Mitch Gilman

My name is Mitch Gilman I am from Whitefish, Mt and I started skiing when I was 2. My sister was the first person to introduce me to freeride skiing when I was about 6. I tagged along with her until I was old enough to join the local freeride team. From there I progressed until the terrain park at my local mountain became to small to learn new things so I moved to Colorado. Colorado is where I currently live and go to school.

• Nickname:
• Minushka
• Date of Birth:
• 9/3/1996
• Nationality:
• AMURICA
• Hometown:
• Whitefish, Montana
• Twitter name:
• @MitchGilman
• Facebook Fanpage:
• Mitch Gilman
• Home mountain:
• Big Mountain
• Height:
• 5'7"
• Life motto:
• You only live once, go for it.

• Most important contest results or achievements in your ski career:
• 1st place Crested Butte Extreme Freeski 2010, 4th place Crystal Mountain Extreme Freeski Championships 2011, 1st place U.S. Open Halfpipe Junior Jam 2009, 16th place World Ski Invitational Slopestyle 2011.
• Hobbies:
• Skateboarding, Bmx, Listening to European Death Metal.
• Sponsors:
• Volkl, Dalbello, Smith Optics, Spyder, Kicker, Dakine, Sole footbeds.
• What is your favorite ski in 2011/2012 Collection? :
• Wall
• Short statement about why you like this ski:
• The Wall is a light weight durable freeride ski that will hold up to just about anything.
• What conditions do you use this ski for?:
• Half-pipe, Slopestyle, All mountain.
• What about bindings? What bindings do you use? And where do you mount them? :
• I ride the Marker Jester center mounted.
• What DIN do you have your bindings on? :
• 12
• Favorite skier:
• Torin Wallace
• Ski hero growing up:
• My dad
• Ideal day in the mountains:
• Blue bird day with 4 feet of snow and no one on the mountain or blue bird day with soft snow and perfect jumps at Breck.
• How would you describe your style:
• Mellow
• Your biggest breakthrough in your skiing career. :
• Learning how to turn on skis.
• Favorite place to ride:
• Breckenridge.
• What age did you start to ski:
• 2 years old.
• What cant you live without:
• Food and water.
• Goals and plans:
• To make the 2014 Olympic Slopestyle team and to have a successful skiing career.