Danny Kass
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| Danny Kass | |
| Born | September 21, 1982 Vernon Valley, New Jersey  United States |
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| Website grenadegloves.com |
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| Medal record | ||
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| Men's snowboarding | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
| Silver | 2002 Salt Lake City | Halfpipe |
| Silver | 2006 Torino | Halfpipe |
| X Games | ||
| Gold | 2001 | Halfpipe |
| Silver | 2003 | Halfpipe |
| Silver | 2004 | Slopestyle |
| Silver | 2004 | Halfpipe |
| Silver | 2005 | Slopestyle |
| Bronze | 2005 | Superpipe |
Daniel "Danny" Kass (born September 21, 1982) is an American professional snowboarder.
He was born in Vernon Valley, NJ [1].
Danny grew up in New Jersey where he began his climb into snowboarding history at the age of twelve. After several years of shredding around the Mid-Atlantic States, Kass entered into the Okemo Mountain School to focus more of his time on riding some of the better pipe and park in the East. In 2001, Danny broke out into what has become one of the most successful contest streaks in snowboarding with four US Open Championships, seven Winter X Games medals and two Olympic silver medals.
During the winter of 2006, Danny fought his way back from a slow start in the US Grand Prix Circuit to qualify for the Olympics in Torino for the second time in a row. And just like in 2002, Kass took home another silver medal with back to back 1080s and his signature smooth style.
Kass has also started his own glove and mitten company known as Grenade.
Danny is one of the most influential snowboarders inspiring the next generation of riders.[citation needed]
[edit] References
- ^ "NBC OLYMPICS AND "APPRENTICE" ANNOUNCE FIRST-EVER ONLINE VOTING TO CAST FOR APPRENTICE SIX". NBC. 2006-02-09. http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=20060209nbc01. Retrieved on 2008-04-14.
