Colby James West

Colby James West is an American freestyle skier from Canterbury, New Hampshire. A late starter in skiing, Colby took up freestyle skiing when he was 23 years old and broke into the competitive scene with a podium finish in slope style at Winter X Games XII.[1] West is a three time Winter X Games bronze medalist. [2] Colby has filmed many segments for Matchstick Productions.[3]

Colby James West
Statistics Data
Image
Home Mountain Canterbury, New Hampshire
Date of Birth April 8, 1985
Height 5 ft 8
Weight 170 lbs
Ski Kastle
Other Sponsors Tecnica
Paul Mitchell
Spyder
Skullcandy
Empire Attire
Giro
Monster Energy drink
Breckenridge Resort
Discipline
Slopestyle
Halfpipe
Big Air

Colby is well known for his humorous internet videos such as the music video "My Friend's A Pro". Colby was featured on a television commercial for Worx Energy Drinks.

Results

  • 3rd 2009 Toyota Championship, Superpipe, Northstar at Tahoe, CA[4]
  • 3rd 2009 Winter X 13, Slopestyle, Aspen, CO
  • 5th 2009 Winter X 13, Superpipe, Aspen, CO[5]
  • 1st 2008 US Open, Big Air, Copper Mountain, CO
  • 3rd 2008 Winter X Games, Superpipe, Aspen, CO
  • 4th 2008 Winter X Games, Slopestyle, Aspen, CO
  • 3rd 2007 Winter X Games, Slopestyle, Aspen, CO
  • 1st 2008 48 Straight, Superpipe Championship, ID

References

  1. http://expn.go.com/expn/athletes/bio?id=41425
  2. "Colby West".
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-02-07. Retrieved 2009-02-28.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-12-05. Retrieved 2009-02-28.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. http://espn.go.com/action/xgames/winterx13/results/ski
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