Tanner Hall (skier)

Tanner Hall (skier)
Tanner Hall (born October 26, 1983) is an American freeskier.
Biography
Hall, nicknamed 'Ski Boss', was born in Kalispell, Montana where he grew up skiing at Big Mountain, now named Whitefish Mountain Resort, starting at age three. He joined the freestyle ski team at age 10, skiing moguls and aerials until age 15 when he moved to Park City, Utah to pursue freeskiing. His first major competition was the US Open in Vail, Colorado
In 2002, 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 Retallack Snowcat Operation near Nelson, BC, Canada, along with skiers Seth Morrison and the young Algerian/Canadian Mehdi Trari.
In March 2005, while attempting a switch cork 900 over the legendary Chad's Gap in Wasatch backcountry, Utah, he pulled up short, hit the knuckle and then ragdolled down the landing, breaking both ankles. His injuries put him out for the rest of the season but returned in 2006 to win gold at both the US Freeskiing Open and the Winter X-Games.
His attempt at a fourth gold in slopestyle was upset by Charles Gagnier and in 2009 he lost a fourth straight superpipe gold to Xavier Bertoni.
After overshooting a jump at Stevens Pass, in May 2009, in Washington, he went on hiatus for just over a year. He suffered from tibial plateau fractures and ACL tears in both knees. Hall returned to training on trampolines during summer 2010.
Hall embraces the Rasta culture and supports the marijuana lifestyle. His DaKine line is called THC, which stand for the "Tanner Hall Collection" but is a play on the abbreviation for tetrahydrocannabinol, the psychoactive substance in cannabis. Hall is the co-founder of Inspired Media Concepts, a film and record company that focuses on rasta music and producing ski movies and webisodes.
After an 11-year relationship, Red Bull dropped their sponsorship of Tanner Hall at the Red Bull High Performance ski camp in New Zealand on August 29, 2012.
In February 2016, Hall became the first active professional athlete to create a pro model cannabis product and build a partnership with a cannabis company. Adventure travel brand Black Rock Originals created “The SKIBOSS Collection", a trio of products including rolling papers, a lighter and grinder; the three key item one needs to roll a joint.
Career achievements
1999
1st – Jim Moran Benefit Slopestyle (day 2)
2nd – Jim Moran Benefit Slopestyle (day 1)
4th – US Open Slopestyle
2000
1st – X Games Qualifier Big Air
1st – X Games Big Air
1st – US Open Big Air
2001
1st – Red Bull Huckfest Big Air
1st – X Games Qualifier Big Air
1st – X Games-Big Air,
2nd – Core Xtreme Games Big Air
2nd – Core Xtreme Games QP
3rd – US Freeskiing Open Slopestyle
2002
1st – X Games Slopestyle
1st – US Open Slopestyle
1st – Red Bull Huckfest Big Air
1st – Whistler Ski Invitational Big Air
1st – Cham Jam Slopestyle
1st – Ultimate Bumps & Jumps Half Pipe
2nd – US Open Big Air
2nd – Ultimate Bumps & Jumps Big Air
2nd – Ultimate Bumps & Jumps Moguls
2003
1st – X Games Slopestyle
1st – US Open Slopestyle
1st – Whistler Ski Invitational Big Air
1st – Ultimate Bumps & Jumps Big Air
1st – Park City All Stars Rail Jam
1st – West Coast Invitational Rail Jam
2nd – X Games Half Pipe
2nd – US Open Big Air
2nd – Whistler Ski Invitational Big Air
2nd – Ultimate Bumps & Jumps Half Pipe
2nd – Paul Mitchel Huck & Roll Half Pipe
2nd – Paul Mitchell Huck & Roll Slopestyle
2004
1st – X Games Slopestyle
1st – BMW X3 FreeSki Invite
1st – Whistler Ski Invitational Half Pipe
1st – NorAm World Cup Half Pipe
2nd – US Open Half Pipe
2nd – World Superpipe Championships Half Pipe
2nd – NorAm World Cup Half Pipe
2005
1st – US Open Half Pipe
2nd – X Games Half Pipe
2nd – X Games Slopestyle
2nd – US Open Slopestyle
2006
1st – X Games Half Pipe
1st – US Open Half Pipe
2007
1st – X Games Half Pipe
1st – US Open Half Pipe
2008
1st – X Games Half Pipe
1st – New Zealand Open Half Pipe
2009
1st – Dew Tour Northstar Half Pipe
1st – Dew Tour Breckenridge Half Pipe
2nd – X Games Half Pipe
3rd – Dew Tour Mt. Snow Half Pipe
2012
1st – NZ Freeski Open Half Pipe.
Film appearances
Poor Boyz Productions
Twenty (2014)
Everyday is a Saturday (2009)
Reasons (2008)
Propaganda (2001
Session 12:42 (2003)
Happy Dayz (2002)
War (2005)
13 (1999)
Inspired Media Concepts
Ring The Alarm (2016)
Let It Flow (2013)
The Education Of Style (2012)
Retallack: The Movie (2011)
Others
MTV Scarred (2007)
RE: Session (2009)
The Massive (2008)
Believe (2008)
Burger Time
Show & Prove
WSKI 106
The GAME
The Front Nine
High Society
Yearbook
Teddybear Crisis
Strike Three
The Realm
Second Generation
The Funkshow Diaries
Further
Scandalous
Los Alamos
Area 51
41 Degrees
Balance
Mind the Addiction
Subject to Change
David Lesh's "This Friday"
References
External links
Tanner Hall Moguls Preview on The Ski Channel
Interview
Armada
Article on HookedOnWinter.com's WikiWinter
Video clip of Tanner Hall's skiing accident
People from Kalispell, Montana
1983 births
Living people
American freeskiers
X Games athletes
American male freestyle skiers
Sportspeople from Montana