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Highlights: 4x British Halfpipe Champion, 8th Aspen Open 2012, 20th FIS World Cup, New Zealand 2012. 16th NZ Freeski Open Halfpipe, 2012.

James' Biography

I started skiing when I was 6 and I went on family ski holidays every year until I was 14. Then I discovered the Freestyle park at Sheffield Ski Village dryslope and never looked back. Freestyle skiing became addictive and the best sessions were at night when it rained, which increases the speed on dry slope to get the highest amplitude out of the Halfpipe. I also used to watch lots of ski movies which really inspired me to learn new tricks and I did my first 1080 on the dry slope at Sheffield when I was 15 years old.

I had a vision that ski Halfpipe would eventually get into the Olympics and I couldn't wait to compete for Great Britain and find out if I could transfer my skills onto snow. I entered my first British Championships (The Brits) in Switzerland in 2006. Since 2009 I have won the British Halfpipe Championships for four consecutive years which hasn't been achieved before. This was the platform and the start of my international skiing career. World Cups and World Championships have taken me as far as New Zealand, Japan, Canada the US and I've had the opportunity to compete against the best in the World. It was fantastic when Ski Halfpipe was announced to be included in the Winter Olympics in Sochi 2014, and I am working towards my qualification for TeamGB and a chance to be in the history books.

It is amazing to be an athlete on the newly established GBFreeski team and I'm really excited about the opportunities that might follow after the Olympics. I am very grateful and I thank my Support Team and sponsors.

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My Team Diary

• Channel 4: Could British freestylers snatch Sochi gold?

  September 19, 2013,

  Channel 4′s Keme Nzerem catches up with the GBFreeski team at the Chill Factore to talk freeski, fridges and the future. “The UK could be set for Sochi snow success as a new generation of skiers and snowboarders, the “fridge kids”, train on the latest facilities.” Watch the feature on Channel 4 here  

Upcoming Events

Event	Country	Dates	Type
XXII Winter Olympic Games Sochi	Russia	7-24 February 2014	ALL

Recent Results

Year	Place	Country	Category	Discipline	Result	FISPoints
2033	Aspen	USA	Winter Dew Tour	Halfpipe	25	-
2012	Cardrona	New Zealand	World Cup HP	Halfpipe	20	110.00
2012	Saas	Switzerland	British HP Champs	Halfpipe	Gold	-
2012	Wanaka	New Zealand	Freeski Open	Halfpipe	16th	-
2012	Mammoth	USA	World Cup	Halfpipe	25	60.00
2012	Snowbasin	USA	Gatorade Freeflow Finals	Halfpipe	Bronze	-
2012	Aspen	USA	Aspen Open HP	Halfpipe	8	-
2011	Saas	Switzrland	British HP Champs	Halfpipe	Gold	-
2011	Park City	USA	World Ski Champs	Halfpipe	18	130.00
2010	Saas	Switzerland	British HP Champs	Halfpipe	Gold	-
2010	Copper Mountain	USA	Nor-Am Cup	Halfpipe	45	3.74
2009	Saas	Switzerland	British HP Champs	Halfpipe	Gold	-
2009	Inawashiro	JPN	World Ski Champs	Halfpipe	17	140.00
2009	Les Contamines	FRA	World Cup	Halfpipe	18	130.00
2008	Les Contamines	FRA	World Cup	Halfpipe	22	90.00
2007	Airolo	SUI	FIS Junior World Ski Championships	Halfpipe	14	64.80