Alexis duPont (born February 16, 1989) is an American professional big mountain freeskier. She is a Freeskiing World Tour contender and former Junior Olympics competitor, who has been featured in several films such as Warren Miller’s ''Wintervention'' and ''Tracing Skylines''. Her mother, freestyle skier Holley duPont, was one of the first women to land a backflip on skis.

Personal life

One of three daughters of Holley and Chris duPont, duPont was born in

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, After graduating from the Community School in 2007, she moved to

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, to attend

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on a sailing scholarship, but after a year decided to enroll in the

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where she majored in fine art. In 2010, duPont circumnavigated the globe with

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on the MV Explorer through the study abroad program Semester at Sea. Since graduating from the University of Colorado Boulder in 2014, her artwork has earned a permanent display at the

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in Denver.

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

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Free Style Team, and entered the Freeskiing World Tour, placing in the top 10 overall in 2009 and 2010. After that, she went on to qualify first at Revelstoke, and finished fourth place at the "Red Bull Cold Rush", in 2012. duPont was signed to Eddie Bauer’s First Ascent team in 2010. In 2013, she was featured in the

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''Tracing Skylines'', for which she was nominated for “Best Female Performance” at the Powder Awards, and was also featured in

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’s “Powder Highway Webisodes.”

Philanthropy

In 2007, she participated in a six-week volunteer program at M’Lop Tapang Center for Street Children in

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. Two years later, she climbed

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, to raise funds for children in Tanzania, Africa. She has also volunteered for Beadforlife, and participates in Play Hard Give Back for Higher Ground, helping people with disabilities experience competition and the outdoors without limitations.

Films

* 2010 , Warren Miller’s “Wintervention” * 2012 , Two Plank Productions’ “Because” * 2013 , Dubsatch Collectives’ “AK Our Way” * 2013 , Poor Boyz Productions’ “Tracing Skylines” * 2013 , National Geographic’s “Powder Highway Road Trip” Webisodes * 2014 , Poor Boyz Productions’ “Twenty” * 2014 , Unicorn Picknick’s “Pretty Faces”

Awards and nominations

* 2010 , 3rd Place Freeskiing World Tour, Telluride, Colo. * 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

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:duPont, Lexi American female freestyle skiers Living people 1989 births Endicott College alumni University of Colorado Boulder alumni 21st-century American women