BIOGRAPHY:
On a board since he was 6 years old, Spencer Shaw, of the famous snowboarding family, made some big moves during the 2011 season that turned more than a few heads. He stomped a big win at the U.S. Revolution Tour at Copper Mountain to begin the season and then continued his momentum on the big stage, taking two fifth-place-finishes in the Dew Tour halfpipe. He rounded his season out with a second-place performance in slopestyle at the Grand Prix in Mammoth, securing his spot on the US Snowboarding rookie team in the process.

SPENCER SAYS:
This year was one of my best. I learned many new tricks and built up my confidence. I achieved many goals, but it was clear to me that I have a long way to go. It's important that you never slow your progress down, when you want to be number one you should work as hard as you can until you achieve that spot. It is also very important to enjoy the sport and continue having fun, because without fun it becomes very hard to progress and progression is the most important thing.

FIRST TRACKS:
At the age of 6, Spencer stepped into the bindings of a snowboard for the first time at Stratton Mountain. Like his sister Serena, Spencer was taken under the teaching wing of his father, as well as Olympic silver medalist Lindsey Jacobellis. Spencer recalls telling his dad that the snowboard wouldn't go where he was telling it to go, but he never gave up--riding weekends with Jacobellis and her brother until his board went wherever his riding could dream up.

OFF THE SNOW:
When Spencer isn't on the snow, he likes to be in the sun and is always doing active sports or hitting the gym. He loves to wakeboard, wake surf, dirt bike and play any summer sport.