About Kaya Turski
Kaya Turski (born May 3, 1988) is a Canadian freestyle skier. She is an eight-time Winter X Games champion in Women's Ski slope style. At the 2010 Winter X Games XIV held in Aspen, she won her gold medal with the highest ever slopestyle score at a Winter X Games with 96.66.
Career Highlights:
2014
1st – Winter X-Games, Aspen, CO – Women’s Slopestyle
2013
- AFP Women´s Slopestyle World Champion 2012/2013 (Association of Freeskiing Professionals)
- 1st – Winter X Games Tignes, France – Women’s Slopestyle
- CBC Canadian Athlete of the Weekend March 11, 2013
- 1st – Freestyle World Ski Championships, Voss, Norway – Women’s Slopestyle
- 2nd – Winter X-Games, Aspen, CO – Women’s Slopestyle
- 1st – Dew Tour Breckenridge, CO– Women’s Slopestyle (December 2012)
2012
- AFP Women´s Slopestyle World Champion 2011/2012 (Association of Freeskiing Professionals)
- Freeskier Magazine Female Skier of the Year
- Canada Freestyle Ski Association Athlete of the Year
- 1st – Winter X Games Tignes, France – Women’s Slopestyle
- 1st –Visa US Grand Prix, Mammoth, CA– Women’s Slopestyle
- Women’s Slopestyle Dew Cup Winner
- 1st – Dew Tour Killington, UT– Women’s Slopestyle
- Jeep Female Athlete of X Games
- 1st – Winter X-Games, Aspen, CO – Women’s Slopestyle
- 1st – Dew Tour Killington, VT– Women’s Slopestyle
2011
- AFP Women´s Slopestyle World Champion 2010/2011 (Association of Freeskiing Professionals)
- 1st – Winter X-Games, Aspen, CO – Women’s Slopestyle
- 1st – Dew Tour, Snow Basin – Women’s Slopestyle
- 1st – Winter X Games Tignes, France – Women’s Slopestyle
- 2nd – FIS World Championships, Park City, Utah – Women’s Slopestyle
- 2nd – Nine Queens, Serfaus Fiss – Women’s Big Air
- 1st – AFP World Finals, Whistler, BC – Women’s Slopestyle
- 2nd – AFP World Finals, Whistler, BC – Women’s Big Air
2010
- AFP Women´s Slopestyle World Champion 2009/2010 (Association of Freeskiing Professionals)
- 1st – Winter X-Games, Aspen, CO – Women’s Slopestyle
- 3rd – European Open, Laax, Switzerland – Women’s Rail Jam
- 1st – Winter X Games Tignes, France – Women’s Slopestyle
- 1st – Homecoming Invitational, Seven Springs, PA – Women’s Slopestyle
2009
- AFP Women´s Slopestyle World Champion 2008/2009 (Association of Freeskiing Professionals)
- 1st – Dew Tour, Breckenridge, CO – Women’s Slopestyle
- 1st – Dew Tour, Mt. Snow, VT – Women’s Slopestyle
- 3rd – Winter X-Games, Aspen, CO – Women’s Slopestyle
- 1st – Dew Tour, Northstar, CA – Women’s Slopestyle
- 1st –Kristi Leskinen Invitational Homecoming, Seven Springs, PA– Women’s Slopestyle
- 1st – European Open, Laax, Switzerland – Women’s Slopestyle
2008
- 3rd – New Zealand Open – Women’s Slopestyle
2006
- 1st – Vermont Open – Women’s Slopestyle
- 1st – TELUS Whistler Ski & Snowboard Festival/ WSI, Whister, BC – Women’s Slopestyle
- 1st – TELUS Whistler Ski & Snowboard Festival/ WSI, Whister, BC – Women’s Rail Jam
- 1st – New Zealand Open – Women’s Slopestyle
- 2nd – Icer Air, San Francisco, CA – Women’s Big Air
Kaya Turski Achievements
Gold Medal records:
FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships:
FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships 2013
Winter X Games:
2014 Winter X Games Slopestyle
2013 Winter X Games Slopestyle
2012 Winter X Games Slopestyle
2012 Winter X Games Slopestyle
2011 Winter X Games Slopestyle
2011 Winter X Games Slopestyle
2010 Winter X Games Slopestyle
2010 Winter X Games Slopestyle