Today, Arianna Tricomi is known as the girl to beat in freeride: a three-time repeat Freeride World Tour champion whose smooth fusion of big-mountain cojones and freestyle prowess has upped the ante in women’s freeride skiing. However, it wasn’t so long that Ari was a fresh-faced newcomer, a slopestyle skier who didn’t know the first thing about line choice, and who tossed a switch 180 in her first freeride contest just for fun.

As the first Freeride World Tour contests of the 2021 season draw closer, get to know Ari in this video profile courtesy of the FWT and SunGod, then check out our interview with Ari for a deeper dive.