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Keir Dillon (born June 1, 1977) is a professional snowboarder specializing in Halfpipe.
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Keir Dillon (born June 1, 1977) is a professional snowboarder specializing in Halfpipe.
Dillon has been a competitive snowboarder since 1997; his current home mountain is Ponto Beach, California but originally, he grew up riding the east coast of Pennsylvania and New York. He has accumulated two bronze medals at the Winter X Games, took back-to-back gold at the World Superpipe championships in 04/05, and has secured second and third place at the United States Open. He missed the 2006 season with a torn labrum in his left shoulder.
Dillon is a member of the Frends Crew (spelled without the "i" to emphasize the collective nature of the group) made up of snowboarders Mason Aguirre, Kevin Pearce, Danny Davis, Scotty Lago, Jack Mitrani and Luke Mitrani. Frends is group of riders who turned their initial friendship into a formal alliance in 2007 to move the sport away from its recent competitive and business focus and return the sport to its grass roots, collegial beginnings. [1]
His sponsors include Amp Beverages and Nike 6.0.
| Position | Year | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | 2006 | Nippon Open (Superpipe) | Bandai, Japan |
| 3rd | 2006 | Chevy Grand Prix 1-20 (Halfpipe) | Mountain Creek, New Jersey |
| 1st | 2005 | Middle Earth Superpipe (Halfpipe) | Snow Park, New Zealand |
| 3rd | 2005 | New Zealand Open (Halfpipe) | Wanaka, New Zealand |
| 1st | 2005 | World Superpipe Championships (Halfpipe) | Park City, Utah |
| 3rd | 2005 | Grand Prix #3 (Halfpipe) | Mountain Creek, New Jersey |
| 3rd | 2005 | Vans Cup (Halfpipe) | Northstar-at-Tahoe, California |
| 2nd | 2005 | European Open (Halfpipe) | Laax, Switzerland |
| 3rd | 2004 | Middle Earth Superpipe Championships (Halfpipe) | Snow Park, New Zealand |
| 3rd | 2004 | United States Open (Halfpipe) | Stratton, Vermont |
| 1st | 2004 | World Superpipe Championships (Halfpipe) | Park City, Utah |
| 1st | 2002 | United States Grand Prix #1 02/03 (Halfpipe) | Park City, Utah |
| 2nd | 2002 | Ripzone Invitational (Halfpipe) | Blackcomb, BC Canada |
| 2nd | 2002 | United States Open (Quarterpipe) | Stratton, Vermont |
| 3rd | 2002 | United States Open (Halfpipe) | Stratton, Vermont |
| 2nd | 2002 | Grand Prix #4 (Halfpipe) | Breckenridge, Colorado |
Various competition results/information taken from EXPN [6]
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