Jimbo Morgan of Truckee was named to the U.S. National Ski & Snowboard Hall of Fame Museum’s Class of 2024 on Sept. 11, according to a press release. Morgan, a freeskiing pioneer, who helped to coin the term freeski, was the first photographed while grabbing his skis in the air and was a pioneer of the skicross discipline. He was on the U.S. Speed Skiing Team, competed in the speed-skiing demonstration event at the 1992 Winter Olympics, was on the first legitimate freeski team founded by K2 in 1997 and participated simultaneously in multiple disciplines.
Morgan was one of the eight Olympians, Paralympians, sport builders and pioneers in the Class of 2024. | skihall.com
