{"id":2454592,"date":"2020-02-14T22:56:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-15T05:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/basalt-teen-hanna-faulhaber-continues-rapid-rise-up-the-skiing-pipeline\/"},"modified":"2020-02-14T22:56:00","modified_gmt":"2020-02-15T05:56:00","slug":"basalt-teen-hanna-faulhaber-continues-rapid-rise-up-the-skiing-pipeline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/basalt-teen-hanna-faulhaber-continues-rapid-rise-up-the-skiing-pipeline\/","title":{"rendered":"Basalt teen Hanna Faulhaber continues rapid rise up the skiing pipeline"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery p402_hide\" readability=\"6.568234387047\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-320955-511\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/freeskiopen-atd-021520-6-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/freeskiopen-atd-021520-6-1024x685.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times | Hanna Faulhaber, 15, poses for a portrait at the base of the Aspen Snowmass Freeskiing Open course on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020. 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(Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/freeskiopen-atd-021520-6-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/freeskiopen-atd-021520-6-1-1024x692.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times | Skiers compete in the men\u2019s slopestyle finals during the Aspen Snowmass Freeskiing Open at Buttermilk on Friday, Feb. 14, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"0\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"10.509900990099\">\n<p><strong>Skiers compete in the men\u2019s slopestyle finals during the Aspen Snowmass Freeskiing Open at Buttermilk on Friday, Feb. 14, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times)<\/strong><br \/>Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times<br \/><a class=\"buy-link\" href=\"http:\/\/aspentimes.mycapture.com\/mycapture\/remoteimage.asp?backtext=Return+to+AspenTimes.com&amp;backurl=https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/sports\/basalt-teen-hanna-faulhaber-continues-rapid-rise-up-the-skiing-pipeline\/&amp;image=https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/freeskiopen-atd-021520-6-1-1024x692.jpg&amp;notes=https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/freeskiopen-atd-021520-6-1.jpg\"><i class=\"fas fa-shopping-cart\"><\/i> Buy Photo<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/freeskiopen-atd-021520-6-1-1024x692.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"Skiers compete in the men\u2019s slopestyle finals during the Aspen Snowmass Freeskiing Open at Buttermilk on Friday, Feb. 14, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/freeskiopen-atd-021520-6-2-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/freeskiopen-atd-021520-6-2-1024x714.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times | Freeskier Rodney Koford hugs his mother after taking a fall during the first run of the men\u2019s slopestyle finals at the Aspen Snowmass Freeskiing Open at Buttermilk on Friday, Feb. 14, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"0\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"10.625\">\n<p><strong>Freeskier Rodney Koford hugs his mother after taking a fall during the first run of the men\u2019s slopestyle finals at the Aspen Snowmass Freeskiing Open at Buttermilk on Friday, Feb. 14, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times)<\/strong><br \/>Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times<br \/><a class=\"buy-link\" href=\"http:\/\/aspentimes.mycapture.com\/mycapture\/remoteimage.asp?backtext=Return+to+AspenTimes.com&amp;backurl=https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/sports\/basalt-teen-hanna-faulhaber-continues-rapid-rise-up-the-skiing-pipeline\/&amp;image=https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/freeskiopen-atd-021520-6-2-1024x714.jpg&amp;notes=https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/freeskiopen-atd-021520-6-2.jpg\"><i class=\"fas fa-shopping-cart\"><\/i> Buy Photo<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/freeskiopen-atd-021520-6-2-1024x714.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"Freeskier Rodney Koford hugs his mother after taking a fall during the first run of the men\u2019s slopestyle finals at the Aspen Snowmass Freeskiing Open at Buttermilk on Friday, Feb. 14, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/freeskiopen-atd-021520-6-3-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/freeskiopen-atd-021520-6-3-1024x682.