Tina Basich

Tina Basich (born June 29, 1969) is an American snowboarder, originally from Sacramento, California.^{[citation needed]} Basich began snowboarding in 1986, when the sport was still new. She is noted for winning a variety of competitions from the 1980s onward, and for being the first woman to successfully land a backside 720 in competition, at the 1998 Winter X Games Big Air.^{[citation needed]} She also played a part in the design of outerwear and snowboards for women, including one of the first women's pro-models for SIMS Snowboards, alongside Shannon Dunn-Downing.^{[citation needed]} Basich was also one of the founders of Boarding for Breast Cancer, and hosted the girl action sports TV show GKA.^{[citation needed]}

In the late 1990s, Basich dated musician Dave Grohl for a couple of years. Basich ended the relationship after discovering his infidelity.^[1] In 2003, she wrote an autobiography titled Pretty Good for a Girl.^[2]

Competition history

2000 G Shock Air and Style - Corner Challenge - 4th
2000 Sims Invitational World Snowboard Championships - Whistler = Big Air - 2nd
1999 Boarding for Breast Cancer - Big Air - 1st
1998 Winter X Games - Snowboard Big Air - 1st
1998 Winter X Games - Snowboard Slopestyle - 6th
1997 Winter X Games Snowboard Big Air - 3rd
1997 ESPN Freeride - Aspen - Big Air - 1st
1997 King of the Hill - Extreme - 2nd
1997 US Open - Halfpipe - 2nd

References

^ Miller, Brittany (September 11, 2024). "Dave Grohl's ex wrote about his infidelity decades before he fathered child 'outside of marriage'". The Independent.
^ Basich, Tina; Gasperini, Kathleen (September 20, 2003). Pretty Good for a Girl: The Autobiography of a Snowboarding Pioneer. Dey Street Books. ISBN 9780062091994.

External links

Shred Betties Interview with Tina Basich, 2008-05-23, retrieved 2008-06-06
ESPN Tina Basich Athlete Bio, 2007, retrieved 2008-06-06
Powderroom Interview with Tina Basich, retrieved 2008-06-06

Media related to Tina Basich at Wikimedia Commons

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[1] Miller, Brittany (September 11, 2024). "Dave Grohl's ex wrote about his infidelity decades before he fathered child 'outside of marriage'". The Independent.

[2] Basich, Tina; Gasperini, Kathleen (September 20, 2003). Pretty Good for a Girl: The Autobiography of a Snowboarding Pioneer. Dey Street Books. ISBN 9780062091994.

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