Scotty Lago (born November 12, 1987) is an American

snowboarder Snowboarding is a recreational and competitive activity that involves descending a snow-covered surface while standing on a snowboard that is almost always attached to a rider's feet. It features in the Winter Olympic Games and Winter Paralympi ...

. He is the 2004 world

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champion and winner of a bronze medal at the

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Career

Lago has been riding since 1996. He is sponsored by Hudsen Collective, ION cameras, Mountain Dew, Smith Optics and Friends.http://www.snowboardprofiles.com/pro.php?id=13 He began snowboarding at a local tubing hill in

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. Lago was a member of the 2010 U.S. Olympic Snowboarding team along with

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, Greg Bretz, and

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. On February 17, 2010, Lago won the bronze medal with a score of 42.8 out of 50.0. On February 19, 2010, controversial photos surfaced of Lago with his bronze medal and Team USA gear. Due to these photos, he returned home before the end of the games.

Personal life

Lago is from

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. He has raised money for the

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. When Lago is not snowboarding, he enjoys hunting and fishing. Scotty has a younger brother named William and an older brother named Jason. In July 2016 Scotty married former Miss New Hampshire, Bridget Brunet. Lago passes on his love of snowboarding to young snowboarder campers at High Cascade Snowboard Camp, during his Signature Session, Session 5: July 26 – August 3. Lago is a member of the Frends Crew made up of snowboarders

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, Kevin Pearce, Danny Davis,

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and

Luke Mitrani Luke Mitrani (born July 20, 1990 in New York City) is a former professional snowboarder and an aspiring musician. Luke placed 1st in the halfpipe at the 2011 Winter Dew Tour with the highest score in Dew Tour history, 97.00. He has also placed 1s ...

. Frends is a 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.There's No I in Frends
NY Times, March 22, 2009

Career highlights

* 2004 World Quarterpipe Champion * 1st place 2006 Fis World Cup Halfpipe * 1st place 2006 Paul Mitchell Progression Session * 3rd place 2006 X Games Halfpipe * 5th place 2007 O'Neil Evolution Quarterpipe * 3rd place 2007 Grand Prix Slopestyle * 2nd place 2007 Van Cup * 2nd place 2007 New Zealand Open Halfpipe * 1st place 2007 World Cup Halfpipe Opener * 2nd place 2008

Air & Style The Air & Style is a European snowboard contest first held in Innsbruck, Austria in 1994 and now held annually. History Charly Weger and his snowboard photographer friend Andrew Hourmont first started the Air & Style Contest in Innsbruck. They onl ...

Quarterpipe * 2nd place 2009 X Games Slopestyle * 1st place 2009 Burton US Open Quarterpipe * 3rd place 2009 Burton US Open Slopestyle * 2nd place 2010 Grand Prix Halfpipe * 2nd place 2010 Grand Prix Halfpipe * 3rd place 2010 Winter Olympics * 2nd place 2011 Winter X Games Halfpipe * 1st place 2012 Toyota Big Air

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