Team Boa
Meet Team Boa. A group of emerging riders who are challenging the mountain and pushing the sport. Hailing from the US, Japan and Europe, our team is out there representing Boa and our snow brand partners in a huge way. This is where tech meets talent, with more than a little crazy. Watch, as they take their turn.
Meet the team-
- Hometown: Lawton, MI
- Teams I ride for: Ride Snowboards, Boa Technology, Keystone, Smith Optics
- Years Riding: 15
- Awards: 1st at USASA Nationals Open Slopestyle 2010, Best Crash at Ride Shakedown US 2011
- Interests: Relax at home with my girlfriend and French Bulldog, golf, skateboard, race RMXA Motocross.
- 3: The number I'm OCD about. TV and radio volumes have to be divisible by 3. The number of the best Nascar driver that ever lived. The number of houses I've lived in so far in COLORADO. The number of chin ups I can do. The number of debt collectors I had coming after me per year for unpaid medical bills while living in Summit County.
Scott See
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- Hometown: Breckenridge, CO
- Teams I ride for: Vans, Smith, GoPro, US Snowboarding, Breckenridge Resort, Flux, Boa Technology, and Celtek.
- Years Riding: 18
- Awards: 2nd at X Games 2010, 1st at European X Games 2010, 1st at US Open 2011, 1st at Snowbasin Dew Tour 2011, 3rd at European X Games 2011, 3rd at European X Games 2012, 1st at Killington Dew Tour 2012.
- Interest: Hang with my wife, mountain bike, camp, and play video games.
- 5: numbers of surgeries I've had. And hopefully it will stay at that number!
Eric Willett
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- Hometown: Grand Blanc, MI
- Teams I ride for: DC shoes, Boa Technology, Flux Bindings, USASA
- Years Riding: 8
- Awards: 4th at World Championships 2012, 2nd at Paul Mitchell Progression Session 2012, 7th at US Open 2012.
- Interests: Wakesurfing, hanging with friends, skating, soccer, Dream League on iPhone, and video editing.
- 2: Number of years I've been out of high school.
Eric Beauchemin
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- Hometown: Peterborough, NH
- Teams I ride for: Flow Snowboarding, Boa Technology, Neff, Saga, Celtek, and Easternboarder.
- Years Riding: 12
- Awards: Video part in Think Thanks Mind The Video Man, 3rd at Canadian Open 2012.
- Interests: Skateboarding, bass fishing, riding my motorcycle, and hanging with the girl or my friends.
- 50: The number of hotdogs I ate in three days when I was 14 years old.
Brandon Reis
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- Hometown: Oslo, Norway
- Teams I ride for: O`Neill Outerwear, Head Snowboard, Boa Technology, Viking Footwear, and Ortovox Mountain Gear.
- Years Riding: 15
- Awards: 2nd at Billabong World Jr. Pro Slopestyle 2006, 1st at Slopestyle ALTS Japan 2007, 3rd at Asian OPEN Slopestyle 2009, 1st at Oxbow Back To Powder 2010.
- Interests: I love to fish and play tennis. Whenever there's good conditions in Norway I like to go surfing.
- 65: Powder days in 2012. New record! :)
Fredrik Evensen
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- Hometown: Seattle, WA
- Teams I ride for: Ride Snowboards, Boa Technology, Nixon, Pow Gloves, and Stevens Pass Snowboard Shop
- Awards: 1st at Snoqualmie & Quebec Ride Shakedown 2010, 2nd at Canadian Open, 3rd at X Games Slopestyle 2010, 3rd at Abominable Snowjam at Mt. Hood, 3rd at Dew Tour Slopestyle at Snowbasin.
- Interest: Backpacking, fishing, sailing, running, golfing, and hanging with my dog Billy.
- 27: The number of screws I have in my body from surgeries.
Megan Ginter
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- Hometown: Bend, OR
- Teams I ride for: K2 Snowboards, Volcom, Electric, Boa Technology, DaKine, Mt Bachelor, Skjersaa's
- Years Riding: Oh maybe 2 years or so....Wait that can't be right it's gotta be more like 18 or 19 years. My how time flies.
- Awards: Best Dressed in my senior year book, Peewee rodeo bull riding champ four years in a row!
- Interest: I like going fishing, camping, skateboarding, riding horses, playing sweet music on my guitar, movie dayz, hanging with my friends and family, and lets not forget I like to PARTY like its 1999!
- 98.6: Its 98.6 degrees inside your mouth FACT! Unless you have a fever or something.
Sklyar Thorton
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- Hometown: Rangeley, ME
- Teams I ride for: K2 Snowboarding, Volcom, Boa Technology, Electric Visual, and 525 East.
- Years Riding: 15
- Interest: Surfing, skateboarding, fly fishing and Instagram!
- 5: The number of times I drove across the country last year.
Alex Rodway
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- Hometown: SHIGA Prefecture
- Teams I ride for: K2 Snowboarding, A7, Murasaki Sports, Oakley, Boa Technology, Grag, atla, ROWARD, audryjones, TUBBS, POMPOMwax, kanaria—I, MAX, MAD_Crock, CORAZON, Yojiya, DC, naturalee, RISINGWAVE, collc, SNOWLAB.
- Years Riding: 10
- Awards: 1st place at Burton Nippon Open Women's Rail Jam Contest, Opening Ceremony rider for Nissan-X Trail Jam, Invitational rider for Miss Super Park US, producer for "GiRL" and "SNOWLAB" DVDs and "GiRL" iPhone App.
- Interests: I like climbing, surfing, spending time with family, cooking, fashion, shoes, my blog, and watching horror movies.
- 4: Number of sisters I have. We used to hate each other, but now we all get along!
Sachi Tanaka
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- Hometown: Bend, OR
- Teams I ride for: Flow Snowboarding, Nikita Clothing, Smith Optics, Boa Technology, Mt. Bachelor, Flatline Face Masks, Skjersaa's
- Years Riding: 10
- Awards: Nikita Video Contest Winner and Trip to Iceland 2009, 1st at Gerry Lopez Big Wave Challenge and Trip to Hawaii 2012, 1st at Kinko de Mayo Kink Rail Jam 2012, 4th overall at The North Face Masters of Snowboarding 2012
- Interests: I love to be active in the outdoors. I mountain bike, skateboard, practice yoga, canoe, camp, hike, go to lakes, rivers and the ocean and hang out with family and friends
- 26: The number of years I have had a season pass at my local mountain Mt. Bachelor.
Ashley Thorton
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