Jump to content

Alexis Roland

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Simeon (talk | contribs) at 18:24, 7 April 2020 (Importing Wikidata short description: "American snowboarder" (Shortdesc helper)). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Alexis Roland (born June 13, 1999) is a professional snowboarder from Minnesota, United States. She began snowboarding when she was 5 years old.

Career

Alexis Roland is a snowboarder from Bloomington, Minnesota. Even at this early age, Alexis is already well known in and outside of the snowboarding world having been featured on The Today Show, in The New York Times, in ESPN Magazine and starring in several winter-sports movies.

Alexis "Lexi" Roland first gained media attention when a video was posted of her riding on the internet and YouTube. The press dubbed her a "snowboarding phenom," for her high level of skill as a six-year-old in the video.[1] Alexis is now a professional snowboarder and rides for Burton Snowboards.[2]

Alexis had small parts in two snowboard videos in 2006, including the bonus section of "Ro Sham Bo" by Misschief Films, and "Frozen Assets," by First Tracks Productions.

Alexis has continued filming parts with First Tracks Productions and she was featured in "HELLO my name is" and has full, stand-out parts, in their two latest movies: "Knock on Wood" and "Droppin'". Trailers for these movies can also be viewed on First Tracks Productions's youtube page

References

  1. ^ Bridgette Bornstein (January 6, 2008). "7-Year-Old Snowboarder Scorches The Slopes". Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved January 6, 2007.
  2. ^ "Burton Snowboards team riders".


Stub icon

This biographical article related to snowboarding in the United States is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alexis_Roland&oldid=949648951"