Colby - KimboSessions 2017

Park City, Utah, USA | Active: FIS status active | Discipline: freeski slopestyle, big air, knuckle huck, backcountry freestyle | Verified: 2022 Olympic big air silver, 2021 Worlds slopestyle silver, 5 X Games golds, 2020-21 FIS globes | Current: K2/Oakley/Monster athlete, 2026 Natural Selection Ski winner Shougang Steel After The First Jump Failed Big Air Shougang rose out of Beijing like a steel ramp dropped into an old industrial yard. Colby Stevenson missed his first landing, snow snapping off his tails, then climbed back for two jumps that had to score. The pressure was exact.... Read more on the Athlete page

Swedish freestyle venue inside Kläppen Ski Resort in Sälenfjällen | Known for: National Arena status, 14 football pitch park area, Junior Snowpark, Blue Line, red and black contest lines, Swedish Championships, and repeatable Scandinavian park laps | Season: December to April | Best for: slopestyle riders, rail crews, young park skiers, national-team training, and film sessions built around clean feature flow Fourteen Football Pitches Of Park In Sälenfjällen Kläppen Snowpark sits on Kläppenberget in Sälenfjällen, Dalarna, with the resort summit reaching 657 meters and the ski area dropping 315 meters through rounded Scandinavian terrain. Those numbers are modest by Alpine standards, but they explain the venue’s strength. The slope is broad, controlled, and efficient, giving shapers enough room to build long freestyle lines instead of forcing riders into one short feature lane.... Read more on the Location page

American ski boot brand | Relaunched in 2006 around the classic Raichle Flexon three piece design and merged into K2 FL3X from 2022 onward | Known for: Drop Kick, First Chair, Descendant, B and E, Tom Wallisch Pro, Seth Morrison models, Intuition liners and swappable tongues | Focus: progressive flex, shock absorption, easy fit tuning and freestyle driven boot feel for park, street, moguls, freeride and all mountain skiers. Raichle Flexon roots and the 2006 Full Tilt revival Full Tilt was not a ski manufacturer. It was a ski boot brand with an outsized influence on how freestyle and freeride skiers thought about flex, fit and comfort.... Read more on the Sponsor page

American ski and snowboard manufacturer | Founded 1962 in Washington State as a fiberglass ski pioneer | Known for: Mindbender freeride skis, Reckoner playful all mountain shapes, Omen park skis, Wayback touring skis, Disruption piste tools and K2 Factory Team culture | Focus: building skis, boots and snow equipment that connect Pacific Northwest design roots with freeride, freestyle, touring, piste and athlete driven progression worldwide. 1962 Washington State roots and the fiberglass leap K2 Skis is one of the foundational American ski brands. Founded in 1962 in Washington State, the company became closely associated with the transition from traditional ski construction toward fiberglass reinforced designs, helping move the sport into a more modern materials era.... Read more on the Sponsor page

American energy drink and action-sports sponsor | Launched in 2002 by Hansen Natural | Known for: black-and-green claw logo, X Games visibility, Monster Army, freeski athletes, street edits, park contests and backcountry film projects | Focus: funding athletes, amplifying ski media and turning freestyle, freeride and youth culture into a global sports platform. 2002 cans, black-and-green branding and the rise of the claw Monster Energy is not a ski manufacturer, crew or film studio, but it has become one of the most visible sponsor brands in modern freeskiing. Launched by Hansen Natural in 2002, the brand entered action sports with a loud identity: black cans, green claw marks, heavy event branding and a marketing language built around intensity rather than traditional beverage advertising.... Read more on the Sponsor page

American snow optics and protection brand | Founded 1975 in California from performance driven moto roots | Known for: Prizm Snow lenses, Flight Deck, Line Miner, Flow Scape, MOD helmets and signature athlete goggles | Focus: helping skiers and riders read terrain, manage changing light and pair goggles with helmets across park, freeride, race and backcountry environments. 1975 California roots from moto grips to mountain optics Oakley is not a ski manufacturer in the classic sense. Its place in skiing comes through vision, protection and the visual identity of snow sports.... Read more on the Sponsor page

Austrian ski binding specialist | Roots dating to 1847 with ski binding production from 1928 and Tyrolia branded bindings from 1949 | Known for: Attack freeride bindings, Protector Full Heel Release technology, Freeflex race platforms, PowerRail systems and Ambition touring frames | Focus: reliable retention, predictable release and direct ski control for racers, freeriders, park skiers, carvers and everyday resort riders. 1847 Austrian metalwork roots and the binding path from 1928 Tyrolia is one of skiing's most important binding names because its history reaches far beyond one product cycle. The company traces its roots to Austrian metalwork in the nineteenth century, produced its first ski bindings in 1928, and introduced bindings under the Tyrolia name in 1949.... Read more on the Sponsor page

Kimbo Sessions 2017 was a spring freeski gathering held at Kläppen Snowpark in Sweden in early May 2017 | Disciplines: park skiing, jumps, rails, quarterpipe features and creative transfers | Notable rider choice: Magnus Skotte-Nørstreng | Format: invite based session week with rider voted recognition rather than formal judging Kläppen Became The Style Lab Of May 2017 Kimbo Sessions 2017 took place in early May 2017 at Kläppen Snowpark in Sweden, using the end of the Scandinavian winter to turn a purpose-built park into a creative freeski laboratory. The edition was not a standard contest with heats, bibs, scores and a public podium. It was a rider-focused session week organized around Kim Boberg, a rebuilt spring park, filmers, photographers and a stacked international crew.... Read more on the Competition page