About Nico

Nico Porteous is one for New Zealand’s most exciting young athletes and is currently dominating the ultra-competitive discipline of free ski halfpipe.

He made history at the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games, becoming NZ’s youngest Olympic medallist (16 years old) and again at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games becoming New Zealand’s first male to win a Winter Olympic gold medal.

Nico’s success during the 2021/22 season has never been seen before winning a World Cup, X Games and Olympic Gold medals in the space of a few months. His winning back-to-back X Games Gold’s is a feat that’s never been achieved before.

He continues to lead and innovate the sport, Nico managed world first back-to-back double cork 1620 in coemption during his gold medal run at X Games 2022.