James WOODS

Historical Results

Woodsy.

Mountain biking and surfing.

Athlete

English

2008 World Cup in Les Contamines (Halfpipe - 37th)

2020: Tore his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and missed the whole season, went to New Zealand for rehabilitation.

2014: Hip injury suffered in practice at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games but recovered enough to finish fifth.

2011

Started skiing at age 10 at Sheffield’s dry slope after seeing an advert in the local paper. None of his friends or family skied but he was soon spending as much time as possible on the halfpipe, two kickers, a moguls run and even a big air ramp with a landing into water. When he was 15, jumped in a caravan with some friends, to get a taste of real snow, setting off to Austria and carried on all over Europe. (newschoolers.com)

The counter-culture, renegade lifestyle that is appealing. "I love flying around the mountain, it's something new, I feel like a superhuman when I’m doing it." (theguardian.com; themalestrom.com)

To have added his flavour, his input into the sport, there’s no higher compliment than to have inspired other people. (themalestrom.com)

Took a break from competitive skiing a couple of years ago returning in January 2021. (inthesnow.com)

Winning gold at the 2017 Winter X Games: "It’s the raddest thing I have! I mean X Games gold is the finest honour in our sport. Yeah, pretty radical." (themalestrom.com)

Boxer Muhammad Ali (USA), 1960 Olympic light heavyweight champion (Cassius Clay), widely regarded as one of the most significant and celebrated sports figures of the 20th century.

Basketball player Michael Jordan (USA), two-time Olympic champion, six-time National Basketball Association (NBA) champion with the Chicago Bulls.

Freestyle skier Candide Thovex (FRA) French professional skier, filmmaker, and entrepreneur.

There’s really no pressure that anyone can put on me bigger than the pressure you put on yourself. (themalestrom.com)