Ellery Hollingsworth (snowboarder)
Encyclopedia
Ellery Hollingsworth is an American professional snowboarder
Snowboarding
Snowboarding is a sport that involves descending a slope that is covered with snow on a snowboard attached to a rider's feet using a special boot set onto mounted binding. The development of snowboarding was inspired by skateboarding, sledding, surfing and skiing. It was developed in the U.S.A...

 from Stratton, Vermont
Stratton, Vermont
Stratton is a town in Windham County, Vermont, United States. The population was 136 at the 2000 census.Stratton was one of thirteen Vermont towns isolated by flooding caused by Hurricane Irene in 2011.-Geography:...

.

Biography

Ellery started snowboarding when she was 6 years old. Ellery is a graduate of the Stratton Mountain School where she trained to be a professional snowboarder, and is currently one of the youngest snowboarders competing in international snowboard
Snowboard
Snowboards are boards, usually with a width the length of one's foot, with the ability to glide on snow. Snowboards are differentiated from monoskis by the stance of the user...

 competitions. Recently, she's made it onto a series of podiums at major events, including a third place finish at the Tamarack stop of the US Snowboarding Grand Prix, and a third place finish at the 2007 Burton New Zealand Open Slopestyle
Slopestyle
Slopestyle is a popular type of competition for winter action sports; which originated as a snowboarding competition format. Today, there are many sports that are considered to have this style of competition, of which skiing and snowboarding are two of the most common...

 event. In September 2009, she was named to the US Snowboarding team and is competing in the US Snowboarding Grand Prix events in order to gain a spot on the 2010 US Winter Olympics team. She is an all-around athlete who surfs, skateboards and golfs. She plays soccer, tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...

, yoga
Yoga
Yoga is a physical, mental, and spiritual discipline, originating in ancient India. The goal of yoga, or of the person practicing yoga, is the attainment of a state of perfect spiritual insight and tranquility while meditating on Supersoul...

 and runs. Sports are a large part of her life as she is constantly active. Ellery is focused on being a progressive female snowboarder, pushing the level of the sport and evolving her riding.

She is sponsored by Burton, Nike
Nike, Inc.
Nike, Inc. is a major publicly traded sportswear and equipment supplier based in the United States. The company is headquartered near Beaverton, Oregon, which is part of the Portland metropolitan area...

 6.0, Oakley
Oakley, Inc.
Oakley, Inc., based in Foothill Ranch, California, makes sport equipment including sunglasses, sports visors, and ski goggles, as well as watches, clothing, bags, backpacks, shoes, prescription glasses, football and hockey eyewear, Golf gear and other accessories...

, and Gatorade
Gatorade
Gatorade is a brand of sports-themed food and beverage products, built around its signature product: a line of sports drinks. Gatorade is currently manufactured by PepsiCo, distributed in over 80 countries...

. Her official website is www.elleryhollingsworth.com.

Competition Results

The following are Ellery's competition results:
  • 10th - 2009 Ticket to Ride (World Snowboard Tour)
    Ticket to Ride (World Snowboard Tour)
    Founded by Terje Håkonsen and industry innovators in 2002, the Ticket To Ride World Snowboard Tour is a rider-driven organization that aims to represent the progression of snowboarding...

     Season End Rankings
  • 3rd - 2009 Aspen Snow Angels, Aspen, CO, Halfpipe
  • 3rd - 2009 Burton US Open, Stratton Mountain Resort
    Stratton Mountain Resort
    Stratton Mountain Resort is a ski area located on Stratton Mountain in Stratton, Vermont.-History:Stratton was established in 1961, and expanded rapidly into one of Vermont's largest ski areas...

    , Halfpipe
  • 4th - 2009 FIS World Cup, La Molina, Spain
    Spain
    Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...

    , Halfpipe
  • 4th - 2009 Winter Dew Tour, Lake Tahoe, CA, Superpipe
    Superpipe
    A superpipe is a large halfpipe structure used in extreme sports such as snowboarding, freestyle skiing, skateboarding, freestyle BMX and inline skating....

  • 4th - 2009 ESPN Winter X Games, Aspen, CO, Superpipe
  • 3rd - 2009 Winter Dew Tour, Mt. Snow, VT, Superpipe
  • 10th - 2008 Ticket to Ride (World Snowboard Tour)
    Ticket to Ride (World Snowboard Tour)
    Founded by Terje Håkonsen and industry innovators in 2002, the Ticket To Ride World Snowboard Tour is a rider-driven organization that aims to represent the progression of snowboarding...

     Season End Rankings
  • 4th - 2008 World Superpipe Championships, Park City, UT, Halfpipe
  • 2nd - 2008 Chevrolet Grand Prix, Killington, Halfpipe
  • 4th - 2007 Grand Prix, Breckenridge, CO, Halfpipe
  • 5th - 2007 FIS World Cup, Lake Placid, NY, Halfpipe
  • 3rd - 2007 Grand Prix, MT Bachelor, Slopestyle
  • 1st - 2007 Honda Session at Vail, Rail Jam
  • 3rd - 2007 Burton Global Open Series Year End Standings Combined
  • 5th - 2006 Burton New Zealand
    New Zealand
    New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

     Open, Superpipe
  • 3rd - 2006 Burton New Zealand
    New Zealand
    New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

    Open, Slopestyle
  • 18th - 2006 TTR World Snowboard Tour Season End Rankings
The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
 
x
OK