Interview With Olympic Snowboarder Seth Wescott - Gold Medalist
Maine, USA
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Seth Wescott BiographyIn 2006, Seth Wescott made certain that the first appearance of snowboard cross on the Olympic program was a memorable one. Wescott received an unexpected boost when top contenders failed to make the final. Despite an uneasy feeling of doubt, Wescott managed to hold on to cross the finish line ahead of his opponent by less than a snowboard length to win the race.
Wescott had won gold in the snowboard cross as the first Olympic champion in the event. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada, Wescott successfully defended his Olympic gold. Wescott, who started off the race in fourth, slowly advanced throughout the field until the end, when he narrowly defeated hometown favorite Mike Robertson on the final jump.
Over the years, Wescott says that his best training for major snowboard cross races has been what he calls "big-mountain riding." This entails going to Alaska in the spring to do "first descents" on various mountains while cameras roll to create a striking piece of video. Wescott rides in a helicopter above a mountain face that no one has ever ridden before, looks at the terrain and memorizes it from above, then is dropped from the helicopter down onto the mountain.
During the summer of 2005, Wescott and some friends purchased a restaurant at the base of Sugarloaf Mountain in his native Maine. The restaurant and brew pub, known as The Rack, bills itself on the establishment's website as "Your FIRST and LAST STOP at Sugarloaf."
In 2010, Wescott appeared on "The Colbert Report." In 2012, he participated in Fox's dating game show "The Choice."
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In 2006, Seth Wescott made certain that the first appearance of snowboard cross on the Olympic program was a memorable one. Wescott received an unexpected boost when top contenders failed to make the final. Despite an uneasy feeling of doubt, Wescott managed to hold on to cross the finish line ahead of his opponent by less than a snowboard length to win the race.
Wescott had won gold in the snowboard cross as the first Olympic champion in the event. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada, Wescott successfully defended his Olympic gold. Wescott, who started off the race in fourth, slowly advanced throughout the field until the end, when he narrowly defeated hometown favorite Mike Robertson on the final jump.
Over the years, Wescott says that his best training for major snowboard cross races has been what he calls "big-mountain riding." This entails going to Alaska in the spring to do "first descents" on various mountains while cameras roll to create a striking piece of video. Wescott rides in a helicopter above a mountain face that no one has ever ridden before, looks at the terrain and memorizes it from above, then is dropped from the helicopter down onto the mountain.
During the summer of 2005, Wescott and some friends purchased a restaurant at the base of Sugarloaf Mountain in his native Maine. The restaurant and brew pub, known as The Rack, bills itself on the establishment's website as "Your FIRST and LAST STOP at Sugarloaf."
In 2010, Wescott appeared on "The Colbert Report." In 2012, he participated in Fox's dating game show "The Choice."
Contact a speaker booking agent to check availability on Seth Wescott and other top speakers and celebrities.
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On Monday, an excavator rolled up Sugarloaf's Sidewinder trail to break up the snow patted down by a long winter's worth of snowboarders and begin ...
Olympic athletes are modern-day heroes, displaying athletic feats across the globe. They break boundaries and astound us, but perhaps more importantly, they ...
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) - Seth Wescott looks to his father, who will be rowing in the prestigious Head of Charles Regatta later this month at age 70, and figures he ...
PORTLAND, Maine — Russia's new law banning gay "propaganda" could end up tarnishing the upcoming Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, two-time Olympic ...
Two-time Olympic snowboardcross gold medalist Seth Wescott walked away uninjured after his 2002 Volkswagen Eurovan struck a moose on a Maine road ...
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