Tina Basich

Tina Basich (born 29 Juin 1969) is an American snawbuirder, oreeginally frae Sacramento, Californie.

Career

Basich began snawbuirdin in 1986, when the sport wis still new. She is notit for winnin a variety o competitions frae the 1980s onward, an for helpin in the design o ooterwear an snawbuirds for women, includin ane o the first women's pro-models for Sims Snowboard.

Achievements

• First woman tae successfully land a backside 720 in competition (at the 1998 Winter X Games Big Air)
• Shares the title o haein first women's pro-model board wi Shannon Dunn-Downing
• Wis ane o the foonders o Boarding for Breast Cancer
• Broke her richt fibula tryin a 720 at Mammoth
• Hostit girl action sports TV show GKA
• Autobiography: "Pretty Good for a Girl" details her snawbuirdin career
• Opened a shop in her hametown cawed My Favorite Things
• Briefly datit Dave Grohl

Competition history

• 2000 G Shock Air an Style - Corner Challenge - 4t
• 2000 Sims Invitational Warld Snowboard Championships - Whistler = Big Air - 2nt
• 1999 Boarding for Breast Cancer - Big Air - 1st
• 1998 Winter X Games - Snawbuird Big Air - 1st
• 1998 Winter X Games - Snawbuird Slopestyle - 6t
• 1997 Winter X Games Snowboard Big Air - 3rd
• 1997 ESPN Freeride - Aspen - Big Air - 1st
• 1997 King of the Hill - Extreme - 2nt
• 1997 US Open - Halfpipe - 2nt

References

Shred Betties Interview with Tina Basich, 23 Mey 2008, archived frae the original on 24 September 2008, retrieved 6 Juin 2008

ESPN Tina Basich Athlete Bio, 2007, retrieved 6 Juin 2008

Powderroom Interview with Tina Basich, retrieved 6 Juin 2008