Angel Collinson

Freeride

The daughter of the ski patrol director at Utah’s Snowbird ski area, Angel Collinson grew up in employee housing at the base of the mountain, becoming a skier not long after she learned to walk. As kids, she and her parents and her younger brother, fellow pro skier Johnny Collinson, would spend summers living out of their family’s van and climbing peaks all over the western United States.

An elite ski racer through her teens, Collinson gave up racing at age 19 and started entering big-mountain freeskiing contests, all while studying environmental law at the University of Utah. In her first year on the Freeskiing World Tour, in 2010, she won the overall title as a rookie, which she claimed again the following year. By 2013, she’d transitioned to filming, with a breakout part in Teton Gravity Research’s annual ski movie. Now a regular star athlete in TGR’s films, Collinson’s claimed many awards for her film parts, including become the first female in history to win Best Line at the Powder Video Awards for the footage of her slashing a steep spine in Alaska.

Facts

Date of birth: 13.07.1990
Home mountain: Alta and Snowbird
Motto: Take over the world with kindness!
Disciplines: Big Mountain Skiing
Hobbies: Singing, slingshots, listening to music, waking up for full moons!
Website: acollinson.com

Top results

2 time winner Best Female Performance- Powder Magazine Awards

First female to win Best Line, Powder Magazine Awards.

2 time overall winner of the Freeskiing World Tour

Interview

1. Favorite Marker Binding: Jester Pro
2. Why?: It's super solid, and I love the metal bar across the toepiece- it really helps get the snow off the bottom of your boot before you click in!
3. How long have you been riding for Marker?: Since 2012
4. What age did you start skiing?: 2 and a half
5. Biggest breakthrough in your ski career: When I started filming with Teton Gravity Research (TGR) in 2012
6. Favorite Place to ride: Alaska
7. Your Best Ski Trip you have done: Heli/glamping trip with TGR in the Neacola Mountains in Alaska
8. Ski destination where you haven’t been and would like to go?: Japan or New Zealand
9. Ski Hero/Role Model Growing up: Sage Cattabriga-Alosa
10. What do you do when you are not skiing?: Emails and computerwork. Ha. Really though.
11. How do you train to keep in shape for skiing?: A mixture of mountain biking, pilates, yoga, and going to the gym doing my own workouts
12. What can’t you live without: Friends and the occasional bowl of delicious fresh fruit
13. What are 3 things we should know about you?: I love it when people laugh, I'm a recovering candy addict, and
14. Motto/Words you live by: Be kind because everyone you know is fighting a great battle.
15. Most Humbling moment: Not being able to walk or do pretty much anything after my knee surgery and relying on so many people for help.
16. Favorite Social Media Channel: Instagram
17. Future Goals and Plans and Ambitions: Take over the world with kindness!

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