Gorm Garth-Grüner

Copenhagen, Denmark | Active: 2017-present public record | Known for: 2022 Danish slopestyle title, 2022 Big Air bronze, Scandinavian Team Battle | Discipline: slopestyle, big air and dryslope freeskiing

Green Neveplast Under Copenhagen Weather

On June 13, 2026, the green Neveplast surface at CopenHill sat under variable Copenhagen weather while national teams waited above the city. Gorm Garth-Grüner dropped into the Scandinavian Team Battle as part of Team Denmark with Jakob Ebskamp, facing pairs from Sweden, Norway, Finland, the United Kingdom and Canada. The course was short, public and nothing like a mountain slopestyle run: plastic surface, city skyline, compact features and spectators close enough to follow every movement.

Team Denmark finished third behind Norway and Sweden. The result did not come from a standard FIS format with isolated judged runs. Scandinavian Team Battle is built around paired skiing, creative lines and crowd-facing tricks. Still, the 2026 podium confirmed a role Garth-Grüner has held for several years: one of Denmark’s established park skiers in the country’s most visible urban freeski event.

Hareskov Junior Scores Before the Senior Field

The public competition record begins with Danish championship results from the late 2010s. In 2017, Garth-Grüner represented Skiklubben Hareskov in the junior men’s Big Air classification and finished fourth with a best score of 72. He was born in 2000 according to the result sheet, placing him in the generation that came through Danish club competitions while the country’s ski scene was still heavily dependent on travel and dryslope riding.

The 2018 Danish Slopestyle results show him again under Hareskov. He placed fourth in the junior ski final with a best run of 69, behind Oliver Sørensen, August Mollerup and Markus Haakon Boa. The result was not a podium, but it offers a useful early marker: Garth-Grüner was already competing through slopestyle formats requiring a complete run rather than one jump. Rails, transitions, takeoff speed and landing control all had to work in the same attempt.

Finding a Place in Denmark’s Senior Contests

The move into senior competition did not arrive with instant medals. At the 2019 Danish Freestyle Championships, Garth-Grüner finished seventeenth in men’s ski slopestyle with 45 points and thirteenth in men’s Big Air with 62 points. Those placements are part of the record because they show the level he was entering: Denmark’s established senior field included riders such as Jakob Ebskamp, Andreas Secher, Simon Storgaard, Rune Bach and Rasmus Dalberg Jørgensen.

That period matters because Danish freeskiing does not operate with the depth of a large national World Cup system. Riders often move between club contests, travel sessions, dryslope events and crew projects. A lower result in 2019 did not end Garth-Grüner’s competition path. It became part of the progression leading toward a stronger senior result three years later, when the same national field returned for the 2022 championships.

The 83-Point Slopestyle Run

The clearest result in Garth-Grüner’s record came at the 2022 Danish Slopestyle Championships. He won Senior Men Ski with 83 points, ahead of Andreas Secher on 78 and Jakob Ahlers on 75. The official result sheet puts Garth-Grüner at the top of a field that also included Morten Suhr, Ebskamp, Rune Bach, Mikkel Hjort and Frederik Højgaard.

Slopestyle rewards more than one technical movement. A winning run needs pace through the course, measured takeoff timing, controlled grabs, rail accuracy and enough composure to carry momentum from feature to feature. The Danish Ski Federation’s score confirms the finish but does not list each trick from Garth-Grüner’s run, so no detailed trick sequence should be invented. The verified point is stronger on its own: he earned the 2022 Danish senior slopestyle title against a familiar national field.

The result also shifted his place within that scene. He was no longer only a junior rider appearing on old scorecards or a name lower in the 2019 senior rankings. By 2022, he had outscored skiers with established film credits, national results and years of experience on the Danish freeski circuit.

Cork 900 Blunt at Danish Big Air

The same 2022 championship period brought a second podium. In Senior Men Ski Big Air, Garth-Grüner finished third with a score of 85 for a cork 900 blunt. Jakob Ahlers won with a cork 900 tail on 89, while Andreas Secher placed second with a switch 1080 on 88. The listed trick gives a rare technical reference within Garth-Grüner’s official record.

A cork 900 blunt combines two and a half rotations with an off-axis spin and a blunt grab. The trick needs a centered takeoff, reliable air awareness and enough control to maintain the grab before preparing for the landing. In a big air format, a rider cannot depend on course flow to recover after a mistake. The landing is the entire conclusion of the run. Garth-Grüner’s 85-point score placed him close to the winning mark and completed a 2022 Danish championship weekend with both a title and a podium.

Short Laps, Fast Resets and Dryslope Discipline

Copenhagen’s artificial skiing environment is central to understanding his competition lane. CopenHill offers a synthetic slope rather than natural snow, and the surface changes the way skis behave. Riders use silicone preparation for glide, manage greater friction and accept faster edge wear than on snow. The slope is compact, which means fewer long approaches and more repeated laps. For park skiers, that makes it useful for rail timing, switch entries, balance, small rotations and quick technical adjustments.

Garth-Grüner has become closely associated with that dryslope format through Scandinavian Team Battle. The event is not a substitute for large snowpark training, but it asks for its own kind of control. A skier has to generate speed over a short distance, judge plastic-surface grip and keep movements clean for a crowd that sees the entire line. The visible pressure is different from a secluded park session or a filmed street feature.

Team Denmark Took the 2025 Rooftop Win

In 2025, Garth-Grüner and Ebskamp represented Team Denmark at Scandinavian Team Battle alongside teams from Sweden, Norway, Finland and France. The event returned to CopenHill with a format built around two-skier lines, improvised obstacles and crowd response. Downdays reported that the home team defeated the previously dominant Swedish side to take the win. Garth-Grüner was also listed among the skiers in the official recap credits.

The result placed him on a different type of podium from the Danish championship events. A slopestyle title is based on individual scoring across a course. Scandinavian Team Battle depends on cooperation: two riders share pace, choose complementary lines and use the course in a way that feels connected rather than separate. His partnership with Ebskamp therefore matters as more than a roster detail. It joins a national contest skier with one of Copenhagen’s key event organisers and filmmakers.

Third Place Against a Wider 2026 Field

The 2026 edition expanded the international field and brought Team Denmark back with the same pairing. Norway’s Robert Ruud and Mikkel Kaupang won, while Sweden’s Jesper Tjäder and Oliver Movenius finished second. Garth-Grüner and Ebskamp took third. The placement followed a day that also included an open qualifier, through which Anton Frandsen and Ola Gullstein earned their place in the main event.

This result should be read in its exact context. Scandinavian Team Battle is a creative summer freeski contest, not a World Cup or Olympic qualification event. Yet the 2026 lineup included internationally recognised riders, and Team Denmark reached the podium in front of its home crowd. For Garth-Grüner, it continued a verified sequence: Danish junior contests, a national slopestyle title, a Big Air medal, a 2025 Team Battle victory and a 2026 Team Battle third place.

The Danish Contest Lane

No verified Olympic start, X Games medal or FIS World Cup result appears in the sources reviewed for Gorm Garth-Grüner. That boundary should remain clear. His strongest documented profile is Danish and Scandinavian: a former Hareskov junior rider, 2022 Danish slopestyle champion, 2022 Big Air bronze medallist and recurring Team Denmark skier at CopenHill.

His latest verified appearance remains the 2026 Scandinavian Team Battle podium with Jakob Ebskamp. Future updates should follow confirmed Danish championship entries, CopenHill event results, named video credits or official partner announcements. The existing record already gives him a precise place in Danish freeskiing: a competition-focused rider whose best results have come through slopestyle, big air and Copenhagen’s distinct dryslope culture.