Tanner Hall (born October 26, 1983) is an American freeskier.
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Biography
Hall, nicknamed 'Ski Boss', was born in Kalispell, Montana where he grew up skiing at Big Mountain, now named 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, 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, 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 quote of "my ankles are broken, my ankles are broke" has become famous in the snow sports world. Hall's injuries put him out for the rest of the season but he 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 he lost a fourth straight superpipe gold to Xavier Bertoni.
After overshooting a jump at Stevens Pass, in May 2009, in Washington, he went 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. 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 an 11-year relationship, Red Bull dropped their sponsorship of Tanner Hall at the Red Bull High Performance ski camp in New Zealand on August 29, 2012.
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. 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.
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,
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
Film appearances
Poor Boyz Productions
Twenty (2014)
Everyday 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)
Others
MTV Scarred (2007)
RE: Session (2009)
The Massive (2008)
Believe (2008)
Burger Time
Show & Prove
WSKI 106
The GAME
The Front Nine
High Society
Yearbook
Teddybear Crisis
Strike Three