Dustin Henricksen (born February 2, 2003) is an American
freestyle snowboarder.
In the 2021 X Games, Henricksen won gold medals in Slopestyle and Knuckle Huck. 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.
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
The 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games (; ; ; ), officially known as the III Winter Youth Olympic Games and commonly known as Lausanne 2020 (Italian language, Italian and Romansh language, Romansh: ''Losanna 2020''), were the third edition of the ...
in Lausanne, Switzerland, Henricksen won the gold medal in
slopestyle
Slopestyle is a winter sport in which athletes skiing, ski or snowboard down a course including a variety of obstacles including rails, jumps and other terrain park features. Points are scored for amplitude, originality and quality of tricks. Th ...
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.
Dusty currently resides in
Mammoth Lakes
Mammoth Lakes is the only incorporated town in Mono County, California, United States. It is located immediately to the east of Mammoth Mountain, at an elevation of . As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 7,191, reflecting a ...
, California.
He competed for the
United States at the 2022 Winter Olympics in the
men's slopestyle and
men's big air events.
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2003 births
Living people
American male snowboarders
American male freestyle skiers
X Games competitors
Youth Olympic gold medalists for the United States
Snowboarders at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics
Olympic snowboarders for the United States
Snowboarders at the 2022 Winter Olympics
People from Big Bear Lake, California
Sportspeople from Mammoth Lakes, California
21st-century American sportsmen