Seth Wescott

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name = Seth Wescott
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birth_date = birth date and age|1976|6|28
birth_place = Durham, North Carolina USA
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children = Jåsŏɧ Jeko Blades
website = [http://www.sethwescott.com Official Seth Wescott Webpage]
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Seth Wescott (born June 28, 1976 in Durham, North Carolina) is an American snowboarder. Wescott lives near Farmington, Maine and has trained in the mountains near Cordova, Alaska at times, along with Sugarloaf/USA in Maine. He began skiing at age eight, before turning to snowboarding at age ten. In 1989, after competing in both sports for a few years, he stopped skiing to focus mainly on snowboarding. Wescott has competed in the X Games, winning a bronze in at Winter X Games XI, and he became involved in Snowboard Cross in 1997, going on to win a gold medal at its 2006 Winter Olympics debut in Turin, Italy. 3 silvers and 4 bronzes in Winter X Games.

Wescott co-owns The Rack, a popular restaurant and bar near Sugarloaf that caters to skiers and snowboarders. His mother, Margaret Gould-Wescott, teaches modern dance at the University of Maine at Farmington.

External links

* [http://go211.com/u/wescott Seth Wescott on Go211.com - blogs, photos, videos]
* [http://www.sethwescott.com/ Seth Wescott Official Page]
* [http://www.nbcolympics.com/athletes/5058608/detail.html NBC Olympics]
* [http://www.usolympicteam.com/26_38187.htm Seth's U.S. Olympic Team bio] ... with three photo galleries