Ben Ferguson (born January 21, 1995) 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 ...

from Bend, Oregon.

Career

He won the silver medal at the

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and the bronze medal at the

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. In 2018, he was named to the U.S. Olympic Snowboarding Team for the

2018 Winter Olympics The 2018 Winter Olympics (), officially the XXIII Olympic Winter Games (; ) and also known as PyeongChang 2018 (), were an international winter multi-sport event held between 9 and 25 February 2018 in Pyeongchang County, South Ko ...

. Ben spends most of his summers in Mt. Hood, Oregon teaching young snowboarders during his signature sessions at High Cascade Snowboard Camp. He is sponsored by 10 Barrel Brewing, Burton Snowboards, Redbull, Mt. Bachelor, Anon Optics, and Crabgrab.

Snowboarding career

Men's Halfpipe Competitions *2014 X Games Aspen - 5th *2015 X Games Aspen - 12th *2016 X Games Aspen - 2nd *2016 Burton U.S. Open - 2nd *2017 U.S. Grand Prix Copper Mountain - 2nd *2017 X Games Aspen - 7th *2017 Dew Tour - 3rd *2018 X Games Aspen - 3rd *2018 Burton U.S. Open - 4th *2018 U.S. Grand Prix Aspen - 2nd *2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics - 4th *2019 X Games Aspen - 6th Other Career Highlights *2012 Innsbruck Youth Olympics - 1st Halfpipe, 2nd Slopestyle *2013 Legendary Banked Slalom Mount Baker *2015 Red Bull Double Pipe - 1st place double's contest *Three-time winner of Danny Davis' Peace Park

References

External links

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Burton Snowboards Burton Snowboards is a privately-owned snowboard manufacturing company that was founded by Jake Burton Carpenter in 1977. The company specializes in products aimed at snowboarders, such as snowboards, bindings, boots, outerwear, and accessor ...

1995 births Living people American male snowboarders Place of birth missing (living people) Snowboarders at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics X Games competitors Snowboarders at the 2018 Winter Olympics Olympic snowboarders for the United States Youth Olympic gold medalists for the United States Youth Olympic silver medalists for the United States 21st-century American sportsmen {{US-snowboarding-bio-stub