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Welcome to the website of professional snowboarder
Chris Klug. He is the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympic Bronze Medalist and first
ever transplant Olympian! He won a medal in the first Olympic Parallel Giant
Slalom snowboarding event in Salt Lake City, Utah in 2002. His extreme snowboard
racing technique on the FIS World Cup should help him attain his goal of returning
to the 2006 Olympic Games in Bardonnechia, Italy and winning a gold medal.
His site is packed with information on snowboarding and transplantation and
features a cool NBC sports video trailer used for the 2002 Olympics. He rides
a Burton Snowboard and is also sponsored by Saturn Automobiles, Fiji Water,
Bolle Sunglasses, Fujisawa Pharmaceuticals, The Aspen Club & Spa, and
Aspen Snowmass, Colorado. He has been a top FIS World Cup Snowboard Racer
for many years. Just three years ago in 2000 he survived a liver transplant
and was able to return to his professional snowboard career. He has been featured
in Sports Illustrated, People Magazine, and Outside Magazine for his outstanding
achievements. On his site Chris offers snowboard and riding tips, training
tips, racing tips, and freeriding and health hints. He trains for his sport
by mountain biking, wake skating, surfing, and kiteboarding during the summer
at the Columbia River Gorge, and the Oregon Coast. It is possible to purchase
klugriding gear and Burton alpine snowboarding equipment on the gear page
of his site or at www.klugriding.com. He currently lives in Aspen, Colorado
and trains on all four local mountians: Aspen Mountian, Aspen Highlands, Buttermilk,
Tiehack, and Snowmass. He hosts a spring snowboard camp at Buttermilk Mountain
in Aspen in cooperation with the Aspen Skiiing Company along with some of
the world's best coaches to help coach aspiring riders and snowboard competitors.
Chris specializes in snowboard carving and alpine racing technique, but his
camp is designed for all abilities and interests in the sport of snowboarding.
The camp includes instruction in park and pipe, boardercross, freeriding,
terrain riding, and racing technique. To learn more visit chrisklug.com and
go to the 2004 Camp page. Enjoy!