Tanner Hall
Encyclopedia
| Statistics | Data |
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| Home Mountain | Big Mountain.MT |
| Date of Birth | October 26, 1983 |
| Height | 5'8" |
| Weight | 150 lbs |
| Skis | ARMADA Armada (company) Armada is a manufacturer of skis, poles, technical outerwear and skiing-related softgoods, based in Costa Mesa, California with a European office in Zurich, Switzerland... www.armadaskis.com |
| Other Sponsors | Oakley Oakley, Inc. Oakley, Inc., based in Foothill Ranch, California, makes sport equipment including sunglasses, sports visors, and ski goggles, as well as watches, clothing, bags, backpacks, shoes, prescription glasses, football and hockey eyewear, Golf gear and other accessories... |
| Dalbello Boots | |
| DaKine DaKine DaKine is an American outdoor apparel company specializing in sportswear and sports equipment for alternative sports. It was founded in 1979 in Haiku, Maui Hawaii. The name of the company comes from the Hawaiian Pidgin word "da kine" .Dakine sells backpacks, apparel and accessories for men, women... |
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| Tyrolia Bindings | |
| POC headgear | |
| Pull-In Underwear | |
| Redbull | |
| Park City Resort | |
| Discipline | Half pipe |
| Slopestyle Slopestyle Slopestyle is a popular type of competition for winter action sports; which originated as a snowboarding competition format. Today, there are many sports that are considered to have this style of competition, of which skiing and snowboarding are two of the most common... |
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Tanner Hall (born October 26, 1983), of Kalispell, Montana
Kalispell, Montana
Kalispell is a city in and the county seat of Flathead County, Montana, United States. The 2010 census put Kalispell's population at 19,927 up 5,704 over 2000. At 40.1% this is the largest percentage of growth of any incorporated city in Montana. Kalispell is the largest city and commercial center...
is a freeskier
Freeskiing
Freeskiing or Newschool skiing involves tricks, jumps, and terrain park features, such as rails, boxes, jibs, or other obstacles. This form of skiing resulted from a combination of the growth in popularity of snowboarding as well as the progression of Freestyle skiing...
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Biography
In 2002 Tanner Hall co-founded the freeride ski company Armada SkisArmada (company)
Armada is a manufacturer of skis, poles, technical outerwear and skiing-related softgoods, based in Costa Mesa, California with a European office in Zurich, Switzerland...
with skier JP Auclair
JP Auclair
JP Auclair is a Canadian freestyle skier. JP was born on 22 August 1977 in Ste. Foy, Quebec. Jp helped Salomon launch the 1080 ski in 1998 and in 2002, along with fellow freeskier Tanner Hall founded Armada skis, a freestyle only skiing company...
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
Seth Morrison
Seth Morrison of Summit County, CO is a professional skier. He has won numerous competitions and appears in many ski movies. He was born in Murray, Kentucky. Morrison has survived avalanches, a helicopter crash, and miles of vertical on huge Alaskan faces. He is the oldest member of the K2 Factory...
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In March 2005 while attempting a switch 900 over the legendary Chad's Gap
Chad's Gap
Chad's Gap is a 120 foot backcountry gap located in the Wasatch Mountains, near Alta Ski Area, in Utah, United States. Chad's Gap is a part of extreme skiing lore and facts about its exact location and the circumstances around its discovery have been reported but have not been fully substantiated...
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.
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 got back to training on trampolines during summer 2010.
His attempt at a fourth gold in slopestyle
Slopestyle
Slopestyle is a popular type of competition for winter action sports; which originated as a snowboarding competition format. Today, there are many sports that are considered to have this style of competition, of which skiing and snowboarding are two of the most common...
was upset by Charles Gagnier
Charles Gagnier
Charles Gagnier is a Canadian freeskier. He was born on July 19, 1985 in Victoriaville QC.He is best known for inventing the octograb, a trick that consists of grabbing one ski's tail with the right hand and the nose of the other ski with the left hand. His most famous trick is the Octograb...
and in 2009 a fourth straight superpipe
Superpipe
A superpipe is a large halfpipe structure used in extreme sports such as snowboarding, freestyle skiing, skateboarding, freestyle BMX and inline skating....
gold was snatched from him by Xavier Bertoni
Xavier Bertoni
Xavier Bertoni is a French Freestyle skiier,. He started skiing when he was 2 years old and has been with Rossignol since 2004.-Results:*3rd 2010 14th X Games, Aspen, Colorado, Superpipe...
