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unusual facts about snowboarder



Alex Chalmers

He has done skateboarding stunt work in such films as Freddy Got Fingered starring Tom Green, and can be seen in skateboard videos such as Flip-Sorry, Tony Hawk's Great Skatepark Tour, and in the White Album, a documentary about the professional skateboarder and snowboarder Shaun White.

Barrett Christy

During the 2004 Bonnaroo festival, Gene Ween stated that "This song's about Barret Christy, a famous snowboarder, in case you all didn't know. She's a lovely girl."

Ben Cerullo

At the age of 18, Ben's love of action sports took him to Vail, Colorado to pursue his dream of becoming a professional snowboarder.

Bleiler

Gretchen Bleiler (born 1981), American professional halfpipe snowboarder

Bonfire Snowboarding

2003 – David Benedek is named Snowboarder Magazine’s Rider of the Year and is also awarded Snowboarder Magazine’s title for Best Video Part of the Year.

2004 – Bonfire rider David Benedek is voted Snowboarder’s Rider of the Year for the second year in a row.

Craig McMorris

McMorris is the older brother of snowboarder Mark McMorris and the son of Saskatchewan provincial politician Don McMorris and his wife, Cindy.

DeAnna Pappas

In the 2008 season of The Bachelorette, Pappas eventually rejected single dad Jason Mesnick and accepted the marriage proposal of professional snowboarder Jesse Csincsak.

Eva Samková

Eva Samková (born 28 April 1993 in Vrchlabí) is a Czech snowboarder specialized in snowboard cross.

Function Drinks

Function has developed a strong following in the Hollywood community, with fans ranging from Madonna, Shakira, Tobey Maguire, Lauren Conrad, Keanu Reeves, Kelly Slater, celebrity trainer Tracy Anderson, and pro snowboarder Jake Blauvelt.

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.

Jake Burton Carpenter

Jake Burton Carpenter (born April 29, 1954 in El Paso), also known as Jake Burton, is an American snowboarder and founder of Burton Snowboards.

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.

Jessica Gallagher

Gallagher is also a snowboarder, having taken up the sport while on a working holiday in Vail, Colorado before she found out about the Winter Paralympic Games.

Lord Willin'

In 2010, B.F. Goodrich launched a series of tire commercials starring snowboarder Shaun White and featuring the track "Young Boy".

Mason Hambly

Mason Hambly (born November 2, 1993) is a Canadian professional snowboarder from Fergus, Ontario, Canada.

Primary sclerosing cholangitis

Chris Klug (professional snowboarder with PSC who had liver transplant)

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".

Ross Powers

Ross Powers (born February 10, 1979), is an American world champion halfpipe snowboarder from South Londonderry, Vermont.

Sean Whyte

Shaun White (born 1986), American professional snowboarder and skateboarder

Snowboard Kids 2

Tommy Parsy, voiced by Kōichi Tōchika (Japanese), Ari Rossi (English): Tommy, although being a skilled snowboarder, pretty much prefers food over competition, which makes him an overweight boy.

Snowboarding at the 2014 Winter Olympics

A crash in practice from Norwegian slopestyle snowboarder Torstein Horgmo, who fractured his collarbone, and complaints from other athletes that some jumps were too steep have prompted organizers to modify the slopestyle course in the week before the Games.

Stine Brun Kjeldaas

Stine Brun Kjeldaas is married to Dutch snowboarder Cheryl Maas.

Terje Håkonsen

The series featured other accomplished snowboarders such as Nicolas Müller, Shaun White, Mads Jonsson and Kevin Pearce.


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