Elena Hight (born August 17, 1989, in Kauai) is an American Olympic

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 ...

. In May 2012, while training with the U.S. snowboard team in Mammoth, California, Hight became the first snowboarder to land a double backside alley-oop rodeo in halfpipe competition. On January 26, 2013, at

Winter X Games XVII Winter X Games XVII (re-titled Winter X Games Aspen '13; styled as Winter X Games Seventeen in the official logo) were held from January 24 to January 27, 2013, in Aspen, Colorado. They were the 12th consecutive Winter X Games to be held in Aspen ...

, Hight became the first snowboarder to land a double backside alley-oop rodeo during a halfpipe competition.

Athletic achievements

* Two-time Olympian * X Games Gold Medalist * Seven-time X Games Medalist * Burton US Open Champion * First female to land a frontside 900 in competition at 13 years old * First snowboarder to land a double backside alley-oop rodeo in a halfpipe contest at the 2013 Winter X Games * Featured in the 2013 ESPN Magazine Body Issue * Oxygen Magazine's February 2014 Cover Girl * Included in the coveted all women's feature film Full Moon * First Women to pursue a wholly human powered project with snowboarding Icon Jeremy Jones * Experience Magazine's November 2018 Cover Girl * Explored alongside Jeremy Jones for feature film Ode To Muir * First female to ride the infamous Tahoe Grizzly Spines

References

ESPN Body Issue

Oxygen Magazine

B4BC Cookbook collaboration

Women's Sports Foundation partnership

External links

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