Chanelle Sladics (born November 17, 1984) is an American professional snowboarder[2] surfer, and skateboarder. She is a competitor in women's slopestyle and rail jams.[3][4] She has competed in seven Winter X Games[5] and won a bronze medal in the 2007 slopestyle competition.[6] She was finished in the top ten of the TTR World Snowboard Tour in 2009. Sladics has also served as an on-air reporter for ESPN during the Winter X Games.[7]
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| Born | November 17, 1984 Newport Beach, California, U.S. | |||||||||||
| Home town | San Diego, California[1]/ Breckenridge, Colorado | |||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) | |||||||||||
| Website | www | |||||||||||
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| Country |  United States | |||||||||||
| Sport | Snowboarding | |||||||||||
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Early life
editSladics was born and raised in Newport Beach, California.[8] She started skateboarding and waterskiing at the age of two and a half and at the age of four she began soccer and joined a swim team. At the age of seven, she started to play roller hockey.[6]
After a two year recovery from an injury, she took up snowboarding. After two lessons she was sponsored to enter a slopestyle pro/am event. She took second place in the event.[9] She withdrew from club soccer and joined USASA (United States of America Snowboard Association) the following season.
Career
editSladics competed on weekends at Big Bear Mountain in Southern California. She won a gold medal at the USASA Junior World Championships in New Zealand and earned a spot at the X Games.[9] In 2004, Sladics was featured on MTV's extreme sport feature show, The Triple Threat. Following her participation on the show, she competed in surf, snow, and skate competitions around the world.[10] She won first place in the Queen of the Mountain Rail contest and second place in Queen of the Mountain Slopestyle.
In 2005 Sladics placed third in the Abominable Snowjam Slopestyle competition, and second in the Grand Prix Mt. Bachelor Slopestyle. In 2006 she took two second place spots at the Abominable Snow Jam and came won the Boardfest Rail Jam.
In 2007, Sladics won a Bronze Medal in the slopestyle competition in the Winter X Games.[11] She achieved first place finishes in the Boardfest Triple Threat Even and the Boardfest Rail Jam. In 2008 she placed third at the Supergirl Rail Jam, second at the Roxy Chicken Jam Slopestyle[12] and third in the Vans Tahoe Cup Slopestyle.
Sladics spent the 2008 snowboard season filming with Oakley's Women's film, Uniquely. More than one million copies of the film were distributed.[how?] In 2009, she appeared in Runaway Film's See What I See. That year Sladics hosted MTV2’s Skills and Thrills: Alli's All-Star and True Players and Alli Athletes to Watch; she also won two competitions and took prizes in four others.[2]
In 2012 and 2013 she served as an on-air reporter for ESPN for the X Games Aspen and X Games Tignes. In 2013 she was filmed in a race with a McLaren 12C Spider as part of a promotion for the new automobile model.[13][14] That year she organized a Women's Empowerment Week in Fiji.[15]
In 2013, Sladics created an all-women pro snowboarding slopestyle competition in the US called The Super Girl SnowPro Community Cup. This event showcases women's snowboarding alongside art, music, yoga, eco workshops, and other female-inspired activities.[16]
In 2017 Sladics is the co-proprietor of the company Simply Straws.[17]
Philanthropy
editIn July 2010, Sladics was part of a group that partnered with "Keep-A-Breast" and "My Little Footprint" to construct a greenhouse from recycled plastic bottles and bamboo. After the greenhouse was complete, they donated it to a local Bartiooche School to help educate them on gardening and green practices.[18] She contributes to the Action Sports Environmental Coalition (ASEC) and Protecting Our Playground-NATURE! Sladics is an ambassador for Protect our Winters and a member of the Women's Sports Foundation.[19] In October 2010, Sladics shot a PSA[clarification needed] for Product RED, Dell, and Threadless.com to promote an online competition to raise funds to eliminate AIDS in Africa.
References
edit- ^ "PRETTY TOUGH™ - Chanelle Sladics wins Asian Open Slopestyle". prettytough.com.
- ^ a b "WATCH: X Games snowboarder Chanelle Sladics races McLaren 12C Spider down Loveland Pass". NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, March 21, 2013.
- ^ "Norwegian Retains U.S. Slopestyle Title". New York Times, By MATT HIGGINSMARCH 22, 2009
- ^ "Jamie Anderson wins the Chicken Jam & TTR Crown". World Snowboarding Guide, 01 April 08
- ^ "Pod Rods: Big Apple auto show news". Florida Times-Union, Mar 22, 2013
- ^ a b "Chanelle Sladics". World Snowboard Tour.
- ^ "Chanelle Sladics keeps moving". X Games. Archived from the original on September 1, 2014.
- ^ "Photo Gallery: Chanelle Sladics visits Newport El". L.A. Times,
- ^ a b "Chanelle Sladics". X Games. Archived from the original on February 19, 2010.
- ^ "Featured Female: Chanelle Sladics, A "Triple Threat" in Board Sports » Westbound Boarder". westboundboarder.com.
- ^ "Chanelle Sladics". allisports.com.
- ^ "Jamie Anderson wins the Chicken Jam & TTR Crown". World Snowboard Guide, 01 April 2008
- ^ "McLaren Automotive 12C Spider: Rhys Millen vs. Chanelle Sladics - Video". MotorSport, 2013-03-21
- ^ "Mensch gegen Maschine". GQ Magazine,
- ^ "The 20 Hottest Female Professional Snowboarders". Complex, Peter Hoare, Jan 12, 2013ho
- ^ "Community Cup & SuperGirl Snow Pro - TransWorld SNOWboarding". Transworld Snowboarding. April 3, 2013.
- ^ "FEATURED INTERVIEW: CHANELLE SLADICS (PROFESSIONAL SNOWBOARDER, ACTIVIST & CO-FOUNDER OF SIMPLY STRAWS)". The Holistic Fashionista, Interview by Angel Quintana Issue #35
- ^ "Pro Snowboarder Chanelle Sladics Named Environmental Ambassador For Ritual Wellness". transworld.net.
- ^ "Chanelle Sladics - Women's Sports Foundation". Women's Sports Foundation.