Tina Basich (born June 29, 1969) 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 Paralympic ...

, originally from

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. Basich began snowboarding in 1986, when the sport was still new. She is noted for winning a variety of competitions from the 1980s onward, and for being the first woman to successfully land a backside 720 in competition, at the 1998

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Big Air. She also played a part in the design of outerwear and snowboards for women, including one of the first women's pro-models for

SIMS Snowboards Tom Sims (December 6, 1950 – September 12, 2012) was an American athlete, inventor, and entrepreneur. Sims was World Snowboarding Champion (1983), World Champion Skateboarder (1975), and founder of SIMS Snowboards and SIMS Skateboards. He liv ...

, alongside Shannon Dunn-Downing. Basich was also one of the founders of Boarding for Breast Cancer, and hosted the girl action sports TV show GKA. In the late 1990s, Basich dated musician

Dave Grohl David Eric Grohl (; born January 14, 1969) is an American musician. He founded the rock band Foo Fighters, of which he is the lead singer, guitarist, principal songwriter, and only consistent member. From 1990 to 1994, he was the drummer of th ...

for a couple of years. Basich ended the relationship after discovering his infidelity. In 2003, she wrote an autobiography titled ''Pretty Good for a Girl''.

Competition history

*2000 G Shock Air and Style - Corner Challenge - 4th *2000 Sims Invitational World Snowboard Championships - Whistler = Big Air - 2nd *1999 Boarding for Breast Cancer - Big Air - 1st *1998 Winter X Games - Snowboard Big Air - 1st *1998 Winter X Games - Snowboard Slopestyle - 6th *1997 Winter X Games Snowboard Big Air - 3rd *1997 ESPN Freeride -

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- Big Air - 1st *1997 King of the Hill - Extreme - 2nd *1997 US Open - Halfpipe - 2nd

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* * * American female snowboarders 1969 births Living people Sportspeople from Sacramento, California 21st-century American women 20th-century American sportswomen {{US-snowboarding-bio-stub