Tina Basich

Tina Basich

----Tina Basich (born June 29, 1969) is an American Snowboarder, based out of Sacramento, California, who began competing in 1986.

History

----Tina Basich began snowboarding in 1986, when the sport was still new. She is noted for winning a variety of competitions from the 80's onward, and for helping in the design of outerwear and snowboards for women, including one of the first women's pro-models for Sims Snowboard.

Achievements

*First woman to successfully land a backside 720 in competition (at the 1998 Winter X Games Big Air)
*Shares the title of having first women's pro-model board Shannon Dunn
*Was one of the founders of Boarding for Breast Cancer
*Broke her right fibula trying a 720 at Mammoth
*Hosted girl action sports TV show GKA
*Autobiography: "Pretty Good for a Girl" details Tina's Snowboarding Career
*Opened a shop in her hometown called "My Favorite Things"
*Used to date Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters and Nirvana

Competition History

*2000 G Shock Air and Style - Corner Challege - 4th
*2000 Sims Invitational World Snowboard Championships - Whistler = Big Air - 2nd
*1999 Boarding for Breast Cancer - Big Air - 1st
*1998 Winter X Games - Snowboard Big Air - 1st
*1998 Winter X Games - Snowboard Slopestyle - 6th
*1997 Winter X Games Snowboard Big Air - 3rd
*1997 ESPN Freeride - Aspen - Big Air - 1st
*1997 King of the Hill - Extreme - 2nd
*1997 US Open - Halfpipe - 2nd

References

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