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Hall embraces the Rasta
Rasta
Rasta may refer to:* The Rastafari movement or, particularly, a follower of that movement* Rasta, a Persian/Farsi name and word meaning "truth"...
culture and supports the marijuana lifestyle. His DaKine line is called THC, which stand for the "Tanner Hall Collection" but is a play on the abbreviation for tetrahydrocannabinol
Tetrahydrocannabinol
Tetrahydrocannabinol , also known as delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol , Δ1-THC , or dronabinol, is the main chemical psychoactive substance found in the cannabis plant. It was first isolated in 1964. In pure form, it is a glassy solid when cold, and becomes viscous and sticky if warmed...
, the psychoactive substance in cannabis
Cannabis
Cannabis is a genus of flowering plants that includes three putative species, Cannabis sativa, Cannabis indica, and Cannabis ruderalis. These three taxa are indigenous to Central Asia, and South Asia. Cannabis has long been used for fibre , for seed and seed oils, for medicinal purposes, and as a...
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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.
Career achievements
- 2009:Won Male Skier of the year in Powder Magazines 2009 skiers poll
- 2009: Wins first Winter Dew Tour Halfpipe cup after winning 2/3 stops
- 2008: Wins Gold in ESPN Winter X Games-Superpipe at Winter X Games XIIWinter X Games XIIWinter X Games XII were held from January 24 to January 27, 2008 in Aspen, Colorado. They were the 7th consecutive Winter X Games to be held in Aspen. Television coverage of Winter X Games XII was broadcast on ESPN and ABC, primarily hosted by Sal Masekela and Todd Harris...
. Making it his 3rd Straight Gold medal at X-Games, and currently setting the record with a total of 7 Winter X-Games gold medals. - 2006: Gold US Freeskiing Open - Superpipe, Gold ESPN Winter X Games - Superpipe and Powder Video Awards - Worst Slam and Best Male performance.
- 2005: Silver ESPN Winter X Games-Slopestyle, Silver Medal ESPN Winter X Games-Superpipe, Gold US Freeskiing Open-Superpipe and Silver US Freeskiing Open-Slopestyle.
- 2004: Gold ESPN Winter X Games-Slopestyle, 1st BMW X3 Freeski Invitational, 1st World Skiing Invitational-Halfpipe, 2nd Taco World Superpipe Championships and Silver US Freeskiing Open-Superpipe.
- 2003: Gold ESPN Winter X Games-Slopestyle, Silver ESPN Winter X Games-Superpipe, Gold US Freeskiing Open-Slopestyle, 1st World Superpipe Championships, 1st Ultimate Bumps&Jumps-big air, 1st Park City All-Stars Rail Jam, 1st West Coast Invitational-jib jam, 2nd World Skiing Invitational-big air, Silver US Freeskiing Open-Big air, 2nd Ultimate Bumps&Jumps-superpipe and 2nd Paul Mitchell Huck & Roll-halfpipe.
- 2002: Gold ESPN Winter X Games-Slopestyle, Gold US Freeskiing Open-Slopestyle, 1st World Skiing Invitational -Big Air, 1st Cham Jam, France-slopestyle, Gold in High Times smoke off, 1st Ultimate Bumps&Jumps-superpipe, 2nd Ultimate Bumps&Jumps-big air, 2nd. Ultimate Bumps&Jumps-moguls and Silver US Freeskiing Open-Big Air.
- 2001: Gold ESPN Winter X Games-Big Air, Silver Core Xtreme Games-quarterpipe, Silver Core Xtreme Games-big air, 1st Winter X Qualifier-big air and Bronze US Freeskiing Open-Slopestyle.
Film appearances
Poor Boyz ProductionsPoor Boyz Productions
Poor Boyz Productions is a skiing film production company. Since the 1990s, they have released a number of freeskiing as well as wind surfing films. Poor Boyz Productions sponsors and films freeskiers including Tanner Hall, Sammy Carlson, JP Auclair, Dane Tudor and the late C. R...
- Everday is a Saturday (2009)
- Reasons (2008)
- Propaganda
- Session 12:42
- Happy Dayz
- War
Inspired Media Concepts
- 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)
- Show & Prove
- Pop Yer Bottlez
- WSKI 106
- The GAME
- The Front Nine
- High Society
- Yearbook
- Teddybear Crisis
- Strike Tree
- The Realm
- The Funkshow Diaries
- Further
- Scandalous
- Area 51
- 41 Degrees
- 13
- Balance
- Mind the Addiction
- Subject to Change