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Snowboarding siblings take home halfpipe medals at Mammoth NorAm

Aimee Wild a snowboarder from Steamboat Springs stands below the halfpipe at Copper Mountain. She won the NorAm Cup women’s overall title on Wednesday after taking gold at the event in Mammoth.
Narisa Wild/Courtesy Photo

Aaron and Aimee Wild caught the fever for snowboarding while growing up in Steamboat Springs. 

Now, as teenagers, the halfpipe phenoms have since moved to Frisco to train at Copper Mountain and are making noise across the NorAm circuit. 

At Mammoth Mountain in California, Aimee stole the show, solidifying her NorAm Cup women’s overall title on Wednesday. 



This was Aimee’s first year of eligibility to compete in FIS-level events, making her mark in a big way at just 14 years old. 

Aimee captured a NorAm victory at the start of January, adding two silver medals later in the season and finally a second gold on Wednesday with an 87.5 point ride down the halfpipe. She earned nearly four more points than the second-place boarder. 



“P1 in Mammoth and first place in NorAm overall,” Aimee wrote in an Instagram post. “Realllyyy sick season, super stoked about how it went…”

Because of her dominance this season, Aimee has been asked to compete at The Snow League, a new snowboarding competition created by Shawn White. 

Aaron, 16, is in his rookie season competing on the World Cup circuit for Team Great Britain — as a dual citizen, he is eligible to compete for the British team. 

Aaron had a dramatic morning on Wednesday, breaking his board and bindings mid-run during the NorAm event. His team managed to quickly fix his equipment and he rode to third place in the halfpipe. 

“(Bronze medal in) Mammoth, broken board, broken bindings, windy, but still had faith…” Aaron wrote in an Instagram post.

Aaron Wild flies out of the halfpipe.
Narisa Wild/Courtesy Photo

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