Sarah Burke
Sarah Burke's accomplishments on snow have catapulted her into the role of skiing's premier female jibber of this era. Tricks like Misty 720s and 1080s off huge kickers, and 540s and flares in the halfpipe are the main reason Sarah is on the podium after virtually every competition she enters. Her first place Halfpipe finish and second place finish in Slopestyle in the 2001 U.S. Freeskiing Open are evidence of how Sarah reigns as new school skiing's queen. She is the 2001 winner of the ESPN Action Sports & Music Awards Female Skier of the Year.

Sarah continues to innovate with jib tricks that were featured in some major films last season. In Propaganda, she showcased her skills by sliding huge rainbow rails, spinning a huge 540 in the pipe and throwing back-flips with ease.

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Aleisha Cline
Aleisha Cline had the most competitive season of her career in 2001. She was the Winter X Games 2001 Gold Medallist in Skier X, Skier Cross World Champion, first place on the World Tour of Freeskiing, and won the first day of the Red Bull Snowthrill in Alaska before going on to place second. Cline is a talented multi-sport athlete and in 1993 set the world speed skiing record at 135 miles per hour (it has since been broken). She also finished the 2001 summer in an impressive 12th place in the NORBA National Championship Series for professional downhill mountain biking.

When the start gate drops, it's as if a switch is flipped and the normally low-key Cline becomes a different person. Take her win on day one of the two-day Red Bull Snowthrill of Alaska. "You don't get an inspection run. If I wasn't competing, I would have been much more conservative. But since it was a competition, I had to go for it." It was Cline's first time heli-skiing and her first time skiing in Alaska.

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Wendy Fisher
Wendy Fisher is a two-time World Extreme Skiing Champion and former Olympian. At age 30, she has been in the freeskiing scene since its inception into the action sports world. She was featured in High Society/Ski Movie II as the only woman with a segment.

More importantly, she may also be the best female freeskier in the world. The Crested Butte, Colo. local has skied peaks that most cringe just looking at. Now in her seventh season as a professional freeskier, Wendy not only skis with the boys, she beats them every time.

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Tanner Hall
2001 was the "Year of Tanner Hall" inside the free skiing contest circuit. He won the three largest contests in the U.S., and was on the podium in several others, resulting in an impressive set of statistics for 2001: Winter X Qualifier first Place, US Freeskiing Open first place in Big Air, Red Bull Huckfest first place in Big Air, Winter X Games Big Air Gold Medallist, Core Games-Japan second place in Quarterpipe and second place Big Air. Also had a large part in the Teton Gravity Research film, "Mind the Addiction".

Tanner is a member of the first generation of kids to come out of the Canadian summer camp program on Whistler-Blackcomb Resort's Blackcomb Glacier. "It helps a lot. It's good training. Especially jumping with all the big boys on the soft snow." Tanner had such a good year in competition, in fact, that he is scaling back his competitive schedule to concentrate on filming. "I'm going to do three contests: The U.S. Open, the [Winter] X Games, and the Red Bull Huckfest," he says. "Those are the biggest in the U.S."

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CR Johnson
CR Johnson was the 2001 Core Games Quarterpipe first place finisher, the 2001 Winter X Games Big Air bronze medallist, and was awarded Trick of the Year at Powder Magazine's Superpark, by pulling a massive 130-foot bio 900. Johnson is a young up-and-comer that continues to dominate the free skiing movement. He was featured in an epic segment of High Society/Ski Movie II that showed off his ability to land huge airs and fast spins. CR also played a big role in the Teton Gravity Research video, "Mind the Addiction".

When he was only 15, he stuck an unprecedented 1260 and 1440 in the same day and has since continued to build his bag of tricks. In his early teens, Johnson was a promising young freestyle skier on the Squaw Valley Freestyle team. He was coached on occasion by then World Cup skier Jonny Moseley. "It was pretty cool. I looked up to him a whole bunch," says Johnson. "I still look up to him, but in a different way."

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Kristi Leskinen
Kristi Leskinen is bringing the new school tactics to the women in skiing. Only 20 years old, Kristi spent her season perfecting the skills that landed her third place in Slopestyle at the 2001 U.S. Freeskiing Open. With her effortless style and flawless technique in the park and pipe, Kristi's drop-dead gorgeous looks aren't the only thing teenage skiers are noticing when she's on snow.

When it comes to the big screen, Kristi has also had her share of moments appearing in Poor Boy Productions' Propaganda, The Game and Take Two. She was one of two women featured in Propaganda with an amazing segment that was highlighted by kinked rail slides, stylish 180's and a huge method-air in the pipe.

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Seth Morrison
Seth Morrison is regarded as "evidence of a higher being" by many in the ski industry. Whether he's straight-lining a chute in Alaska or throwing a Lincoln Loop off an 80-foot cliff, Seth brings an aspect of art to professional sports that very few are capable of doing. He was named FREEZE Magazine's Skier of the Year in 2001. With long, fluid lines at speeds of up to 70 mph in powder fields that can only be accessed by helicopters, Seth is considered freeskiing's prototype-charging and conquering some of the most impossible mountain faces on the planet…and living to tell about it.

His segment in High Society/Ski Movie II is considered a breakthrough performance of a skier in a film. He was featured in two other major movies last season, including Warren Miller's Cold Fusion and Rough Mix Production's Keep Your Eyes Open.

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Jon Olsson
Jon Olsson, a former racer on the Swedish Junior National Team, is one of the most respected and revered young skiers in the world. His low-key attitude and smooth, lofty airs have garnered nothing but respect from his fellow competitors and members of the ski media worldwide. High Society/Ski Movie II showcased him with a huge 540 in the halfpipe and an amazing flat spin 900. He was also a part of "Mind the Addiction" from Teton Gravity Research. Olsson's status in the ski world was reinforced when the young Swede was awarded the NEA award for 2001 Best New Skier. The NEA Awards are a European award show for action sports, similar to the ESPN Action Sports and Music Awards.

Considered one of the world's best skiers in the halfpipe, he took first place in a SuperPipe Qualifier for the 2002 Winter X Games. "I'm super stoked," he said. " I went in the pipe last year, and it was the biggest pipe I've ever skied." Olsson and Jon Turkula poached the pipe during the Snowboarding SuperPipe practice in Mount Snow, 2001. "It was cool skiing the pipe, because we know all the snowboarders, and they think it's fun that we ride the pipe, too."

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