Keir Dillon Explained

Keir Dillon (born June 1, 1977) is a professional snowboarder specializing in Halfpipe.

Career

Dillon has been a competitive snowboarder since 1997; his current home mountain is Ponto Beach, California but originally, he grew up riding the east coast of Pennsylvania and New York. He has accumulated two bronze medals at the Winter X Games, took back-to-back gold at the World Superpipe championships in 04/05, and has secured second and third place at the United States Open. He missed the 2006 season with a torn labrum in his left shoulder.

Dillon is a member of the Frends Crew (spelled without the "i" to emphasize the collective nature of the group) made up of snowboarders Mason Aguirre, Kevin Pearce, Danny Davis, Scotty Lago, Jack Mitrani and Luke Mitrani. Frends is group of riders who turned their initial friendship into a formal alliance in 2007 to move the sport away from its recent competitive and business focus and return the sport to its grass roots, collegial beginnings.[1]

His sponsors include Amp Beverages and Nike 6.0.

Films

VICTIMS (1994)
  • VHS produced by Eastern Edge and Apocalypse Snowboards. Featuring Kier Dillion, Ryan Mrachek, Noah Brandon, Seth Neary, Jason King, Todd Richards, and Peter Line. Footage from Killington VT, Mt. Hood, and the US Open at Stratton.
    Snow Blind
  • Behind-the-scenes figures talk about the history and philosophy behind snowboarding, as well as showing off some of their most spectacular moves on the powder.[2]
    AU: A Snowboarding Film (2006)
  • Follow the US Olympic Snowboard team around the world as they compete to qualify for the fast-approaching 2006 Winter Olympics.[3]
    For Right or Wrong (2006)
  • "For Right or Wrong" takes an inside look at what it's like to snowboard for a living and combines action and documentary-style footage about riders' lives on and off the hill.[4]
    Stand & Deliver
  • Pulse

    • Stunt work

    Stolen Good (2002) (stunt performer)
  • "Stolen Good" traces the lives of three friends whose personal entanglements are almost as unpredictable as the sport they've grown to love, snowboarding.[5]

    Competitive achievements

    !Position!Year!Event!Location
    2nd2006Nippon Open (Superpipe)Bandai, Japan
    3rd2006 Chevy Grand Prix 1-20 (Halfpipe)Mountain Creek, New Jersey
    1st2005Middle Earth Superpipe (Halfpipe)Snow Park, New Zealand
    3rd2005New Zealand Open (Halfpipe)Wanaka, New Zealand
    1st2005World Superpipe Championships (Halfpipe)Park City, Utah
    3rd2005Grand Prix #3 (Halfpipe)Mountain Creek, New Jersey
    3rd2005Vans Cup (Halfpipe)Northstar-at-Tahoe, California
    2nd2005European Open (Halfpipe)Laax, Switzerland
    3rd2004Middle Earth Superpipe Championships (Halfpipe)Snow Park, New Zealand
    3rd2004United States Open (Halfpipe)Stratton, Vermont
    1st2004World Superpipe Championships (Halfpipe)Park City, Utah
    1st2002United States Grand Prix #1 02/03 (Halfpipe)Park City, Utah
    2nd2002Ripzone Invitational (Halfpipe)Blackcomb, BC Canada
    2nd2002United States Open (Quarterpipe)Stratton, Vermont
    3rd2002United States Open (Halfpipe)Stratton, Vermont
    2nd2002 Grand Prix #4 (Halfpipe)Breckenridge, Colorado

    X-Games

    Various competition results/information taken from EXPN[6]

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. https://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/22/sports/othersports/22frends.html?ref=sports There's No I in Frends
    2. https://www.amazon.ca/Snow-Blind-Christopher-J-Scott/dp/B000OT6V32
    3. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2034196/ Film History
    4. http://coloradosnowboards.blogspot.com/2006/10/new-burton-movie-for-right-or-wrong.html
    5. http://www.netflix.com/Movie/Stolen_Good/70061691
    6. http://expn.go.com/expn/athletes/bio?id=45 Kier Dillon Bio

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