Tom Wallisch
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Tom Wallisch
Statistics Data
Home Mountain Park city
Date of Birth October 2nd, 1987
Height 5'9"
Weight 150 lbs
Ski Scott (SCOTT Sports)
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Discipline
Slopestyle
Slopestyle
Slopestyle is a popular type of competition for winter action sports; which originated as a snowboarding competition format. Today, there are many sports that are considered to have this style of competition, of which skiing and snowboarding are two of the most common...

Big Air
Big air
Big air is a sports discipline where the competitor rides a vehicle down a hill and perform tricks after launching off very large jumps. It is an extreme version of slopestyle. Competitors perform complex tricks in the air, aiming to attain sizable height and distance as well, all while securing a...


Tom Wallisch is a professional freeskier born October 2nd, 1987 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...

. He began skiing in 1990 and competing in the sport in 2009. After graduating highschool, Wallisch moved to Salt Lake City for post-secondary education at the University of Utah
University of Utah
The University of Utah, also known as the U or the U of U, is a public, coeducational research university in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The university was established in 1850 as the University of Deseret by the General Assembly of the provisional State of Deseret, making it Utah's oldest...

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Tom Wallisch was discovered by entering a short edit in the Level 1 Superunknown video contest. The video was produced by 4BI9 Media.

Notable Competition Results

  • 1st, Winter X Games, Tignes, 2010 (slopestyle)
  • 3rd, Dumont Cup, 2010 (slopestyle)
  • 1st, Dew Tour, Snow Basin, 2010 (slopestyle)
  • 3rd, Dew Tour Year End, 2010 (slopestyle)
  • 1st, Dew Tour stop #2, 2010 (slopestyle)
  • 2nd, AFP Year End, 2010 (slopestyle)
  • 2nd, Dew Tour stop #1, Breckenridge, 2009 (slopestyle)
  • 1st, Winter Games NZ, 2009 (slopestyle)
  • 2nd, New Zealand Open, 2009 (slopestyle)
  • 1st, Dumont Cup, 2009 (slopestyle)
  • 2nd, European Open, 2009 (slopestyle)
  • 1st, Dew Tour stop #3, Northstar, 2009 (slopestyle)
  • 1st, AFP Year End, 2009 (slopestyle)
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