Barrett Christy is an American snowboarder and Winter Olympics Athlete. She currently resides in Gig Harbor, Washington.
Christy was a member of the first U.S. Snowboarding team during the 1998 Winter Olympics. She has won more medals than any other female athlete in the Winter X Games, until Lindsey Jacobellis passed her.
History
Christy was born in Buffalo, New York, and grew up in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. She learned to snowboard in 1991 and has been competing since the mid-1990s. She lived in Breckenridge, Colorado from 1991 to 1995, living hand-to-mouth in poverty like a "ski bum". She later moved to upscale Vail after going "Big Time."
Christy's signature move is called the "Barrett Roll". She is the inspiration for the Ween song "Birthday Boy."
Media appearances
Christy has been featured in Hardly Angels (2002) and Our Turn (2001), both all-girl snowboard films by White Knuckle Extreme. In 2007, she was featured in the women's snowboard movie Float.
Other work
Christy oversees the design of women's snowboards for Gnu Snowboards, including the Gnu Barret Christy Pro Model (B-Pro), which is the longest-running women's pro model snowboard.
Competition history
2003 Mt. Baker Banked Slalom - 5th
2002 Winter X Games - 3rd Slopestyle
2002 World Championships - 3rd Superpipe
2001 ESPN Action Sports and Music Awards - Female Snowboarder of the Year
2001 Mt. Baker Banked Slalom - 1st Pro Women
2001 Grand Prix in Mammoth and Breckenridge, 1st
2000 Winter X Games - 2nd Superpipe/ 3rd Slopestyle
2000 US Open - 3rd Superpipe
2000 Winter Gravity Games - 3rd Big Air
2000 Transworld Riders Poll Awards - Best Overall Female Snowboarder
1999 Transworld Riders Poll Awards - Best Overall Female Snowboarder
1999 Summer X Games - 1st Big Air, 1999
1999 Winter X Games - 1st halfpipe / 2nd slopestyle
1999 Gravity Games, 3rd Big Air
1998 Winter X Games - 2nd Big Air, 2nd Slopestyle
1998 Olympic team member, Nagano Japan
1997 Winter X Games - 1st Big Air, 1st Slopestyle
1997 US Open - 1st Halfpipe, 1st Big Air
1997 US Open - 1st in Halfpipe and Big Air
1994 Amateur National Halfpipe contest, 1st
References
External links
interview in Frequency Snowboard Journal
Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American female snowboarders Olympic snowboarders for the United States Snowboarders at the 1998 Winter Olympics People from Gig Harbor, Washington Sportspeople from Pierce County, Washington 21st-century American women