Pro team
Ashley Battersby
pro freeskier
Ashley was born to ski. She grew up in Chicago, and she’s the second of four children who all enjoy the same passion. At 18 months old, she was first put on skis and continued to evolve with and for the sport of Freeskiing. It wasn’t preferable skiing almost all of her youth life in the Midwest where flat landings and ice are nothing but all there is to work with. But from her small, 200ft vertical home hill in Wisconsin, she eventually had the fortitude and mental strength to turn her passion into a profession. She was regularly active throughout her childhood/teenage years and competed in other activities outside of skiing. Growing up, she was very involved in gymnastics, track, and cheerleading. Ash was also commonly seen sliding handrails and gapping stair sets in downtown Chicago on rollerblades. She agrees that her active youth and ability to adapt quickly to new activities has shaped her distinctive style of skiing.
Ashley was fortunate enough to leave the Windy City and surrounding Midwest ski resorts and move to Park City, Utah in 2002. During this time she was able to ski at least 50 or more days in the winter and later attended the Winter Sports School where the number of days on snow only increased. Skiing Park City has helped Ashley progress her ability of skiing as well as starting a career in skiing for her. She had received her first sponsor at a Big Air at the Canyons Resort and from then on she started making a name for herself as a young female freerider. Ashley now resides in Park City Utah lives out of her suitcase nine months out of the year for skiing. She transfered from Westminster College in 2007 and currently attends the University of Utah durning fall and summer semester. Although she switched majors from Aviation to Exercise Sports Science, she is only a test away from her Private Pilots license that she plans to get once she can find time away from skiing for a bit.
Give us a summary of who you are, what you like (besides skiing) and what your about.
“I’m 21 and I’m about loving and living DEEP! I have a ton of nick names- B, Tink, Smashly but my favorite is A-Bomb. My favorite color is lime green and I love anything bright or unique. I don’t dress to impress but for what I think my personality reflects what kind of person I am. I love Jesus Christ and believe in trying to live a spiritual life as well as loving others as you love yourself! I cant stand the unoriginal…dare to be different! I am in LOVE with animals especially cats and own 3 myself! I have one tattoo and 11 piercings! My favorite flowers are lilies and I could live off fruit smoothies! I am an air sign, which makes definite sense, ha! I love to be in the air on my skis and I love flying planes! I also LOVE taking pictures (which you’ll be able to tell from this site) and capturing that moment that you never want to forget!”
2010/2011 SEASONS:
1st World Skiing Invitational(WSI), Big Air 2011, Whistler
1st Dew Tour Breckenridge, Slopestyle, 2010/2011
2nd World Skiing Invitational(WSI), Slopestyle, 2011, Whistler
3rd AFP Overall in Slopestyle 2010/2011
4th, Winter X-Games 14, Slopestyle Aspen, CO 2011
6th, World Champs, Slopestyle, Park City, UT 2011
6th Dew Tour Snowbasin, Slopestyle, 2011
6th, X-Games (European), Slopestyle, Tignes, France 2011
2009 SEASON
My 2009 season started off really well in the beginning, I had learned a ton of tricks on rails early season in Keystone for a few weeks. Then training for Dew Tour and X-Games I was doing a trick in the park I’ve been
doing since I was 12 and hit the knuckle of the jump and POP! A good Friend/Team Manager Nick Draxl had taken care of me right when it happened(Thank god for him!). I had thought my knee was only hyperextended for a few weeks since i was able to walk, run, lift weights and squats in the gym, until I had gotten an MRI and showed I need ACL surgery…again! For the second time, but it was the other one. I am now working on rehabbing it and will be judging various women’s slopestyle comps during the year including Aspen Open, Queens Cup Open, Kristi Leskenin’s Homecoming Comp, shooting lifestyles for my sponsors. coaching up at Windells Ski camp at Mt Hood this summer then going down to New Zealand right after to start training and getting my knee back and ready to slay it!
