Sammy Carlson

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Samuel or Sammy Carlson is an American freeskier. He was born in 1989 and lives in Tigard, Oregon. He has competed in the Winter X games and the US Freeskiing Open in such events as Big Air and Slopestyle, which is his favorite event. In November of 2006, Sammy won his first big competition when he competed in the Big Air contest for freeskiers - "Peak Perfomance King of Style" at the historic Olympic Arena Stockholm Stadion in Stockholm, Sweden. 24 skiers challenged the monster jump and Carlson won with a "Switch 1080." He is equally versed on both rails and jumps and in 2005, placed 4th at the Gravity Games slopestyle and 5th at the World Skiing Invitational slopestyle-two of the biggest comps of the year. 2005 was Carlson's break out season as he also became a household name with impressive film segments in both Poor Boyz Productions War, and Kris Ostness' TeddyBear Crisis.