3, 2, 1- attack!

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/02/sports/playmagazine/112prodigy.html?pagewanted=4&_r=1&ref=playmagazine

Baby on Board (Figuratively Speaking)


'“3,2,1— attack!” and then Lexi rides switch onto the pipe, sliding to the end and throwing in a 180 on the landing, every bit as smooth as Harriman.' Lexi and Chase Harriman have some things in common. They both love snowboarding and they're both good at it, their differences? Lexi's a 9 year old from minnesota and Harriman is a 22 year old Tahoe local, and they are both hitting the same rail. Lexi was sponsored by Burton at age 7. I'm pretty sure she is the youngest pro rider anddd she's a girl. In the article it talks about her family being on vacation in Tahoe. They set up a jump in the backyard of where they were staying, it wasl ike 8 feet tall and lexi's maybe 5 feet tall. it seems like everything she does is over her head no matter what. They also went to a junkyard to hit a rail with 2 other guys that were like 20 and she was hitting the same rail as them perfectly. Lexi is so good she's even been compared to Shaun White, one of her nick names even includes Snow White, of course referring to shaun. Rene Hansen who used to work with Shaun White says that he has “never seen a girl at that stage be that good. . . . Right now, if she continues on her path, she will be the best women’s snowboarder who has ever lived.”.