Jamie Anderson (snowboarder)

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Jamie Anderson
Personal information
Nationality American
Born (1990-09-13) September 13, 1990
South Lake Tahoe, California
Occupation Professional snowboarder
Height 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)
Weight 119 pounds (54 kg)
Sport
Country United States
Sport Snowboarding

Jamie Louise Anderson (born September 13, 1990) is an American snowboarder from South Lake Tahoe.

Career

Jamie Anderson has built a reputation as the most solid Slopestyle rider in the business with her raw talent and exceptional style and versatility of tricks. She has been one of the most successful female snowboarders on the Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour so far.

In addition to her many career wins, Jamie Anderson has been giving back to snowboarding at High Cascade Snowboard Camp. [1] Jamie has hosted a Signature Session™ at High Cascade in 2009–2012 and is scheduled to host another Signature Session™ camp in 2014.

Season 2006/07

During the 06/07-season Anderson won the TTR 6Star Burton US Open Snowboarding Championships slopestyle, and the Roxy Chicken Jam in Kaprun, Austria, the quarterpipe event at the O'Neill Evolution in Davos, the Billabong slopestyle Jam and the Abominable SnowJam.

Season 2007/08

With impressive results at all major events on the TTR World Snowboard Tour in 2007/08, among those victories at the Burton European Open slopestyle and the Roxy Chicken Jam US slopestyle, took home the Women's Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour Champion title.[2]

Event Star Tier Format Position
Garnier Fructis Australian Open 5star SS 1
Roxy Chicken Jam Europe 6Star SS 2
Burton European Open 6Star SS 1
Nissan X-Trail Nippon Open 5Star SS 2
Chevy Grand Prix 5Star SS 3
Burton US Open 6Star SS 2
Roxy Chicken Jam US 6Star SS 1

Season 2008/09

Anderson season started off the 08/09 season with a win in the slopestyle and halfpipe (her first halfpipe victory of her career) format of the 5Star Burton New Zealand Open. After her successful start and leading the rankings for over 40 weeks, Anderson only finished the 08/09 season in third on the Swatch TTR Tour due to injury. Jamie Anderson recovered quickly but her confidence was shattered when she lost the next round at the Winter Dew Tour in 2010. .[3]

Event Star Tier Format Position
Burton New Zealand Open 5star SS 1
Burton New Zealand Open 5Star HP 1
Billabong Snowstock 3Star BA 1
Burton Australian Open 5Star HP 3
Burton Australian Open 5Star SS 1
Burton European Open 6Star SS 1
Nissan X-Trail Nippon Open 5Star SS 2

Season 2009/10

Again another promising kick off for Anderson on the TTR World Tour with a win at the 5Star Burton New Zealand Open slopestyle and the 3Star Billabong Bro Down in Australia. Anderson continued her season with good results from the Winter Dew Tour, finishing of the season in the lead of the Winter Dew Tour Cup Standings. Anderson then returned to the TTR Tour and took home the Roxy Chicken Jam US slopestyle title and podium finish at the Burton US Open slopestyle. She ended her season in World No. 5 on the Swatch TTR World Tour.

References

  1. Signature Sessions, 2014 High Cascade Snowboard Camp
  2. http://www.ttrworldtour.com/ranking/rider-report/rider/anderson-jamie.html Jamie Anderson's athlete bio on the Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour site
  3. http://www.ttrworldtour.com/ranking/womens-ranking-list/season/2009.html?tx_txresults_pi1[save_point]=1241042400&cHash=d1dc3f9402 Official TTR World ranking list from April 30th 2009

Jamie also ended her season in the no.1 spot on the Swatch TTR World Tour.

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Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Australia Stephanie Gilmore
Best Female Action Sports Athlete ESPY Award
2012
Succeeded by
Australia Stephanie Gilmore
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