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Alexis Waite, (born October 30, 1981) is an American professional snowboarder based out of Salt Lake City, Utah. She learned to snowboard when she was 12 years old near her hometown of Seattle.
Career
Growing up in the Pacific Northwest of the United States, Alexis Waite learned to snowboard at local Seattle ski areas Alpental and Stevens Pass. She decided she wanted to be a professional snowboarder when she was a teenager, and began pursuing a career through the contest circuit in New England at 17, where she attended Stratton Mountain School.
Waite first gained recognition in snowboarding the following year in 2000, when she won the USSA Eastern Halfpipe Championship and also the USASA National Freestyle Championship. During the 2002/2003 season she was a professional snowboarder and continued to compete, switching her focus to Slopestyle, Quarterpipe and Rails. Early wins were the 2003 Vans Triple Crown Jib Contest and the 2003 Summer Windell's Bonfire Triple Rail Jam. No stranger to the podium since then, Waite is usually in the finals of the major contests, and has been a Winter X-Games SlopeStyle regular since 2004. She also won "Best Trick" and a Rolex at the 2006 Abominable Snow Jam Quarterpipe @ Mt Hood, and "Best Trick" at the US Open Rail Jam in 2005.
She is also considered influential in the snowboard video industry, and had her first video appearance in "Declaration" (2002). Since then, she has been appearing in videos including "Neoproto" (2003), "As If" (2005) and "Ro Sham Bo" (2006) by Misschief films, "LaLaLand" (2007) by Runway Films and "Labor of Love" (2007) by Roxy, and "White Air" (2007). Waite has been the subject of several television shows, including "First Hand" (2006) on FuelTV and "Stunt Junkies" (2007) on Discovery Channel.
Early on in her career, Waite helped design the Santa Cruz Snowboards women's line when she was a member of their team, including the acclaimed "Muse" snowboard. Best known as a long-time Roxy Snow Team rider, Alexis' signature snowboard is the Roxy "Ollie Pop" which has been an award-winning top seller for her primary sponsor, Roxy. She also has a signature snowboard boot for sponsor Northwave/Drake boots and bindings. Electric Eyewear and Boost Mobile round out her sponsor list. VOGUE magazine featured Alexis Waite as a new style leader in article titled "Tomorrow's Muse" (Oct 04). She notably broke her eye socket, cheekbone and wrist in the 2005 Winter X-Games, and both her hands simultaneously at Ms SuperPark 2007.
Alexis retired from pro-snowboarding in 2010 and currently resides in Whitefish, Montana. She is an energy healer in reflexology and a jewelry designer, and enjoys shredding the slopes of Whitefish Mountain Resort.
