BIOGRAPHY:
Alex Deibold is as comfortable in the halfpipe as he is on the snowboardcross course, yet when he took third at the U.S. Champs in '07, the Stratton Mountain School grad stamped his name on the competitive world of SBX . According to the man himself, you ride because "snowboarding is fun—and when you compete, you're pushed to improve whether you want to or not." Deibold continued to have his fun at the start of 2011 by taking a seventh-place finish on the World Cup to land himself a ticket to World Championships, all in  season that ended with a fifth on the Cup circuit—the best race of his World Cup career.

ALEX SAYS:
2011 was one of the craziest rides of my life, with high highs and painful lows.  Consistently breaking into the top eight reignited my passion for snowboardrcross, which helped me qualify for the 2011 World Championship team, a big goal of mine. I was able to remove some of the pressure I put on myself, which allowed me to truly enjoy what I'm doing, and my results improved. My season ended a race early due to injury and I had surgery for first time in my life, which has given me a lot of perspective that I'm hoping to use to propel me onto the podium next season.

FIRST TRACKS:
Alex has been hooked ever since his Mom gave him a purple and green Burton Air 128 for Christmas at the age of four. He said he loved hitting jumps so much that at age 8, when a slopestyle contest came to town, he had to enter.

OFF THE SNOW:
You can find me doing anything outdoors, mountain biking, rock climbing, surfing, etc.