- Simon Dumont
Simon Francis Dumont (born
July 9 ,1986 ) is an American professional free skier. Considered to be one of the leaders of thefreeskiing movement, and arguably one of the bestsuperpipe riders in the world. He is known best for his outrageous amplitude and smooth style. He is well known for his signature 540's and 1260's. He has also appeared in several ski films including: Mind the Gap, War, Teddybear Crisis, Push, High Five, Forward, Strike 3, X=ten, Ready Fire Aim, Not Another Ski Movie and Yeah Dude!. He recently founded Empire Attire, an athlete driven company. He is very involved in the design process, coming up with ideas for everything from clothing to skis.Personal
Born in Bethel,
Maine to Francis and Barbara Dumont, Simon has one older brother, Adam and a younger sister, Felicia, owner of Kai Clothing.He attended Telstar Regional High School in Bethel, where he graduated in 2004. He was a participant in the school's golf program as well as a soccer player. His home ski resort is Sunday River.
Press
He was featured in the January 24th, 2008 issue of Rolling Stones article on the X Games:
Simon has been on skis since he was three. He first became recognized at the X Games when he was fifteen. At seventeen, he won his first gold medals. At age eighteen, he was critically injured in a failed jump at Park City. The video of that crash -- he plummets eighty feet to the ground -- became an internet phenomenon. Dumont admits he's lucky to be alive. He fractured his pelvis and ruptured his spleen, but just six weeks later he returned to the slopes. Dumont, 21, figures he's got five years of freestyle left in him. "Then I'd like to go backcountry and start landing in powder," he says. "It doesn't hurt so much." Currently, he has one goal: to reclaim what he feels is rightfully his. "The X Games are coming, and I'm gonna get my gold back."
In 2008, Jon Olsson and Simon Dumont announced their involvement in a new open freeskiing event, the [http://www.OpensFreeski.com North American Open] , at Breckenridge, CO.
On Monday, April 22, 2008, Dumont was a guest on the Ellen Degeneres Show where he discusses his world record setting performance at Sunday River.
World Quarterpipe Record
On April 11, 2008 Simon Dumont set the current world QP height record at Sunday River in Bethel, Maine. He aired 35.5 feet out of a 38-foot QP, while performing a cork 900 tail grab. Previous attempts earlier in the week had resulted in Dumont falling 55 feet after hitting an over-vert section of the quarter-pipe. The quarter pipe was built by Snow Park Technologies and funded by Red Bull.
External links
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjWS7UHR9U4 YouTube - Simon Dumont's Overshot Fall]
* [http://www.empireattire.com Empire Attire - Simon Dumont's Empire]
* [http://www.newschoolers.com/web/content/news/news_id/2043/ Newschoolers.com - Dumont Breaks World Record]
* [http://www.Simon-Dumont.com Simon-Dumont- Simon Dumont Official Website]
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