Louie Vito

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Louis "Louie" Vito
Personal information
Born March 20, 1988 (1988-03-20) (age 23)
Columbus, Ohio, U.S.
Residence Sandy, Utah[1], U.S.
Website http://www.louievito.com
Sport
Sport Snowboarder
Event(s) Half-pipe
Turned pro 2005
Achievements and titles
World finals 2005–2006 5th World Superpipe Championships
National finals 2007–2008 U.S. Grand Prix Overall Title Winner
2008–2009 U.S. Grand Prix Overall Title Winner
Olympic finals 2010 5th Men's Half-pipe[1]
Medal record
Men's snowboarding
Competitor for the  United States
Winter X Games
Bronze 2011 Aspen SuperPipe

Louis "Louie" Vito (born March 20, 1988[1]) is an American professional snowboarder.

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[edit] Early life

Louis Vito was born in Columbus, Ohio[1] and raised in Bellefontaine, growing up outside Mad River Mountain. He attended the Stratton Mountain School[1] in Vermont and turned pro in 2005. After high school he relocated to Utah to continue his snowboarding career. qùzw7e5x8cv

[edit] Career

Vito became prominent on the professional snowboarding scene at age 17 by completing a backside 1080 at the Australia Open — making him the first rider to successfully pull off the complex move. This helped propel him to the top of the podium, winning his first of two consecutive championships there.

In 2008, Vito was crowned the overall Chevy U.S. Snowboarding Grand Prix series title champion. That year, he went on to win the Killington Grand Prix on the heels of winning the Tamarack Grand Prix. Two days later he won The Jeep King of the Mountain Superpipe Championships in Squaw Valley, California. Vito went on to win the Etnies GVR and took second place at the Vans Cup in a hotly contested battle for the championship with superstar Danny Kass.

Recently, Vito co-won the U.S. Snowboarding Grand Prix series title championship, his second consecutive title. He finished first at the Copper Mt. Grand Prix and 2nd at both the Grand Prix at Boreal and the World Cup in La Molina, Spain.

Vito has been featured on ABC Family's Switched. He has also made numerous appearances on The Daily Habit on Fuel TV, as well as features on Fusion and RSN TV. Vito has had feature stories on all the major TV networks as well as many cable stations including ESPN. He tried his hand at commentating when he had his debut on WGN-TV’s Fruit by the Foot Junior Jam.

Vito appeared on Season 9 Dancing with the Stars.[2][3] He partnered with former So You Think You Can Dance contestant Chelsie Hightower. He was eliminated from the competition in week six of the program. In addition to his dance rehearsals for the show, Vito trained intensively for the 2010 Winter Olympics, where he later achieved 5th place.[1]

Vito trained for gymnastics before starting snowboarding.[4]

[edit] Contest history

[edit] 2005-06

  • 1st at the Australian Open
  • 2nd at the Vans Cup
  • 3rd at the Middle Earth Superpipe Championships in New Zealand
  • 4th at the Nippon Open
  • 4th at the New Zealand Open
  • 5th at the World Superpipe Championships

[edit] 2006-07

  • 1st at the Garnier Fructis Pro Challenge (Australian Open)
  • 2nd at the New Zealand Open
  • 2nd at the U.S. Grand Prix at Mt. Bachelor
  • 2nd at the U.S. Grand Prix at Tamarack

[edit] 2007-08

  • 1st at the Grand Prix at Tamarack
  • 1st at the Jeep King of the Mt.
  • 1st at the Etnies GVR
  • 2nd at the Australian Open
  • 2nd at the Vans Cup
  • 1st at the U.S. Grand Prix at Killington
  • U.S. Grand Prix Overall Title Winner

[edit] 2008-09

  • 1st at the U.S. Grand Prix at Copper Mt.
  • 2nd at the World Cup at La Molina, Spain
  • 2nd at the U.S. Grand Prix at Boreal
  • 5th at the Dew Tour at Breck
  • U.S. Grand Prix Overall Title Winner

[edit] 2010

  • 5th in the Half-pipe Snowboarding Final at the 2010 Winter Olympics
  • 2nd At the 2010 US Open {Superpipe}
  • 3rd (bronze) at 2010 Winter Euro X Games
  • 1st at the Winter Dew Tour 2011 at Killington, Vermnt

[edit] 2011

  • 3rd in half-pipe at winter X Games
  • 1st in half-pipe at European Winter X-Games, Tignes

[edit] 2011-12

  • 2nd at the U.S. Grand Prix at Breckridge

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Louie Vito". NBC Olympics. http://www.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=2450/index.html. Retrieved 2010-02-07. 
  2. ^ "Dancing With The Stars Season 9 Cast". http://pophangover.com/?p=4341. 
  3. ^ Joyce Eng (2009-08-17). "Dancing with the Stars 2009 Season 9 Cast Revealed!". TVGuide.com. http://www.tvguide.com/Dancing-Stars/Dancing-Stars-2009-1009007.aspx. Retrieved 2009-08-17. 
  4. ^ Yobeat.com

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