Having moved to Switzerland at an early age, Hall then returned to the United States at age 16 to finish high school at theWinter Sports School inPark City. He started competing at theFIS World Cup level during the next season and was then invited to the 2016Lillehammer Youth Olympics, where he placed second inSlopestyle and fourth inHalfpipe.[5] At the end of the 2025 season, Hall had accumulated 16 World Cup podiums, including 10 first places, 2 Crystal Globes, and 2 World Championship bronze medals.[6] Hall developed his early competitive acumen during theSwisscom Freeski Tour, as well as theU.S. Revolution Tour, experiencing an important break-out moment during the 2015Dumont Cup (USA) by placing seventh in this Slopestyle event organized by theAssociation of Freeskiing Professionals (AFP). Hall became a member of theU.S. Ski & Snowboard Team at age 17, first joining the Development (Rookie) team before being promoted a year later to the Pro team. He placed sixteenth in Slopestyle at the 2018Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, and first in Slopestyle and eighth in Big Air at the 2022Beijing Winter Olympics.[7][8] Hall currently rides for Samsung, Moncler, Faction Skis, Monster Energy, Dalbello, Look Bindings, and Wells Lamont.
Hall credits much of his rising enthusiasm for the sport to attending Zurich’s annualfreestyle.ch ski event with friends and older brother, Aldo, a snowboarder who also served as his first videographer while helping him secure initial sponsors that included Surface Skis, Panda Poles, Shred Optics, and Slytech.[9] Hall's 2014 Newschooler's SuperUnknownclip was a collaboration with his brother. His parents, Elena Conti (an Italian citizen from Bologna) and Marcus Hall (a U.S. citizen from Salt Lake City) are both professors at the University of Zurich.[10] When interviewed by USA Today in 2022, Alex Hall noted that he holds both Italian and U.S. passports, and once even talked "with Italian coaches about potentially competing for them" but that after moving to Park City at 16 he quickly realized he wanted to ski for the U.S.[11] Alex Hall’s multi-country background means that beyond English, he speaks fluent German and Swiss German, and intermediate French and Italian.[12] As a middle schooler at theInter-Community School Zurich,[13] Hall was voted Most Valuable basketball player, and for a stint he played goalie for the youth division of Zurich’s professional soccer club,Grasshopper Fussball AG. Off the slopes, Alex Hall relaxes by surfing, golfing, tennis, fly fishing, and occasionally,ceramics. By taking most of his college classes online, Hall was in 2025 a senior at theUniversity of Utah, pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Environmental & Sustainability Studies.
Passionate about capturing his sport in imagery,A Hall has taken center stage in a wide collection of ski films and magazines, including helping found the ski film brandMagma with fellow U.S. Ski Team memberHunter Hess and filmerOwen Dahlberg.[15][16] The threesome has produced several full-feature edits, along with creating a biweekly, candid short series,Magma Mondays. Other filmers who have collaborated with Hall includeEtienne Mérel,Justin Kauffman, andGeorge Haller, producing such films as:
United States
Switzerland
France
Italy
China
