Freestyle Skiing

Cody LaPlante

Slopestyle
Big Air

Nationality: United States
Hometown: Truckee, California, USA
Born: 15 February 2002
Primary discipline: Slopestyle

American freestyle skier from Truckee, California, competing in slopestyle and big air for the Olympic Valley Freestyle and Freeride Team; first put on skis at age two at Alpine Meadows and has skied park exclusively since. Earned his first World Cup podium (3rd, slopestyle, Font Romeu) at age 17 after returning from a torn meniscus and ACL. Competed at the FIS World Championships in Aspen (2021) and Bakuriani (2023), and is on the 2025-26 Stifel U.S. Freeski Team.

2020: first World Cup podium, 3rd slopestyle, Font Romeu (age 17), following meniscus/ACL rehab. 2021 World Championships (Aspen): 16th slopestyle, 4th big air. 2023 World Championships (Bakuriani): 13th slopestyle, 4th big air. Suffered a widely-covered mid-air ski-ejection crash at a Font Romeu World Cup (walked away unhurt). No specific ski model, boot, or binding sponsor confirmed beyond the general Moment Skis relationship.

Sponsors: Moment Skis - confirmed via multiple posts on Moment's own site/blog featuring LaPlante by name (a 2019 'Return to Snow // New Zealand' athlete video and SLVSH Cup coverage), and search summaries additionally describe him as a Red Bull athlete.

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Moment Skis

Park

Per Moment Skis' own blog posts naming LaPlante as a team rider (earliest dated Nov 2019, most recent SLVSH Cup coverage undated but recent). Medium confidence; no specific model named.

Park/freestyle ski.

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Setup verified 11 July 2026

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