Freeride & Big Mountain

Coline Ballet-Baz

• Freeride Skiing

Nationality

France

Hometown

Vienne, France (based in Grenoble)

Born

1992

Turned pro

2013

Primary discipline

Freeride Skiing

With a significant career arc the flat claim omits. Born June 1992 in Vienne, France; moved to Grenoble at 17 for her studies, where she discovered freestyle skiing and joined the French national team in 2013 with an eye toward the 2014 Sochi Games (sources are not fully clear on whether she actually competed at Sochi itself or was primarily on the development pathway toward it -- this should be treated as unconfirmed rather than stated outright). After graduating in 2015, she pursued skiing full-time, competing on the slopestyle circuit (including the Suzuki Nine Queens event) through the 2019 season, and even took a Freeride World Tour wild-card invite in 2021 despite having no freeride competition experience. She then retired from slopestyle competition entirely to focus on filming, writing, directing, and starring in 'SKIVAS' (2020), an all-female freeski movie, followed by 'Recipe' (2023) -- both notable as rare 100%-female-cast ski films. She has since become a Matchstick Productions athlete, appearing in 2024's 'Calm Beneath Castles' and MSP's 2025 film. Beyond skiing, she's a vocal activist on the dangers migrants face crossing the Alpine border near Briancon, France, a cause she's addressed in a documentary project. No specific ski equipment sponsor could be confirmed with confidence (Volkl branding was visible in some of her social media but not corroborated by a primary source).

Sponsors: Matchstick Productions; Picture Organic Clothing

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