American snowboarder

Tina Basich (born June 29, 1969) is an American snowboarder, originally from Sacramento, California.

Contents

• 1 Career
• 2 Achievements
• 3 Compe*ion history
• 4 References

Career

Basich began snowboarding in 1986, when the sport was still new. She is noted for winning a variety of compe*ions from the 1980s onward, and for helping in the design of outerwear and snowboards for women, including one of the first women's pro-models for SIMS Snowboards.

Achievements

• First woman to successfully land a backside 720 in compe*ion (at the 1998 Winter X Games Big Air)
• Shares the *le of having first women's pro-model board with Shannon Dunn-Downing
• 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 her snowboarding career
• Opened a shop called My Favorite Things

Compe*ion history

• 2000 G Shock Air and Style - Corner Challenge - 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

Shred Betties Interview with Tina Basich, 2008-05-23, retrieved 2008-06-06

ESPN Tina Basich Athlete Bio, 2007, retrieved 2008-06-06

Powderroom Interview with Tina Basich, retrieved 2008-06-06