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Biography

US Snowboarding Bio

FIS (International Ski Federation) Bio

 

Callan was raised in rural Alaska, 500 miles away from the nearest chairlift in one of the most remote areas in North America. She started snowboarding when she was seven on a small hill behind her grandpa’s house, advancing to nearby peaks, following her big brother and family up and down mountains on snowmachine.

Her progression was somewhat backwards, as she spent her first years on a snowboard in the Alaskan backcountry and later moved to a ski resort with her family when she was 12, where formal training and competition began. She is a Boardercross (SBX) and hard boots/gates specialist.

 

In 2006, she earned a berth on the U.S. Snowboard Team. She landed on the podium in her first World Cup snowboardcross in Japan, taking the Bronze medal. The same season brought a double title of 2007 U.S. National Champion and Junior National Champion in Boardercross and a 4th-place in World Cup Finals.

2010 Winter Olympic Games, Vancouver

2010 Arctic Man Champion

2010 Valdez Extreme, King of The Hill

2006-2010 Winter X Games

2009 South America Continental Cup – Bronze medal

2008 The NorthFace Masters, Alaska

2008 FIS World Junior Championships – Silver medal

2008 Jeep King of the Mountain World Professional Snowboard Champion

2008 Team Ultracross – Gold medal                Lake Placid U.S. World Cup

2007 US National Champion and Junior National Champion – Boardercross

2006 US Junior National Champion – Parallel Giant Slalom

2004 Arctic Winter Games – Overall Snowboard Champion, ‘Fair Play’ Award

 

Callan is a 2010 Winter Olympian and the Arctic Man Champion, finishing the season with the infamous Valdez Extreme, King of the Hill. 

 

She was thrilled to be 5th in New Zealand’s World Heli Challenge and intends to chase the World Freeride Tour in between World Cup events.

 

The powder days at Mt. Alyeska and the Alaskan backcountry are the essence of snowboarding for her.

 

FUN STUFF

 

Nickname/why: “Alaska”. Sometimes people can’t pronounce my name, but they remember where I’m from.

Home: Girdwood, Alaska

Home away from home: The airport

Stance: Front: 21 degrees, Back: 9 degrees           Size: 5'4"/162 cm     Weight: 135 lbs/61.2 kilo

Sponsors: Ocean Beauty Seafoods, GCI, The NorthFace,

Snowboarding, Why: Because it feels so good! There's nothing better!

BEST

Spot: Las Lenas, Argentina

Country: Argentina and Japan

Trick: A beautiful cliff drop is as good as any 360

Success: Feeling moments of progression

Contest: Team Boardercross Exhibition in Lake Placid, New York

Sound: Reggae

Movie: The TB movies. I grew up watching them with my older brother; they're always what I think of when I think of snowboarding.

Drink: Odwalla Superfood

Experience: Growing up in a place like no other – Alaska.

Dream: Having the privilege to spend my entire life snowboarding

WORST

Spot: In the fish hold of a commercial fishing boat

Country: Doesn't exist

Trick: Iron Cross

Success: Being a "good volleyball player" on my highschool team : )

Contest: The Hot Dog Run in elementary school... when you’re slow, you’re slow.

Sound: My grandfather’s hearing aid

Movie: Clash of The Titans

Drink: A bad energy drink

Experience: Crashing my bicycle in kindergarten

Dream: Scary ones

LAST WORDS

”A little love and affection in everything you do will make the world a better place” - Neil Young

 

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