Ingrid Backstrom

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Ingrid Backstrom is an internationally ranked professional skier from Seattle Washington Born August 21 1978 Backstrom graduated from Whitman College in 2000 with a Bachelor of Arts in Geology Backstrom established herself on the freeskiing scene through her performances in Matchstick Productions 2004Yearbook and 2005 The Hit List Since then she has been featured in several other ski films including Warren Millers Impact 2004 Mark Obenhauss Steep 2007 and Matchstrick Productions Claim 2008 Backstrom was the only female to be featured as one of Powder Magazines Future Big Mountain Heroes in 2002 She has gone on to win several other awards for her performances in ski films including Best Female Performance and Breakthrough Performance at the 2005 Powder Magazine Video Awards Description above from the Wikipedia article Ingrid Backstrom licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia