Widely regarded as one of the greatest athletes of all time, Michael Phelps has won more gold medals than any other Olympian, highlighted by the greatest individual performance in Olympic history when he won eight gold medals and set seven world records at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. The most accomplished swimmer in World Championships history,  Phelps used his $1MM bonus for his performance in Beijing to create the Michael Phelps Foundation, a non-profit organization focused on growing the sport of swimming and promoting healthy and active lifestyles, especially for children.

Recognized as the face of short track speedskating with his signature hairstyle and bandana, Apolo Anton Ohno is the most decorated American Winter Olympian with eight medals spanning three Winter Olympic Games. Ohno maintains a healthy and active lifestyle and has graced covers of magazines including Men’s Journal, Sports Illustrated, Life, Time and Cosmo while also becoming the first Olympian to win ABC’s hit reality TV show “Dancing with the Stars”. Ohno credits his Japanese father as a major factor in his Olympic success, pushing him from a young age to pursue excellence on and off the ice.

Natalie Coughlin won more medals than any other female athlete at the 2004 Athens Games (five) and the 2008 Beijing Games (six) and is the most decorated female swimmer in World Championships history. Coughlin is the first American female athlete in the modern Olympic era to win six medals in a single Olympic Games and is in position to become one of the most decorated athletes in Olympic history in the 2012 London Games. Even when not in the pool, Coughlin keeps herself active and physically fit through her other passions including surfing, yoga and cooking healthy, naturally grown food from her own garden.

Hannah Teter is one of the most successful female snowboarders of all time, winning gold and silver medals in the 2006 and 2010 Olympic halfpipe events. Her distinct personality has made her a media sensation and she has used her snowboarding success as a platform to bring awareness to social issues across the world. Teter has started multiple charities including Hannah’s Gold, a non-profit committed to providing funding for the town of Kirindon in Kenya and Sweet Cheeks Panties, an underwear line that provides support for Children International to help feed impoverished children across the globe.

Kelly Clark is the greatest female rider in halfpipe history who has used her progressive riding style to win every major snowboarding title to date, including being the first American to win a gold medal in the Olympic halfpipe. Clark is the first woman to land a 1080 in competition and she continues to bridge the gap between men’s and women’s snowboarding with her consistent ability to land difficult tricks.  Capitalizing on her success, she started the Kelly Clark Foundation to provide equipment and funds for youth that cannot afford to participate or compete in the sport.

Seth Wescott is the first and only Olympic Gold Medalist in snowboardcross (SBX), winning the sport’s Olympic debut in the 2006 Torino Olympics and repeating the feat with gold in the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. He is an international ambassador for his sport and remains one of the most respected athletes in the international snowboard community. Despite being SBX’s leading man across the globe, Wescott continues to support local businesses and statewide initiatives in Maine as he is a co-owner of the brew pub, “The Rack”, a spokesperson for “Take it Outside”, a program designed to fight obesity and promote an active outdoor lifestyle, and also serves on the Board of Directors for Maine’s Huts and Trails program, a 180-mile recreational corridor of environmentally sound trails. Wescott also supports the Level Field Fund with fellow Olympians Michael Phelps, Ross Powers and Darron Rahlves.

Ross Powers was snowboarding’s first child prodigy and pioneered snowboarding’s growth into mainstream sports culture.  Powers is one of the most dominant halfpipe riders in history and has won every major snowboarding title including the United States’ first Olympic snowboarding medal in the halfpipe at the 1998 Nagano Games and gold in the halfpipe at the 2002 Salt Lake City Games, a performance that led the United States to its first Winter Games podium sweep in 46 years. Without support from his community at an early age, the Vermont native from a single family home may never have had the opportunity to pursue snowboarding as a career. The assistance that he received inspired him to launch the Ross Powers Foundation, a non-profit that supports uniquely talented athletes by offering financial assistance to those in need.  Powers has since expanded his foundation on a larger scale with the creation of the Level Field Fund with support from fellow Olympians Michael Phelps, Seth Wescott and Darron Rahlves.

