Lexi duPont explained

Lexi duPont
Birth Name:Alexis duPont
Birth Date:16 February 1989
Birth Place:Sun Valley, Idaho
Education:Community School, Sun Valley, Idaho; University of Colorado Boulder
Occupation:Professional Freeskier

Alexis 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]

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

Awards and nominations

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Riders | Freeride World Tour. Freeride World Tour.
  2. Web site: Lexi Dupont. Discrete.
  3. Web site: Chasing Shadows Athletes. Warren Miller Entertainment.
  4. Web site: Retracing Skylines. Powder.com. 2013-09-10.
  5. Web site: Q&A with the Freeskiing World Tour's Lexi DuPont. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304202524/http://xgames.espn.go.com/skiing/article/6581846/qa-freeskiing-world-tour-lexi-dupont%7Cwebsite=ESPN. dead. March 4, 2016. X Games.
  6. Web site: Sun Valley Guide : Fall 2007 : Sun Valley, Idaho's favorite resort magazine. Sun Valley Guide.
  7. Web site: null - Lexi DuPont - ESPN. https://web.archive.org/web/20150618074409/http://espn.go.com/action/photos/gallery/_/id/6581806/image/1/lexi-dupont%7cwebsite=ESPN. dead. June 18, 2015. go.com.
  8. Web site: Poor Boyz Productions' New Girl: Lexi DuPont. Powder Magazine. 2013-08-06.
  9. Web site: null - Lexi DuPont - ESPN. https://web.archive.org/web/20150618073921/http://espn.go.com/action/photos/gallery/_/id/6581806/image/10/lexi-dupont%7cwebsite=ESPN. dead. June 18, 2015. go.com.
  10. Web site: Trusted and Guaranteed Since 1920. Eddie Bauer.
  11. Web site: http://subarufreerideseries.com/2012/01/benjamin-ogilvie-lexi-dupont-win-revelstoke-qualifier/. Subaru Freeride Series.
  12. Web site: http://www.redbull.com/cs/Satellite/en_INT/Article/Red-Bull-Cold-Rush-2012-–-Photostory-021243174190229. RedBull.com.
  13. Web site: http://blog.eddiebauer.com/2011/04/12/eddie-bauer-announces-new-first-ascent-team-members/. Eddie Bauer blog.
  14. Web site: Trusted and Guaranteed Since 1920.
  15. Web site: POWDER Awards Nominees Announced. Powder Magazine. 2013-11-15.
  16. Web site: Powder Highway Road Trip – Stop #3 – Revelstoke, BC (Photos +Video). https://web.archive.org/web/20130302062800/http://adventureblog.nationalgeographic.com/2013/02/24/skiing-powder-in-revelstoke-stop-3-on-the-powder-highway-road-trip/. dead. March 2, 2013. National Geographic Adventure Blog. 2013-02-24.
  17. Web site: Make a Difference: Kilimanjaro climb to benefit orphaned children. Idaho Mountain Express.
  18. Web site: Annual-report-2009-2010-beadforlife. BeadForLife.
  19. Web site: http://www.playhardgiveback.com/lexidupont. PlayHardGiveBack.com.
  20. Web site: First Ascent – Lexi duPont in Warren Millers WINTERVENTION. Mogul Skier.
  21. Web site: Because. Two Plank Productions.
  22. Web site: "Dubsatch Collective recaps radical Alaskan adventure in short film, "AK Our Way"". Freeskier. 2013-01-15.
  23. Web site: PBP TRACING SKYLINES Segment. Vimeo. 2014-12-05.
  24. Web site: Powder Highway Road Trip – Stop #3 – Revelstoke, BC (Photos +Video). https://web.archive.org/web/20130302062800/http://adventureblog.nationalgeographic.com/2013/02/24/skiing-powder-in-revelstoke-stop-3-on-the-powder-highway-road-trip/. dead. March 2, 2013. National Geographic Adventure Blog. 2013-02-24.
  25. Web site: Lexi duPont Charges in new Poor Boyz Twenty Segment. Eddie Bauer Blog.
  26. Web site: Pretty Faces - OFFICIAL TEASER - all female SKI film. YouTube.
  27. Web site: Freeskiing World Tour Telluride results. ESPN. 2010-02-06.
  28. Web site: 14th Annual Powder Awards Best Female Performance. Powder Magazine. 2013-12-11.

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