Name: Daria Tikhonova

Age: 11

Hometown: Hot Sulpher Springs, Colorado

Email address: athletes@cre8iv-uk.com

Team: Copper Mountain Alpine Snowboard Team

Head Coach: Sean MacCarron

Height: 5ft, 1in.

Weight: 91 lbs.

Home Mountain: Copper Mountain, Colorado

USASA National Race Results:

2005 USASA Nationals (first race season)

1st Giant Slalom

3rd Slalom

2006 USASA Nationals

11th Giant Slalom

6th Slalom

Equipment and Setup:

I had a Nitro Fate 138, Drake bindings, and women’s Salomon boots.

This year, I am going to a Burton Alpine board, Burton bindings, and most likely, Deeluxe hard boots.

Stance: 55 in front, and 45 in the back.

Personal statement:

Snowboarding is the bomb!! I love to race, and will do it as long as I can. I love to feel the adrenaline fill my veins, and leave me with a sense of accomplishment! One of my favourite quotes is " if you feel like your under control, then your just not going fast enough!"

I truly take that meaning to heart, and push myself, pushing the edge feeling it crack, that’s what its all about!!

Racing is where I belong, its one of the many things I'm good at!