Proffesional Snowboarders

Throughout the world many snowboarders have become pro including the one that most people know Shaun White, Seth Wescott, Terje Haakonsen, Shaun Palmer, and many more. Shaun White was born September 3, 1986 in San Diego, California. White is also a pro skateboarder, Tony Hawk helped Shaun become a pro skateboarder by the age of seventeen. Shaun White switched to snowboarding at six and earned a sponsorship at the age of seven. He has participated in two Winter Olympics' which he won gold at the half pipe in both, and has one a medal in the Winter X Games since 2002. He has won fifteen medals at the X Games, ten gold, three sliver, and two bronze. He is also the first one to complete the double mctwist 1260 which is two backflips and and three and a half rotations. Seth Wescott was born on June 28, 1976 in Durham, North Carolina. He began snowboarding at the age of seven but also grew up skiing. In 1989 he stopped skiing to focus only on snowboarding. He has won two gold medals at Snowboard cross. Terje Haakonsen was born on October 11, 1974 in Vinje, Norway. In the 1990' s he won the ISF world championships in the half pipe three times in a row. He also won five European championships in the half pipe. He also won the U.S. open in half pipe three times and the Mt. Baker Banked slalom 6 times. He also created his own flip called the Haakon Flip. Shaun Palmer was born on November 14, 1968 in South Lake Tahoe, California. He is a pro snowboarder, skier, mountain biker, and motocross rider. He built his own snowboard and dropped out of high school to become a pro snowboarder. He earned his spot on the U.S. Olympic team in 2006 but tore his Achilles heel and was not able to participate.