Jamie Pierre

Quick Facts

Full Name	Jamie Pierre
Occupation	Skier
Date Of Birth	Feb 22, 1973(1973-02-22)
Age	51
Date Of Death	2011-11-13
Birthplace	Minnesota
Country	United States
Horoscope	Aquarius

Jamie Pierre Biography

Jamie Pierre is one of the most popular and richest Skier who was born on February 22, 1973 in Minnesota, United States. A late-free skier, who tragically lost his life in an avalanche at Snowbird Resort, Utah, in November 2011, was a victim of a skiing accident. He was a major player in ski films such as Off the Grid or Children of Winter.

Both he and He and Sarah Burke are both world-class skiers who died too soon. were world-class skiers, but they both died too young.

Matthew Jamison “Jamie” Pierre (February 22, 1973 – November 13, 2011) was a professional free skier. Pierre set a world-record cliff jump of 255 feet (78 m) at the Grand Targhee Resort in Wyoming. He skied away with a bleeding cut lip from being hit by a shovel when his partners dug him out of his 12-foot bomb hole. Google’s Sergey Brin had estimated that Pierre was almost at terminal velocity when he hit the ground. Pierre died in November 2011 in an avalanche.

By being one of the few skiers known for going the biggest, Pierre played a key role in some of the major ski films of his time. This work included parts in many different film companies, including Warren Miller, Teton Gravity Research, Matchstick Productions Flying Circus and Rage Films. While working for Warren Miller, Pierre took parts in five movies: Cold Fusion in 2001, Journey in 2003, Off the Grid in 2006, Playground in 2007 and Children of Winter in 2008.

His wife, a son, and a girl are his survivors.

Jamie Pierre Net Worth

Jamie Pierre is one of the richest Skier from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jamie Pierre 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

At the age of ten, he began to ski in Minnesota and entered his first competition in extreme skiing in 1995.

He set a new world record for cliff jumping at Wyoming’s Grand Targhee Resort with a distance measuring 255 feet.

Matthew Jamison Pierre was born February 22, 1973. According to the London Daily Telegraph, out of eight children, Jamie was third; he was born a son of Pam and Gerard Pierre. Jamie started skiing at age ten at Buck Hill, Minnesota, and quickly picked up the craving for more. He graduated high school and decided to live life as a “skibum”. Jamie worked menial jobs to pay for his expensive passion at various resorts with his brother, Chris Pierre. In 1995, he was able to enter an extreme skiing competition, the beginning to many adventures. Jamie Pierre spent the next ten years progressing his skiing and the size of cliffs he jumped. However, at age 32 in 2005 he got married and had a daughter. Pierre decided, “The plan is to ski more, fall out of the sky less”.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Jamie Pierre Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Jamie Ranked on the list of most popular Skier. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Jamie Pierre celebrates birthday on February 22 of every year.

Is Jamie Pierre death?

November 13, 2011

What happened to Jamie Pierre?

On Sunday, Pierre was on a more routine snowboard trip at Snowbird Resort in the Wasatch Range of Utah when an avalanche carried him about 800 feet over rocky terrain and a small cliff. He came to a stop partly buried and died of trauma , a representative of the Utah Avalanche Center said.

What is the highest cliff jump on skis?

Fred Syversen – 107m cliff drop Luckily for us, the Norwegian freeride skier Fred Syversen was filming a new movie when he mixed up his lines and accidently jumped off the highest cliff ever recorded by a skier.

How many ski jumpers have died?

Abstract. Nordic ski-jumping fatalities are rare events. Six jumping fatalities have occurred in the United States during the past 50 years.