# Rick Armstrong > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Rick_Armstrong > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Rick_Armstrong.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Armstrong > Source revision: 1334479166 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) This article is about the skier & entrepreneur. For the musician and son of Apollo astronaut Neil Armstrong, see [Edison's Children](/source/Edison's_Children). **"Sick" Rick Armstrong** is a professional [skier](/source/Extreme_skiing),[1] freeskiing pioneer,[2][3] [mountaineer](/source/Mountaineering),[4][5] [paraglider](/source/Paragliding),[6] businessman and serial entrepreneur based in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. He was a pioneering guide in the early years of Alaska Heli-skiing while working as a lead guide for Valdez Heli-skiing and [Doug Coombs](/source/Doug_Coombs) as chronicled in the 2007 feature film Steep. He was a member of the ultra-elite group of skiers called the Jackson Hole Airforce who transformed skiing in the 1990s and 2000s.[7][8] He is known for having skied unskied lines such as his first and unrepeated massive drop into the left side of the notorious [Corbet's Couloir](/source/Corbet's_Couloir)[9] at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. He was the first person to have both skied and snowboarded the Grand Teton in Teton National Park. He has many first ski descents[10] in China, Alaska, Europe, Antarctica, South America, and South Georgia Island. He was an athlete in the 1998 and 1999 Winter X-Games in Crested Butte. He was Awarded sponsorships by [The North Face](/source/The_North_Face)[11][12][13] and [Salomon](/source/Salomon_Group).[14] He also became an athlete talent scout for The North Face[15] building a world-class ski team by discovering soon to be ski stars such as Sage-Cattabriga-Alosa, Ingrid Backstrom, Kitt Deslauries, Griffen Post, and Hillary Nelson. Armstrong was also a co-founder of the [Teton Gravity Research](/source/Teton_Gravity_Research) film production company. He served on the board of directors for Intrawest from 2012 to 2017. ## Films Armstrong appears in the following films: - [Steep (film)](/source/Steep_(film)) (2007) - [Warren Miller's](/source/Warren_Miller_(director)) Black Diamond Rush (1993) - [Warren Miller's](/source/Warren_Miller_(director)) Storm (2001) - [Teton Gravity Research](/source/Teton_Gravity_Research)'s first film, The Continuum (1996) - Teton Gravity Research's Harvest (1997) - Teton Gravity Research's Further (2000) - Teton Gravity Research's The Big One (2006) - [Matchstick Productions](/source/Matchstick_Productions) Soul Sessions - (1993) - [Matchstick Productions](/source/Matchstick_Productions) The Hedonist (1994) - [Matchstick Productions](/source/Matchstick_Productions) The Tribe (1995) - Someday Somebody will ski that. (2010) - Swift Silent Deep (2009) - RAP Films Snow Drifters - RAP Films Cosmic Winter ## References 1. ["Rick Armstrong Salomon Profile"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrg-qZILadA). *[YouTube](/source/YouTube)*. [Archived](https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211208/qrg-qZILadA) 2021-12-08 at the Wayback Machine. 1. ["Cruise to Antarctica, ski White Continent | the Spokesman-Review"](http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2005/nov/13/cruise-to-antarctica-ski-white-continent/) 1. ["Evolution of Extreme by Jack Shaw | Jackson Hole Skier & Summer Adventure Guide"](http://www.jhskier.net/2013/01/09/evolution-of-extreme-by-jack-shaw/) 1. ["Antarctica, South Georgia, Nordenskjold Attempt and Normann Ascent - AAC Publications - Search the American Alpine Journal and Accidents"](http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12200233802/Antarctica-South-Georgia-Nordenskjold-Attempt-and-Normann-Ascent) 1. ["Shishapangma, a celebration of life; Himalaya, descending India"](https://www.worldcat.org/title/shishapangma-a-celebration-of-life-himalaya-descending-india/oclc/51054947) 1. ["Athlete's Voice: Interview with Rick Armstrong on MountainZone.com"](https://www.mountainzone.com/athlete_voice/rick_armstrong/index.html). *www.mountainzone.com* 1. ["Swift. Silent. Deep"](https://www.powder.com/stories/classics/jackson-hole-air-force/). 2016-08-17. 1. Evans, Jeremy (November 2010). [*In Search of Powder: A Story of America's Disappearing Ski Bum*](https://books.google.com/books?id=Id9DY-Lb21gC&q=swift+silent+deep+rick+armstrong&pg=PA155). ISBN 978-0803234116. 1. ["Someday, Somebody will Ski That"](http://corbetscouloir.com/) 1. ["Athlete's Voice: Interview with Rick Armstrong on MountainZone.com"](https://www.mountainzone.com/athlete_voice/rick_armstrong/index_2.html). *www.mountainzone.com*. Retrieved 2023-09-14. 1. XTreme Video (6 February 2009). ["Expeditions Vol 3 - The North Face"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVT7NE1hdp0). – via YouTube. 1. ["© Focus Productions Inc"](http://focusproductions.com/HTML/gallery_pages/commercial_portfolio/pages/armstrong.tnf.htm) 1. ["Snow Country"](https://books.google.com/books?id=SK7a35B3E3EC&q=Rick+Armstrong+the+North+Face&pg=PA36-IA7). 1998. 1. GREG EPSTEIN (5 November 2009). ["Rick Armstrong Salomon Profile"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrg-qZILadA). – via YouTube. 1. ["Ingrid Backstrom"](https://www.powder.com/stories/classics/ingrid-backstrom/). 2016-08-17. --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Rick Armstrong](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Armstrong) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Armstrong?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.