Bryan Iguchi (born 1973) is a professional snowboarder. He is of half-Japanese ancestry.
Born in
Los Angeles, California
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, he has been
snowboarding for more than 30 years and his nickname is "Guch". He learned to snowboard at
Mountain High
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and
Big Bear mountains in southern California but since the late 1990s has been living in
Jackson Hole
Jackson Hole (originally called Jackson's Hole by mountain men) is a valley between the Gros Ventre and Teton mountain ranges in the U.S. state of Wyoming, near the border with Idaho, in Teton County, one of the richest counties in the Unit ...
in Wyoming.
[ He chose Jackson over other resorts because of the terrain and the small community.
Iguchi’s accomplishments in snowboarding include a second-place win in the World Half Pipe Championships in 1992, ]X Games
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bronze medallist in 1997, and numerous segments in widely distributed snowboarding films.
Iguchi has had some of his artwork presented at public exhibitions.[
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References
Rider profile at volcom
Interview with Bryan Iguchi for snowrev.com
American male snowboarders
Living people
1973 births
American sportspeople of Japanese descent
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