Dusty Henricksen

{{short description|American freestyle snowboarder (born 2003)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2022}}

{{Use American English|date=May 2025}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Dusty Henricksen

| image = 2020-01-20 Snowboarding at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics – Men's Slopestyle – Mascot Ceremony (Martin Rulsch) 09.jpg

| caption = Henricksen in 2020

| full_name = Dustin Henricksen

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2003|2|2}}

| birth_place = Big Bear Lake, California, U.S.

| height = 6 ft

| weight =

| country = {{USA}}

| sport = Snowboarding

| event = Slopestyle, Knuckle Huck

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport|Men's snowboarding}}

{{MedalCountry|{{USA}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|Winter X Games}}

{{Medal|Gold|2021 Aspen|Slopestyle}}

{{Medal|Gold|2021 Aspen|Knuckle Huck}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2022 Aspen|Knuckle Huck}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2023 Aspen|Knuckle Huck}}

{{MedalCompetition|Youth Olympics}}

{{Medal|Gold|2020 Lausanne|Slopestyle}}

}}

Dustin Henricksen (born February 2, 2003) is an American freestyle snowboarder.{{Cite web |url=https://usskiandsnowboard.org/athletes/dusty-henricksen |title=Dusty Henricksen |website=U.S. Ski & Snowboard}}{{cite web |url=https://www.teamusa.com/news/2021/march/06/dusty-henricksen-looks-to-continue-rapid-rise-at-freeski-and-snowboard-worlds |title=Dusty Henricksen Looks To Continue Rapid Rise At Freeski And Snowboard Worlds |last=Abrams |first=Alex |date=March 6, 2021 |website=teamusa.org |access-date=April 9, 2021}}

In the 2021 X Games, Henricksen won gold medals in Slopestyle and Knuckle Huck.{{Cite web |url=https://asomammoth.com/mammoth-lakes-dusty-henricksen-wins-x-games-gold/ |title=Dusty Henricksen from Mammoth Lakes Wins X-Games Gold |website=asomammoth.com |date=February 6, 2021}} Henricksen, who was 17 at the time, became the first U.S. male snowboarder to win the Winter X Games slopestyle snowboarding competition since Shaun White in 2009.{{Cite web |url=https://www.aspentimes.com/news/henricksen-17-takes-second-gold-in-aspen-im-tripping-still/ |title=Rookie Dusty Henricksen, 17, takes second gold in Aspen: I’m tripping still |first=Austin |last=Colbert |website=aspentimes.com}}

Henricksen made his debut in the Snowboard World Cup in Mammoth in March 2019, finishing 29th place in slopestyle. At the 2019 Junior World Championships in Kläppen, he finished 30th in Big Air and sixth in Slopestyle. After 23rd place in Modena and 17th place in Atlanta at the beginning of the 2019/20 season in Big Air, he achieved his first top ten place in the World Cup with ninth place in the Slopestyle in Laax and his first World Cup victory in the Slopestyle in Mammoth.

At the 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games in Lausanne, Switzerland, Henricksen won the gold medal{{Cite web |url=https://www.monsterenergy.com/af/fa/sports/snowboarding/dusty-henricksen |title=Dusty Henricksen | Monster Energy |website=monsterenergy.com}} in slopestyle and also finished fourth in big air. At the end of February 2020, he finished second in slopestyle at the Burton US Open in Vail. He finished the 2020 season in 18th place in the Freestyle World Cup and third in the Slopestyle World Cup.

Henricksen was the first person to land a quadruple cork in a slopestyle competition at the 2020 Burton US Open, where he landed a backside quad cork 1800.{{citation needed|date=December 2021}}

Dusty currently resides in Mammoth Lakes, California.

He competed for the United States at the 2022 Winter Olympics in the men's slopestyle and men's big air events.{{cite web |title=Dusty HENRICKSEN |url=https://olympics.com/beijing-2022/olympic-games/en/results/snowboard/athlete-profile-n1044699-dusty-henricksen.htm |work=Beijing 2022 Olympics |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220315134257/https://olympics.com/beijing-2022/olympic-games/en/results/snowboard/athlete-profile-n1044699-dusty-henricksen.htm |archive-date=March 15, 2022}}