Sammy Carlson

Age: 18

Hometown: Tigard, Oregon

Years skiing: 14

Fine finish: Second place, 2006 US Open of Freeskiing Slopestyle

Distractions: Basketball, video games, girls

This season, the Salomon-sponsored, Red Bull–drinking, 150-pound star has already captured the Big Air crown (and a cool $7,000) at Sweden’s King of Style contest with a monster Switch 1080 (three full rotations). Sammy has recently signed a deal with Nike 6.0, the shoe brand’s action-sports division. His sister has gone away to college, and Sammy has since converted her bedroom into a giant shoe closet!