Freeride & Big Mountain

Nadine Wallner

Freeride Skiing

Nationality: Austria
Hometown: Klosterle am Arlberg, Austria
Born: 15 May 1989
Turned pro: 2011
Primary discipline: Freeride Skiing

Austrian big-mountain skier born May 15, 1989, in Bludenz, raised in Klosterle am Arlberg. A 2-time Freeride World Tour champion (2013, 2014) who ended a teenage alpine racing career after a serious injury, retrained as a ski instructor and mountain guide, and turned to freeride competition. Now a Matchstick Productions athlete and Arlberg local known for mentoring younger MSP skiers.

Born May 15, 1989, in Bludenz, Austria, raised in Klosterle am Arlberg (her father is a mountain guide); started skiing at 3. Ended a competitive alpine racing career at 16 after a training crash on New Year's Day 2004 required her spleen to be removed; retrained as a ski instructor and mountain guide at the Academy in St. Christoph am Arlberg before turning to freeride competition in 2011. Won the Freeride World Tour championship twice (2013, as the youngest champion at the time, and 2014). An Arlberg local, she's appeared in multiple recent Matchstick Productions films including 'Calm Beneath Castles' and 'After The Snowfall' (2025), often mentoring younger MSP skiers like Coline Ballet-Baz around her home terrain. Her standout achievement, captured in the film 'BACKYARD,' was linking all five faces of the Arlberg in a single push -- 29km and over 3,000 vertical meters. Sponsored by Red Bull, Mammut, Volkl, Marker, Dalbello, Audi, and Leki.

Sponsors: Red Bull; Mammut; Volkl; Marker; Dalbello; Audi; Leki

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