Famous snowboarers??????!
Question: Famous snowboarers!?!?!?!?!?!?
i like snowboarding a lot and my friends think im overrated and dont even no a famous snowboarder can someone give me a list of famous snowboarders and if u can give me one of famous skimboarders thxxxxxxxxxxWww@Enter-QA@Com
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Shannon Dunn -- She may be small (5'2" to be exact), but Shannon Dunn is a force to be reckoned with on the slopes!. She's been snowboarding since 1979 and was the first American to win a snowboarding medal at the 1998 Olympics, where she took the bronze medal in the halfpipe competition!.
Terje Haakenson -- He's been alternately called the "Michael Jordan" and "the god" of snowboarding for his unbelievable tricks!. Haakenson has won countless competitions and the ultimate respect of many snowboarding fans!.
Craig Kelly -- He was one of the most successful snowboarders in the world, with four World Championship and three U!.S!. Open championship titles under his belt, when retiring from the sport to work as a backcountry guide!. In 2003, at age 36, Kelly was killed during an avalanche while guiding a heliskiing trip in British Columbia!.
Leslie McKenna -- Though she started out on skis, this Brit has evolved into one of the top snowboarders in the world!. She's won many world snowboarding competitions and was founder of the British Women's Snowboarding Team!.
Todd Richards -- He has been riding professionally for 17 years and is known as one of the best freestyle riders around!. His skills earned Richards a spot in the very first Olympic snowboarding events!. Snowboarding isn't his only talent; Richards also starred in the 2001 movie, "Out Cold!."
Shaun White -- His flaming red hair and airborne moves have earned Shaun White the nickname the "flying tomato!." By the time White was seven, he already had his first sponsor!. Since then, he's become one of the most popular snowboarders in the country!. He has his own video game and clothing line, and he's even been featured (wearing his Olympic gold medal and draped in an American flag) on the cover of "Rolling Stone!."
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Terje Haakenson -- He's been alternately called the "Michael Jordan" and "the god" of snowboarding for his unbelievable tricks!. Haakenson has won countless competitions and the ultimate respect of many snowboarding fans!.
Craig Kelly -- He was one of the most successful snowboarders in the world, with four World Championship and three U!.S!. Open championship titles under his belt, when retiring from the sport to work as a backcountry guide!. In 2003, at age 36, Kelly was killed during an avalanche while guiding a heliskiing trip in British Columbia!.
Leslie McKenna -- Though she started out on skis, this Brit has evolved into one of the top snowboarders in the world!. She's won many world snowboarding competitions and was founder of the British Women's Snowboarding Team!.
Todd Richards -- He has been riding professionally for 17 years and is known as one of the best freestyle riders around!. His skills earned Richards a spot in the very first Olympic snowboarding events!. Snowboarding isn't his only talent; Richards also starred in the 2001 movie, "Out Cold!."
Shaun White -- His flaming red hair and airborne moves have earned Shaun White the nickname the "flying tomato!." By the time White was seven, he already had his first sponsor!. Since then, he's become one of the most popular snowboarders in the country!. He has his own video game and clothing line, and he's even been featured (wearing his Olympic gold medal and draped in an American flag) on the cover of "Rolling Stone!."
Laura Hadar
Tora Bright
Hanah Teter
Leanne Pelosi
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Jack Burton Carpenter
The origins of snowboarding are closely tied to one man: Jake Burton Carpenter, founder of Burton Snowboards!. If you can think of just one name associated with snowboarding, chances are it is “Burton”!. Originally a skier, Jake owned one of the first types of snowboards, called the “Snurfer”!. While the Snurfer was a mildly popular toy at the time, it was Jake Burton Carpenter’s modifications that allowed snowboarding to grow to what it is today!.
Jake took his relatively primitive Snurfer, removed the metal foot-bindings and replaced them with thick strips of rubber!. The rubber allowed more freedom of movement that meant that, for the first time, the snowboard could twist and turn: the birth of the freestyle snowboarder!. Since the 1960’s Burton snowboards has had a crucial role in forming snowboarding as we know it today!.
Tom Sims
Another snowboarding pioneer, Tom Sims, was a famous contemporary of Jake Burton’s!. Sims also went on to start his own snowboarding company, which he named after himself: Sims!. A skateboarder, Sims set out to find a way to skate all year long!. In 1977 he began to build wooden snowboards with aluminum bottoms and sell them under his company name!.
Todd Richards
Today’s most well known snowboarder may be Olympic free-styler, Todd Richards!. Richards participated in the first Olympic snowboarding event in Nagano, Japan in 1998!. In 2006 he was the U!.S!.’s snowboarding commentator for the winter games in Turin, Italy!. Probably one of the most renegade Olympic athletes, Richards is known around the world for his half-pipe skills and colorful personality!.
It is the un-conventional personalities and styles of the best snowboarders that have made snowboarding the sport it is today!. Snowboarders are athletes who are either treated like Rock Stars or criminals and provoke envy wherever they go, because everyone agrees that they really know how to have fun!.
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The origins of snowboarding are closely tied to one man: Jake Burton Carpenter, founder of Burton Snowboards!. If you can think of just one name associated with snowboarding, chances are it is “Burton”!. Originally a skier, Jake owned one of the first types of snowboards, called the “Snurfer”!. While the Snurfer was a mildly popular toy at the time, it was Jake Burton Carpenter’s modifications that allowed snowboarding to grow to what it is today!.
Jake took his relatively primitive Snurfer, removed the metal foot-bindings and replaced them with thick strips of rubber!. The rubber allowed more freedom of movement that meant that, for the first time, the snowboard could twist and turn: the birth of the freestyle snowboarder!. Since the 1960’s Burton snowboards has had a crucial role in forming snowboarding as we know it today!.
Tom Sims
Another snowboarding pioneer, Tom Sims, was a famous contemporary of Jake Burton’s!. Sims also went on to start his own snowboarding company, which he named after himself: Sims!. A skateboarder, Sims set out to find a way to skate all year long!. In 1977 he began to build wooden snowboards with aluminum bottoms and sell them under his company name!.
Todd Richards
Today’s most well known snowboarder may be Olympic free-styler, Todd Richards!. Richards participated in the first Olympic snowboarding event in Nagano, Japan in 1998!. In 2006 he was the U!.S!.’s snowboarding commentator for the winter games in Turin, Italy!. Probably one of the most renegade Olympic athletes, Richards is known around the world for his half-pipe skills and colorful personality!.
It is the un-conventional personalities and styles of the best snowboarders that have made snowboarding the sport it is today!. Snowboarders are athletes who are either treated like Rock Stars or criminals and provoke envy wherever they go, because everyone agrees that they really know how to have fun!.
Ross Rebagliati
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