Education
She decided she wanted to be a professional snowboarder when she was a teenager, and began pursuing a career through the contest circuit in New England at 17, where she attended Stratton Mountain School.
She decided she wanted to be a professional snowboarder when she was a teenager, and began pursuing a career through the contest circuit in New England at 17, where she attended Stratton Mountain School.
She learned to snowboard when she was 12 years old near her hometown of Seattle. Growing up in the Pacific Northwest of the United States, Alexis Waite learned to snowboard at local Seattle ski areas Alpental and Stevens Pass. During the 2002/2003 season she was a professional snowboarder and continued to compete, switching her focus to Slopestyle, Quarterpipe and Rails.
Early wins were the 2003 Vans Triple Crown Jib Contest and the 2003 Summer Windell"s Bonfire Triple Rail Jam.
Number stranger to the podium since then, Waite is usually in the finals of the major contests, and has been a Winter X-Games SlopeStyle regular since 2004. She is also considered influential in the snowboard video industry, and had her first video appearance in "Declaration" (2002).
Since then, she has been appearing in videos including "Neoproto" (2003), "As If" (2005) and "Ro Sham Bo" (2006) by Misschief films, "LaLaLand" (2007) by Runway Films and "Labor of Love" (2007) by Roxy, and "White Air" (2007). Waite has been the subject of several television shows, including "First Hand" (2006) on FuelTV and "Stunt Junkies" (2007) on Discovery Channel.
Best known as a long-time Roxy Snow Team rider, Alexis" signature snowboard is the Roxy "Ollie People’s" which has been an award-winning top seller for her primary sponsor, Roxy.
She also has a signature snowboard boot for sponsor Northwave/Drake boots and bindings. Electric Eyewear and Boost Mobile round out her sponsor list. VOGUE magazine featured Alexis Waite as a new style leader in article titled "Tomorrow"s Muse" (October 04).
She notably broke her eye socket, cheekbone and wrist in the 2005 Winter X-Games, and both her hands simultaneously at Ms SuperPark 2007.
Alexis retired from pro-snowboarding in 2010 and currently resides in Whitefish, Montana. She is an energy healer in reflexology and a jewelry designer, and enjoys shredding the slopes of Whitefish Mountain Resort.
Early on in her career, Waite helped design the Santa Cruz Snowboards women"s line when she was a member of their team, including the acclaimed "Muse" snowboard.