Frank Bare Jr. is an American
freestyle skier
Freestyle skiing is a skiing discipline comprising aerials, moguls, cross, half-pipe, slopestyle and big air as part of the Winter Olympics. It can consist of a skier performing aerial flips and spins and can include skiers sliding rails and ...
. Bare was one of the sport's innovators and trained using a trampoline as well as on the
aerials water ramps. In 1983, at
Donner Ski Ranch
Donner Ski Ranch is a budget-oriented, family owned ski area located on Donner Summit in the Tahoe National Forest of Nevada County, California. It is owned by Janet and Marshall Tuttle, who purchased it after it went into bankruptcy. The area it ...
, California, Bare performed the first quadruple somersault on skis. He did a triple twisting quadrupole back flip and did not wear a helmet. For nearly 20 years, no other skier performed a quadruple somersault onto snow.
Bare's father,
Frank Bare Sr., was a notable American gymnastics executive.
Frank Bare
International Gymnastics Hall of Fame web site
References
American male freestyle skiers
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)
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