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Aaron Blunck of Team United States competes in the Men's Freeski Halfpipe competition at the Toyota U.S. Grand Prix at Mammoth Mountain on Jan. 08, 2022 in Mammoth, California.
The Englewood-born Blunck is headed to his third Olympics. He finished seventh in the halfpipe in both the 2014 and 2018 Games. He nabbed the gold medal in the halfpipe at the 2019 world championships and another gold in the superpipe at the 2017 X Games in Aspen.