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Alison Gannett

Alison is a professional skier from Crested Butte, Colorado. In addition to her many ski film, television and media appearances, she loves to travel the world and document her own adventures – whether it be the first ski expedition to Bhutan, a descent in India, reenacting the first ski descent of Mont Blanc, or hula hooping in Africa.

During the winter, she also travels with her HammerHead demo fleet - for her women’s camps and co-ed camps such as her Indian Himalayan Touring adventure. She also spends much of her spare time making the world a better place – straw bale home building, motivational speaking, founding non-profits, and improving building efficiency, which we dig. This winter she's traveling on her Global Cooling Tour. See her website for details: www.alisongannett.com

Where are you from, when did you begin skiing and telemarking, where do you ski most now?

I am originally from New Hampshire, but have been living in Crested Butte, the birthplace of modern US telemark skiing, for 15 years. I learned to telemark on a pair of 205 green Rossignol 7S's and wimpy low lace up boots.

What are your favorite boots and skis?

Karhu Jil and Garmont Ener G.

What do you like about HammerHeads?

Telemark bindings have in the past been the forgotten step child - when boots were wimpy and skis noodly the interface between the two was a moot point. Suddenly with plastic boots and fat skis, the binding is slowly moving to the forefront. HammerHeads are one of the only binders on the market that allow for the control and quickness that telemarking deserves. When I tried my first pair, I suddenly realized what I had been missing all those years - durability, precision, torsional stiffness, quickness, responsiveness, and adaptability. On my demo skis the binding can fit any size boot without changing cables, and I can switch the flex with the push of a button to allow for peoples' different skiing styles and abilities. The binding has taken my own personal skiing to the next level - like suddenly driving a Porsche when you had only ever driven an Escort. In addition, I never boot out and have almost zero heel droop. Between each plunge of the knee, I feel the control and snap that my alpine setup delivers.

What do you like to do for fun when you’re not skiing?

I love to surf, mountain bike, read books, work hard, practice yoga, climb ice and rock, laugh with my friends, family and boyfriend, and try to save the world on the side.

Accomplishments, awards, and sponsors

Alison has earned many world titles including: Woman Freeskier of the Year, World Cup Free Skiing Champion, Gravity Games Bronze Medalist, Woman Freeskier of the Year, South American Freeskiing Champion, Japanese Freeskiing Champion, 24 Hour Solo Mountain Bike Champion, and The Triple Crown Champion. In addition to her own films, she is one of the few women featured in the many ski films by Teton Gravity Research and Matchstick Productions- including Uprising, Ski Movie, Sick Sense, Harvest, No Mans Land and Empress.

Her other sponsors include Patagonia, Osprey, Head/Tyrolia, Fox River Socks, Crested Butte Mountain Resort, Swany Gloves, Wallaroo, Zeal, Clif Bar, Teva, Santa Cruz, Karhu, Princeton Tec, Brunton, Bluewater, Trango, Thermarest, MSR, Outdoor Research, Crank Brothers, Pistil, Garmont, Life-link/Dynafit, El Naturalista, Joint Juice, and Kiss My Face.

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