Cassie Sharpe

[1] Sharpe announced her arrival on the international scene in halfpipe when she won silver at the 2015 World Championships.

[2] Some discounted her win as most of the competitive skiers were at Winter X Games XIX that year, which was scheduled at the same time as the World Championships.

[1] Sharpe would back up her podium pedigree with a gold medal win on the 2014–15 FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup to end the season.

Unknowingly she was competing with a stress fracture in her back that occurred in December 2015 but was only diagnosed by an MRI scan after the X Games.

[1] Wearing a back brace, Sharpe would win gold at Winter X Games Oslo in 2016.

Sharpe would tape up her thumb and, later in the event, became the first woman ever to land a switch cork 720 in competition.

[1] To start the 2017–18 World Cup season, Sharpe won the halfpipe event at Cardrona, New Zealand.