Nominees - Men
Kevin Jones -
• Winter X Games Gold medalist Slopestyle
• 2001 ESPN Action Sports & Music Snowboarder of the Year (Male)
• Sims World Championships 2nd place Slopestyle/1st place Jib Jam
• Transworld Riders' Poll (Best Freestyle)

Danny Kass
• X Games Gold Medalist Snowboarding Halfpipe
• World Snowboard Championships Whistler 1st place halfpipe
• US Open 1st place halfpipe
• New Kid on the Scene
• Chevy Trucks/ X-Nix 1st place Halfpipe Sunday River
• Chevy Trucks Grand Prix 1st place Halfpipe Breckenridge, CO

JP Walker
• Incredible segment in True Life highlighting his versatility
• Nixon Jibfest Selected Rider
• Coverage in Transworld Snowboarding
• Transworld Awards Best Rail Rider

Todd Richards -
• Winter X Games Silver medalist Halfpipe & Slopestyle
• 1st place World Championships Slopestyle
• Grand Prix 2nd place Halfpipe Breckenridge
• Grand Prix 3rd Place Big Air Breckenridge,CO

Nominees - Women
Tara Dakides
• Multi X Games medalist
• Gold medalist 2001 Winter X Games Big Air
• Vans Triple Crown Gold medalist
• Mack Dawg's Stand and Deliver
• XX Hardly Angels
• World Championships at Whistler 1st in Slopestyle
• Vans Triple Crown of Snowboarding at Snow Summit, 1st place Big Air

Shannon Dunn
• Winter X Games Gold medalist Superpipe
• Winter X Games Silver medalist Slopestyle
• XX Hardly Angels
• Various film segments
• US Open at Stratton, VT 2nd place

Natasha Zurek
• Winter X Games Silver medalist Superpipe
• Vans Triple Crown at Snow Summitt 1st place Halfpipe
• US Open 1st place halfpipe

Janna Meyen
• Numerous video segments in XX Hardly Angels
• Rail Specialist
• New School of female riders

Other Standout Performers -
• Men
Shaun White
• Young guy
• Won Arctic Challenge Pipe Contest
• Placed high in a number of contests throughout the year.

Chris Englesmen
• 2nd Sims world championships jib jam
• best video parts in tb10
• unleashed
• and represent
• most memorable the switch boardslide to frontside slide to fakie on a 10 stair flat 15 stair double kink at windell's.

Devun Walsh
• Incredible free rider highlighted in a # of films this year

Chris Dufficy
• Great segment in True Life. Returned from a major injury (thought he may never ride again)

Jussi Oksanen
• All around great rider
• protégé to Kevin Jones

Mickey Leblanc
• Great all around rider
• and incredible rail rider

Jeremy Jones
• Great big mountain rider

Scotty Whitlake
• Proven rider from these past few years. Creeping to greatness.

Other Standout Performers -
• Women
Barrett Christy
• A great all around rider
• winner of Action Sports Snowboarder of the Year
• Female
• X Games medalist.

Kelly Clark
• Great halfpipe rider . Continues to raise the bar in womens snowboarding.<

Stine Brun Kjelldas
• Womens Halfpipe winner from ISF Season. Good all around rider
• great halfpipe rider.

JamieMcCleod
• Number of great finishes this year. Good in slopestyle
• big air and halfpipe.

Gretchen Blieler
• Up-and-coming women snowboarder. Aspen freestyle team.

Action Sports Feat of the Year
Jim Rippey's (professional snowboarder) Backflip on a snowmobile (in High Society
• Ski Movie II)

Other Notable feats of the Year
• Kier Dillon's 18 ft Mctwist in the Sims World Championships Halfpipe in Brainstorm.
• Scotty Whitlake's wooden rickety rail featured on the cover and in Brainstorm.
• Travis Rice Backside Rodeo over a 108 ft Table top at Mammoth Superpark.
• Jeff Anderson 450 to boardslide to 270 out.
• Heikki Sorsa's Huge Quaterpipe Air at the Artic Challenge.
• Shawn Walters front flip to crooked grind.
• Shawn White winning the artic challenge.

Snowboarding Videos of the Year

• True Life Forum
• Stand and Deliver by Mack Dawg
• Obtigrab
• Transendence
• Hardly Angels by XX Productions

Music
Hip hop. Dmx to music featured in the new videos. True Life highlighted Battle Ax Records on their entire VHS tape
• almost hip hop
• Pulley
• NoFX

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