Lexi duPont
{{Short description|American freeskier (born 1989)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Lexi duPont
| birth_name = Alexis duPont
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1989|02|16}}
| birth_place = Sun Valley, Idaho
| education = Community School, Sun Valley, Idaho; University of Colorado Boulder
| occupation = Professional Freeskier
}}
Alexis duPont (born February 16, 1989) is an American professional big mountain freeskier. She is a Freeskiing World Tour contender{{cite web|url=http://freerideworldtour.com/riders/alexis-dupont|website=Freeride World Tour|title=Riders | Freeride World Tour}} and former Junior Olympics competitor,{{cite web|url=http://www.discreteclothing.com/team-member/lexi-dupont/|title=Lexi Dupont|work=Discrete}} who has been featured in several films such as Warren Miller’s Wintervention{{cite web|url=http://www.skinet.com/warrenmiller/athletes/five-question-interview-lexi-dupont%7cwebsite=SkiNet.com|title=Chasing Shadows Athletes|work=Warren Miller Entertainment}}{{dead link|date=February 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} and Tracing Skylines.{{cite web|url=http://www.powder.com/stories/first-chair-blog/retracing-skylines/|title=Retracing Skylines|website=Powder.com|date=2013-09-10}} Her mother, freestyle skier Holley duPont, was one of the first women to land a backflip on skis.{{cite web|url=http://xgames.espn.go.com/skiing/article/6581846/qa-freeskiing-world-tour-lexi-dupont%7cwebsite=ESPN|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304202524/http://xgames.espn.go.com/skiing/article/6581846/qa-freeskiing-world-tour-lexi-dupont%7Cwebsite=ESPN|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 4, 2016|title=Q&A with the Freeskiing World Tour's Lexi DuPont|work=X Games}}
Personal life
One of three daughters of Holley and Chris duPont, duPont was born in Sun Valley, Idaho, After graduating from the Community School in 2007,{{cite web|url=http://www.sunvalleyguide.com/f07/girlsofsummer.htm|website=Sun Valley Guide|title=Sun Valley Guide : Fall 2007 : Sun Valley, Idaho's favorite resort magazine}} she moved to Beverly, Massachusetts, to attend Endicott College on a sailing scholarship,{{cite web|url=http://espn.go.com/action/photos/gallery/_/id/6581806/image/1/lexi-dupont%7cwebsite=ESPN|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150618074409/http://espn.go.com/action/photos/gallery/_/id/6581806/image/1/lexi-dupont%7cwebsite=ESPN|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 18, 2015|title=null - Lexi DuPont - ESPN|work=go.com}} but after a year decided to enroll in the University of Colorado Boulder where she majored in fine art.{{cite web|url=http://www.powder.com/stories/poor-boyz-productions-new-girl-lexi-dupont/|website=Powder Magazine|title=Poor Boyz Productions' New Girl: Lexi DuPont|date=2013-08-06}} In 2010, duPont circumnavigated the globe with Archbishop Desmond Tutu on the MV Explorer through the study abroad program Semester at Sea.{{cite web|url=http://espn.go.com/action/photos/gallery/_/id/6581806/image/10/lexi-dupont%7cwebsite=ESPN|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150618073921/http://espn.go.com/action/photos/gallery/_/id/6581806/image/10/lexi-dupont%7cwebsite=ESPN|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 18, 2015|title=null - Lexi DuPont - ESPN|work=go.com}} Since graduating from the University of Colorado Boulder in 2014, her artwork has earned a permanent display at the American Indian College Fund in Denver.{{citation needed|date=June 2015}}
Career
Lexi’s parents put her in her first set of skis at the age of two. Growing up, she pursued ski racing, competing on the Sun Valley ski team and even qualifying for the Junior Olympics two years in a row. During college, she was a member of the University of Colorado Free Style Team, and entered the Freeskiing World Tour, placing in the top 10 overall in 2009 and 2010.{{cite web|url=http://www.eddiebauer.com/first_ascent/first_ascent_team/team.jsp|website=Eddie Bauer|title=Trusted and Guaranteed Since 1920}} After that, she went on to qualify first at Revelstoke,{{cite web|url=http://subarufreerideseries.com/2012/01/benjamin-ogilvie-lexi-dupont-win-revelstoke-qualifier/|website=Subaru Freeride Series}} and finished fourth place at the "Red Bull Cold Rush",{{cite web|url=http://www.redbull.com/cs/Satellite/en_INT/Article/Red-Bull-Cold-Rush-2012-–-Photostory-021243174190229|website=RedBull.com}} in 2012.