Alana Blanchard has burst into prominence since her ASP Women’s World Tour debut in 2009 and is now competing on the circuit as one of the top ranked women’s surfers in the world. Out of the water, the Hawaiian native maintains an active and healthy lifestyle through yoga, pilates and zumba and is motivated to show that women can be both athletic and feminine.  Blanchard has become one of the most marketable young women in professional surfing and her desirability among brands continues to grow as Rip Curl now produces a signature swimwear collection called “Alana’s Closet”.

Recognized as one of the most exciting young surfers after winning the ASP World Tour Rookie of the Year award in 2010, Australian native Owen Wright continues to establish himself as the next great superstar on tour. The 21-year-old sensation has had his most successful season to date in 2011, appearing in three straight finals and beating 10-time World Champion Kelly Slater to earn his first World Tour win at the Quiksilver Pro New York. Regarded as one of the fittest, healthiest and most focused athletes on tour, Wright has a smooth riding style and an ability to surf any type of wave that are both highlighted by his renowned aerial maneuvers. Wright hails from a family of surfers and inspired his younger sister Tyler to follow his lead to the professional circuit, where she is ranked as one of the best female surfers in the world.

Hank Haney is one of the greatest golf instructors in history, teaching more than 200 touring professionals, including Mark O’Meara and Tiger Woods. Haney, whose students have won every major championship in professional, amateur, and junior golf, serves as President of Hank Haney Golf Inc., which owns and operates four golf facilities in Texas.  He is also the Director of Instruction for the Hank Haney International Junior Golf Academy in Hilton Head, South Carolina and operates the Hank Haney Mission Hills Academy at Mission Hills on Hainan Island in China.  An acclaimed author and motivational speaker, Haney’s television show, the Haney Project, is one of the highest rated original entertainment programs on the Golf Channel.

Just 17-years-old, Aly Raisman has become one of the most promising medal contenders for the United States Gymanstics Team. A respected leader, Raisman backboned the women's victory in the team event at the 2011 World Championships where they upset Russia to win gold for the first time since 2007.  In just three years on the National Team, Raisman has accumulated 16 international medals and five U.S. Senior National Championship medals.

Better known in the skateboarding industry by his nickname, Andy Mac is one of just four athletes to have competed in every X Games since the inaugural games in 1996 and has won more X Games medals than any other skater. He was crowned World Cup Skateboard Series Champion for eight consecutive years (1997-2004) and has been one of the sport’s best ambassadors for almost 15 years. Andy Mac is known for his clean lifestyle and support of drug-free initiatives and has been featured on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno, 60 Minutes and spoke before former-President Bill Clinton at the White House as part of a campaign for Drug Free America.

Mitchie Brusco began skateboarding at age three and hasn’t looked back, competing in more than 65 competitions since he picked up his first skateboard at a local Target store. Just 14 years-old and one of the youngest skaters to ever successfully land the Mega Ramp, Brusco was crowned Champion of the 2010 Gatorade Free Flow Tour. Mitchie has a signature model helmet produced by longtime sponsor Triple 8 named “Little Tricky” after his nickname for his youth, size and deep bag of tricks.

French native Kevin Rolland has emerged as the strongest halfpipe skier in the world, dominating every major competition since he won the 2009 World Championships in Japan. Rolland is the only halfpipe athlete in history to win gold medals at both X Games and X Games Europe in the same year, for two consecutive years, accomplishing the feat in 2010 and 2011. Rolland added gold medals in two of the three Winter Dew Tour stops en route to claiming the overall title in 2011. The 22-year-old is regarded as a progressive risk taker and his competition runs include maneuvers that have never been accomplished by any other skier or snowboarder.

