Freestyle Skiing
Aaron Blunck
- Halfpipe
- Nationality
- United States
- Hometown
- Crested Butte, Colorado, USA (born Englewood, Colorado)
- Height
- 183 cm
- Born
- 12 April 1996
- Primary discipline
- Halfpipe
About Aaron Blunck
American halfpipe skier from Crested Butte, Colorado (born Englewood). A three-time Olympian (2014 Sochi, 2018 PyeongChang, 2022 Beijing - 7th all three times) who competed through the 2025-26 season vying for a fourth Olympic berth in Cortina. Two-time FIS World Champion (2017, 2019) and a three-time FIS World Cup halfpipe overall (Crystal Globe) champion (2017, 2019, 2020), with 15 career World Cup podiums. Won gold at the 2017 Winter X Games SuperPipe. Ended a 14-year sponsorship with Head Skis ahead of the 2025-26 season to join Romp Skis, a Crested Butte-based handcrafted-ski company, collaborating on a new halfpipe ski built and tested locally.
Has 15 World Cup podiums, three Crystal Globes (2017, 2019, 2020) and two world titles (2017, 2019).
Sponsors: Romp Skis (skis - joined for the 2025-26 season per multiple trade-press sources, e.g. gunnisontimes.com and montrosepress.com, ending a 14-year run with Head Skis), Mainers (gloves/mitts - renewed partnership confirmed via Mainers' own January 2026 press release on outdoorsportswire.com).
Setup
2 items
Skis
Romp Skis custom halfpipe collaboration
- Halfpipe
Romp Skis (custom halfpipe collaboration)
High confidence - confirmed via multiple 2025-26 trade-press sources covering Blunck's new sponsorship, ending a 14-year run with Head Skis.
Handcrafted skis built in Crested Butte, CO; Blunck is collaborating directly with Romp's craftsmen on a new halfpipe-specific model as of the 2025-26 season.
Gloves
Mainers
- Halfpipe
Mainers (model unspecified)
High confidence - confirmed via Mainers' own January 2026 press release.
Handcrafted cold-weather gloves and mitts, made in Trenton, Maine.
Setup verified 11 July 2026
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Blunck
- https://www.outdoorsportswire.com/halfpipe-gold-medalist-aaron-blunck-renews-partnership-with-mainers-while-vying-for-fourth-olympic-run-in-cortina/
- https://www.gunnisontimes.com/stories/olympian-aaron-blunck-signs-with-romp-skis,2547
- https://rompskis.com/pages/athletes
- https://www.usskiandsnowboard.org/athletes/aaron-blunck