Nick Goepper

One of the top American slopestyle and now halfpipe skiers in the world, Nick Goepper continues to stun audiences worldwide with his talent for the sport.

Born and raised in Lawrenceburg, Indiana, a town famed more for its whiskey distilleries than skiing. Goepper’s skills soon put him on the radar of veteran Kerry Miller and, within a few months, he had moved out west to Oregon to train under a scholarship with Wendell's Academy.

By the winter of 2010, Goepper had blasted onto the pro-level freeskiing contest circuit, participating in his first Dew Tour and Winter X Games in France. In 2011, he won the prestigious Dumont Cup and in late 2012 he made another big statement, scoring a 94.66 at the Winter X Games in Aspen and taking home the silver medal.

A Breakthrough Athlete of the Year award followed and, in 2013, Goepper made a triumphant return to the Winter X Games, this time winning the gold medal. Adding another X Games gold in 2014, along with a bronze at the winter games in Sochi, solidified his spot as one of the best in the world.

After winning his third Slopestyle X Games gold in 2015, Goepper was face with adversity in the form of a string of shoulder injuries.

While this sidelined him for the rest of the 2015 and nearly the entire 2016 season, Goepper has bounced back to top form and is continuing to rack up the silverware. This has included slopestyle silver at Pyeongchang 2018, a win at Red Bull PlayStreets 2019 in Austria and most recently an emotional and long-awaited return to the top of the Winter X Games podium after winning the Ski Slopestyle at the 2021 event in Aspen.