A pioneer of freestyle skiing, Lynne (Linny) Grosse was born in Sydney in 1961, but moved to Adelaide in 1969. 

Grosse was an active kid and started practising gymnastics and trampolining, which built the foundation for what was to follow. It was skateboarding, though, that brought Grosse her first accolades. After her father helped her turn a pair of old roller skates into a skateboard, Grosse started riding, initially just for fun, with other kids. She eventually entered the South Australian Skateboarding Championships, which she won at age 13. That success earned Grosse an invitation to the World Skateboarding tournament in Los Angeles, California (USA) the following year. It was another win for Grosse, who won the Magic Mountain Women’s Freestyle title and was nicknamed the ‘Little Dark Horse from Down Under’. 

Skiing only came into Grosse’s life after she had pursued another sporting interest, surfing - a passion she picked up during her time in California. A natural talent for sport, Grosse won the South Australian Women’s surfing title within a few months of picking up the discipline. 

When she arrived in Falls Creek in 1978 following one of her sponsor’s recommendations, she had never seen snow before.

Freestyle skiing was still in its infancy - it had only just become a recognised FIS discipline and it wouldn’t be included in the Olympic program as a demonstrative sport for another 10 years. The moguls were still ‘natural’ and made simply by skiing the intended course. The placement of the aerial tricks was left to the creativity of each skier, which made the event even more spectacular. 

Working casual jobs and using her spare time to train, Grosse  took advantage of her amazing balance and developed quickly. Within a few months she was already performing somersaults on skis, and by 1983 she started competing in the FIS World Cup. 
At her first event, a Moguls competition in Tignes (France), she placed tenth.

One year of experience in the circuit was all it took and in 1984 Grosse managed to step on the podium twice in less than a month: third in the Aerials event in Campitello Matese (Italy) and second in Tignes, in the same discipline. She became the first Australian female to win a World Cup medal, 15 years after Malcom Milne had won his in Alpine skiing. 

Grosse also played a part in developing the Freestyle skiing domestic scene. Soon after her retirement, she co-founded the first Moguls ski event at Falls Creek, the Summit Masters. The event ran for ten consecutive years between 1985 and 1995, inspiring many young Australian Moguls skiers. She also officiated at the event for 10 years before moving to Queensland and becoming a dive instructor. She called Port Douglas home until she passed away, in 2018.