Joe Tyler

Who is Joe Tyler?

Joe Tyler - born 1 April 1982 in Halifax, West Yorkshire is a Freestyle skier. He has appeared as a Free rider in various ski movies and skied in the first London Freeze Festival at Battersea Power Station's 2008 snow event. He appeared on Turkish media in 2007 skiing in Erzurum, Turkey. He has spent 2009 living in Mayrhofen in March he travelled to Kashmir with photographer Camilla Stoddart for some extreme skiing He also travelled to Georgia - ERISTOFF originates from the wild and untamed landscape of Georgia originally named Virshan by the Persians meaning the country of the wolf. Eristoff took professional skier Joe Tyler to the Caucasus mountains of Georgia to sample the slopes and the local hospitality. More information can be found on http://www.metacafe.com/watch/3419799/eristoff_vodka_ski_film_joe_tyler/ He is also in the latest 2009 Run Jump Fly production ski movie "Falling Skies" http://www.downdays.eu/en/whitepaper/falling-skies-download

Tyler started skiing at the age of three and competed in many junior events winning articicial dry slope races. He used to be a FIS registered ski racer competing all over Europe. He moved to freestyle skiing in 2004 winning his debut in the British Big Air ski Championships in 2006 and again 2007 in Laax, Switzerland. He currently competes in international freestyle events and appears in ski movies. He is also a free lance journalist writing articles for ski magazines. He has been a stage 1 New Zealand ski instructor since 2001 He attended North Halifax Grammar School 1996-2000