- Tanner Hall
Tanner Hall (born
October 26 ,1983 ) age 25, ofKalispell, Montana is a freeskier. In an attempt at his fourth straightWinter X Games gold in skierslopestyle he was upset byCharles Gagnier .In March 2005, Hall was severely injured in an attempt to switch 900 over the infamous 136 foot
Chad's Gap , coming up short on the high side of the landing and fracturing both ankles and heel bones. He said about his injury, " It felt like bombs going off in my boots." His career is managed by his father Gerry Hall.Hall's Career Achievements
*2008: Wins Gold in ESPN Winter X Games-Superpipe at
Winter X Games XII . Making it his 3rd Straight Gold medal at X-Games, and currently setting the record with a total of 7 Winter X-Games gold medals.
*2007: Wins Gold in ESPN Winter X Games-Superpipe.
*2006: Wins the award of "Best North American Freeskier", which was previously held by Philippe Côté
# 2006: Gold US Freeskiing Open - Superpipe, Gold ESPN Winter X Games - Superpipe and Powder Video Awards - Worst Slam and Best Male performance.
# 2005: Silver ESPN Winter X Games-Slopestyle, Silver Medal ESPN Winter X Games-Superpipe, Gold US Freeskiing Open-Superpipe and Silver US Freeskiing Open-Slopestyle.
# 2004: Gold ESPN Winter X Games-Slopestyle, 1st BMW X3 Freeski Invitational, 1st World Skiing Invitational-Halfpipe, 2nd World Superpipe Championships and Silver US Freeskiing Open-Superpipe.
# 2003: Gold ESPN Winter X Games-Slopestyle, Silver ESPN Winter X Games-Superpipe, Gold US Freeskiing Open-Slopestyle, 1st World Superpipe Championships, 1st Ultimate Bumps&Jumps-big air, 1st Park City All-Stars Rail Jam, 1st West Coast Invitational-jib jam, 2nd World Skiing Invitational-big air, Silver US Freeskiing Open-Big air, 2nd Ultimate Bumps&Jumps-superpipe and 2nd Paul Mitchell Huck & Roll-halfpipe.
# 2002: Gold ESPN Winter X Games-Slopestyle, Gold US Freeskiing Open-Slopestyle, 1st World Skiing Invitational -Big Air, 1st Cham Jam, France-slopestyle, 1st Ultimate Bumps&Jumps-superpipe, 2nd Ultimate Bumps&Jumps-big air, 2nd. Ultimate Bumps&Jumps-moguls and Silver US Freeskiing Open-Big Air.
# 2001: Gold ESPN Winter X Games-Big Air, Silver Core Xtreme Games-quarterpipe, Silver Core Xtreme Games-big air, 1st Winter X Qualifier-big air and Bronze US Freeskiing Open-Slopestyle.Film Appearances
*Reasons (2008)
*The Massive (2008)
*Believe
*Show & Prove
*Pop Yer Bottlez
*WSKI 106
*Propaganda
*The GAME
*The Front Line
*High Society
*Yearbook
*Teddybear Crisis
*Session 1242
*Happy Days
*Strike Three
*The Realm
*The Junkshow Diaries
*Further
*Area 51
*13
*BalanceTrivia
Hall co-founded the freeride ski company Armada Skis with skier
JP Auclair and photographer Chris O'Connell. Hall is also part owner of the snowcat ski hill Retallack near Nelson, BC, Canada along with skierSeth Morrison Fact|date=June 2008.External links
* [http://www.freeskier.com/freeskier/news.php?news_id=57 Interview]
* [http://www.armadaskis.com Armada]
* [http://www.hookedonwinter.com/wiki/index.php?title=Tanner_Hall Article on HookedOnWinter.com's WikiWinter]
* [http://www.nothingtoxic.com/media/1176179583/Skier_Breaks_Both_of_his_Ankles_on_Landing Video clip of Tanner Hall's skiing accident]
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