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Bridger Gile

2020 NorAm Overall, GS and AC Winner
  • Hometown
    Aspen, Colo.
  • Team
    Alpine C
  • Years on Team
    5 (since 2020)
  • Born
    10/15/1999
  • Club(s)
    Ski & Snowboard Club Vail Aspen Valley Ski Club
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BIO

Bridger Gile hails from Aspen, Colo., where he learned to ski at the age of two. Gile grew up racing with Aspen Valley Ski Club and Ski and Snowboard Club Vail.

Gile was the 2020 NorAm Overall champion, he is a previous U.S. Alpine Champion in giant slalom. One of his favorite memories in his career was competing at World Juniors in 2019. He made his World Cup debut in the giant slalom in Soelden, Austria in 2020. 

Gile has been in and out of races the past few years due to an injury but is excited to come into the 2024-25 season full speed ahead focusing on giant slalom. Gile closed out the 2023-24 year with a second place result at the U.S. National Championships. 

A fun fact about Gile, he played four years of high school varsity soccer making the semifinals of the state soccer tournament. 

U.S. Championships
2nd, GS, Sun Valley, 2024 • National Champion, GS, Pozza di Fassa, ITA, 2021 • U21 National Junior Championships Cup, 2020 - 1st GS • Junior Championships: 2nd, GS, Waterville, N.H., 2019 • 5th, SL, Waterville, N.H., 2019 • U16 National Champion, 2019
Junior World Championships
27th, GS, Val di Fassa, ITA, 2019
NorAm Cup
1st, Overall, 2020 • 1st, GS, 2020 • 1st, AC, 2020 • 4th, SL, 2020 •5th, SG, 2020
World Cup
First World Cup Start - GS, Soelden, AUT, October 18th, 2020

"My favorite memory as a competitor was the 2019 World Juniors team's success throughout the entire event."

7 Things You Didn't Know About Bridger Gile

  • 1. Bridger was in Warren Miller's "Higher Ground" when he was just six-years-old, and was featured in the New York Times.
  • 2. He loves to play recreational sports like pickle ball and do puzzles!
  • 3. Bridger is quite the student-athlete. He played four years of high school varsity soccer, and his team made it to the semifinals of the state soccer tournament. He also had a 4.0 GPA as a senior.
  • 4. He is a NASTAR National Champ
  • 5. Bridger has three goals for this year: to be just as successful in slalom as he is in giant slalom, get a couple of top 30s in World Cup, and to make the Olympic team. His career goal is to win an overall Globe.
  • 6. Bridger has been skiing since the age of two. "My parents would take me out of preschool to go skiing. I liked the freedom of being on the mountain and being able to go anywhere. I was hooked."
  • 7. Bridger has a couple of pairs of lucky underwear for important events.

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