Torin Yater-Wallace (born December 2, 1995, in
Aspen, Colorado
Aspen is a home rule municipality that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Pitkin County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 7,004 at the 2020 United States Census. Aspen is in a remote area of the Rocky Moun ...
) is a
freestyle skier
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from the
United States
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. He won a silver medal at
Winter X Games XV
Winter X Games XV (styled as Winter X Games Fifteen in the official logo) were held from January 26 to January 30, 2011, in Aspen, Colorado. They are the 10th consecutive Winter X Games to be held in Aspen. The events were broadcast on ESPN.
Sport ...
in the superpipe, making him the youngest medalist in Winter X-Games history. Torin is one of the best up-and-coming free skiers in the world.
During the summer, Yater-Wallace can be found at Mt. Hood, Oregon, where he hosts a Takeover Session at Windells Camp.
Early and personal life
At just 15 years of age, Yater-Wallace was the third-youngest male competitor in Winter X Games history. In early 2016 he bought a house in
Basalt, Colorado
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.
Career
''2016'' ''Competition Highlights''
:1st Winter X-Games Europe Oslo Norway
''2014'' ''Competition Highlights''
:1st Olympics Sochi, Russia
''2013 Competition Highlights''
:2nd Winter X-Games Aspen, CO
:2nd US Grand Prix Park City, UT
:1st Olympic Test Event Sochi, Russia
:2nd FIS World Championships Voss, Norway
:1st Winter X-Games Europe Tignes France
''2012 Competition Highlights''
:1st NZ Winter Games Snowpark, NZ
:2nd NZ Freeski Open Candrona, NZ
:3rd Winter Dew Tour Ogden, UT
:1st Winter Dew Tour, Killington, VT
:2nd
Winter Dew Tour
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History
The tour was announced in late 2004, and made its debut in Louisville, KY in June 2005. The tour then made stops i ...
Overall
:3rd Winter X-Games Aspen, CO
:1st Winter X-Games Europe Tignes, FR
During the 2012 U.S. Grand Prix slopestyle competition, Yater-Wallace landed the first switch 1800 jump completed in competition
''2011 Competition Highlights''
:2nd Winter X-Games Aspen
:3rd Winter X-Games Europe, Tignes, France
:2nd Grand Prix Copper, CO
Film segments
:2021 'Good Luck' - Deviate Productions
:2020 'Deviate' - Deviate Productions
:2017 'Back to Life' - Red Bull Mediahouse
:2013 'Partly Cloudy' – Level 1 Productions
:2012 ‘Sunny’ – Level 1 Productions
:2011 ‘Attack of La Nina’ – Matchstick Productions
References
External links
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Torin Yater-Wallace at armadaskis.com
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1995 births
Living people
American male freestyle skiers
Olympic freestyle skiers for the United States
Freestyle skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Freestyle skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics
X Games athletes
Superpipe skiers
Sportspeople from Aspen, Colorado
People from Basalt, Colorado