Jeremy Jones (racer)

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#default = Jeremy Jones born 14 January 1975 in Cape code MA, is a professional snowboarder, known for big mountain riding and being sponsored by: Rossignol, O'Neill ,Scott ,Giro, 661 and Blue Bird.

Early life

Jones grew up in New England - Massachusetts, Vermont, and Maine. He started riding in 1984, signed with Rossignol in 1989 [http://www.rossignol.com/] and turned pro two years later in 1991. Jones raced on his snowboard for many years.

After racing for many years Jones began to concentrate on big mountain riding. mainly in his favourite place to ride, Alaska. It is thought that being an ex-snowboard racer influenced his big mountain snowboarding and that his style was a seminal influence on modern big mountain riding, henceforward Jones is regarded as a pioneer of professional big mountain riding.

Today

Jones regularly rides with Jonathan Moore, Jonas Emery, Mads Jonsson, Victoria Jealouse and Johan Olofsson, and takes part in the swatch o'neil big moutain pro tour [http://www.negativegravity.co.uk/2008/03/19/snowfix-62-big-mountain-special/] . Whens hes not on the on the road he lives in Truckee, CA, with his wife Tiffany, a real estate agent in the Lake Tahoe area, and his daughter, both with whom he rides with at his home resort of squaw valley. [http://jeremyjones.info/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/mia-3-3-08-1000712.jpg]

Movies

Jones has been featured in many snow sports films and documentaries. Some of these are Teton Gravity Research films "The Tangerine Dream", "Anomaly" and "Soul Purpose". Also regularly in the annual Standard Films' film, the most recent being "White Balance" (2004), "Paradox" (2006), "Lost in Transition" (2005) and "Draw the Line" (2007).

External links

* [http://www.go211.com/u/jeremy Jeremy Jones on Go211.com] Exclusive photos, videos and blogs submitted by Jeremy.
* [http://jeremyjones.info Jeremy Jones' Blog] Amazing photos and stories of his big mountain exploits.