Tristan Feinberg

Aspen, Colorado, United States | Active FIS record: 2019-present | Known for: halfpipe, U.S. Freeski Team, World Championships, SLVSH, Buttermilk culture | Current: Stifel U.S. Freeski Team halfpipe athlete

Buttermilk When The Pipe Belongs To Home

The Buttermilk SuperPipe sat blue under January light, its 22-foot walls cut clean and loud with skis landing high on the transition. Tristan Feinberg did not enter that venue as a visitor. He grew up in Aspen, watching X Games runs on the same mountain before his own name appeared on World Cup start lists.

That home-pipe relationship is the center of his skiing. Feinberg is a U.S. halfpipe skier with World Cup finals, a World Championships top 10, Nor-Am podiums, SLVSH appearances, and a public effort to make the pipe feel less closed to everyday skiers. His profile belongs to competition first, but the strongest version of it also includes style, community, and park creativity.

Aspen Before The Team Jacket

U.S. Ski & Snowboard lists Feinberg’s hometown as Aspen, Colorado, with a birth date of April 23, 2003. The same profile says he grew up watching X Games at Buttermilk and moved toward freeskiing after deciding that freeskiers had better outfits than racers.

That detail may sound casual, but it explains part of his identity. Feinberg did not arrive at halfpipe through a purely mechanical contest pathway. He came through the culture around Aspen: X Games, local heroes, Buttermilk laps, a real superpipe nearby, and a town where halfpipe skiing has been visible for his entire life.

Mammoth In 2019 Opened The FIS Record

FIS lists Feinberg as an active U.S. freestyle skier with athlete code 2534513. His first World Cup start came at Mammoth Mountain Resort on March 9, 2019, in freeski halfpipe, placing him on the international pipe track while still a teenager.

The early record shows the usual difficulty of halfpipe development. A skier must build amplitude, rotation, landing control, left-and-right wall balance, and enough run structure to survive qualification. In halfpipe, one trick does not carry a skier far. The run has to keep speed alive from the first hit to the final wall.

Bakuriani And The First World Championship Marker

Feinberg’s clearest international result is the 2023 FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboard World Championships in Bakuriani, Georgia. FIS lists him eighth in men’s freeski halfpipe on March 4, 2023, after also qualifying eighth earlier in the event.

That result remains one of the most important checkpoints in his résumé. A World Championships final shows more than a domestic ranking. It means he could put down a run in a field built around specialists from the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Europe, and Asia, where every skier is carrying double rotations, switch hits, and high-speed pipe rhythm.

Mammoth 2023 And The Near-Podium Signal

One month before Bakuriani, Feinberg placed fourth at the Mammoth Mountain World Cup in February 2023. FIS lists the result behind a strong U.S. and international field, giving him one of the best World Cup finishes of his career.

Mammoth matters because its pipe has long been a serious proving ground for U.S. halfpipe skiing. The venue demands clean wall timing and enough amplitude to stay competitive with skiers who have trained the same kind of pipe for years. A fourth-place finish there placed Feinberg close to podium territory without requiring exaggeration.

Calgary, Copper, Aspen And The Top-10 Pattern

U.S. Ski & Snowboard credits Feinberg with four top-10 finishes on the World Cup circuit, while FIS records show his halfpipe results moving through Calgary, Copper Mountain, Aspen, Mammoth, Secret Garden, Cardrona, and other venues.

That pattern gives his competition profile more weight than one isolated final. Halfpipe consistency is difficult because each venue changes the run. Calgary can feel different from Copper. Buttermilk adds home pressure. Cardrona brings Southern Hemisphere snow and wind. Mammoth can be fast and exposed. A skier has to rebuild timing at each pipe while keeping the same trick language intact.

The Run He Wants To Be Remembered For

Feinberg’s U.S. Ski & Snowboard bio says he hopes to be remembered as “the best corker that ever lived.” That line fits his ski identity because his public profile leans toward expressive pipe skiing, not only score management.

In technical terms, the halfpipe asks for corked rotations, switch hits, double corks, alley-oop awareness, grabs held long enough to count, and landings high enough on the wall to preserve speed. Feinberg’s style is most interesting when that difficulty looks loose rather than rehearsed, with body shape and axis control visible above the deck.

SLVSH Put Him Outside The Pipe

Feinberg’s public archive is not limited to formal halfpipe contests. In 2022, he played Cody LaPlante in a SLVSH game at Woodward Copper. In 2024, Freeskier and SBC Skier listed him in SLVSH Cup Snowmass with Tormod Frostad, Cody LaPlante, Elias Syrjä, Kuura Koivisto, Ferdinand Dahl, Sam Zahner, and Matěj Švancer.

That format matters because it tests a different kind of skiing. SLVSH asks riders to call tricks, match tricks, improvise, and keep style under direct comparison. For a halfpipe skier, it shows how much of the skill can leave the pipe and still work on rails, jumps, wallrides, boxes, and creative park features.

cap33sh And The Capeesh-Arsenic Detour

In August 2025, cap33sh placed Feinberg in a creative park edit with Ferdinand Dahl, Quinn Noyes, and Hans Weiner. Skipowd lists the project as a collaboration between Capeesh and Arsenic, filmed by Noah Woodford and edited by Ferdinand Dahl.

The edit gives Feinberg a different visual environment from the World Cup pipe. Instead of five walls judged by a panel, cap33sh moves through technical park features, street-inspired rails, switch landings, buttering, and fluid transitions. It keeps him connected to broader freeski culture rather than isolating him as a pipe-only athlete.

Halfpipe Rodeo And The Buttermilk Door

In March 2025, Feinberg launched the Halfpipe Rodeo at Buttermilk. Aspen Times described the event as a free community gathering with a pro jam, open jam, meet-and-greet, and barbecue, built around making the 22-foot pipe less intimidating to ordinary skiers and snowboarders.

The quotes around the event show why it matters. Feinberg spoke about the privilege of having a superpipe in his backyard and said people did not need to go huge to participate. That changes the way his athlete profile reads. He is not only chasing finals; he is trying to keep halfpipe skiing connected to the local community that made his own pathway possible.

The 2026 Qualification Pressure

The 2025-26 season put Feinberg into a heavy U.S. halfpipe field. Aspen Public Radio reported that he qualified for the Toyota U.S. Grand Prix finals at Buttermilk in January 2026, while chasing a place in the U.S. Olympic selection picture. In the final, he placed 10th after a crash, while Hunter Hess and Nick Goepper made the podium.

That result should be read carefully. It was not a career peak, and it did not give him the Olympic breakthrough he wanted. But it did show where he currently sits: close enough to make finals in one of the deepest halfpipe countries in the world, still fighting for the same spots as Olympic medalists and World Cup podium skiers.

The Current Shape Of Feinberg

Feinberg’s profile now has three strong layers: Aspen halfpipe upbringing, verified international competition results, and a growing public role through SLVSH, cap33sh, and Halfpipe Rodeo. The competition résumé is clear: World Cup starts, top-10 finishes, a fourth at Mammoth, and eighth at the 2023 World Championships.

The next factual checkpoint is whether he turns those finals and near-podium results into a World Cup podium. Until then, the accurate profile is already strong enough: Tristan Feinberg is an Aspen-raised U.S. halfpipe skier whose career connects Buttermilk’s contest history with modern park style and a visible effort to keep the pipe open to the next generation.