Tanner Hall

Tanner Hall

Hall with Simon Dumont at Winter X 12
Personal information
Born	October 26, 1983 (1983-10-26) (age 34)
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

• 1st – Jim Moran Benefit Slopestyle (day 2)
• 2nd – Jim Moran Benefit Slopestyle (day 1)
• 4th – US Open Slopestyle

2000

• 1st – X Games Qualifier Big Air
• 1st – X Games Big Air
• 1st – US Open Big Air

2001

• 1st – Red Bull Huckfest Big Air
• 1st – X Games Qualifier Big Air
• 1st – X Games-Big Air,^[10]
• 2nd – Core Xtreme Games Big Air
• 2nd – Core Xtreme Games QP
• 3rd – US Freeskiing Open Slopestyle

2002

• 1st – X Games Slopestyle
• 1st – US Open Slopestyle
• 1st – Red Bull Huckfest Big Air
• 1st – Whistler Ski Invitational Big Air
• 1st – Cham Jam Slopestyle
• 1st – Ultimate Bumps & Jumps Half Pipe
• 2nd – US Open Big Air
• 2nd – Ultimate Bumps & Jumps Big Air
• 2nd – Ultimate Bumps & Jumps Moguls

2003

• 1st – X Games Slopestyle
• 1st – US Open Slopestyle
• 1st – Whistler Ski Invitational Big Air
• 1st – Ultimate Bumps & Jumps Big Air
• 1st – Park City All Stars Rail Jam
• 1st – West Coast Invitational Rail Jam
• 2nd – X Games Half Pipe
• 2nd – US Open Big Air
• 2nd – Whistler Ski Invitational Big Air
• 2nd – Ultimate Bumps & Jumps Half Pipe
• 2nd – Paul Mitchel Huck & Roll Half Pipe
• 2nd – Paul Mitchell Huck & Roll Slopestyle

2004

• 1st – X Games Slopestyle
• 1st – BMW X3 FreeSki Invite
• 1st – Whistler Ski Invitational Half Pipe
• 1st – NorAm World Cup Half Pipe
• 2nd – US Open Half Pipe
• 2nd – World Superpipe Championships Half Pipe
• 2nd – NorAm World Cup Half Pipe

2005

• 1st – US Open Half Pipe
• 2nd – X Games Half Pipe
• 2nd – X Games Slopestyle
• 2nd – US Open Slopestyle

2006

• 1st – X Games Half Pipe
• 1st – US Open Half Pipe

2007

• 1st – X Games Half Pipe
• 1st – US Open Half Pipe

2008

• 1st – X Games Half Pipe
• 1st – New Zealand Open Half Pipe

2009

• 1st – Dew Tour Northstar Half Pipe
• 1st – Dew Tour Breckenridge Half Pipe
• 2nd – X Games Half Pipe
• 3rd – Dew Tour Mt. Snow Half Pipe

2012

• 1st – NZ Freeski Open Half Pipe.^[11]

Film appearances

Poor Boyz Productions

Twenty (2014)

• Everday is a Saturday (2009)
• Reasons (2008)
• Propaganda (2001
• Session 12:42 (2003)
• Happy Dayz (2002)
• War (2005)
• 13 (1999)

Inspired Media Concepts

• Ring The Alarm (2016)
• Let It Flow (2013)
• The Education Of Style (2012)
• Retallack: The Movie (2011)
• Like a Lion The Tanner Hall Story (2010) – Directors: Eric Iberg, Shane Nelson

Others

• RE: Session (2009)
• The Massive (2008)
• Believe (2008)
• Burger Time
• Show & Prove
• Pop Yer Bottlez
• WSKI 106
• The GAME
• The Front Nine
• High Society
• Yearbook
• Teddybear Crisis
• Strike Three
• The Realm
• Second Generation
• The Funkshow Diaries
• Further
• Scandalous
• Area 51
• 41 Degrees
• Balance
• Mind the Addiction
• Subject to Change
• David Lesh's "This Friday"

References

External links

• Tanner's website
• Tanner Hall Moguls Preview on The Ski Channel
• Interview
• Armada
• Article on HookedOnWinter.com's WikiWinter
• Video clip of Tanner Hall's skiing accident