Meet Team SSX
dmcdonagh
2011-06-21
Team SSX consists of the best and most cutting edge riders on the planet. Each individual rider brings a unique skill-set with them that SSX sees as invaluable.
These riders have spent years crafting their skills to razor sharp perfection, either on the pro circuit known as The Tour, or privately; they are all, each one of them, trend setters, mavericks, record holders and champions in the world of snowboarding.
Name: Elise Riggs
Nickname: Bombshell
Nationality: Canadian
Home Mountain: Cypress, Grouse, Seymour Mountains
Bio: Even though she left The Tour, Elise refuses to leave snowboarding behind, much to the chagrin of her agent and insurers she still gets out to shred between film shoots and convention appearances. Elise has found a perfect balance in her life between acting and riding and she’s never been more content. Always searching for the next rush, Elise has recently been consumed by a new obsession: base-jumping with a wing-suit. Contour flying down a mountainside at 150km per hour delivers a rush unmatched by anything she could do on a snowboard alone and quickly Elsie realises that she has to find a way to marry the two.
Name: Mackenzie Fraser
Nickname: Mac
Nationality: American
Home Mountain: Mount Baker
Bio: Mac is a legend on The Tour, holding all records on the pro circuit, having done and won it all – but being as good as he is has meant that there is very little left to challenge him. He is the epitome of ‘Shredder’, loves big air, big tricks and pushing the limits of what is possible on a snowboard. He’s usually the first person to nail an impossible combo and stick the landing (think triple corkscrew guy from 2011 X-Games), and has invented more tricks than Tony Hawk. Always looking for new challenges, and to elevate his skills once again, Mac left The Tour behind to co-find SSX.
Name: Kaori Nishidake
Nickname: None
Nationality: Japanese
Home Mountain: Hokkaido
Bio: In the beginning Kaori had designs on joining the Japanese Olympic Team, but once The Tour came knocking, she quickly changed gears and focused on snowboarding as a career. Kaori worked her way through The Tour rankings and quickly established herself as one of the best. While she was burning up the circuit on her snowboard, her older brother Akira was busy working on his latest creation: The Tokyo Megaplex Snowboard Park. And he wanted Kaori to be the first to ride it. The Megaplex was a love letter to urban snowboarding, and theme park nuts, but mostly Akira’s way of telling his little sister how proud he was of her.
Name: Moby Jones
Nickname: None
Nationality: British / Trinidadian
Home Mountain: Chamonix
Bio: Moby Jones was born in Brixton, England in 1982 to Trinidadian immigrant parents. Growing up on the rough streets of Brixton meant growing up fast but Moby managed to find a way around that rule; at age ten he had a skateboard thrust into his hands. Moby took to the sport like a duck to water. He began entering into local skate competitions and found himself winning more often than not. After a short while he was picked up by a local skate shop and given his first taste of what sponsorship could offer. After that more lucrative deals started to flow in; he was making a name for himself and it was paying off in dividends.
