Russell Henshaw
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Lucky Numbers: JOSS Apr 13, 2010
Europe’s most prestigious freeskiing competition, the Jon Olsson Super Sessions, returns to Are, Sweden, as teams of elite freestyle skiers compete to make the best short ski movie. Here’s a rundown...
Winter X Games: the big weekend Jan 27, 2010
Thousands of extreme sports fans are arriving in Aspen, Colorado on the eve of Winter X Games 14 to see the likes of Shaun White, Russ Henshaw, Levi LaVallee and Daron Rahlves go for gold
Poster boy Jan 19, 2010
Australian Big Air skier Russ Henshaw took time out of his busy schedule preparing for next week's Winter X Games 14 to tell us about what it's like to fly and not stress out... and about being...
Winter X Games: Ones to... Jan 14, 2010
Winter X Games 14: Ones to Watch Dec 18, 2009
Shaun White, Russ Henshaw, Levi LaVallee and Daron Rahives will be among the star attractions on show when Winter X Games 14 takes over Aspen, Colorado (January 28-31, 2010)
Aussie rules in London Nov 6, 2009
Russ Henshaw defied heavy rain to claim the Big Air Ski Finals title at London’s Battersea Power Station. But the only thing that amazed him was his score.
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About Russell
At the age of just 18, Australian snow skier Russell Henshaw (born August 6, 1990), has been labeled the next big name in freeskiing and is already well on his way to capturing the world’s attention with his amazing skill and unique style of skiing.
Originally an alpine skier, with both Australian National and NSW state titles, Russell found his true calling when he switched to freeskiing in 2002. Through this new school discipline, Russell competed in several competitions, dominating the men’s slopestyle, big air; half pipe and rail jam categories. The springboard that launched Henshaw’s skiing career was when he competed internationally for the first time in 2006. At only 16 years of age, Henshaw won several significant first place results.
Russ, as he is better known on the slopes, has the ability to truly dominate on an international level with many loyal sponsors already by his side, including Red Bull, who signed him up in December 2007.“Red Bull has always held the most innovative and gnarly competitions in all aspects of sports. They are always pushing the envelope and coming up with new, exciting and crazier ideas for competitions,” Henshaw said.
Although Russ has achieved so much in such a short period of time, the journey is just beginning for this 18 year-old athlete. Adding to his extraordinary list of sporting achievements is his recent first place triumph at the European Open Slopestyle and second place win at the US Free-skiing Open event during the 2008 Northern Hemisphere earlier this year – which Russ describes is the highlight of his career so far.
So what’s the secret to Russ’ success? ”Live life to the fullest and no matter what, HAVE FUN,” he said.
With a handful of impressive local and international free skiing titles already behind him, Henshaw is closer to reaching his goal of becoming World. No.1! “My long term goal is to be one of the best free skiers in the world, and in the mean time I would like to continue to work on my sport and have as much fun as possible,” Henshaw concluded.
