Nate Holland
Snowboarding - SBX
2006 Olympian
2010 Olympic hopeful
Personal Specs
Height: 5'10"
Short List Performance
- Winter X Games gold medalist - 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009
- 2009 Legendary Mt. Baker Banked Slalom - First
- 2007 World Championships - Third
- 2008 Jeep King of the Mountain Series - Second overall
Vancouver Watch
After winning a record four times in a row at the 2009 Winter X Games, he finished second overall in the 2008 FIS World Cup. Holland is training to bring home an Olympic medal in Vancouver, the same hill where he won the 2008 Canadian Nationals.
Personal
Inspired by early snowboard movies, Holland moved to Squaw Valley in 1999 and got his first job on the mountain as a lift operator. He began competing in freestyle snowboard events like halfpipe and boardercross when he was 10. It was not until the International Olympic Committee announced that snowboard cross would be an official event in the Olympic Winter Games that he moved completely to boardercross.
Did You Know...?
- First Winter X Games athlete ever to win four straight gold medals in snowboard cross
- Was inspired to be a snowboarder after watching "Critical Condition" starring Shawn Farmer and Damian Sanders
- In 2008, visited U.S. troops in Afghanistan to boost morale with two-time Olympic silver medalist Danny Kass and two-time Winter X Games gold medalist Grete Eliassen
- Raised an avid Cincinnati Bengals fan by his Ohio native parents