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times | Freeskiers greet each other at the base of the Aspen Snowmass Freeskiing Open course at Buttermilk on Friday, Feb. 14, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-0.47715736040609\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"9.5431472081218\">\n<p><strong>Freeskiers greet each other at the base of the Aspen Snowmass Freeskiing Open course at Buttermilk on Friday, Feb. 14, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times)<\/strong><br \/>Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times<br \/><a class=\"buy-link\" href=\"http:\/\/aspentimes.mycapture.com\/mycapture\/remoteimage.asp?backtext=Return+to+AspenTimes.com&amp;backurl=https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/sports\/basalt-teen-hanna-faulhaber-continues-rapid-rise-up-the-skiing-pipeline\/&amp;image=https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/freeskiopen-atd-021520-6-3-1024x682.jpg&amp;notes=https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/freeskiopen-atd-021520-6-3.jpg\"><i class=\"fas fa-shopping-cart\"><\/i> Buy Photo<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/freeskiopen-atd-021520-6-3-1024x682.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"Freeskiers greet each other at the base of the Aspen Snowmass Freeskiing Open course at Buttermilk on Friday, Feb. 14, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/freeskiopen-atd-021520-6-4-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/freeskiopen-atd-021520-6-4-1024x719.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times | Freeskiers greet each other at the base of the Aspen Snowmass Freeskiing Open course at Buttermilk on Friday, Feb. 14, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-0.47715736040609\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"9.5431472081218\">\n<p><strong>Freeskiers greet each other at the base of the Aspen Snowmass Freeskiing Open course at Buttermilk on Friday, Feb. 14, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times)<\/strong><br \/>Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times<br \/><a class=\"buy-link\" href=\"http:\/\/aspentimes.mycapture.com\/mycapture\/remoteimage.asp?backtext=Return+to+AspenTimes.com&amp;backurl=https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/sports\/basalt-teen-hanna-faulhaber-continues-rapid-rise-up-the-skiing-pipeline\/&amp;image=https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/freeskiopen-atd-021520-6-4-1024x719.jpg&amp;notes=https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/freeskiopen-atd-021520-6-4.jpg\"><i class=\"fas fa-shopping-cart\"><\/i> Buy Photo<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/freeskiopen-atd-021520-6-4-1024x719.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"Freeskiers greet each other at the base of the Aspen Snowmass Freeskiing Open course at Buttermilk on Friday, Feb. 14, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/freeskiopen-atd-021520-6-5-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/freeskiopen-atd-021520-6-5-1024x671.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times | Judges for the Aspen Snowmass Freeskiing Open slopestyle final watch from the big air course at Buttermilk on Friday, Feb. 14, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"0\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"10.517073170732\">\n<p><strong>Judges for the Aspen Snowmass Freeskiing Open slopestyle final watch from the big air course at Buttermilk on Friday, Feb. 14, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times)<\/strong><br \/>Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times<br \/><a class=\"buy-link\" href=\"http:\/\/aspentimes.mycapture.com\/mycapture\/remoteimage.asp?backtext=Return+to+AspenTimes.com&amp;backurl=https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/sports\/basalt-teen-hanna-faulhaber-continues-rapid-rise-up-the-skiing-pipeline\/&amp;image=https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/freeskiopen-atd-021520-6-5-1024x671.jpg&amp;notes=https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/freeskiopen-atd-021520-6-5.jpg\"><i class=\"fas fa-shopping-cart\"><\/i> Buy Photo<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/freeskiopen-atd-021520-6-5-1024x671.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"Judges for the Aspen Snowmass Freeskiing Open slopestyle final watch from the big air course at Buttermilk on Friday, Feb. 14, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/sports\/basalt-teen-hanna-faulhaber-continues-rapid-rise-up-the-skiing-pipeline\/#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/sports\/basalt-teen-hanna-faulhaber-continues-rapid-rise-up-the-skiing-pipeline\/#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText DropCap\">The wild ride continues for Hanna Faulhaber. In only her second season competing at the FIS level, the 15-year-old sophomore at Basalt High School is building quite the resume as a halfpipe skier.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cIt\u2019s been a great season,\u201d Faulhaber said Wednesday. \u201cThe past two seasons have been such a fun time and super progressive. I don\u2019t even know how to explain it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Faulhaber is set to compete Saturday in the Aspen Snowmass Freeskiing Open, a Nor-Am Cup competition that she took third in last winter behind Utah\u2019s Jeanee Crane-Mauzy and Great Britain\u2019s Zoe Atkin. Of course, she\u2019s been in some much bigger competitions since then.