| 词条 | Rick Armstrong |
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"Sick" Rick Armstrong is a professional skier,[1] freeskiing pioneer,[2][3] mountaineer,[4][5] paraglider,[6] businessman and serial entrepreneur [7] 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.[8][9] 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[10] 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[11] 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[12][13][14] and Salomon.[15] He also became an athlete talent scout for The North Face[16] 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. FilmsArmstrong appears in the following films:
References1. ^https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrg-qZILadA {{DEFAULTSORT:Armstrong, Rick}}2. ^http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2005/nov/13/cruise-to-antarctica-ski-white-continent/ 3. ^http://www.jhskier.net/2013/01/09/evolution-of-extreme-by-jack-shaw/ 4. ^http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12200233802/Antarctica-South-Georgia-Nordenskjold-Attempt-and-Normann-Ascent 5. ^http://www.worldcat.org/title/shishapangma-a-celebration-of-life-himalaya-descending-india/oclc/51054947 6. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.mountainzone.com/athlete_voice/rick_armstrong/index.html|title=Athlete's Voice: Interview with Rick Armstrong on MountainZone.com|website=www.mountainzone.com}} 7. ^https://www.linkedin.com/in/rick-armstrong-7b03899 8. ^https://www.powder.com/stories/classics/jackson-hole-air-force/ 9. ^https://books.google.com/books?id=Id9DY-Lb21gC&pg=PA155&lpg=PA155&dq=swift+silent+deep+rick+armstrong&source=bl&ots=Kg8dToXmDN&sig=4mW1H2rfnVDD_6-ybb7NzMzDxs0&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjK2bunoN7aAhUQ1GMKHQJPCfw4ChDoATAHegQIABA7#v=onepage&q=swift%20silent%20deep%20rick%20armstrong&f=false 10. ^http://corbetscouloir.com/ 11. ^https://www.mountainzone.com/athlete_voice/rick_armstrong/index_2.html 12. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVT7NE1hdp0|title=Expeditions Vol 3 - The North Face|first=|last=XTreme Video|date=6 February 2009|publisher=|via=YouTube}} 13. ^http://focusproductions.com/HTML/gallery_pages/commercial_portfolio/pages/armstrong.tnf.htm 14. ^https://books.google.com/books?id=SK7a35B3E3EC&pg=PA36-IA7&lpg=PA36-IA7&dq=Rick+Armstrong+the+North+Face&source=bl&ots=5K5ncYWL1S&sig=T5lQdl-qK1aDY3bRA75dzB8U3Cc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi-u9Hlo97aAhUH1GMKHUkzAX44ChDoATAFegQIABA2#v=onepage&q&f=false 15. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrg-qZILadA|title=Rick Armstrong Salomon Profile|first=|last=GREG EPSTEIN|date=5 November 2009|publisher=|via=YouTube}} 16. ^https://www.powder.com/stories/classics/ingrid-backstrom/ 5 : American skiers|Paragliders|Sportspeople from Wyoming|Living people|Year of birth missing (living people) |
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