Tanner Hall

Tanner Hall

Personal information
Born October 26, 1983 (1983-10-26) (age 33)
Height 5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight 150 lb (68 kg)
Sport
Country  United States
Sport Freestyle skiing
Event(s) Half pipe, Slopestyle
Medal record
Men's freestyle skiing
Representing the  United States
Winter X Games
2001 Mount Snow Big Air
2002 Aspen SlopeStyle
2003 Aspen SlopeStyle
2004 Aspen SlopeStyle
2006 Aspen Superpipe
2007 Aspen Superpipe
2008 Aspen Superpipe
2003 Aspen Superpipe
2005 Aspen Superpipe
2005 Aspen SlopeStyle
2009 Aspen Superpipe

Tanner Hall (born October 26, 1983), of Kalispell, Montana is a freeskier.[1]

Biography

Tanner was born in Kalispell, Montana where he grew up skiing at 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 Tanner 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,[2] along with skier Seth Morrison.[3]

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 a fourth straight superpipe gold was snatched from him by Xavier Bertoni.[4]

After overshooting a jump at Stevens Pass, in May 2009, in Washington, he has been on hiatus for just over a year. He suffered from tibial plateau fractures and ACL tears in both knees.[2] Hall returned to training on trampolines during summer 2010.

Hall embraces the Rasta culture and supports the marijuana lifestyle.[5] 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 being partnered for 11 years, Red Bull dropped their sponsorship of Tanner Hall at the Red Bull High Performance ski camp in New Zealand on August 29, 2012.[6]

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.[7] 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.[8][9]

Career achievements

1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2012

Film appearances

Poor Boyz Productions
Inspired Media Concepts
Others

References

  1. ↑ http://www.hookedonwinter.com/wiki/index.php?title=Tanner_Hall&oldid=3148
  2. 1 2 Dreon, Nicole (2009-12-14). "Tanner Hall Out Of Winter X". ESPN. Retrieved 2010-11-03.
  3. ↑ "About Us | Retallack".
  4. ↑ http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/23012009/5/photo/xavier-bertoni-france-crosses-skis-during-men-s-superpipe-during.html
  5. ↑ http://www.skinet.com/skiing/2009/01/tanner-hall-talks-pot-girlfriends-and-the-x-games
  6. ↑ http://xgames.espn.go.com/skiing/article/8314235/tanner-hall-red-bull-part-ways
  7. ↑ http://www.powder.com/stories/first-chair-blog/tanner-hall-partners-with-cannabis-brand/
  8. ↑ https://blackrockog.com/blogs/learn/66332611-everything-you-need-to-roll-a-joint-on-the-go
  9. ↑ Bethea, Charles Tanner Hall and the Athlete's Case for Cannabis New Yorker. March 22, 2016
  10. ↑ "Hall wins gold in superpipe". Lodi News-Journal. Associated Press. 2006-02-01. Retrieved 2010-11-03.
  11. ↑ http://afpworldtour.com/afp10/halfpipe-finals-results-the-north-face-freeski-open-nz/
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