Tanner Hall
Name: Tanner HallNickname: T-Hall
Hometown: Kalispell, Montana
Current Residence: Park City, Utah
DOB: October 26, 1983
Skis: Armada T-Hall (park), Armada Pipe Cleaner (pipe), Armada ARG (powder)
Boots: Krypton Pro I.D.
Outerwear: Oakley
Googles: Oakley Tanner Hall Signature Crowbar
Sponsors: Red Bull, Armada, Oakley, Dalbello, POC Helmets, and Microsoft Zune.
About Tanner: Whether it’s deep inside British Columbia, atop nauseatingly steep peaks in Alaska, storm chasing across Europe, or in the upper atmosphere above the pipe in Aspen: few facets of the skiing exist that Tanner Hall has not managed to dominate. In 2007, Tanner’s trademark effortless style and industriousness earned him gold medals, again, at the US Open and Winter X Games. As much as Tanner is seemingly made for the competition arena, his true love lies in the faraway places where the snow falls heavy on silent mountains.
In fall of 2007, Tanner’s movie company—The Bigger Picture—released its third feature length ski film, “Believe”. Audiences everywhere were blown away by Tanner’s performance, in which he took his backcountry skiing to levels beyond what many thought possible. The industry responded and “Believe” brought in four Powder Magazine Video Award nominations, including “Movie of the Year” for 2008.
Tanner has his sights set on another record-breaking year on skis. Looking to send his X Games medal collection into double-digits, keep an eye out for a sure-to-be jaw dropping performance at the 12th Winter X Games in late January.
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Recently by Tanner Hall
Recently, pro skier and Internet blogger extraordinaire, John Symms,
caught up with Tanner Hall's good friend Cali P to talk music,
dreadlock, skiing, and The Massive. Interview by John Symms on his EXPN.com blog, eXpn eXtreme.
Where did you grow up? Where do you live now?
Blessed love. I grew up between Guadeloupe (French Caribbean Island)
and Switzerland. Right now I live [in both] Zürich and Pointe-à-Pitre.
How did you get into music? How long have you been a performer?
I got into the music because my father is a musician too. So I grew up
with all the culture vibes around me. I can remeber myself singing on
stage in Guadeloupe at 3 years old. But really professional and
worldwide for seven years now.
You've been a musical presence in the ski world for a few years. How did you get involved with skiing?
It was a very natural link-up. After a show that I had way back in
2003, Mickael Deschenaux came to visit me in a studio where I worked
and told me about the WSKI
106 film project. At that time I never knew much about the whole skiing
thing. And he asked me to record a song for his crew, the C- Crew.
Within the C-Crew there where people like Tanner, Iberg, CR,
Pollard, etc. The guys loved the song I made and it was like an anthem
for their house until the day we linked up in flesh all together and it
was just a big family from start. Now this is where we are.
We're back at Retallack, out in the middle of somewhere, right where we started two years ago. It's still the same crew, the same good vibes. Phil's running the show, but with a monster 'stache now. Karl's driving the cat, same Oakley blades. Kevin and Dem are still guiding. It feels like a lifetime ago I took that first trip up here. It feels like a million things have happened since. I can't quite explain it. Time seems to stand still up here.
The snow is falling. It's always falling. This time around we've got Sammy C. and the Pettit bros with us. It's the best crew we've had yet on a shoot. No bullshit, no drama, everyone's ultra focused and read to shred. It's been pretty cool getting Sammy and the Pettits up here and initiating them into the Retallack family.
Sammy nailed down bangers right out of the gate, with a monster 7 over the cat road. Sean skied a crazy pillow run down a creek drainage (check video). I thought I was watching a Mario Bros. video game. Callum's a crazy genius, launching a sick natural 3 off a huge cliff, easy 40.
The snow just keeps falling. It never stops. We've been charging for eight straight days, shooting non-stop. The pow is so blower, it's the best snow we've seen yet. It's noon and our last day before heading home. We just finished a film run and are rumbling up the mountain in the snowcat. Everyone's quiet, beat down and tired. I'm sitting back and thinking we've got so much footage in the can. I turn to everyone and make the call, "free runs for the rest of the day!"
Karl pulls the cat to the top. We all jump out and throw our shit on as quickly as we can. Kevin lines us all up at the top and gives us the beta on the run, don't go too far left, all that. CP and I partner up, we're jockeying for first position. Kev gives us the green light and next thing I know I'm waist deep in fluff. And that's pretty much how it all ended. Four epic pow runs at Retallack, I couldn't ask for it any better.
