Scotty Lago

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Scotty Lago
Personal information
BornNovember 12, 1987 (1987-11-12) (age 36)
Seabrook, New Hampshire, U.S.
Medal record
Men's snowboarding
Representing the Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2010 Vancouver Halfpipe
Winter Dew Tour
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2008–2009 Dew Cup SuperPipe
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2009 Mt. Snow SuperPipe
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2008 Breckenridge SuperPipe
Winter X Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Aspen Best Method
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2009 Aspen SlopeStyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2011 Aspen SuperPipe
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2006 Aspen SuperPipe

Scotty Lago (born November 12, 1987) is an American snowboarder. He is the 2004 world half-pipe champion and winner of a bronze medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

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Career

Lago has been riding since 1996. He is sponsored by Hudsen Collective, ION cameras, Mountain Dew, Moultrie Mobile, Smith Optics and Friends. He began snowboarding at a local tubing hill in Amesbury, Massachusetts. [1]

Lago was a member of the 2010 U.S. Olympic Snowboarding half-pipe team along with Shaun White, Greg Bretz, and Louie Vito. On February 17, 2010, Lago won the bronze medal with a score of 42.8 out of 50.0.

On February 19, 2010, controversial photos surfaced of Lago with his bronze medal and Team USA gear. Due to these photos, he returned home before the end of the games. [2]

Personal life

Lago is from Seabrook, New Hampshire. He has raised money for the Floating Hospital for Children in Boston. [3] When Lago is not snowboarding, he enjoys hunting and fishing. Scotty has a younger brother named William and an older brother named Jason. In July 2016 Scotty married former Miss New Hampshire, Bridget Brunet. Lago passes on his love of snowboarding to young snowboarder campers at High Cascade Snowboard Camp, during his Signature Session, [4] Session 5: July 26 – August 3. Lago is a member of the Frends Crew made up of snowboarders Mason Aguirre, Kevin Pearce, Danny Davis, Keir Dillon, Jack Mitrani, Mikkel Bang and Luke Mitrani. Frends is a 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 grassroots, collegial beginnings. [5]

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References

  1. U.S. Snowboarding Team
  2. Pells, Eddie (February 20, 2010). "Lago back home with bronze in hand, joke to tell". Washington Post. Retrieved February 21, 2010.[ dead link ]
  3. "Scotty Lago signs a new contract". Whitelines Snowboarding. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
  4. Signature Sessions, 2014 High Cascade
  5. There's No I in Frends NY Times, March 22, 2009