Snowboarder Riders of the Year
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Halldor and Xavier Win Awards |
For over a decade, SNOWBOARDER has released our annual Rider of the Year issue to recognize those pros whose accomplishments most impacted our sport in a given season. While meant to entertain, inform, and incite discussion, the ultimate goal of this tally is to reflect the importance of these riders to the greater snowboarding world. While on the surface this initiative may seem grandiose, it is our sincere agenda to provide a platform which brings credit to those whose efforts at the very top affect everyone who enjoys the slopes. It is this long tail of the lone rider which we choose to celebrate. For example, the labor of a solitary champion in a remote private halfpipe may cause a mom-and-pop hill in the Midwest to feel the need to get their first pipe cutter, or an X Games victor’s double backside rodeos could compel a reluctant consumer to get a reverse camber and enjoy the runs of their life. The bounds of our belief in professional influence are so vast that we can even go so far as to picture a Vancouver Olympic hopeful as an inspiration to other kids from Ohio to follow their dreams of being world-famous dancers. This list is a product of that reach. This is SNOWBOARDER Magazine’s Top Ten Riders of 2010.
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