2009 Special Invites and Awards:
-X-games Invite for Slopestyle in Aspen, Co
-Dew Tour Invite for Slopestyle in Breck, Co
2008 SEASON
-U.S. Freeskiing Open Championships, Copper Co. 1st Place Slopestyle
- World Skiing Invitational, Whistler 1st Place Big Air
- Nippon Freeskiing Open, Japan 1st Place Slopestyle
- New Zealand Freeskiing Open, Snow Park, 1st Place Slopestyle
2008 Special Invites and Awards:
- World Skiing Invitational Whistler BC
- Featured on RSN with Picabo Street on her own show, Women of Winter 2008
- 2008 Circle of Excellence Award. Sixty junior athletes representing eleven Alliance programs, as well as the US National team in various disciplines, will be recognized for their accomplishments during the 2007/08 season. Criteria for selecting recipients included selection to a US National Team, participation in elite international competition, championship podiums, as well as national or international top rankings
Videos/ TV Sections/ Magazines: RAGE Productions Film SUCH IS LIFE 2008, RSN Women Of Winter 2008 with Picabo Street, Powder Magazine and Freeskier Magazine
2007 SEASON
-World Skiing Invitational, Whistler 1st Place Coca Cola Rail Jam
- Orage European Freeskiing Open, Laax, Switzerland 2nd Place Slopestyle
- Big Bear Open, Big Bear CA, 1st Place Slopestyle
- Aspen Open, Buttermilk CO. 3rd Place Slopestyle
- Queens Cup, Park City UT. 1st Place Team Slopestyle
2007 Special Awards:
Powder Magazine Readers Poll Award, Top 5 Women
Videos /Magazines: ENJOY by RAGE Productions 2007, Powder Magazine and Freeskier Magazine, Freeskiing Magazine
2007 Special Invites:
-World Skiing Invitational Whistler BC
2006 SEASON
2006 2005 ended with a bang, literally. I tore my UCL (skiers thumb) and had surgery Christmas week, this was the third surgery on my left hand in 2005. All was well until training one week later, I tore my ACL and surgery was January 31, 2006. I was out for the 2006 winter competition season, but judged various women’s slopestyle comps during the year and shooting lifestyles for my sponsors. I was back training
and filming for movies in New Zealand in the summer of 2006.
2006 Special Awards:
-Powder Magazine Readers Poll Award, Top 5 Women
- Featured on Girslroom , Canadian TV
- Featured on Park City Television
2005 SEASON
I had a great 2005 season despite skiing in all my events with a broken hand. The break didn’t stop me from placing in some of the top events of the year.
- 1st Place Rail Jam, Vermont Open
- 1st Place Slopestyle, Vermont Open
- 5th Annual Cammy Potter Memorial Slopestyle, Park City, UT 1st Place
- US Open Freeskiing Championships Vail, CO. 3rd Place
2005 Special Invites/Awards:
-World Skiing Invitational Whistler BC
-FREESKING MAGAZINE, 12 Best Women in Skiing
-POWDER MAGAZINE Reader Poll Awards- 3rd Best Performance for Women
Video/TV Sessions: NBC Sports national broadcast of US Freeskiing Open, Jan. 2005
FIRST LIGHT by Off Trail Productions
2004 SEASON
-Utah Winter Games Big Air, Jan. 04 1st Place
- Vertical Vibe Big Air, Jan. 20- 1st Place
- Utah Winterfest Big Air, Feb. 05- 1st Place
- SuperPark6 Jabra Rail Jam, May 22 Tie 1st Place
2004 Special Invites:
- Freeze Magazine Parkasaurous, June Lake, CA
- Freeskier Magazine Jib Fest, Keystone, CO-
- Powder Magazine SuperPark 6, Mt. Bachlor, OR
Sponsors:
Volkle, Polarmax, Scott, McDavid, Technica, Marker, First Drop, Neff, Cole Sport, Bendis
Official Website: http://www.ashleybattersby.net/
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