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Birthdate: 04/10/81
Hometown: Toledo, OH
Resides: Aspen, CO & Carlsbad, CA
Height: 5’5”
Background
Gretchen Bleiler is one of the most accomplished female snowboarders in the world. As a top to her incredible list of medals and contest wins, Gretchen won the silver medal in Women’s Halfpipe at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Torino, Italy.
Gretchen aspired to compete in the Olympic Games from a very young age and found her passion in snowboarding at age 11. She has been riding ever since and is now recognized as a role model and pioneer in the sport.
Currently, Gretchen is pursuing one of four spots on the US Olympic Snowboard Team for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver.
About Gretchen
A native of Ohio, Gretchen Bleiler found her passion in winter sports by the age of eleven. She is a three-time X Games Gold Medalist, an Olympic Silver Medalist and 2010 Olympic hopeful. In 2008, Oakley launched the Gretchen Bleiler collection of outerwear, clothing, goggles, and accessories - their first athlete-dedicated line. Bleiler is also an active spokesperson in the fight against global warming and works closely with StopGlobalWarming.org.
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Birthdate: 01/27/87
Hometown: Belmont, VT
Height: 5’6”
Background
Hannah Teter is an Olympic champion, having won the gold medal in halfpipe at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Torino, Italy. She also won bronze at the 2005 FIS World Championships at Whistler, British Columbia, and has six World Cup victories in her career. Teter is an Olympic hopeful for the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver.
Teter is also noted for her charitable work; in 2008 she founded a charity called Hannah's Gold which raises money through the sales of Vermont maple syrup. The charity, in partnership with World Vision, helps to support the village of Kirindon, Kenya through building schools, digging fresh water wells, and providing water filtration. In 2009 Teter donated all of her prize money to the Kirindon program. She has also worked to raise money for Darfur and other causes, and is a spokesperson for Boarding for Breast Cancer.
Born into a snowboarding family, Teter is the youngest of five siblings. Two of her four older brothers, Abe and Elijah, have competed for the US Snowboard team, and her eldest brother Amen is their agent and manager. Both of the Teter parents, Jeff and Pat, were skiers, but have since been converted to snowboarding by their children.
About Hannah
As the reigning Olympic Gold Medalist and 2010 Olympic hopeful in women’s halfpipe, Hannah Teter’s riding speaks for itself. Strong performances and victories in the Winter X Games, Grand Prix (Lake Tahoe), the Burton US Open, and the Australian Open have put Teter in solid standing as one of the greatest snowboarders currently competing. Outside of the halfpipe, Teter has started a charity called Hannah’s Gold that raises money for safe water infrastructure in Kenya. Teter is also the first athlete to have a flavor of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream named after her, has been nominated for three ESPY awards, and won Best Sports Female in 2006.
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Birthdate: 08/19/85
Hometown: Roxbury, CT
Resides: Stratton, VT
Height: 5’6”
Background
Jacobellis is one of the most decorated and successful women's snowboarders currently active in the world today. At the 2006 Winter Olympics, Jacobellis won the silver medal in Women's Snowboard Cross's Olympics debut.
About Lindsey
The all-time leader in World Cup victories (with 20 total as of this year), Lindsey Jacobellis is also an Olympic Silver medalist, a five-time X Games Gold Medalist, and is a 2010 Olympic hopeful. Born in Connecticut, Jacobellis currently lives in Stratton, Vermont and has appeared in everything from the Abercrombie & Fitch catalog to Sports Illustrated to Glamour. She can currently be seen in national TV spots for Visa and Vicks DayQuil/NyQuil.
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Birthdate: 11/08/78
Hometown: Sandpoint, ID
Resides: Squaw Valley, CA
Height: 5’10”
Background
For 2006 Olympian Nate Holland, there is only one speed: faster than you. Born and raised in northern Idaho, Holland developed a taste for adventure at a young age, and that has carried him through to his career in one of the most daring sports there is. A snowboardcross specialist, Nate defines the sports chaotic style going all-out in every race.
About Nate
Nate Holland saw Critical Condition when he was 11 years old, and that was all it took. Holland has gone on to win X Games snowboard cross Gold Medals from 2006 through the current season, the 2005 World Cup, and was named Boardercrosser of the Year in 2004. In July 2008, Holland visited U.S. troops stationed in the Middle East as part of an X Games themed meet-and-greet. While currently pursuing a spot on the 2010 US Olympic Snowboard Team, Holland has also been featured in Playboy, Men’s Journal, Sports Illustrated, and on USA Today.
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Birthdate: 06/28/76
Hometown: Durham, NC
Resides: Carrabassett Valley, ME
Height: 6’1”
Background
Wescott has trained in the mountains near Cordova, Alaska at times, along with Sugarloaf, in Maine. He began skiing at age eight, before turning to snowboarding at age ten. In 1989, after competing in both sports for a few years, he stopped skiing to focus mainly on snowboarding. Wescott has competed in the X Games, winning a bronze in at Winter X Games XI, and he became involved in Snowboard Cross in 1997, going on to win a gold medal at its 2006 Winter Olympics debut in Turin, Italy. 3 silvers and 4 bronzes in Winter X Games.
About Nate
The first Olympic Gold Medalist in boardercross, Seth Westcott is currently the top U.S. rider in the event and is ranked 3rd in the world. Westcott has won Olympic Gold, World Cups, World Championship Gold and Silver, and has been profiled in two Warren Miller feature films. Westcott is also a spoksperson for his home state of Maine’s “Take it Outside” program that’s designed to fight obesity by encouraging outdoor activities and is on the Board of Directors for the Huts and Trails program, which is building a 180-mile corridor of environmentally sound trails and recreation in the state.
