- BURTON SNOWBOARDS BRINGS YOU -
Kevin Pearce
Age: 24
Home Town: Norwich, Vermont
Home Mountain: Ascutney, Vermont
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11.01.87
Born in Hanover, New Hampshire.
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02.01.92
Kevin (at age 6) at Killington, VT.
With his uncle Andrew and Brother Andrew (age 9).
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12.01.92
Kevin goes snowboarding for the first time.
In Quechee, Vermont in December of ‘92. Soon after, Kevin gets this first snowboard, a Burton kid’s prototype board sent by Jake Burton, a friend of the Pearce family.
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01.01.97
Kevin enters his first contest (slopestyle) in the winter of ’97.
Whaleback, New Hampshire
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01.01.97
Kevin riding around Vermont.
In the winter of '97
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02.01.97
Kevin at age 9 on a family vacation out west.
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09.01.98
Kevin (age 10) on his way to a lacrosse game.
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03.05.99
Competes in Surge event.
Stratton Mountain, Vermont. Wins Boarder-X, and makes the finals on March 13th. 4th in halfpipe on March 6th.
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03.07.99
Wins 14-under division of the Swatch-Palmer Boardercross.
Killington, Vermont
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09.01.04
Burton hooks up Kevin with his first sponsorship.
After seeing him riding at summer camp. Mount Hood, Oregon
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01.06.05
Kevin gets his first big win at the US Grand Prix Slopestyle.
Mount Bachelor, Oregon
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09.01.05
Featured in Burton’s "Process 4".
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09.15.05
Kevin (age 17) with his family.
At their home in Vermont.
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01.07.06
For the second year in a row Kevin wins the US Grand Prix Slopestyle.
Mount Bachelor, Oregon
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03.16.06
3rd US Open Quarterpipe.
Stratton Mountain, Vermont
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03.25.06
2nd World Superpipe Championships.
Park City, Utah
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08.03.06
Claims his first TTR victory in slopestyle with a win at the New Zealand Open.
Snowpark, New Zealand
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09.01.06
Featured in Burton’s video, "Guy in the Sky".
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12.16.06
2nd Paul Mitchell Progression Session Quarterpipe.
Breckenridge, Colorado
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01.02.07
3rd O’Neill Evolution Quarterpipe.
Davos, Switzerland
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01.12.07
3rd Honda Session Slopestyle and 2nd in the rail jam.
Vail, Colorado
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02.10.07
Wins Toyota Big Air.
Sapporo, Japan
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02.20.07
Wins Nissan X-Trail Nippon Open Slopestyle.
ALTS Bandai, Japan
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02.25.07
Wins Oakley Arctic Challenge Quarterpipe.
Oslo, Norway
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03.17.07
Finishes 2nd overall in the Burton Global Open Series year end rankings.
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07.09.07
2nd Abominable Snow Jam Halfpipe.
Mount Hood, Oregon
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09.01.07
Featured in Burton’s "Thanks In Advance".
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09.01.07
Featured in Analog’s Trouble In Japan.
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12.01.07
Wins Nokia Air & Style Big Air with a Cab 1260.
Munich, Germany
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12.09.07
2nd Nissan X-Trail Jam Quarterpipe.
Tokyo, Japan
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01.11.08
Wins European Open Halfpipe.
Laax, Switzerland
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01.26.08
Kevin becomes the first athlete to compete in three X Games events in one day.
2nd in Slopestyle, 2nd in Big Air, and 3rd Halfpipe, Aspen, Colorado.
Check out full video here.
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01.31.08
Wins “Men’s Reader’s Choice” award.
Nominated for “Rookie of the Year”. At the 9th annual Transworld Snowboarding Riders Poll Awards. Las Vegas, Nevada. Check out full article here.
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02.02.08
Claims his second win in one season at the Billabong Air & Style Quarterpipe.
Innsbruck, Austria
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02.18.08
Wins Oakley Arctic Challenge Quarterpipe.
Oslo, Norway
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03.15.08
3rd US Open Halfpipe.
Stratton Mountain, Vermont.
Kevin gets crowned the overall Ticket To Ride (TTR) World Champion. Check out Transworld article here.
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04.01.08
“Three Days with Kevin Pearce in Vermont” feature.
In Transworld Snowboarding.
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06.09.08
Nominated for an ESPY award for “Best Male Action Sports Athlete”.
Check out full Transworld Business article here.
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07.04.08
Builds his own Vapor at the Burton Manufacturing Center.
Burlington, Vermont
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08.01.08
Lands on the cover of Transworld Japan.
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10.01.08
Feature interview in Snowboarder Monster Backside Magazine.
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01.01.09
Featured in a Transworld Snowboarding article about a trip to Niseko, Japan.
Check out full article here.
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01.01.09
Featured in a R.E.D. ad.
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01.10.09
3rd Dew Tour Halfpipe.
Mount Snow, Vermont
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01.25.09
2nd X Games Halfpipe.
Aspen, Colorado
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03.01.09
Ranked #2 in Snowboarder Magazine’s “Rider of the Year” awards.
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03.16.09
2nd US Open Halfpipe.
Stratton Mountain, Vermont
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04.01.09
Featured in Burton’s “WTF is EGD?” ad.
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09.01.09
Featured in Burton’s video, "The B".
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09.01.09
Featured in a Burton ad with Jack Mitrani.
Shot at Northstar-at-Tahoe, California.
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09.01.09
Gets an ad promoting his move to Burton’s Global Team.
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12.07.09
Featured in Sports Illustrated.
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12.31.09
Sustains a traumatic brain injury.
while attempting a Cab double cork in the halfpipe. Park City, Utah. Check out New York Times article here.
