Freestyle Skiing

Nick Goepper

Halfpipe

Nationality: United States
Hometown: Lawrenceburg, Indiana, USA (born Fort Wayne, Indiana)
Height: 183 cm
Born: 14 March 1994
Primary discipline: Halfpipe

American freestyle skier (full name Nicholas Charles Goepper) born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, raised in Lawrenceburg, Indiana. Originally a slopestyle specialist: bronze at the 2014 Sochi Olympics, silver at both the 2018 PyeongChang and 2022 Beijing Games - a three-time Olympic slopestyle medalist. Stepped away from competition in 2023 amid publicly-discussed mental health struggles, then returned specifically to pursue halfpipe. Won his first halfpipe World Championships medal (silver) at the 2025 Engadin/St. Moritz Worlds, and captured 2025 X Games halfpipe gold. At the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympics he was in third place entering the final run of the halfpipe final and crashed attempting a switch double misty - a trick never before landed in competition - finishing fourth with a sprained knee and bone bruise. Took X Games halfpipe silver in January 2026, finishing behind Finley Melville Ives.

Won X Games halfpipe gold in January 2025 and silver in January 2026, finishing second to Finley Melville Ives. A three-time Olympic slopestyle medallist who switched to halfpipe in 2023.

Sponsors: Völkl, Red Bull, PowerBar, Kulkea (all per Wikipedia, sourced to brand pages).

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Völkl

Halfpipe

Voelkl (model unspecified)

Völkl confirmed as Goepper's longtime ski sponsor (since age 14) per Wikipedia and his own current public sponsor list.

Freestyle/park ski.

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Setup verified 11 July 2026

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