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Kass, Danny
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Dates of existence
September 21, 1982 -
History
Danny Kass is an American professional freestyle snowboarder who competed in slopestyle, halfpipe, and big air. Kass was born on September 21, 1982 in Pompton Plains, NJ and began snowboarding in the area at the age of twelve. His home slopes are what are now known as Hidden Valley and Mountain Creek ski resorts, both located in the mountains of Vernon Township and Highland Lakes. After several years of snowboarding around the mid-Atlantic states, Kass entered the Okemo Mountain School in Vermont to focus more of his time on riding some of the halfpipe and terrain park in the East. In 2001, after winning his first pro halfpipe victory at Okemo, VT, Danny was almost arrested for underage drinking after putting away most of his sponsor’s beer at an industry convention. A few years later, he was arrested twice in New Zealand, once for possession and another time for driving his van up a ski run in Cardrona, NZ. Nevertheless, in 2001 Danny broke out into what has become one of the most successful contest streaks in US snowboarding with four US Open Championships, seven Winter X Games medals, and two Olympic silver medals (2002 in Salt Lake City, UT and 2006 in Torino, Italy). Danny Kass won the halfpipe format of the 2009 Burton US Open, which is the final of the TTR World Snowboard Tour. Kass and his brother, Matt, were the founders of Grenade Gloves, which specializes in snowboarding gloves, accessories, and other extreme sporting gear. Kass is one of the stars of The Adventures of Danny and The Dingo on Fuel TV. He has also starred in several snowboarding films, including Snowboarding: For Me (2014) and FunDuhMentals: Transworld Snowboarding (2012). He has also made appearances on MTV's The Real World and Rally On.
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Pompton Plains, NJ
Vernon, NJ
Okemo, VT
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RAD, July 2008 version. Canadian Council of Archives.
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Catalogued January 2023.
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1) Archival material
2) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Kass
3) https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Kass
4) https://www.instagram.com/mrdanielkass/?hl=en
5) https://www.monsterenergy.com/de/de/sports/snowboarding/danny-kass
6) https://www.teamusa.org/us-ski-and-snowboard/athletes/danny-kass
7) https://whitelines.com/people/danny-kass
8) https://snowboardermbm.de/people/danny-kass/
9) https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2198000/