International Free Skiers Association

The International Free Skiers Association was created by renowned freeskiers

Freeskiing

Freeskiing or Newschool skiing involves tricks, jumps, and terrain park features, such as rails, boxes, jibs, or other obstacles. This form of skiing resulted from a combination of the growth in popularity of snowboarding as well as the progression of Freestyle skiing...

Shane McConkey

Shane McConkey was a professional skier. He was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, and was based in Squaw Valley, California. He won numerous awards and competitions. McConkey started as a competitive ski racer, but moved on to be featured in a long line of extreme skiing movies...

, Lhotse Hawk and a number of industry athletes and organizers.

Today the organization is located in Salt Lake City, Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah

Salt Lake City is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. The name of the city is often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC. With a population of 186,440 as of the 2010 Census, the city lies in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area, which has a total population of 1,124,197...

, U.S. and run by freeskier Dave "Swany" Swanwick. The IFSA organises big mountain "extreme" skiing, slopestyle, big air and half pipe competitions.

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