
Born and raised right next door to Breckenridge, one of the world’s best park, it’s pretty clear why local Eric Willett is as good as he is. He’s been riding at Breck with his younger brother, Chris, almost every day since the age of six. Willett is known for his fun attitude and easy-going nature. Willet flew under the radar for the early part of his career and started riding during a ... Full bio >
Hometown: Breckenridge, CO, USA
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Quiksilver, Vans, Smith Optics, Breckenridge, Flux, Celtek, BOA Technology
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Born and raised right next door to Breckenridge, one of the world’s best park, it’s pretty clear why local Eric Willett is as good as he is. He’s been riding at Breck with his younger brother, Chris, almost every day since the age of six. Willett is known for his fun attitude and easy-going nature.
Willet flew under the radar for the early part of his career and started riding during a weekly class in his school’s winter rec program. After graduating from high school in 2006, Willett decided to pursue the dream of making it as a professional snowboarder.
After picking up Smith as his first sponsor, Willet won the first stop of the 2008 Burton Am series and qualified for the US Open. The next season Willett took fourth at the Burton New Zealand Open and followed it up with a podium finish at the ‘08 Australian Open.
His deep bag of tricks includes1080s, 900s and rodeos. During the 2009-10 season he landed on the podium at the first stop of the Winter Dew Tour (in front of a hometown crowd no less) and the New Zealand Open.
Willet claimed silver in his X Games debut and won the gold at X Games Europe, where he didn’t land a single run during practice and made up his winning run as he was traveling down the course.
| Rank | Nike Open 2011 | Pantech Invitational 2012 | Toyota Championships 2012 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 56 | 100 | 96 | 252 |
| Rank | Nike 6.0 Open | Killington 2011 | Toyota Championships | Total Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 70 | 92 | 100 | 262 |
| Rank | Totino's Open | Wendy's Invitational | Toyota Championships | Total Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 80 | 75 | 50 | 205 |
| Rank | Breckenridge | Mount Snow | Toyota Championships | Total Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 24 | 70 | 28 | 122 |
Chas Guldemond shook off the the early season nerves to start the weekend off right in Friday's snowboard slopestyle Semi-Finals at the Winter Dew Tour Nike Open.
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Norwegian slope master Torstein Horgmo won the last two stops of the Winter Dew Tour, and with his overall lead coming into the Toyota Championships he was nearly guaranteed a Dew Cup.
Alli
Ball Park brings you the first look at the Snowboard Slopestyle course with Eric Willett in Breckenridge, CO at the Nike Open 2011
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Dialing in your ride is as important as nailing your tricks. The pros have some secrets of their own when it comes to gear tweaks and personal preferences. In Setup, they reveal it all. In this video, we hear from snowboarder Eric Willett.
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