Even with this list of accolades, fame hasn’t gone to her head. She’s still just a down-to-earth girl who doesn’t just squash the competition, but one-ups them by donating her winnings to charity—a move that earned the true Vermonter her own Ben and Jerry’s ice cream flavor.

The best example of her presence outside the halfpipe arena is Hannah’s Gold (www.hannahsgold.com), a nonprofit she founded to turn Vermont maple syrup sales into new schools and fresh drinking water for the village of Kirindon, Kenya. Raising more than $200,000 through this ongoing World Vision effort is just one of her noble causes. Hannah has lent her celebrity in support of PETA’s Save the Seals campaign and founded Sweet Cheeks, an organization that sells panties for charity. Not to mention ditching her base layer for SI’s cameras—a move she also dedicated to women not being ashamed of their bodies. Lurkers beware; she got her competitive edge by keeping up with her four brothers.

Age: 26

Home Town:
Belmont, Vermont

Home Mountain:
Sierra-at-Tahoe, California