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unusual facts about snowboard



Bonfire Pipe to Pipe

Pipe to Pipe is a snowboard and skateboard contest sponsored by Bonfire Snowboarding and Windells Snowboard Camp.

Brazil at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Isabel Clark Ribeiro qualified for the knockout rounds in the women's snowboard cross with the 5th fastest time, but a third place finish in her quarterfinal left her battling for 9th place.

Bryan Iguchi

He learned to snowboard at Mountain High and Big Bear mountains in southern California but since 1991 has been living in Jackson Hole in Wyoming.

Carrabassett Valley Academy

Jeremy Jones - 7 time Snowboard Magazine Big Mountain Rider of the Year

Cherni Vrah

The nearest mountain chalets are Aleko Chalet situated 3 km to the north-northeast (1810 m, major ski and snowboard centre accessible by gondola lift from Simeonovo, Sofia), and Kumata Chalet (1725 m) situated 5.5 km to the northwest.

Chikako Fushimi

Born in Osaka Prefecture, her career-high has so far been a 3rd place finish in the 2005 Nokia Snowboard FIS World Cup held in Canada.

Duncan MacPherson

A car he had borrowed from a friend was discovered six weeks later in the parking lot of the Stubaital ski-region resort at the foot of the Stubai Glaciers in the Stubai Alps in Austria, where he had rented a snowboard.

Dynamite Boy

The songs "AV99", "Kaleidoscope", and "Little Bobby" are featured in the film with "AV99" mimed by Trevor Wright's character Jay's band as a celebration for his little brother and a monkey winning a snowboard race.

Gilford High School

Student groups and activities include Amnesty International, book club, coffee house, drama, environmental club, Friends of Rachel, French club, Granite State Challenge, homework club, Interact, literary magazine, math team, National Honor Society, robotics club, SADD, snowboard club, Spanish club, student council, varsity club, and yearbook

Grenade Gloves

In 2001, Grenade began when 2 time Olympic Medalist Danny Kass and his brother, who is also a professional snowboarder, Matt decided they could create an ultimate snowboard glove.

I Monster

The band's music also been used in a number of films such as Shaun of the Dead, Riders (Steal), the snowboard video "From with Love" (Mack Dawg Productions), and has been sampled by hip hop artist Lupe Fiasco on his second single, "Daydreamin'".

Jake Burton Carpenter

Working from a barn in Londonderry, Vermont, he improved on the Snurfer, a basic toy snowboard which featured a rope to allow the rider some basic SMD control over the board.

Jamie Blake

In 2010 she collaborated with a select group of artists on the movie soundtrack for "9191" including Hesta Prynn, Dave Lombardo (Slayer), Oliver Ackermann of A Place To Bury Strangers, Mike Conte of Early Man and snowboarder Jamie Lynn which won the ESPN Snowboard Picture Awards for Best Soundtrack as well as Best Soundtrack at the Summit Action Sports Film Festival.

Kids of the Black Hole

It was also used in the BMX video "Forward" which was produced by Etnies and featured Mike Escamilla as well as during Terje Haakonsen's part in the Mack Dawg snowboard video "Simple Pleasures".

Montgenèvre

Snowboard facilities include a half pipe and a snow park in Claviere.

Mountain Dew Vertical Challenge

Other prizes that can be won, which come from the various sponsors, are a cooler, a Marker helmet, skis, and a Burton snowboard.

Murder of Donna Jones

Hundreds of notes found in her home reveal Hutt’s Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde nature — in one calling Jones a “terrible wife,” in another insisting, “You are my angel.” Jones, previously frugal, was preparing to file for bankruptcy after she had indulged Hutt with his desires for a truck, an ATV, a snowmobile, a snowboard and other items.

Okemo Mountain

The main area also includes runs directed at more advanced skiers, such as Searle's Way, Sel's Choice, Nor'Easter Terrain Park, Defiance, and the Dew Zone (Mountain Dew sponsored halfpipe and snowboard park).

Priscilla Levac

She has also appeared in several snowboard videos, including the all-female releases by Misschief Films "As If" and "Roshambo." She was also the only female snowboarder to appear in the DC Mountain Lab Film, in the Kidsknow Production, "Love Hate" by Mikey LeBlanc, and Standard Films 2008 release, "Aesthetica".

RBC Olympians

Dominique Maltais, Snowboarding (Snowboard Cross), Bronze Medal: 2006 Winter Olympic Games (Torino), Gold Medal: 2006 World Cup (Austria)

Sage Kotsenburg

He won a silver medal in Snowboard Slopestyle at the 2012 Winter X Games XVI in Aspen, Colorado, behind Mark McMorris.

Shooting Action Sports

The book features tips and tricks from shoots around the globe; from Vans skateboard and snowboard events to behind-the-scenes shoots on Rob Cohen's action blockbuster, xXx, starring Vin Diesel.

Spencer Eccles

In addition to his role at First Security, Eccles has also been a director of the Union Pacific Railroad, Intermountain Health Care, the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, the National Chamber of Commerce, the ZCMI Corporation, the Anderson Lumber Company, Amalgamated Sugar, the Alta Ski Corporation, the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association, and the National Parks Foundation.

Stratton Mountain School

Other medal-owning alumni include Lindsey Jacobellis ('03), with a silver medal in snowboard cross in Torino, Italy, and Kristen Luckenbill ('97), with a gold medal in soccer at the 2004 Summer Games in Athens, Greece.

Terje Håkonsen

Håkonsen, together with Daniel Franck, started The Arctic Challenge as a snowboard event where the riders would be in focus.

Tom Sims

Sims was the primary snowboarding stunt double for "007" (Roger Moore) in the 1985 James Bond film A View to a Kill, which helped popularize both the snowboard and its usage.

Tyrol Basin

Tyrol Basin is a ski and snowboard area located in the Town of Vermont, Dane County, near Mount Horeb, Wisconsin.

U.S. Snowboarding

Through the late 60s, 70s and early 80s snowboard designs with the help of snowboard innovators Jake Burton, Tom Sims, Mike Olson, Dimitrije Milovich and others.

Waters of Nazareth

"Waters of Nazareth" also appears in Travis Rice's critically acclaimed snowboard movie That's It, That's All.

Waterville Valley BBTS

The Waterville Valley BBTS Ski Educational Foundation is a ski and snowboard club based out of Waterville Valley, New Hampshire, United States.

Wrightwood, California

Just west from Wrightwood sits Big Pines, CA, which hosts the Mountain High Resort, a popular ski/snowboard resort consisting of Three Mountains.


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