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Roots: Todd Richards
Twenty years after he first turned professional, the board sports industry is still treating snowboarding legend Todd Richards very well. “You caught me at a good time”, he says via his ‘overhyped’ iPhone from his SoCal home. “I’m off to Fiji tomorrow with Quiksilver, can’t wait. It’s like a Quik family trip on a private island, and there are three amazing breaks to surf. Basically, I love the entire year for the few days!”
Photo: Nate Christenson
Small wonder the effervescent Richards is so chipper. It is a long, long way from his roots as an East Coast pipe rat, riding contests for fun and stoked on the ‘camaraderie’ of snowboarding in those early days. “I’d say that is definitely my main memory of those early years,” he says when asked to pinpoint some defining early snowboarding memories. “If you even saw another good rider, it was so rare, especially at a resort that wasn’t your home. Things were so different back then. We were getting so bagged on by
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We found four.
First up its Todd Richards’ succinctly titled - P3
And it’s a good one. To give you a sense of what you’re getting let’s start with an extrakt from the book about his first trip to a high altitude resort (Arapahoe Basin at 13,500ft), where he rocked up at an event on his second day in the resort with höjd över havsnivån sickness and sun poisoning:
By the time I made the finals, I had a lot of gas from the altitude sickness and was polluting the air around the starting area. To top it off, the event was televised, which was a big deal. The World Championships in Brek had been on television earlier that winter, but camera crews were still a pretty rare sight back then. At this event, most riders, myself included, were acutely aware of the big cameras that were constantly trained on us. Here’s what inom later watched: Me poised in the starting gate for the fina
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Elevate Welcomes Todd Richards
From the Elevate Desk:
Bellevue, WA – October 7, 2024 – Elevate Outdoor Collective, a leading innovator in the snow sports industry, is thrilled to announce that legendary professional snowboarder Todd Richards has signed a two-year contract as a Strategic Ambassador. In this role, Richards will represent both K2 Snowboarding and Morrow Snowboards, bringing his unparalleled experience and passion to the brands.
Todd Richards, a pioneer in the snowboarding world, is renowned for his contributions to the sport, both on and off the slopes. With a career spanning over three decades, Richards has earned numerous accolades, including X Games medals, World Championship titles, iconic video parts, burned-into-your-brain snowboard graphics, and the possibly snowboarding’s “oldest McTwist,” - but we’ll have to check in with The Bomb Hole’s Chris Grenier on this one. His influence extends beyond competition, as he has also made significant impacts in snowboa