We know, we know, David Wise is from Reno, not Tahoe, but you can’t ski halfpipe in Reno. Â You gotta come up to Lake Tahoe, California to do that. Â So, we’ll claim him.
And why wouldn’t we wanna claim David. Â The guy is a white-hot halfpipe robot right now. Â He won the gold medal at X-Games in 2012, 2013, and 2014 before winning a gold medal in the first ever Olympic ski halfpipe competition yesternight. Â Very impressive, David.
David won his gold medal in very nasty conditions. Â Driving sleet was ripping across the pipe when he dropped in for his first Olympic finals run. Â You could barely see the top of the pipe from the bottom of the pipe at times. Â David overcame and scored a 92.00 that would not be beaten.
23-year-old David does what he wants to do in the pipe and has a pretty strict routine along with a wife and 2-year-old child.
“Because skiing is as much an art as it is a sport, I want to put my mark on what skiing is. This is what I think halfpipe skiing should look like, and this is how I like to do it. Beyond that the judges can do or say what they want with it.” – David Wise told Powder Magazine
David’s gold medal in Ski Halfpipe plus the US sweep of Ski Slopestyle makes 4 medals taken by USA skiers in the new Olympic events of Ski Slopestyle and Ski Halfpipe. Â That means we took 4 out of 6 possible medals in these two events. Â Not bad.
Congrats David!
REPRESENT!!
Why no Moment boards for the fully local ski package?