Tina Basich
# Tina Basich

Tina Basich (born June 29, 1969) is an American snowboarder, originally from Sacramento, California.

## Career

Basich began snowboarding in 1986, when the sport was still new. She is noted for winning a variety of competitions from the 1980s onward, and for helping in the design of outerwear and snowboards for women, including one of the first women's pro-models for SIMS Snowboards.

## Achievements

* First woman to successfully land a backside 720 in competition (at the 1998 Winter X Games Big Air)
* Shares the title of having first women's pro-model board with Shannon Dunn-Downing
* Was one of the founders of Boarding for Breast Cancer
* Broke her right fibula trying a 720 at Mammoth
* Hosted girl action sports TV show GKA
* Autobiography Pretty Good for a Girl details her snowboarding career
* Opened a shop called My Favorite Things

## Competition history

* 2000 G Shock Air and Style - Corner Challenge - 4th
* 2000 Sims Invitational World Snowboard Championships - Whistler = Big Air - 2nd
* 1999 Boarding for Breast Cancer - Big Air - 1st
* 1998 Winter X Games - Snowboard Big Air - 1st
* 1998 Winter X Games - Snowboard Slopestyle - 6th
* 1997 Winter X Games Snowboard Big Air - 3rd
* 1997 ESPN Freeride - Aspen - Big Air - 1st
* 1997 King of the Hill - Extreme - 2nd
* 1997 US Open - Halfpipe - 2nd
