Olympic Gold Medalist Eileen Gu Makes Sport Illustrated Swimsuit Cover 3-time Olympic medalist and one of the highest paid women’s athletes in the world Eileen Gu has added another accolade to her list of achievements, but this time not through competing directly in winter sports disciplines. The 21-year-old freestyle skier and Stanford physics major recently appeared as a cover model in Sports Illustrated’s iconic Swimsuit Issue, marking another first in […] Industry News Martin Kuprianowicz | May 14, 2025 0 Comments
Alex Ferreira Leads U.S. Podium Sweep at FIS Halfpipe World Cup in Aspen, CO Team USA delivered a dominant performance in the men’s final at the FIS Halfpipe World Cup on Sunday, with Aspen native Alex Ferreira securing victory in front of an electrified home crowd. Ferreira’s third-run score of 95.75 led a U.S. sweep of the podium, while Great Britain’s Zoe Atkin claimed the women’s title for her first World Cup win in […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | February 3, 2025 0 Comments
Eileen Gu Wins Yet Another World Cup At FIS Freeski World Cup in Copper Mountain, CO, Making Her the Winningest Freeski Athlete of All Time Eileen Gu has done it yet again, with another incredible halfpipe victory at the FIS Freeski World Cup taking place at Copper Mountain, Colorado, from December 19-21. The 21-year-old skier’s 17th World Cup victory awarded her the record for most FIS Freeski World Cup wins in history. Up until now, Gu was tied for that honor with France’s Tess Ledeux […] Industry News Elise Chou | December 25, 2024 0 Comments
Eileen Gu Snags Remarkable Halfpipe Victory at FIS Freeski World Cup in Secret Garden, China Professional freeskier Eileen Gu secured a remarkable halfpipe victory at the recent FIS Freeski World Cup held in Secret Garden, China, from December 4 through 6. This is the 21-year-old skier’s 16th World Cup win, tying her with Tess Ledoux for most FIS World Cup wins in history. Competing on home snow, Gu dominated the women’s halfpipe event with her […] Industry News Elise Chou | December 8, 2024 0 Comments
Eileen Gu Sets All-Time Record for FIS Freeski World Cup Wins Eileen Gu has solidified her place in freeskiing history by claiming her 15th FIS Freeski World Cup victory at the Winter Games NZ 2024, held at Cardrona Alpine Resort, New Zealand. This win makes Gu the all-time leader in World Cup titles for both men and women at the young age of 21. Competing in challenging weather conditions, Gu dominated […] Jack Bynum | September 10, 2024 0 Comments
Alex Ferreira and Eileen Gu Secure 23/24 Season Halfpipe Crystal Globe at Calgary Snow Rodeo, AB U.S. Freeskier Alex Ferreira claimed the 23/24 season Halfpipe Crystal Globe after the FIS Freeski World Cup in Calgary, Alberta. The World Cup was held at the Calgary Snow Rodeo and as it was the fifth and last Halfpipe competition of the season, Crystal Globes were awarded in the men’s and women’s competition. The women’s Crystal Globe went […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | February 19, 2024 0 Comments
X Games Aspen, CO, 2024 Report: A Fan’s Perspective Report from January 27-28, 2024 The X Games The Aspen airport is located steps from the base of Buttermilk Mountain where the X games are held. Although this weekend is pricy, so many fans not within driving distance fly into Denver and make the four hour drive. We left early Saturday to get into town and take a few laps […] Conditions Report Brett Ploss | January 30, 2024 0 Comments
U.S. Men Dominate at Halfpipe FIS World Cup in Copper Mountain, CO The U.S. Freestyle team had a fantastic day at the Halfpipe FIS World Cup event in Copper Mountain, Colorado, on Friday, December 15, 2023, with the top five spots in the Men’s event going to U.S. competitors. The Men’s Halfpipe event saw seven U.S. athletes advance to the Final, with Alex Ferreira claiming the victory and teammates, Hunter Hess and […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | December 17, 2023 0 Comments
Eileen Gu & Alex Ferreira Win Halfpipe Freeski FIS World Cup in Secret Garden, China US-Chinese freestyle skier Eileen Gu won the Women’s Halfpipe event at the FIS World Cup in Secret Garden, China, with 94.25 points, beating Hanna Faulhaber from the US by an entire 12 points to second place. Faulhaber became the 2023 World Champion at Bakuriani, Georgia earlier this year. This marks her fourth career World Cup podium. Teammates Riley Jacobs and […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | December 10, 2023 0 Comments
Eileen Gu Out With Knee Injury Eileen Gu, the young superstar skier who won a gold medal in Big Air and Halfpipe at the 2022 Olympics Games in Beijing, was forced to withdraw from X Games 2023 with a significant knee injury. The 19-year-old phenom suffered the injury during a practice run before the competition and will miss an extended period while going through rehab. Related: Eileen […] Industry News Matt Scribner | January 31, 2023 0 Comments
