Danny Davis (snowboarder)

Danny Davis
Medal record
Men's snowboarding
Representing the  United States
Winter X Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Aspen Superpipe
Gold medal – first place 2015 Aspen Superpipe
Silver medal – second place 2016 Aspen Dual Slalom
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Aspen Superpipe

Danny Davis (born June 22, 1988, in Highland, Michigan) is a professional snowboarder. He was voted 2006 Rookie of the Year in the Transworld Snowboarding Riders Poll Awards, 2006 Rookie of the Year for Snowboarder Magazine, and 2008 Snowboarder Magazine Top 10 Riders of the Year.

In January 2010 Davis won a snowboard Grand Prix event but not a spot on the US Olympic Team for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. He suffered a back injury in an ATV accident, ending his 2010 season and Olympic aspirations.[1] Danny finished in 10th place at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. Davis is a member of the Frends Crew made up of snowboarders Mason Aguirre, Kevin Pearce, Scotty Lago, Keir Dillon, Mikkel Bang, Jack Mitrani, and Luke Mitrani. Frends is a 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 and its collegial beginnings.[2]

  1. ^ Pells, Eddie (January 18, 2010). "Olympic halfpipe hopeful injured, out for 2010". United States Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 5 October 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2010.
  2. ^ There's No I in Frends NY Times, March 22, 2009