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Tina Basich
American snowboarder

Tina Basich

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American snowboarder
Work field
Gender
Female
Place of birth
Sacramento
Age
55 years
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Biography

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

Career

Basich began snowboarding in 1986, when the sport was still new. She is noted for winning a variety of competitions 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 competition (at the 1998 Winter X Games Big Air)
  • Shares the title 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

Competition 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

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