Career
He competes in halfpipe, slopestyle and superpipe, but consistently places higher in halfpipe and superpipe competitions. In 2006, Aguirre became the youngest snowboarder on the United States. Olympic Snowboarding Team by beating out Ross Powers, 2002 Halfpipe gold medalist and Josip Juraj Thomas, 2002 Halfpipe bronze medalist. Aguirre’s first trip to the Olympics was successful, placing 4th overall in the Halfpipe event.
Aguirre placed first overall at the 2006 World Superpipe Championships and again at the 2006 Burton New Zealand Open.
Aguirre also played baseball during his childhood, pitching a complete game and hitting a grand slam in the same championship game. He is currently sponsored by Nike and Doctorate Howlett Boards, K2 Snowboards, Smith Optics, SoBe, DVS, Windells, Fender Guitars, Mammoth Mountain, Val Surf, The Collection, and R.E.D. Protection.
Frends Crew
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. Style
Known for his aggressive yet smooth riding style, Aguirre regularly pulls off 1080s, 900s and is known for his corkscrewed 540.
Another thing that sets him apart from the field is his unusual stature.
He stands out of the snowboarding crowd because most snowboarders are more compact making it easy for them to rotate and twist in mid air, while he is a lanky 5’11’’, weighing only 150lbs. However, he has shown no signs of this affecting his mid air maneuvers.