Background
Eliassen was born in Lutsen, Minnesota to a Norwegian father and American mother. She grew up near some of the finest mountains in North America.
Eliassen was born in Lutsen, Minnesota to a Norwegian father and American mother. She grew up near some of the finest mountains in North America.
University of Utah.
Early She started skiing at the young age of two. She moved to Norway for a year when she was five. When she returned to the United States, she started playing several different sports: hockey, soccer, basketball, tennis, water-skiing, baseball, cross country skiing, and alpine skiing.
When she was 13, Eliassen moved to Lillehammer, Norway.
She decided to continue her skiing career there. Soon thereafter, she was selected to join the Norwegian Ski Team.
She was on the team for two seasons. Eliassen realized that racing was not the type of skiing that satisfied her and soon after she fell in love with freeskiing.
During her first year of competing in freeskiing, she took first place in the Rip Curl Free Ski and the United States Open.
She captures back to back gold medals at the Winter X Games. She is the only female skier to medal in both the first Halfpipe and Slopestyle X Games events. She was named “Women Skier of the Decade” by Fri Flyt magazine.
From fall 2008 until spring 2010, Eliassen co-produced and was featured in the ski film “Say My Name” with one of her sponsors, Red Bulletin.
In 2010, Eliassen broke the Hip Jump World Record. She reached speeds of 60 miles per hour downhill, hit the custom 30 foot hip feature, and soared more than 31 feet in the air.
Number woman has even come close to breaking her records. Highlights
2013 FIS World Championship, Slopestyle-3rd place
2011 Red Bulletin Cold Rush- 1st place
2011 Winter X Games, Slopestyle-3rd place
2010 Secretariat Women"s Hip Jump World Record
2010 Winter X Games, Slopestyle- 3rd place
2009 Winter X Games, Slopestyle- 2nd place
2007 United States Freeskiing Open, Halfpipe- 1st place
2007 Winter X Games, Halfpipe- 2nd place
2006 Winter X Games, Halfpipe- 1st place
2006 United States Open, Halfpipe-1st place
2005 FIS World Championships, Halfpipe-3rd place
2005 Winter X Games, Halfpipe-1st place
2005 United States Open, Halfpipe- 1st place
2005 World FIS World Championships, Halfpipe -3rd place
2004 United States Open, Halfpipe-1st place
2003 FIS Junior World Championships Super G-1st place
2003 European Junior Olympics, Slalom-3rd place.