Sammy
Carlson

Freeride & Big Mountain
Freeride Skiing

Nationality: United States
Hometown: Portland, Oregon (Mt. Hood), USA

Equipment

1 entry · 1 category

Skis

Armada

Carlson's own signature pro model.

Carlson's own signature pro-model freeride ski, featuring Armada's Swivel Tech 3D base construction; originally 116mm underfoot, with a newer 108mm version added for 2026.

Off-piste

Signature Reference

Setup verified 20 July 2026

Sources

About

American freeskier from Portland, Oregon, who grew up near Mt. Hood. First skier to stomp a switch triple rodeo 1260 (Mt. Hood, July 2010). Won 8 X Games medals (4 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze), including a three-peat of Real Ski Backcountry golds (2013-2015), before stepping away from slopestyle competition after 2014 to focus on backcountry filming - skipping slopestyle's 2014 Olympic debut in the process. Has filmed extensively with Teton Gravity Research and co-created short films with Nelson, BC-based CK9 Studios.

He holds 8 X Games medals (4 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze), including a three-peat of Real Ski Backcountry golds (2013-2015) and a 2011 Slopestyle gold. He explicitly stepped away from slopestyle competition after 2014 (skipping its Olympic debut) to focus on backcountry filming, telling media the next step for him as a skier was 'going out into the backcountry.' He's filmed extensively with Teton Gravity Research (including 'The Sammy C Project,' which won Best Male Performance, Best Powder, and Best Air at the Powder Awards) and co-founded the short-film project 'Over Time' (and later 'Resilience') with Nelson, BC-based CK9 Studios (founded by Simon Shave and Clay Mitchell), after the idea grew out of a shoot together at Retallack. Equipment: signed with Armada in January 2016; rides his own signature pro model, the Armada Whitewalker (116mm original, plus a newer 108mm version for 2026), featuring Armada's Swivel Tech 3D base construction. Also sponsored by Le Bent (baselayers/socks).