A Western Australia native, Craike first made his mark through his scenes in marquee surf films Drive Thru Europe, Young Guns 2, and Taylor Steel’s Campaign 2. Since then, Craike has established himself as one of the best aerialists in the surfing world and uses his surfing as an outlet for expressing the creativity he learned from his father. Though mainly a featured rider in videos, Craike can compete with the best and has won Quiksilver Airshows across the globe, from Perth, Australia to the Caribbean to New Zealand.

Mitch Coleborn is widely regarded as one of the world’s best free surfers after jumpstarting his career on the International surfing scene as a contest surfer, most notably winning the Australasian Pro Junior Series Championship in 2007. Mitch has established himself globally as one of only a handful of guys who are really pushing the limits of what is possible in high performance surfing. Mitch’s groundbreaking performances in award winning surf films such as BS, Modern Collective and Lost Atlas have earned him a huge amount of fans and respect worldwide. Mitch now has his sights firmly set on joining some of his high profile peers on the ASP World Tour, where he hopes to live out his childhood dream of competing against the best surfers in the world for a World Title.

Born without fibulas, ankles, heels and every major bone in her feet, Jessica long had her legs amputated at just 18 months old and has overcome adversity to become a seven-time Paralympic Gold Medalist and 15-time World Record holder. Long has leveraged her success in the pool to become a mentor and role model for kids and adults with physical disabilities. She is perennial World Championship and Olympic  medal contender and has received recognition for her accomplishments in and out of the pool as she has won an ESPY Award, Paralympian of the Year, Juan Antonio Samaranch IOC Disabled Athlete Award, USA Swimming’s Disability Swimmer of the Year, the 77th AAU James E. Sullivan Award, and was named to Sports Illustrated’s “The World’s Best Female Athletes” list.

Perdita Felicien has been one of the most competitive 100M hurdlers on the international stage for over a decade. Arguably the greatest Canadian hurdler in history, the two-time Olympian has won two World Championship gold medals, 10 Canadian National Championships, and two Pan-American Games silver medals.  With roots from the Caribbean island of St. Lucia, she is a highly regarded motivational speaker, sharing the lessons she has learned through her triumphs and failures on athletics’ biggest stage.

Kellie Wells burst onto the international track scene in 2011 and established herself as one of the best young hurdlers in the world. The reigning U.S. indoor and outdoor National Champion posted the fastest 60M indoor time in the world and claimed a spot on her first World Championships team later in the year. Wells overcame a childhood scarred by physical and sexual abuse and turned to track in high school, becoming a two-time All-American at Hampton University and a top American medal hopeful on the international stage.

Johnny Dutch has emerged as one of the brightest young stars in track following a stellar career at the University of South Carolina in which he was an eight-time All-American and 2010 Bowerman Award finalist.  Dutch elected to forgo his senior year of NCAA eligibility and the two-time Pan American Games gold medalist and 2008 World Junior Championships silver medalist has shown he has the potential to turn heads in London 2012.  The versatile hurdler continues to train for both the 110M and 400M hurdles with his USC teammates while completing his degree in media arts.

Widely regarded as one of the best all-around gymnasts in the world, Jonathan Horton is the pillar to the U.S. Men’s Gymnastics team.  In his Olympic debut in Beijing 2008, Horton captured a silver medal in the high bar event, the only American to medal in an individual event, and helped guide Team USA to the bronze medal in the team event.  Horton built off of his Olympic success to win back-to-back National Championships in 2009 and 2010 and his first ever World Championship medal in 2010. Horton is known for his extreme, innovative and high-scoring maneuvers that he incorporates into his routines, earning him the nickname “X-Games” from some of his teammates and competitors.

Donny Robinson has steadily climbed to the top of the BMX world since he turned pro in 2002 and realized his Olympic dream when he became the first American to win an Olympic medal in BMX when the sport debuted at the 2008 Beijing Games. Nicknamed “dR”, he was the first man to win World Titles in all four BMX Championship classes. Along with his success at the International level, dR is an advocate for growing the sport of BMX at the youth level and has partnered with Hyper to produce a signature Donny Robinson bike that is sold at Wal-Mart.