Lexi duPont

Alexis "Lexi" duPont (born February 16, 1989) is an American professional big mountain freeskier. She is a Freeskiing World Tour contender[1] and former Junior Olympics competitor,[2] who has been featured in several films such as Warren Miller’s Wintervention[3] and Tracing Skylines.[4] Her mother, freestyle skier Holley duPont, was one of the first women to land a backflip on skis.[5]

Lexi duPont
Born
Alexis duPont

(1989-02-16) February 16, 1989
Sun Valley, Idaho
EducationCommunity School, Sun Valley, Idaho; University of Colorado Boulder
OccupationProfessional Freeskier

Personal life

One of three daughters of Holley and Chris duPont, duPont was born in Sun Valley, Idaho,[2] After graduating from the Community School in 2007,[6] she moved to Beverly, Massachusetts, to attend Endicott College on a sailing scholarship,[7] but after a year decided to enroll in the University of Colorado Boulder where she majored in fine art.[8] In 2010, duPont circumnavigated the globe with Archbishop Desmond Tutu on the MV Explorer through the study abroad program Semester at Sea.[9] Since graduating from the University of Colorado Boulder in 2014, her artwork has earned a permanent display at the American Indian College Fund in Denver.

Career

Lexi’s parents put her in her first set of skis at the age of two.[8] Growing up, she pursued ski racing, competing on the Sun Valley ski team and even qualifying for the Junior Olympics two years in a row.[2] During college, she was a member of the University of Colorado Free Style Team, and entered the Freeskiing World Tour, placing in the top 10 overall in 2009 and 2010.[10] After that, she went on to qualify first at Revelstoke,[11] and finished fourth place at the "Red Bull Cold Rush",[12] in 2012.

duPont was signed to Eddie Bauer’s First Ascent team in 2010.[13][14] In 2013, she was featured in the ski film “Tracing Skylines,” for which she was nominated for “Best Female Performance” at the Powder Awards,[15] and was also featured in National Geographic’s “Powder Highway Webisodes.”[16]

Philanthropy

In 2007, she participated in a six-week volunteer program at M’Lop Tapang Center for Street Children in Cambodia.[6] Two years later, she climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, to raise funds for children in Tanzania, Africa.[17] She has also volunteered for Beadforlife,[18] and participates in Play Hard Give Back for Higher Ground, helping people with disabilities experience competition and the outdoors without limitations.[19]

Films
  • 2010 | Warren Miller’s “Wintervention”[20]
  • 2012 | Two Plank Productions’ “Because”[21]
  • 2013 | Doubsatch Collectives’ “AK Our Way”[22]
  • 2013 | Poor Boyz Productions’ “Tracing Skylines”[23]
  • 2013 | National Geographic’s “Powder Highway Road Trip” Webisodes[24]
  • 2014 | Poor Boyz Productions’ “Twenty”[25]
  • 2014 | Unicorn Picknick’s “Pretty Faces”[26]

Awards and nominations
  • 2010 | 3rd Place Freeskiing World Tour, Telluride, Colo.[27]
  • 2012 | 1st Place Freeskiing World Tour Revelstoke Qualifier[11]
  • 2012 | 4th Place Red Bull Cold Rush[12]
  • 2013 | Nomination for “Best Female Performance” at The Powder Awards[28]

References
  1. "Riders | Freeride World Tour". Freeride World Tour.
  2. "Lexi Dupont". Discrete.
  3. "Chasing Shadows Athletes". Warren Miller Entertainment.
  4. "Retracing Skylines". Powder.com. 2013-09-10.
  5. "Q&A with the Freeskiing World Tour's Lexi DuPont". X Games.
  6. "Sun Valley Guide : Fall 2007 : Sun Valley, Idaho's favorite resort magazine". Sun Valley Guide.
  7. "null - Lexi DuPont - ESPN". go.com.
  8. "Poor Boyz Productions' New Girl: Lexi DuPont". Powder Magazine. 2013-08-06.
  9. "null - Lexi DuPont - ESPN". go.com.
  10. "Trusted and Guaranteed Since 1920". Eddie Bauer.
  11. Subaru Freeride Series http://subarufreerideseries.com/2012/01/benjamin-ogilvie-lexi-dupont-win-revelstoke-qualifier/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. RedBull.com http://www.redbull.com/cs/Satellite/en_INT/Article/Red-Bull-Cold-Rush-2012-–-Photostory-021243174190229. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  13. Eddie Bauer blog http://blog.eddiebauer.com/2011/04/12/eddie-bauer-announces-new-first-ascent-team-members/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  14. "Trusted and Guaranteed Since 1920".
  15. "POWDER Awards Nominees Announced". Powder Magazine. 2013-11-15.
  16. "Powder Highway Road Trip – Stop #3 – Revelstoke, BC (Photos +Video)". National Geographic Adventure Blog. 2013-02-24.
  17. "Make a Difference: Kilimanjaro climb to benefit orphaned children". Idaho Mountain Express.
  18. "Annual-report-2009-2010-beadforlife". BeadForLife.
  19. PlayHardGiveBack.com http://www.playhardgiveback.com/lexidupont. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  20. "First Ascent – Lexi duPont in Warren Millers WINTERVENTION". Mogul Skier.
  21. "Because". Two Plank Productions.
  22. ""Dubsatch Collective recaps radical Alaskan adventure in short film, "AK Our Way""". Freeskier. 2013-01-15.
  23. "PBP TRACING SKYLINES Segment". Vimeo. 2014-12-05.
  24. "Powder Highway Road Trip – Stop #3 – Revelstoke, BC (Photos +Video)". National Geographic Adventure Blog. 2013-02-24.
  25. "Lexi duPont Charges in new Poor Boyz Twenty Segment". Eddie Bauer Blog.
  26. "Pretty Faces - OFFICIAL TEASER - all female SKI film". YouTube.
  27. "Freeskiing World Tour Telluride results". ESPN. 2010-02-06.
  28. "14th Annual Powder Awards Best Female Performance". Powder Magazine. 2013-12-11.
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