Simon Dumont
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| Full name | Simon Francis Dumont | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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July 9, 1986 Bethel, Maine, U.S. |
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| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal best | World Record - 35.5' Out of 38' Quarterpipe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Seasons | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Individual wins | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiv. podiums | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Simon Francis Dumont (born July 9, 1986) is an American freestyle skier.
Dumont is known for his exceptional amplitude in half-pipe competitions, regularly reaching heights up to 20 feet out of the pipe, and for his signature big-air trick, the superman double-frontflip. In 2006-07, Dumont overshot a 100-foot jump in Park City, Utah, by some eighty feet, landing flat, rupturing his spleen and breaking his pelvis in three places, but he returned to skiing only two months later. In 2009 he won the X Games Big Air competition by landing a double-frontflip.
Dumont has participated in many freestyle events, mostly in the categories of big air and half-pipe, and was part of Team America for the Jon Olsson Super Sessions (JOSS) along with American freestyle skiers Tom Wallisch, and Alex Schlopy. However, the group has withdrawn from all future JOSS events because of an argument with Olsson about the release date of their video for the competition.
In 2008, Jon Olsson and Dumont announced their involvement in a new open freeskiing event, the North American Open, at Breckenridge, Colorado.
On April 11, 2008, Simon Dumont set the current world quarter-pipe height record at Sunday River in Bethel, Maine. He aired 35.5 feet out of a 38-foot quarter-pipe, while performing a cork 900 tail grab. Previous attempts earlier in the week had resulted in Dumont falling 55 feet after hitting an over-vert section of the quarter-pipe. On various other attempts, Simon hit the snow with a flat landing, severely bruising his heel in the process. On April 22, 2008, Dumont was a guest on The Ellen DeGeneres Show where he discussed his record-setting performance.
On April 11, 2009, Dumont hosted what was called the inaugural occasion of an annual contest for skiers ranging in age from about 8 to 18 at Sunday River. A specific course was set out for the contest with a combination of rails, boxes, and jumps. All entrants had a chance to qualify for the final few runs with pro skiers like Dumont, with a chance to win a spot on the podium. The first-place prize was $10,000, won by American freestyle skier Tom Wallisch.
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