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Faulhaber, who is on the U.S. rookie team, made her World Cup debut back in August, finishing 14th at the season-opening contest in New Zealand. Her second World Cup start came at the Copper Grand Prix in December, where she finished 15th.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Then she had somewhat of a breakthrough at the Mammoth Grand Prix, taking sixth in the Jan. 29 qualifier to make her first final in a World Cup. She finished seventh in the Feb. 1 final, a contest won by reigning Olympic gold medalist Cassie Sharpe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cI honestly didn\u2019t expect for such a great result at a World Cup this year,\u201d Faulhaber said. \u201cI don\u2019t think my coaches even expected it, either. It was just a lot of fun to be able to make the final with all the older girls and be able to have that experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The other highlight to her season came earlier in January when she was one of two American girls \u2014 the other being Steamboat\u2019s Riley Jacobs \u2014 to compete at the Youth Olympic Games in Switzerland. Faulhaber won bronze, with China\u2019s Eileen Gu taking gold and Fanghui Li silver.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cYouth Olympics was such a great experience, like I expected it to be,\u201d Faulhaber said. \u201cI don\u2019t even know how to explain how great it was, especially being able to get bronze was amazing and I never really thought that would happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Faulhaber sat out the final World Cup contest of the season, which wrapped up Friday night in Calgary. The 16-year-old Gu, who is from San Francisco but has dual citizenship and competes under the Chinese flag, held off Canada\u2019s Rachael Karker and Russia\u2019s Valeriya Demidova for the win. Demidova clinched the season-long crystal globe in women\u2019s halfpipe skiing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">While Saturday\u2019s Nor-Am here in Aspen is a slight step down from the World Cups for Faulhaber, her trajectory has her headed in a good direction. On top of more World Cups, bigger comps like X Games and Dew Tour are well within her reach next season. She was a Dew Tour alternate this winter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Then, of course, there is the elephant in the room with the 2022 Winter Olympics fast approaching. There is a world championship to ponder in 2021, as well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cShe is starting to be competitive with a lot of those pro girls. My focus with her is far more about improving that run and specific tricks than really, is she going to qualify for the next Olympics?\u201d said Greg Ruppel, who coaches Faulhaber through the Aspen Valley Ski and Snowboard Club. \u201cIt\u2019s looking good. That alternate invite to Dew Tour is a good sign. Probably going forward she\u2019ll be looking at at least alternate invites if not full invites for X and Dew next year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The women\u2019s superpipe finals of the Aspen Snowmass Freeskiing Open are tentatively scheduled to start at 11:15 a.m. on the X Games venue at Buttermilk Ski Area. The men\u2019s superpipe finals are slated for 1:45 p.m. with a handful of Roaring Fork Valley local athletes expected to compete in the noon qualifier.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The men\u2019s and women\u2019s big air finals also are scheduled for Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Spectating is free.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The slopestyle finals were held Friday, with Canadian teen Skye Clarke winning the women\u2019s contest with a score of 79.50 points, holding off Pennsylvania\u2019s Jenna Riccomini (73.33) and Canadian Megan Cressey (70.33). Clarke took home a $3,000 payday for the win.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">In the men\u2019s slopestyle contest Friday, Minnesota\u2019s Richard Thomas, a U.S. rookie team member, won with a best score of 89.50 to take home the $5,000 paycheck. Montana\u2019s Konnor Ralph was second (86.16) and Canada\u2019s Dylan Deschamps was third (85.66).<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText Tagline\"><a href=\"mailto:acolbert@aspentimes.com\">acolbert@aspentimes.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/sports\/basalt-teen-hanna-faulhaber-continues-rapid-rise-up-the-skiing-pipeline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hanna Faulhaber, 15, poses for a portrait at the base of the Aspen Snowmass Freeskiing Open course on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020. 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