Ski Invitational (Whistler, BC) - Slopestyle - 19th
2006 World Ski Invitational (Whistler, BC) - Big Air - 3rd
2006 King of Style (Stockholm, SWE) - Big Air - 1st
2006 Icer Air (San Francisco, CA) - Big Air - 10th
2007 US Open (Copper, CO) - Slopestyle - 11th
2007 US Open (Copper, CO) - Big Air - 3rd

2007 X-Games (Aspen, CO) - Slopestyle - 2nd
2007 X-Games (Aspen, CO) - Superpipe - 11th
2008 JOSS (Åre, SWE) - 1st

External links

* [http://hookedonwinter.com/wiki/index.php?title=Sammy_Carlson Article on HookedOnWinter.com's WikiWinter]
* http://www.powdermag.com/features/onlineexclusive/sammy-carlsen/