Seth Morrison (skier)

Seth Morrison is a professional skier. He has won many competitions and has appeared in a number of ski movies. He is best known for jumping off cliffs from extreme heights.

Seth Morrison
Personal information
NationalityUnited States
Born(1973-11-30)November 30, 1973
Murray, Kentucky
Height5 ft 10 in(1.78 m)
Weight155 lb (70 kg)
Sport
SportBig Mountain
Medal record

2009 Powder Video Awards, Reader Poll Winner

Updated on 2011-01-21.

Early life

.[1] He moved to Vail, Colorado in 1984[2] where he lived throughout Middle and High Schoo.[3] As a child he lived with his mom, a surgical nurse.[4]

Career

During his years of skiing, Morrison competed on large mountains throughout the world, including doing back-flips off 100-foot cliffs.[5] He has been interviewed on television several times.[6][7] Morrison was sponsored by K2 skis in 1992 and was fired by K2 Skis in 2016, during which time the company produced several models of skis bearing his namesake. Full Tilt Ski boots released him while he had a pro model bearing his name after many seasons of having such promodels. Oakley released him while he had a pro model goggle and outwear bearing his name after many seasons of having said products. Hestra gloves released him while having a pro model glove after many seasons of having such gloves.[8]

Awards and competitions
  • 2009 Powder Video Awards, Best Natural Air-Winner.[9]
  • 2009 Powder Video Awards, Reader Poll- Winner.[9]
  • 2009 Powder Video Awards, Full Throttle- Winner.[9]
  • 2008 Powder Video Awards, Reader Poll- Winner.[9]
  • 2008 Fri Flyt Awards, International Athlete
  • 2007 Powder Video Awards, Best Natural Air- Winner.[9]
  • 2007 Powder Video Awards, Reader Poll- Winner.[9]
  • 2006 Powder Video Awards, Reader Poll- Third Place.[9]
  • 2005 Powder Video Awards, Reader Poll- Second Place.[9]
  • 2004 Powder Video Awards, Reader Poll- Winner.[10]
  • 2004 Powder Video Awards, Best Cliff Huck.
  • 2003 Powder Video Awards, Full Throttle- Winner.[9]
  • 2003 Powder Video Awards, Reader Poll- Winner.[9]
  • 2002 Powder Video Awards, Reader Poll- Winner.[9]
  • 2001 Powder Video Awards, Best Male Performance- Winner.[9]
  • 2001 Poacher's Freeski Film Festival, Best Rider -Winner (in Ski Movie).

Competition results
  • 2000-2001 - Competitor in U.S. Extreme Freeskiing Championships. ESPN and ESPN 2
  • 1999-2000 - Competitor in Johnny Moseley Invitational. NBC
  • 1998-1999 - 8th place in Skier Cross in the X Games at Crested Butte. ESPN, ESPN 2, and ABC
  • 1998-1999 - 12th place in Johnny Moseley Invitational. NBC
  • 1998 - 9th place in the Canadian Freeskiing Championships in Whistler/Blackcomb
  • 1991 - 2nd place in the U.S. National Extremes (age 19)

Filmography

Promodels

Morrison has had a number different 'promodel' products with his sponsors K2 Skis, Full Tilt Ski Boots, Hestra Gloves and Oakley. Morrison's two promodel skis with K2 Skis are the Obsethed and new for the 2012/2013 season the SideSeth. The Obsethed has undergone much change since the original Obsethed, the last model of the Obsethed was released for the 2011/2012 season. The Obsethed was then replaced by the SideSeth, which featured a more directional rocker profile and being in K2's Adventure category was marketed more at the backcountry skier than the Obsethed. However the SideSeth has experienced much success with inbounds skiers also. Morrison's promodel with Full Tilt boots is the Seth Morrison Pro Boot, it features the second stiffest flex tongue available from Full Tilt (8 Flex), and a number of distinctive aesthetic features chosen by Seth. The boot is marketed at all mountain and freeride/big mountain skiers, and thus it is important to note it was the first boot from Full Tilt to feature the rubber sole as stock for the 2012/2013 season. Seth Morrison's has also had a number of promodel outerwear suits from Oakley.

References
  1. "Seth Morrison". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-03-30.
  2. McMillan, Kelley (2012-11-23). "Friday Interview: Seth Morrison". Outside Online. Retrieved 2019-03-30.
  3. "48 Skiers Who Shaped Our Sport". POWDER Magazine. 2017-08-31. Retrieved 2019-03-30.
  4. Editors, Skiingmag com. "The Truth: Seth Morrison". Ski Mag. Retrieved 2019-03-30.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  5. Contributor, Charlie BrucePlanet. "The all-or-nothing ski life of Seth Morrison". Telluride Daily Planet. Retrieved 2019-03-30.
  6. 99/00 RSN/ESPN 2 "16mm" Global Storming Feature
  7. 97/98 MTV "Winter Lodge at Aspen" with Matt Pinfield.
  8. "Seth Morrison Cut from K2". POWDER Magazine. 2016-09-15. Retrieved 2019-03-30.
  9. "Results 2001-2009; Powder Video Awards and Reader Poll 2001-2009". Powder Video Awards. Retrieved 2011-01-21.
  10. "2004 Powder Video Awards; Reader Poll Winners". Powder Magazine. Retrieved 2011-01-21.
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