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Scotty Lago (born November 12, 1987) 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 ...
. He is the 2004 world
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champion and winner of a bronze medal at the
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.


Career

Lago has been riding since 1996. He is sponsored by Hudsen Collective, ION cameras, Mountain Dew, Moultrie Mobile, Smith Optics and Friends. He began snowboarding at a local tubing hill in
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. Lago was a member of the 2010 U.S. Olympic Snowboarding half-pipe team along with
Shaun White Shaun Roger White (born September 3, 1986) is an American former professional snowboarder and skateboarder. He is a five-time Olympian and a three-time Olympic gold medalist in half-pipe snowboarding. He holds the world record for the most X ...
, Greg Bretz, and
Louie Vito Louis Philip "Louie" Vito III (born March 20, 1988) is an Italian-American professional snowboarder. He is an Olympian, Winter X Games, and U.S. Grand Prix Champion. Early life Louis Vito was born in Columbus, Ohio, but grew up in the near ...
. On February 17, 2010, Lago won the bronze medal with a score of 42.8 out of 50.0. On February 19, 2010, controversial photos surfaced of Lago with his bronze medal and Team USA gear. Due to these photos, he returned home before the end of the games. During the
2012–13 FIS Snowboard World Cup The 2012–13 FIS Snowboard World Cup was a multi race tournament over a season for snowboarding. The season started on 28 August 2012 and ended on 27 March 2013. The World Cup was organised by the FIS which also runs world cups and championships ...
, Lago secured both a silver medal and a bronze medal with his performances in the half-pipe finals.


Personal life

Lago is from
Seabrook, New Hampshire Seabrook is a town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 8,401 at the 2020 census. Located at the southern end of the coast of New Hampshire, on the border with Massachusetts, Seabrook is noted as the location of ...
. He has raised money for the
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in
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. When Lago is not snowboarding, he enjoys hunting and fishing. Scotty has a younger brother named William and an older brother named Jason. In July 2016 Scotty married former Miss New Hampshire, Bridget Brunet. Lago passes on his love of snowboarding to young snowboarder campers at High Cascade Snowboard Camp, during his Signature Session, Session 5: July 26 – August 3. Lago is a member of the Frends Crew made up of snowboarders Mason Aguirre, Kevin Pearce, Danny Davis,
Keir Dillon Keir Dillon (born June 1, 1977) is a professional snowboarder specializing in Halfpipe. Career Dillon has been a competitive snowboarder since 1997; his current home mountain is Ponto Beach, California but originally, he grew up riding the east ...
,
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, Mikkel Bang and
Luke Mitrani Luke Mitrani (born July 20, 1990, in New York City) is a former professional snowboarder and a musician. He has 3 albums and has a love for live performances. Luke placed 1st in the halfpipe at the 2011 Winter Dew Tour with the highest score in ...
. 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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, collegial beginnings.There's No I in Frends
NY Times, March 22, 2009


Career highlights

* 2004 World Quarterpipe Champion * 1st place 2006 Fis World Cup Halfpipe * 1st place 2006 Paul Mitchell Progression Session * 3rd place 2006 X Games Halfpipe * 5th place 2007 O'Neil Evolution Quarterpipe * 3rd place 2007 Grand Prix Slopestyle * 2nd place 2007 Van Cup * 2nd place 2007 New Zealand Open Halfpipe * 1st place 2007 World Cup Halfpipe Opener * 2nd place 2008 Air & Style Quarterpipe * 2nd place 2009 X Games Slopestyle * 1st place 2009 Burton US Open Quarterpipe * 3rd place 2009 Burton US Open Slopestyle * 2nd place 2010 Grand Prix Halfpipe * 2nd place 2010 Grand Prix Halfpipe * 3rd place 2010 Winter Olympics * 2nd place 2011 Winter X Games Halfpipe * 1st place 2012 Toyota Big Air * 2nd place 2013 World Cup Halfpipe * 3rd place 2013 World Cup Halfpipe


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