Jonathan Cheever (born April 17, 1985) is an American snowboarder. He is a member of the U.S. Snowboarding's SBX A Team. In 2011, he was named the U.S. snowboarding champion and took two World Cup 2nd-place finishes at Stoneham Mountain Resort in Quebec and Chiesa in Valmalenco in Italy. As of 2011, he is ranked third in the world in snowboard cross (SBX).
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Personal background
Cheever was born in Boston and grew up in Saugus, Massachusetts. He is the son of Mark and Dorene Cheever, and has one brother, Derek. He graduated with honors from Malden Catholic High School, where he additionally served as president of the student body, and founder and president of the school's Snowboard and Ski Club. After high school graduation, he attended the University of Massachusetts Lowell. He is a plumber by trade and spends his season snowboard cross (SBX) riding and his off season motocross bike riding.
He has a nonprofit humanitarian organization, entitled number4. All proceeds from the January 2011 event was donated to Maine Handicap Skiing. He currently resides in both Saugus and Park City, Utah.
Career
Cheever started skiing when he was eight years old at Nashoba Valley. During Thanksgiving of 1997, his parents gave him free snowboarding lessons at Attitash Bear Peak in New Hampshire. Cheever jumped on a board and never looked back. He credits much of his success to the help he has received after meeting Nate Park in 2004.
While all of his major results have come from SBX, Cheever is known for some of the biggest airs in the pipe and credits his SBX speed from "knowing how to hit the hole shot and handle big kickers in the course". In 2011, he took two second-place finishes on the World Cup. He additionally took the national title, earning him the title of best in the United States.
Standings
2004–2005
2nd Place in Halfpipe at New Zealand Snowboard Nationals 2004
2nd Place in Boardercross at New Zealand South Island Champs 2004
3rd Place in Halfpipe at New Zealand South Island Champs 2004
2nd Place in Boardercross at Eastern Regionals in 2004
4th Place in Halfpipe at Eastern Regionals in 2004
4th Place in USASA Nationals Slopestyle in 2003
4th Place in USASA Nationals Halfpipe in 2003
1st Place at USASA Nationals for Overall Freestyle in 2003
3rd Place at USASA Nationals Boardercross in 2001, 4th in 2002, 5th in 2003
Ranked #1 in Maine USASA Halfpipe 01–02, 02-03
Ranked #1 in Maine USASA SBX 01–02, 02-03, 03-04
2005–2006
3rd Place in NorAm Cup Standings for 2005–2006 (missed two events)
4th Place in SBX at NorAm Finals/Can Nationals at Mt. Avila 2006
1st Place in SBX at USASA Nationals at Northstar 2006
2nd Place in SBX at NorAm Cup at Big White, BC 2006
16th Place in SBX at X-Games 2006
4th Place in SBX Jabra X Jam at Sugarbowl 2005
5th Place in SBX at U.S. National/NorAm 2005
Best Trick Rail Billabong Slopestyle Jam at Snowpark, New Zealand 2005
9th Place in Halfpipe at New Zealand Snowboard Nationals 2005
5th Place in Slopestyle at Western Regionals in 2005
5th Place in Halfpipe at Western Regionals in 2005
2006–2007
3rd Place NorAm Finals SBX Cypress, BC 2007
2nd Place Suzuki Champions Cross Sugarloaf, Maine 2007
Highest Air World Cup Quarter Pipe Competition, Lake Placid, New York 2007
6th Place World Cup Quarter Pipe competition, Lake Placid, New York 2007
7th Place in Slopestyle at Cocacola Cardrona Games, 2006
4th Place in Halfpipe at Cocacola Cardrona Games, 2006
2nd Place in SBX at Cocacola Cardrona Games, 2006
2nd Place in Quiksilver King of the Park at Snowpark, New Zealand 2006
2007–2008
5th Place Canadian Nationals Cypress, BC 2008
8th Place Jeep King of the Mountain Sun Valley, Idaho 2008
10th Place Stoneham World Cup, Quebec 2008
7th Place Lake Placid World Cup Lake Placid, New York 2008
6th Place US Grand Prix Tamarack, ID 2008
6th Place Jeep King of the Mountain Squaw Valley 2008
2008–2009
Finished 2008–2009 Snowboard Season Ranked 6th in the World in SBX
Finished 2008–2009 Snowboard Season Ranked 3rd in the US in SBX
5th Place SBX World Cup Valmalenco, Italy 2009
2nd Place SBX World Cup Stoneham Quebec 2009
5th Place SBX World Cup Cypress, Vancouver (Olympic Venue) 2009
