Chloe Kim is the future of women's snowboarding with three X Games gold medals to prove it.
Chloe Kim (Torrance, CA) led a USA sweep at the Winter Games NZ halfpipe, with Kelly Clark (Mammoth Lakes, CA) second and Maddie Mastro (Wrightwood, CA) third.
Shaun White and Chloe Kim each took their second-consecutive Burton US Open titles as American snowboarders dominated the halfpipe event on Saturday, scoring five of six podium spots.
The buzz going around amongst riders is that the 2018 Olympic halfpipe is one of the best in the world.
The 2017 Toyota U.S. Grand Prix tour concludes this week at Mammoth Mountain, and will serve as the first 2018 U.S. Olympic team qualifier for both halfpipe and slopestyle.
Elena Hight won her first X Games gold medal, and teammate Chloe Kim took the bronze, in halfpipe Saturday night in Aspen, Colorado.
Chloe Kim and Chase Josey swept the World Cup halfpipe podium at the Laax Open Saturday in Laax, Switzerland.
Listed alongside major athletes from the NFL, MLB, NBA, summer Olympics and more, Chloe Kim (Torrance, CA) was the youngest athlete to be included in Forbes’ annual 30 Under 30: Sports list.
Listed alongside President Obama’s daughters, an actor from Stranger Things and three Rio Olympic champions, TIME included Chloe Kim (Torrance, CA) in their annual list of 30 Most Influential Teens of 2016.
Chloe Kim has been making a big splash in the snowboarding community, and the rest of the sport world is taking notice. Her sponsor Monster Energy takes a look at her 18 podiums and her rise to the top.
U.S. Snowboarding stars Jamie Anderson and Chloe Kim have received nominations for the 2016 ESPY Awards after stellar 2015-16 seasons.
Four USSA athletes have been nominated in this year’s Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Sport Awards.
Even though summer is beginning, Chloe Kim is still making waves. NBC explored the life of the the 16 year old—from her upbringing and current life as a teenager, to her on-point style and Olympic gold medal prospects.
Americans Shaun White (Carlsbad, CA) and Chloe Kim (La Palma, CA) took the top qualifying spots in halfpipe on Thursday, leading the charge into the field of six women and 10 men advancing to the final on Saturday.
Chloe Kim continued her X Games domination in Oslo, taking home the gold in women's halfpipe snowboarding.
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Referred to in recent years as "The Future of Women's Snowboarding," it's clearly now safe to call Chloe Kim the "Now of Women's Snowboarding." The 2015-16 season was all about Kim, who scored her second- and third-consecutive X Games gold medals, Youth Olympic Games gold medals in both halfpipe and slopestyle and earned an historical win at the U.S. Grand Prix in Park City where she became the first female to land back-to-back 1080s and to score a perfect 100. Kim's first X Games medal came at the young age of 13 (silver) and she is now the only athlete in X Games history to earn three gold medals before the age of 16. Though her bubbly personality and broad smile may lead you to believe she's just another "normal" SoCal teenager, Kim is a fierce competitor who has worked very hard to get to the front of the pack. She was unable to compete at the Sochi Olympics in 2014 due to age restrictions, but she has her sights set on the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, where she will compete in front of family that still lives in her parents' native country of South Korea. FIRST TRACKS OFF THE SNOW |
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