Danny Davis (born June 22, 1988, in Highland, Michigan) is a professional snowboarder. He was voted 2006 Rookie of the Year in the Transworld Snowboarding Riders Poll Awards, 2006 Rookie of the Year for Snowboarder Magazine, and 2008 Snowboarder Magazine Top 10 Riders of the Year. In January 2010 Davis won a snowboard Grand Prix event but not a spot on the US Olympic Team for the

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. He suffered a back injury in an ATV accident, ending his 2010 season and Olympic aspirations. Danny finished in 10th place at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. Davis is a member of the Frends Crew made up of snowboarders Mason Aguirre, Kevin Pearce, Scotty Lago, Keir Dillon, Mikkel Bang, Jack Mitrani, and Luke Mitrani. 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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and its collegial beginnings.There's No I in Frends
NY Times, March 22, 2009

Competition history

1st, 2015 Men's Snowboard Superpipe, ASPEN, CO 1st, 2014 Men's Snowboard Superpipe, ASPEN, CO 1st, 2010 Winter Dew Tour Wendy's Invitational, SNOWBASIN, UT 1st, 2010 US Grand Prix of Snowboarding, MAMMOTH MOUNTAIN, CA 1st, 2009 Winter Dew Tour Totino's Open, BRECKENRIDGE, CO 1st, 2009 Burton European Open, LAAX, SUI 4th, 2009 Winter Dew Tour, MT. SNOW, VT 1st, 2008 Winter Dew Tour, BRECKENRIDGE, CO 2nd, 2007 US Open of Snowboarding (Halfpipe), STRATTON, VT 2nd, 2007 World Superpipe Championship, PARK CITY, UT 2nd, 2007 Nippon Open (Halfpipe), FUKUSHIMA, JPN 1st, 2007 Nippon Open (Rail Jam), FUKUSHIMA, JPN 5th, 2007 HONDA SESSION AT VAIL (Slopestyle), VAIL, CO 16th, 2007 O'NEILL EVOLUTION (Quarterpipe), DAVOS, SUI 1st, 2006 U.S. GRAND PRIX (Halfpipe), BRECKENRIDGE 3rd, 2006 PAUL MITCHELL PROGRESSION SESSION (Quarterpipe), BRECKENRIDGE 15th, 2006 BURTON NEW ZEALAND OPEN (Slopestyle), WANAKA, NZ 3rd, 2006 BURTON NEW ZEALAND OPEN (Superpipe), WANAKA, NZ 2nd, 2006 ABOMINABLE SNOW JAM (Slopestyle), MT. HOOD, OR 7th, 2006 ABOMINABLE SNOW JAM (Halfpipe), MT. HOOD, OR 8th, 2006 TELUS WORLD SKI amp; SBD FEST (Superpipe), WHISTLER, BC 7th, 2006 WORLD SUPERPIPE CHAMPIONSHIPS (Superpipe), PARK CITY, UT 2nd, 2006 US OPEN (Superpipe), STRATTON, VT 1st, 2006 US OPEN (Quarterpipe), STRATTON, VT Best Trick, 2006 US OPEN, STRATTON, VT 13th, 2006 US OPEN (Slopestyle), STRATTON, VT 1st, 2006 NIPPON OPEN (Superpipe), BANDAI, JPN 21st, 2006 CHEVY GRAND PRIX 1–22 (Halfpipe) MOUNTAIN CREEK, NJ 10th, 2006 CHEVY GRAND PRIX 1–20 (Halfpipe) MOUNTAIN CREEK, NJ 9th, 2006 HONDA SESSION (Rail), VAIL, CO 12th, 2006 CHEVY GRAND PRIX 1–8 (Slopestyle), MT. BACHELOR, OR 3rd, 2006 CHEVY GRAND PRIX 1–8 (Halfpipe), MT. BACHELOR, OR 9th, 2006 HONDA SESSION (Rail), VAIL, CO 5th, 2006 CHEVY GRAND PRIX SEASON END RANKINGS 12, 2006 TTR WORLD SNOWBOARD TOUR SEASON END RANKINGS 3rd, CHEVY GRAND PRIX 12–17 (Halfpipe), BRECKENRIDGE, CO 17th, CHEVY GRAND PRIX 12–14 (Halfpipe), BRECKENRIDGE, CO 2nd, AUSTRALIAN OPEN (Slopestyle), PERISHER BLUES, AUS 2nd, AUSTRALIAN OPEN (Halfpipe) PERISHER BLUES, AUS 10th, 2005 FIS WORLD CUP #1 (Halfpipe), VALLE NEVADO, CHILE 2nd, 2005 MIDDLE EARTH SUPERPIPE CHAMPIONSHIPS (Halfpipe), SNOW PARK, NZ 2nd, 2005 NZ OPEN (Slopestyle), WANAKA, NZ 5th, 2005 NZ OPEN (Halfpipe), WANAKA, NZ 4th, 2005 ABOMINABLE SNOW JAM (Slopestyle), MT. HOOD, OR 15th, 2005 WORLD SUPERPIPE CHAMPIONSHIPS (Halfpipe), PARK CITY, UT 5th, 2005 US OPEN (Halfpipe), STRATTON, VT 6th, 2005 US OPEN (Slopestyle), STRATTON, VT 8th, 2005 GRAVITY GAMES (Slopestyle), COPPER MOUNTAIN, CO 2nd, 2005 GRAVITY GAMES (Halfpipe), COPPER MOUNTAIN, CO 13th, 2005 VANS CUP (Best All-Around) NORTHSTAR-AT-TAHOE

X Games History

1st, X GAMES 19 SUPERPIPE 1st, X GAMES 18 SUPERPIPE 4th, X GAMES 13 BEST TRICK SHOWDOWN 14th, X GAMES 13 SUPERPIPE 6th, X GAMES 13 SLOPESTYLE 15th, X GAMES 10 SUPERPIPE 15th, X GAMES 10 SUPERPIPE Davis is supported by Burton Snowboards and apparel, Mountain Dew, Dragon Eyewear, Martin Guitars, and Frends Headphones

References

External links

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Danny Davis 2006 US Open 2nd Place Run on YouTube

Danny Davis 2010 US Grand Prix 1st Place run on TWSnowboarding

Danny Davis official website

The Danny Davis Story
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