Torah Bright
Residence:
Salt Lake City, UT
Results
2012 4th European X-Games halfpipe
2010 Gold Medal Vancouver Olympics halfpipe
2009 1st US Open halfpipe
1st Winter X Games superpipe
1st Winter Dew Tour halfpipe
Burton Global Open Series halfpipe champion
World Superpipe Champion
OTHER PLACES TO FIND HER
Torah Bright BIOGRAPHY
Torah Bright, 2010 Winter Olympics gold medalist, exists in a category all of her own. After a decade of mastering her snowboarding style, she is one of the few snowboarders (man or woman) who can throw down a switch Mctwist 720 in competition. A snow lover since birth, Torah was skiing at age 2 and by 11 she had broken into the snowboarding scene. Torah joined the Roxy team in 1999 and has gone on to dominate competitions around the world, including the TTR World Tour, Global Open Series, Winter X Games, and of course, a gold medal finish at the 2010 Winter Olympics. Torah splits her time between her home of Salt Lake City, her training ground of New Zealand, and her homeland of Australia. In 2011, she began to focus on backcountry riding and has added big powder jumps, steep lines, and snowmobile rallying to her formidable arsenal.
20 Questions with Torah Bright
Dream holiday: Maldives
Favorite food: Pizza
Favorite place to snowboard: Park City in the US & Perisher in Australia
Current fashion obsession: Nail polish
Favorite trick: Air 2 Fakie
Proudest accomplishment: Olympic Gold
Tunes that get you pumped for a pow day: Anything that makes me dance!
Most terrified of: The dark
Hero: Mother Teresa
Best trip ever: Morocco Roxy trip. It was amazing to experience the culture and be snowboarding in Africa!
What you’re rocking this season: Big hair, big scare! (haha is this meant to be outerwear, boards??)
Movie you’ve watched a million times: Star Wars
Best snowboard movie for inspiration: Art of Flight
In five years I hope to be: The best human I know how to be.
My friends and I like to: Be silly
Favorite city: Sydney, Aus
My pre-snowboarding routine: Wake up eat some breakfast and stretch as I'm eating.
Contest or filming: Filming, just because I have not done a lot.
Best pre-riding breakfast: Eggs
What you love most about snowboarding: Riding powder and the freedom you feel.
What advice would you give to girls who want to come up in snowboarding: Focus on ridding and having a good time, being the best you can. The rest will come.
Non-snow hobbies: surfing, decorating and playing with my cute little nieces and nephews.