He attended West Iron County High School where he was an Upper Peninsula of Michigan silver medalist hurdler.

[5][6] Baumgartner placed first in multiple competitions in 2004; he had competed at the SNX at the USASA Nationals and first, at the US Extreme Boardfest.

[1][3] On January 17, 2011, after not being chosen to attend the World Championship competition, Baumgartner went to train at Copper Mountain, where he was in an accident that broke his collar bone.

"[4] On January 30, 2011, Baumgartner won the gold medal at the Winter X Games XV in Aspen, Colorado.

He was placed on the snowboard cross A team for the Olympics in a coach's discretionary spot over Seth Wescott because of his consistency at World Cup events.

[9] Baumgartner also competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, achieving fourth place in the snowboard cross event.

"[11] However, later that day, Baumgartner learned that he would be competing with his teammate Lindsey Jacobellis in the inaugural mixed snowboard cross event.

[8] During the summer of 2011 Baumgartner earned himself the Rookie of the Year while competing in the Traxxas TORC Series Off Road Short Course Racing.

[14] The following season, he returned to the trucks for X Games Austin 2014;[15] after a fourth-place run in his heat race, he finished eighth in the final.