|
:''For the film, see Tanner Hall (film)'' Tanner Hall (born October 26, 1983), of Kalispell, Montana is a freeskier.〔http://www.hookedonwinter.com/wiki/index.php?title=Tanner_Hall&oldid=3148〕 ==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 snowcat ski hill Retallack near Nelson, BC, Canada, along with skier Seth Morrison. 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.〔http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/23012009/5/photo/xavier-bertoni-france-crosses-skis-during-men-s-superpipe-during.html〕 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.〔 Hall returned to training on trampolines during summer 2010. Hall embraces the Rasta culture and supports the marijuana lifestyle.〔http://www.skinet.com/skiing/2009/01/tanner-hall-talks-pot-girlfriends-and-the-x-games〕 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.〔http://xgames.espn.go.com/skiing/article/8314235/tanner-hall-red-bull-part-ways〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tanner Hall」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|