Ingrid Backstrom
Freeride
The American has set the standard of the sport for girls in recent years with outstanding video segments, a benchmark that still remains untouched.
It wasn't obvious in her youth, that Ingrid would go this way. While growing up in Seattle, she was skiing often in the surrounding areas, but when she went to Squaw Valley after graduating from college in 2000, she only intended to do one year of skibumming.
It all began with some freeride contests, where the trail running fan did very well despite not being the typical competition type. Her skiing caught the eye of video producers Matchstick Productions and in 2004 she entered the scene with a bang. Her incredible segment in MSP’s “Yearbook” earned her Powder Video Awards both for “Best Female Performance” and “Breakthrough Performance”. In the following years Ingrid kept pushing her limits, straightlining whole AK faces, dropping big cliffs with front- or backflips, simply doing things that before only men would do while skiing big mountains. Ingrid Backstrom has legitimised to call female skiers real big mountain rippers, and is far from being finished!
Facts
- Nationality
- United States
- Home mountain
- Crystal Mountain, WA
- Motto
- Just keep getting out there and stay on the journey
- Disciplines
- Freeskiing
- Hobbies
- Skiing, Mountainbiking, running, surfing and cooking
- Website
- ingridbackstrom.com
Top results
Mom,
5-time best female performance at Powder Awards,
ski descent of Denali,
first ski descent of 20,000ft Reddomaine Peak in China,
20+ ski movies
Rider's Videos
Interview
- 1. Favorite Dalbello Boot
- DRS 130
- 2. What do you use this boot for?
- Alpine skiing
- 3. Why do you like this boot?
- Good flex throughout, great energy transfer, comfortable yet stiff and great performance!
- 4. Why do you like being a part of the Dalbello team?
- Amazing boots!
- 5. How long have you been riding for Dalbello?
- Since two years