Background
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 New York
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 New York
With his smooth style and big airs, he is considered by many to be one of the world"s best riders. 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.
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.
His sponsors include Amp Beverages and Nike 6.0. AU 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.
2nd, 2006 Nippon Open (Superpipe), Bandai, Japan 3rd, Winter 2004 (Snowboard Superpipe) 3rd, Winter 2002 (Snowboard Superpipe) Various competition results/information taken from EXPN.
2nd, 2006 Nippon Open (Superpipe), Bandai, Japan 3rd, 2006 Chevy Grand Prix 1-20 (Halfpipe), Mountain Creek, New Jersey 1st, 2005 Middle Earth Superpipe (Halfpipe), Snow Park, New Zealand 3rd, 2005 New Zealand Open (Halfpipe), Wanaka, New Zealand 1st, 2005 World Superpipe Championships (Halfpipe), Park City, Utah 3rd, 2005 Grand Prix #3 (Halfpipe), Mountain Creek, New Jersey 3rd, 2005 Vans Cup (Halfpipe), Northstar-at-Tahoe, California 2nd, 2005 European Open (Halfpipe), Laax, Switzerland 3rd, 2004 Middle Earth Superpipe Championships (Halfpipe), Snow Park, New Zealand 3rd, 2004 United States. Open (Halfpipe), Stratton, Vermont 1st, 2004 World Superpipe Championships (Halfpipe), Park City, Utah 1st, 2002 United States. Grand Prix #1 02/03 (Halfpipe), Park City, Utah 2nd, 2002 Ripzone Invitational (Halfpipe), Blackcomb, British Columbia Canada 2nd, 2002 United States. Open (Quarterpipe), Stratton, Vermont 3rd, 2002 United States. Open (Halfpipe), Stratton, Vermont 2nd, 2002 Grand Prix #4 (Halfpipe), Breckenridge, Colorado.
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.
