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American freeskier This article is about the skier & entrepreneur. For the musician and son of Apollo astronaut Neil Armstrong, see Edison's Children.

"Sick" Rick Armstrong is a professional skier, freeskiing pioneer, mountaineer, paraglider, businessman and serial entrepreneur based in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. He was a pioneering guide in the early years of Alaska Heli-skiing while working as a lead guide for Valdez Heli-skiing and Doug Coombs as chronicled in the 2007 feature film Steep. He was a member of the ultra-elite group of skiers called the Jackson Hole Airforce who transformed skiing in the 1990s and 2000s. He is known for having skied unskied lines such as his first and unrepeated massive drop into the left side of the notorious Corbet's Couloir at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. He was the first person to have both skied and snowboarded the Grand Teton in Teton National Park. He has many first ski descents in China, Alaska, Europe, Antarctica, South America, and South Georgia Island. He was an athlete in the 1998 and 1999 Winter X-Games in Crested Butte. He was Awarded sponsorships by The North Face and Salomon. He also became an athlete talent scout for The North Face building a world-class ski team by discovering soon to be ski stars such as Sage-Cattabriga-Alosa, Ingrid Backstrom, Kitt Deslauries, Griffen Post, and Hillary Nelson. Armstrong was also a co-founder of the Teton Gravity Research film production company. He served on the board of directors for Intrawest from 2012 to 2017.

Films

Armstrong appears in the following films:

References

  1. Rick Armstrong Salomon Profile. YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-08.
  2. "Cruise to Antarctica, ski White Continent | the Spokesman-Review".
  3. "Evolution of Extreme by Jack Shaw | Jackson Hole Skier & Summer Adventure Guide".
  4. "Antarctica, South Georgia, Nordenskjold Attempt and Normann Ascent - AAC Publications - Search the American Alpine Journal and Accidents".
  5. "Shishapangma, a celebration of life; Himalaya, descending India".
  6. "Athlete's Voice: Interview with Rick Armstrong on MountainZone.com". www.mountainzone.com.
  7. "Swift. Silent. Deep". 2016-08-17.
  8. Evans, Jeremy (November 2010). In Search of Powder: A Story of America's Disappearing Ski Bum. ISBN 978-0803234116.
  9. "Someday, Somebody will Ski That".
  10. "Athlete's Voice: Interview with Rick Armstrong on MountainZone.com". www.mountainzone.com. Retrieved 2023-09-14.
  11. XTreme Video (6 February 2009). "Expeditions Vol 3 - The North Face" – via YouTube.
  12. "© Focus Productions Inc".
  13. "Snow Country". 1998.
  14. GREG EPSTEIN (5 November 2009). "Rick Armstrong Salomon Profile" – via YouTube.
  15. "Ingrid Backstrom". 2016-08-17.
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