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01.03.10
Featured in an episode of "Tracking Eero".
Riding pow at Asahidake, Japan. Check out video here.
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01.12.10
Pro Spotlight on Transworld Snowboarding’s website.
Photo Credit: Cole Barash.
Check out full interview here.
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03.01.10
Kevin gets the cover of Transworld.
A frontside alley-oop over Jack Mitrani, shot by Adam Moran at Northstar-at-Tahoe, California.
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04.23.10
Discharged from Craig Hospital in Denver, Colorado.
Check out full article here.
Photo Credit: Cole Barash
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05.04.10
Returns home to Norwich, Vermont.
After spending three months in recovery at Craig Hospital in Denver, Colorado. Watch full video here.
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06.21.10
Nominated for a Teen Choice Award.
In the Male Action Sports category.
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07.26.10
Lifestyle ad in Snowboarder
Kevin's lifestyle ad appears in the September issue of Snowboarder Magazine
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07.26.10
Action ad in Transworld
Kevin's action ad appears in Transworlds September issue.
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08.23.10
Featured in People Magazine.
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10.09.10
Does interview with local Vermont TV station
Local VT TV station WCAX caught up with Kevin to see how his recovery was going. Check out the interview and video in the link above.
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12.18.10
Anncounces at Winter Dew Tour in Breck
First time back on snow, helps to announce halfpipe runs.
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12.20.10
Interviewed by NBC...
About his injury, his recovery, and his role announcing at the Dew Tour in Breckridge. See the interview here.
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01.27.11
Featured in an article in The New York Times
The New York Times writes a story about Kevin's recovery and return to the X-Games. See the article here
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04.07.11
"Road to Recovery" interview with Snowboard Mag
Does interview with Snowboard mag - check it here
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08.13.11
Co-hosts Burton's Winter Storm Warning
With Jack Mitrani and Danny Davis
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10.11.11
Featured in Australia's Pop Mag
Featured in an article and makes the cover of Australia's Pop magazine. Check it out here.
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10.29.11
Uses a Vew Do Board for Eye Training
Shows one of his eye exercises using the Vew Do balance board.
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12.01.11
Featured in Washington Post Article
About his road to recovery and accepting an award from the National Rehabilitation Hospital. Read the article here.
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12.01.11
Attends National Rehabilitation Hospital Victory Awards
In Washington, DC to accept a Victory Award at a gala ceremony hosted by the National Rehabilitation Hospital, in recognition of his courage in overcoming his injury and his advocacy for brain-injury awareness.
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Kevin’s story is an emotional one, as this star had by some accounts the farthest to fall. Kevin had risen to become world-class competitor, with consecutive Arctic Challenge victories, a pair of Air & Style wins, multiple X Games medals and back-to-back European Open wins over Shaun White. December 31, 2009 was the day that changed everything, when Kevin suffered a traumatic brain injury while attempting a Cab double cork while training in Park City’s halfpipe.
His presence as a veritable threat to Shaun White, and his sudden absence from the Olympic Games were the peak of this disappointment. Still, the real story unfolded in the aftermath, with an unprecedented outpouring of fan, rider, and non-snowboarder support as Kevin progressed from a three-month hospital stay towards a remarkable recovery. From fellow Frend Scotty Lago dedicating his Olympic medal to him, to a 50,000-plus Facebook following, the legions that rocked “I ride for Kevin” helped him on the intense path to recovering sight, balance, and memory. Kevin’s personal dedication and humility in the face of such obstacles pulled him through his continued rehab and became a national point of inspiration. His work is far from done, and it’ll be a long effort, but his family, friends, and fans are relieved to know it’ll end well. Kevin and the snowboarding community around the world are backing him and looking forward to the next chapter that begins with Kevin on snow once again.
His presence as a veritable threat to Shaun White, and his sudden absence from the Olympic Games were the peak of this disappointment. Still, the real story unfolded in the aftermath, with an unprecedented outpouring of fan, rider, and non-snowboarder support as Kevin progressed from a three-month hospital stay towards a remarkable recovery. From fellow Frend Scotty Lago dedicating his Olympic medal to him, to a 50,000-plus Facebook following, the legions that rocked “I ride for Kevin” helped him on the intense path to recovering sight, balance, and memory. Kevin’s personal dedication and humility in the face of such obstacles pulled him through his continued rehab and became a national point of inspiration. His work is far from done, and it’ll be a long effort, but his family, friends, and fans are relieved to know it’ll end well. Kevin and the snowboarding community around the world are backing him and looking forward to the next chapter that begins with Kevin on snow once again.
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Hot Box – Kevin Pearce
Kevin Pearce has been through a lot in the last few years, but now he’s back and ready to ride. Learn a little bit more about Kevin by putting together a portrait with this word association...
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Kevin Pearce has been through a lot in the last few years, but now he’s back and ready to ride. Learn a little bit more about Kevin by putting together a portrait with this word association.
Vermont
Beautiful
California
Busy
Frends
Fun
Family
Special
Moguls
Scary
Pow
Amazing
Snowboarding
Exciting
First Day Back
Perfect
Ascutney
Sketchy
Gardening
Hard
Banked Slalom
Like nothing else
Helmets
Safe
Legend
Terje
Frendly Gathering
Twiddle
Twiddle
Frankenfoot
Vermont
Beautiful
California
Busy
Frends
Fun
Family
Special
Moguls
Scary
Pow
Amazing
Snowboarding
Exciting
First Day Back
Perfect
Ascutney
Sketchy
Gardening
Hard
Banked Slalom
Like nothing else
Helmets
Safe
Legend
Terje
Frendly Gathering
Twiddle
Twiddle
Frankenfoot
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