Event: Halfpipe
Height: 5-6
Weight: 130 lbs
Birthplace: Darien, Conn.
School: Stratton Mountain School
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HIGHLIGHTS
- 2009: 3rd at the US Burton Open
- 2009: 4th at the X Games
- 2008: Two U.S. Snowboarding Grand Prix podiums (3rd in Tamarack, Idaho; 2nd in Killington, Vt.)
- 2007: Won Progression Session at Lake Placid
- 2007: 5th in Lake Placid World Cup
- 2006: 2nd at Junior Worlds
- 2006: Best Trick at New Zealand Open
- 2006: 3rd at New Zealand Open slopestyle
- 2006: 1st at Spirit Mountain Revolution Tour
- 2006: 1st at Killington Revolution Tour
- 2005: 4th at Junior Worlds
BIOGRAPHY
Stratton Mountain School (SMS) student Ellery Hollingsworth is already making the industry take notice as she rips through the ranks of snowboarding's elite. At her first Junior World Championships, she barely missed the podium, then stormed back a year later to take second
and claim her spot on U.S. Snowboarding's Project Gold program launching her into a spot with U.S. Snowboarding and she's been moving up the ranks ever since.
UPDATE
Hollingsworth took the momentum she had built up over the years and carried it into the 2009 season. The young ripper established herself as one of the best female riders on the scene as she was one of six to make women's halfpipe finals at the X Games, and then went on to
finish third at the Burton U.S. Open. She wrapped up a successful season with an important life milestone as she graduated from the Stratton Mountian School.
FIRST TRACKS
She started snowboarding when she was 6 years old at Vermont's Bromley Mountain. "My brothers had been snowboarding for a few years, and looking up to them, I always wanted to do what they were doing. Jeb convinced my mom to let me snowboard." Her first board was a red
and orange K2 90.
OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES/WORLDS
2007 Worlds - 31st halfpipe
I AM
Always eating at Java Baba's - go with the Turkey Town. Reading A Long Way Gone. Traveling with my iPod, computer, headphones and a book. Wishing someone would give me a lion (large one preferably). Career Goals- "I would like to graduate from college, and do something to help people. Everyone should. That's what makes the world work- Kindness."