Alex Ferreira

Alex Ferreira
Personal information
Nationality	American
Born	August 14, 1994 (age 27); Aspen, Colorado, U.S.
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Website	alexferreiraski.com
Sport
Country	United States
Sport	Freestyle skiing
Event(s)	Halfpipe
Medal record
Men's freestyle skiing
Representing the United States
Olympic Games
Winter X Games
Dew Tour
FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup

Alex Ferreira (born August 14, 1994) is an American halfpipe skier. He competed in the 2018 Winter Olympic Games taking home the silver medal. He competed in the 2019 Winter X Games XXIII and 2020 Winter X Games XXIV, placing first in the Men's Ski Superpipe.^[1]^[2]

Early life[]

Alex Ferreira was born a native to Aspen, Colorado. He grew up attending the Aspen school system, where the Aspen High School mascot is The Skiers. Through his youth, ages 8-18 years old, Alex was part of the Aspen Valley Ski Club (AVSC). This is where he met his best ski friends; fellow professional skier Torin Yater-Wallace, ski filmer Kyler Sciarrone, and toy designer Mikey Schumacher. At AVSC, Ferreira also met some of his biggest ski influences and supporters: His current and long time coach Elana "E" Chase and Erik Knight. Ferreira graduated from Westminster College. His father, Marcelo, was a professional soccer player from Argentina. His mother, Colleen, was a New Jersey state level relay racer who ran 10 full marathon races and competed in the Penn Relays. Colleen is a graduate of West Virginia University and the proprietor of The Red Spa in Aspen, Colorado. His parent met in Vail, Colorado. They were soon married and quickly moved to Aspen, Colorado to raise their family. Alex has one sister, Lourdes.

Competition Career[]

Alex Ferreira put himself on the map when he won a prestigious youth halfpipe competition February 10-12, 2012. It was named the Gatorade Freelow Finals. This competition was hosted by Snowbasin Ski Resort, Utah. This win guaranteed Alex an invite to the professional competition known as the Dew Tour, during December 2013 at Breckenridge Mountain Resort, Colorado. Through Alex's ski career he has had many podiums and at all the major events for the sport of halfpipe skiing; X-Games, Dew Tour, Whistler Ski Invitational, FIS World Cups, and the Olympic Games. In 2018, Alex received a Silver Medal at the Pyeongchang Olympics in Korea. Alex made history at this Korea Olympics by being the first halfpipe athlete in history to compete and complete an "all doubles run". A double is a ski acrobatic trick that consists of two flipping rotation within a single jump. At the completion of the 2018 competition season, Ferreira also won the FIS World Cup Overall thus earning and the coveted FIS Crystal Globe for the Best Male Halfpipe Skier of the Year.

Film Projects[]

Alongside Ferreira's professional halfpipe career, Alex developed a film persona named Hotdog Hans in 2018. Alex developed this ski character with his good friend and film maker, Matt Hobbs. With the character of Hotgdog Hans, Alex has produced 2 feature ski edits and many ski clips that have been uploaded to instagram and Tik Tok. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SngXFooZaUs Alex quickly gained a following on Tik Tok that topped out at 1 million followers. Ferreira also completed a ski film project in 2019 after a long visit in Japan. The completed project debuted on ESPN's The World of X-Games, November 2019.

Current life[]

Fall 2021, Ferreira is training and competing in order to qualify for his second Olympic Games. The qualification period ends January 2022 and consisted of 5 more competitions; World Cup at Copper Mountain, Dew Tour at Copper Mountain, 2 World Cups at the Canadian Olympic Park, and final competition at Mammoth Mountain, California January 10, 2022. The 2022 Olympic Winter Games will be held in Beijing China February 4-20, 2022.

Breaking his "Copper Curse", Alex took first place at both the Grand Prix on December 10, 2021 with a 93.50^[3] and the Dew Tour on December 18, 2021 with a 95.75.^[4]

On Saturday, January 8, 2022 Alex Ferreira was named to the United Stated Winter Olympic Team at a ceremony held on Mammoth Mountain Resort in Mammoth Lakes, California. This is second time being named to Represent the United States at the Winter Olympics. Alex earned his spot by winner the Copper Grand Prix and Dew Tour both at Copper Mountain in Colorado in December 2021. Recently, his back to back 2nd place at the World Cups hosted by Canadian Olympic Park in Calgary Canada more than helped clinch his invitation to the upcoming Winter Olympics in Beijing during February 2022.

References[]

^ Strode, Dale. "Aspen's Ferreira takes bronze". The Aspen Times. Retrieved January 26, 2015.
^ Strode, Dale. "Stars line up for Winter X Games". The Aspen Times. Retrieved January 26, 2015.
^ Colbert, Austin. "Aspen's Ferreira wins Copper Grand Prix, likely locks up 2022 Olympic team spot". The Aspen Times. Retrieved January 2, 2022.
^ Colbert, Austin. "Aspen's Alex Ferreira wins third Dew Tour title behind 1620, furthers Olympic cause". The Aspen Times. Retrieved January 2, 2022.

External links[]

Alex Ferreira at U.S. Ski & Snowboard
Alex Ferreira at the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee
Alex Ferreira at the International Olympic Committee
Alex Ferreira at the X Games
Alex Ferreira at the International Ski Federation

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[1] Strode, Dale. "Aspen's Ferreira takes bronze". The Aspen Times. Retrieved January 26, 2015.

[2] Strode, Dale. "Stars line up for Winter X Games". The Aspen Times. Retrieved January 26, 2015.

[AT_2021-12-10-3] Colbert, Austin. "Aspen's Ferreira wins Copper Grand Prix, likely locks up 2022 Olympic team spot". The Aspen Times. Retrieved January 2, 2022.

[AT_2021-12-18-4] Colbert, Austin. "Aspen's Alex Ferreira wins third Dew Tour title behind 1620, furthers Olympic cause". The Aspen Times. Retrieved January 2, 2022.

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