Eileen Gu Wins First Halfpipe Competition Since Gold Medal Run in Beijing [arve url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_osPcQPQwho"] Matt Scribner | January 25, 2023 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
Eileen Gu Was The 3rd Highest Paid Female Athlete in 2022 Forbes released a list of the highest-paid female athletes in 2022. While you might be forgiven for thinking Alpine legends Lindsey Vonn or Mikaela Shiffrin could have made the list, it was instead Freestyle talent Eileen Gu, who came in at 3rd place with an estimated $ 20.1 million, behind Naomi Osaka in 1st place and Serena Williams in 2nd with […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | January 3, 2023 1 Comment
Freeski Update: FIS Freestyle Season 22/23 Kicks Off This Week With Big Air in Switzerland While eyes of the alpine community are turned to Sölden, Austria, this weekend, just a couple of mountain ranges to the west, in Chur, Switzerland, the Freestylers are kicking off their season with a Big Air event on Friday. The Freestyle category under FIS, the International Ski Federation, consists of six very unique disciplines: Ski/Boarder-Cross Moguls (Duals and Singles) Big Air […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | October 19, 2022 2 Comments
Freeskier Eileen Gu Finished 2nd at San Francisco Half Marathon With No Formal Training View this post on Instagram A post shared by Eileen 🖤🌈🧊🐲 (@eileen_gu_) Eileen Gu finished second in her age group at the San Francisco half marathon last weekend, just 36 hours after signing up and with no formal training. Related: US-Born Chinese Freeskier Eileen Gu on 2022 TIME100 List | Will be an Ambassador for Salt Lake City […] SnowBrains | August 3, 2022 3 Comments
Mixed-Emotions in China, U.S., After American-Born Freeskier Eileen Gu Confirms She Will be Ambassador for Salt Lake City Winter Olympic Bid They love her and they hate her. On Tuesday, American-born double gold medallist Eileen Gu, who competed for China in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, announced that she’s going to be an ambassador for Salt Lake City’s Winter Olympic bid for the 2030 or 2034 Games. Chinese and American social media users alike shared both support and disgust for her […] Industry News Martin Kuprianowicz | June 13, 2022 3 Comments
US-Born Chinese Freeskier Eileen Gu on 2022 TIME100 List | Will be an Ambassador for Salt Lake City Olympic Bid US-born Chinese freeskier Eileen Gu is on the 2022 TIME100 list after becoming the youngest freestyle ski champion in Beijing, where she won the gold medal in both big air and halfpipe, and silver in slopestyle. Related: [VIDEO] Eileen Gu World’s First Woman to Stomp Double Cork 14 The 18-year-old Olympic freestyle skiing champion who was born and raised in San […] Industry News SnowBrains | June 9, 2022 2 Comments
[OLYMPICS] San Francisco, CA’s, Eileen Gu Takes Silver For China in Women’s Slopestyle Event 18-year-old Chinese freeskier Eileen Gu took silver in the women’s slopestyle event yesterday after winning the big air event earlier at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. Related: [VIDEO] San Francisco, CA’s Eileen Gu Wins Gold in Women’s Big Air With Double Cork 1620 Switzerland’s Mathilde Gremaud took gold and Estonia’s Kelly Sildaru bronze. Gremaud fell on her first run, but […] Olympics SnowBrains | February 15, 2022 3 Comments
[VIDEO] San Francisco, CA’s Eileen Gu Wins Gold in Women’s Big Air With Double Cork 1620 Gu for GOLD. Eileen Gu wins Women's Big Air gold with a double cork 1620 on her final run. #WinterOlympicspic.twitter.com/VMC8T19xvB — NBC Sports (@NBCSports) February 8, 2022 American-born Eileen Gu won gold yesterday at the Beijing 2022 Winter Games — becoming the first woman to win the Olympics’ inaugural freeski big air event. Related: [VIDEO] Teenager Eileen Gu Stomps First […] Olympics SnowBrains | February 8, 2022 1 Comment
[VIDEO] Teenager Eileen Gu Stomps First Ever Double Cork 1440 in Women’s Competition [arve url="https://youtu.be/MXr8YRhjgsc?t=217"] SnowBrains | December 13, 2021 Likes Tweets 1 Comment
[VIDEO] Eileen Gu World’s First Woman to Stomp Double Cork 14 Eileen Gu Stomping The First Ever Double Cork 1440 In Women’s Freeskiing Aaand just like that Eileen Gu stomped the world’s first Double Cork 14 in Women’s freeskiing. What an absolute queen 👑! 📍 Prime Park Sessions Posted by Red Bull Snow on Sunday, 7 November 2021 Aaand just like that @eileen_gu_ stomped the #worldsfirst Double Cork 14 in […] Industry News SnowBrains | November 8, 2021 0 Comments
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