When her “sweet 16” streak ended, it was with a 2nd place finish at the US Open, a feat that would have easily been a highlight for anyone she beat during her reign. Easily the winningest woman in halfpipe history, Kelly Clark’s meteoric rise established a legacy of greatness. Right out of the gate, Kelly scooped a mind-blowing 23 podiums before she was even a legal adult—including a Vans Triple Crown win, a Junior World Championship title, and an overall Grand Prix title. Since then, she’s added multiple X Games medals, a record-setting five US Open pipe wins, and Olympic Gold and Bronze.

In 2010-11, she was nearly perfect, winning everything from the New Zealand Open, O’Neill Evolution and Burton European Open halfpipes to the X Games, Canadian Open, Mammoth Grand Prix, Burton Global Open title and the overall Dew Cup title. Kelly started the 2011-12 season with her third straight New Zealand Open Halfpipe victory. She followed that up with back-to-back victories at the Grand Prix and Dew Tour then defended her gold at X Games, once again sticking massive 1080s in the finals. In the end she also added the European Open, won Euro X by 10 points, took home the Global Open title (again) and added the World Snowboard Championship Title to a trophy case that might just be the biggest in snowboarding. It will likely need to get even bigger next season if her incredible run continues.

Age: 29

Home Town:
West Dover, Vermont

Home Mountain:
Mount Snow, Vermont