Keir Dillon (born June 1, 1977) is a professional snowboarder specializing in

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Career

Dillon has been a competitive snowboarder since 1997; his current home mountain is Ponto Beach, California but originally he grew up riding the east coast of PA and NY. He has accumulated two bronze medals at the winter

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, took back to back gold at the World Superpipe championships in 04/05, and has secured second and third place at the United States Open. He missed the 2006 season with a torn labrum in his left shoulder. Dillon is a member of the Frends Crew (spelled without the "i" to emphasize the collective nature of the group) made up of snowboarders

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, Kevin Pearce, Danny Davis,

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. Frends is group of riders who turned their initial friendship into a formal alliance in 2007 to move the sport away from its recent competitive and business focus and return the sport to its

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, collegial beginnings. His sponsors include Amp Beverages and Nike 6.0.

Films

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(1994) : VHS produced by Eastern Edge and Apocalypse Snowboards. Featuring Kier Dillion, Ryan Mrachek, Noah Brandon, Seth Neary, Jason King, Todd Richards, and Peter Line. Footage from Killington VT, Mt. Hood, and the US Open at Stratton. ; Snow Blind : Behind-the-scenes figures talk about the history and philosophy behind snowboarding, as well as showing off some of their most spectacular moves on the powder. ; AU: A Snowboarding Film (2006) : Follow the US Olympic Snowboard team around the world as they compete to qualify for the fast approaching 2006 Winter Olympics. ; For Right or Wrong (2006) : "For Right or Wrong" takes an inside look at what it's like to snowboard for a living and combines action and documentary-style footage about riders' lives on and off the hill. ; Stand & Deliver ; Pulse

Stunt work

; Stolen Good (2002)(stunt performer) : "Stolen Good" traces the lives of three friends whose personal entanglements are almost as unpredictable as the sport they've grown to love, snowboarding.

Competitive achievements

* 2nd, 2006 Nippon Open (Superpipe), Bandai, Japan * 3rd, 2006 Chevy Grand Prix 1-20 (Halfpipe), Mountain Creek, New Jersey * 1st, 2005 Middle Earth Superpipe (Halfpipe), Snow Park, New Zealand * 3rd, 2005 New Zealand Open (Halfpipe), Wanaka, New Zealand * 1st, 2005 World Superpipe Championships (Halfpipe), Park City, Utah * 3rd, 2005 Grand Prix #3 (Halfpipe), Mountain Creek, New Jersey * 3rd, 2005 Vans Cup (Halfpipe), Northstar-at-Tahoe, California * 2nd, 2005 European Open (Halfpipe), Laax, Switzerland * 3rd, 2004 Middle Earth Superpipe Championships (Halfpipe), Snow Park, New Zealand * 3rd, 2004 United States Open (Halfpipe), Stratton, Vermont * 1st, 2004 World Superpipe Championships (Halfpipe), Park City, Utah * 1st, 2002 United States Grand Prix #1 02/03 (Halfpipe), Park City, Utah * 2nd, 2002 Ripzone Invitational (Halfpipe), Blackcomb, BC Canada * 2nd, 2002 United States Open (Quarterpipe), Stratton, Vermont * 3rd, 2002 United States Open (Halfpipe), Stratton, Vermont * 2nd, 2002 Grand Prix #4 (Halfpipe), Breckenridge, Colorado

X-Games

* 3rd, Winter 2004 (Snowboard Superpipe) * 3rd, Winter 2002 (Snowboard Superpipe) Various competition results/information taken from EXPNKier Dillon Bio
EXPN Bio Page. Retrieved April 7, 2008

References

External links

Official Site of Professional Snowboarder Keir DillonFuel TV Keir Dillon First HandKeir Dillon's go211.com pageYouTube Keir Dillon profileKeir Dillon NASA.gov Commercial
Biography/Results {{DEFAULTSORT:Dillon, Keir Living people American male freestyle skiers 1977 births