Elena Hight

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Date of Birth:
August 17, 1989
Hometown:
South Lake Tahoe, CA
Other Sponsors:
Burton, Volcom and Nixon.
Other Hobbies:
Surfing
Career Highlights:
2006 Olympic Games, Torino, Italy: 6th Place Women's Halfpipe. · Nippon Open 3rd Place Women's Halfpipe and US Open 3rd Place Women's Halfpipe.
Burton Abominable Snow Jam: 2nd Place Women's Quarterpipe, Highest Air Quarterpipe, 1st Place Women's Halfpipe, Best Trick Women's Halfpipe and Volvo Overall Rider Award.
Australian Open: 1st Place Women's Halfpipe and 1st Place Women's Slopestyle.
Grand Prix #1, Breckenridge: 3rd Place Women's Halfpipe.
Grand Prix #2, Breckenridge: 2nd Place Women's Halfpipe.
Grand Prix #3, Bachelor: 3rd Place Women's Halfpipe.
Grand Prix #4, New Jersey: 3rd Place Women's Halfpipe.
Grand Prix $5, New Jersey: 3rd Place Women's Halfpipe.
Sept 7 - TWS Riders Poll Female Rookie Rider of the Year
Nov 30 - Arby's Action Sports Awards: New Pollution Award
Dec 16 - Breckenridge Grand Prix: 2nd Place Women's Halfpipe
Jan 25 - Winter X Games: 3rd Place Women's Halfpipe
Feb 3 - Bachelor Grand Prix: 2nd Place Women's Halfpipe
Mar 4 - Vans Cup Northstar-at-Tahoe 1st Place Women's Halfpipe

Q & A

Years as a professional

3 years

Who / What inspires you?

Anyone or anything that is original.

5 Items I can't live without

Toothbrush, cell phone, clean socks, chocolate and iPod.

What is more important to you than snowboarding?

My family and friends are the most important thing to me, I wouldn't be able to to be where I am without them.

Number of years participating in your sport:

10 years

If you could be someone famous, who would you be?

Any movie star would be awesome, maybe Keira Knightly or Kate Hudson.

To me, Oakley is

Yelkao spelled backwards

Favorite

Bands: Led Zeppelin, Sublime and Ashlee Simpson. Films: Almost Famous, Mean Girls, Pirates of the Carribean and Love and Basketball. Books: The Harry Potter books. TV Shows: Grey's Anatomy, One Tree Hill and The O.C. Drink: Agua

Do you have any other special talents (music / write / draw / paint)?

I can balance a spoon on my nose, does that count?

What move / trick are you working on?

This year I want to work mostly on riding slopestyle. Getting more tricks down on jumps and rails

Any last words?

:-)

When did you start your sport?

I learned when I was 6 1/2

Party animal or mellow TV on the couch?

Mellow TV on the couch most of the time, on special occasions party animal!

If you were not a pro snowboarder you would be?

I suppose I would be sitting in a high school classroom.