duPont was signed to Eddie Bauer’s First Ascent team in 2010.{{cite web|url=http://blog.eddiebauer.com/2011/04/12/eddie-bauer-announces-new-first-ascent-team-members/|website=Eddie Bauer blog}}{{Cite web | url=http://www.eddiebauer.com/first_ascent/first_ascent_team/team.jsp |title = Trusted and Guaranteed Since 1920}} In 2013, she was featured in the ski film Tracing Skylines, for which she was nominated for “Best Female Performance” at the Powder Awards,{{cite web|url=http://www.powder.com/powder-awards/nominees-announced-14th-annual-powder-awards/|website=Powder Magazine|title=POWDER Awards Nominees Announced|date=2013-11-15}} and was also featured in National Geographic’s “Powder Highway Webisodes.”{{cite web|url=http://adventureblog.nationalgeographic.com/2013/02/24/skiing-powder-in-revelstoke-stop-3-on-the-powder-highway-road-trip/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130302062800/http://adventureblog.nationalgeographic.com/2013/02/24/skiing-powder-in-revelstoke-stop-3-on-the-powder-highway-road-trip/|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 2, 2013|website=National Geographic Adventure Blog|title=Powder Highway Road Trip – Stop #3 – Revelstoke, BC (Photos +Video)|date=2013-02-24}}
Philanthropy
In 2007, she participated in a six-week volunteer program at M’Lop Tapang Center for Street Children in Cambodia. Two years later, she climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, to raise funds for children in Tanzania, Africa.{{cite web|title=Make a Difference: Kilimanjaro climb to benefit orphaned children|url=http://archives.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005120927&var_Year=%202008&var_Month=05&var_Day=30|website=Idaho Mountain Express}} She has also volunteered for Beadforlife,{{cite web|url=https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/view/34013660/annual-report-2009-2010-beadforlife/25|website=BeadForLife|title=Annual-report-2009-2010-beadforlife}} and participates in Play Hard Give Back for Higher Ground, helping people with disabilities experience competition and the outdoors without limitations.{{cite web|url=http://www.playhardgiveback.com/lexidupont|website=PlayHardGiveBack.com}}
Films
- 2010 | Warren Miller’s “Wintervention”{{cite web|title=First Ascent – Lexi duPont in Warren Millers WINTERVENTION|url=http://mogulskier.com/2015/01/05/first-ascent-lexi-dupont-in-warren-millers-wintervention/|website=Mogul Skier}}
- 2012 | Two Plank Productions’ “Because”{{cite web|title=Because|url=http://www.twoplank.com/because/|website=Two Plank Productions}}
- 2013 | Dubsatch Collectives’ “AK Our Way”{{cite web|title="Dubsatch Collective recaps radical Alaskan adventure in short film, "AK Our Way""|url=http://freeskier.com/videos/dubsatch-collective-recaps-radical-alaskan-adventure-in-short-film-ak-our-way|website=Freeskier|date=2013-01-15}}
- 2013 | Poor Boyz Productions’ “Tracing Skylines”{{cite web|title=PBP TRACING SKYLINES Segment|url=https://vimeo.com/113749887|website=Vimeo|date=2014-12-05}}
- 2013 | National Geographic’s “Powder Highway Road Trip” Webisodes{{cite web|title=Powder Highway Road Trip – Stop #3 – Revelstoke, BC (Photos +Video)|url=http://adventureblog.nationalgeographic.com/2013/02/24/skiing-powder-in-revelstoke-stop-3-on-the-powder-highway-road-trip/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130302062800/http://adventureblog.nationalgeographic.com/2013/02/24/skiing-powder-in-revelstoke-stop-3-on-the-powder-highway-road-trip/|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 2, 2013|website=National Geographic Adventure Blog|date=2013-02-24}}
- 2014 | Poor Boyz Productions’ “Twenty”{{cite web|title=Lexi duPont Charges in new Poor Boyz Twenty Segment|url=http://blog.eddiebauer.com/2014/12/13/lexi-du-pont-charges-new-poor-boyz-twenty-segment/|website=Eddie Bauer Blog}}
- 2014 | Unicorn Picknick’s “Pretty Faces”{{cite web|title=Pretty Faces - OFFICIAL TEASER - all female SKI film|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f38jyLPIkok|website=YouTube| date=13 August 2013 }}
Awards and nominations
- 2010 | 3rd Place Freeskiing World Tour, Telluride, Colo.{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/action/freeskiing/news/story?id=4893044|website=ESPN|title=Freeskiing World Tour Telluride results|date=2010-02-06}}
- 2012 | 1st Place Freeskiing World Tour Revelstoke Qualifier
- 2012 | 4th Place Red Bull Cold Rush
- 2013 | Nomination for “Best Female Performance” at The Powder Awards{{cite web|url=http://www.powder.com/powder-awards/2014-best-female-performance/|website=Powder Magazine|title=14th Annual Powder Awards Best Female Performance|date=2013-12-11}}
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Category:American female freestyle skiers
Category:Endicott College alumni