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Joe Tyler - born 1 April 1982 in Halifax

Halifax, West Yorkshire

Halifax is a minster town, within the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale in West Yorkshire, England. It has an urban area population of 82,056 in the 2001 Census. It is well-known as a centre of England's woollen manufacture from the 15th century onward, originally dealing through the Halifax Piece...

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West Yorkshire

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is a Freestyle skier. He has appeared as a Free rider in various ski movies and skied in the first London Freeze Festival at Battersea Power Station

Battersea Power Station

Battersea Power Station is a decommissioned coal-fired power station located on the south bank of the River Thames, in Battersea, South London. The station comprises two individual power stations, built in two stages in the form of a single building. Battersea A Power Station was built first in the...

's 2008 snow event. He appeared on Turkish media in 2007 skiing in Erzurum

Erzurum

Erzurum is a city in Turkey. It is the largest city, the capital of Erzurum Province. The city is situated 1757 meters above sea level. Erzurum had a population of 361,235 in the 2000 census. .Erzurum, known as "The Rock" in NATO code, served as NATO's southeastern-most air force post during the...

, Turkey

Turkey

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. He has spent 2009 living in Mayrhofen in March he travelled to Kashmir with photographer Camilla Stoddart for some extreme skiing(see New Zealand AdventureFall magazine issue 154 & Fall Line Skiing magazine November 2009.) He also travelled to Georgia - ERISTOFF originates from the wild and untamed landscape of Georgia originally named Virshan by the Persians meaning the country of the wolf. Eristoff took professional skier Joe Tyler to the Caucasus mountains of Georgia to sample the slopes and the local hospitality. More information can be found on http://www.metacafe.com/watch/3419799/eristoff_vodka_ski_film_joe_tyler/ He is also in the latest 2009 Run Jump Fly production ski movie "Falling Skies" http://www.downdays.eu/en/whitepaper/falling-skies-download

Tyler started skiing at the age of three and competed in many junior events winning articicial dry slope races. He used to be a FIS registered ski racer competing all over Europe. He moved to freestyle skiing in 2004 winning his debut in the British Big Air ski Championships in 2006 and again 2007 in Laax

Laax

Laax is a municipality in the district of Surselva in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.-Geography:Laax has an area, , of . Of this area, 35.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 30.6% is forested...

, Switzerland

Switzerland

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. He currently competes in international freestyle events and appears in ski movies. He is also a free lance journalist writing articles for ski magazines. He has been a stage 1 New Zealand ski instructor since 2001
He attended North Halifax Grammar School 1996-2000

In 2009, Joe Tyler founded the All Mountain Academy, a Freeski and Performance Coaching Academy, in partnership with fellow accomplished Skiers and Coaches Joe Harkess and David Kling-Odencrants

Other Results & achievements

Instructor’s Half Pipe Whistler BC, April 2005 3rd Overall

King of the Rail - Whistler BC, December 2004 3rd Overall

Fire & Ice - Whistler BC, 05 Season

Exhibition Events - (Corporate & public)

Moro Slopestyle - Remarkables, NZ Sept 2004, 4th Overall

Aim Series Big Air - Halifax UK, Aug 2004, 5th Overall

Rosendale Big Air - Rossendale UK, July 2004, 1st Overall

Halifax Air & Style - Halifax UK, May 2004, 1st Overall

Moro Street Jib - Queenstown NZ, Aug 2003, 3rd Overall

Xscape Launch - Xscape Castleford Oct 2003

All England Artificial Dry slope Ski Championships (under 11), 1992 3rd

External links

Turkish ski article - Fall-Line Skiing magazine issue 78 Dec 2008 "Turkish Delight" page 64

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