Freeride Slopestyle Skiing | Mavericks

A new generation of Montana freestyle skiers are entering the sport and embracing new disciplines pioneered by another Montanan, Kalispell native Tanner Hall. His meteoric rise to fame in the 1990s from a mogul skier to freeskiing pioneer, and his knack for pushing the limits, made freeskiing a household term, and eventually a World Cup, X-Games and Olympic sport. “Newschoolers,” or those who specifically ski in this style, perform tricks on a variety of terrain park features including jumps, rails, and half-pipes. Montana’s freestyle legacy continues with the recent success of 2018 X-Games champion Maggie Voisin, who suffered a crushing setback after injuring herself in a training run for the 2014 Olympic winter games in Sochi, Russia. Voisin and Darian Stevens both went on to compete in the 2018 Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.