Roxy Rider Torah Bright wins US Open

Born: December 27, 1986

Height: 5'4"

Stance: Goofy

Sponsors: Roxy

Current Residence: Salt Lake City, Utah

With an amazing win at the 2009 U.S. Open pipe finals and a previous first place at the ‘09 X-games, Torah Bright confirmed that she is the one to watch (if you didn’t know) in the Superpipe for the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver. Torah also won Amp Energy Best Trick award for a sweet lil switch backside 720. As a little history factoid, Torah now ties Kelly Clark for most pipe wins at the Open.

Bio
The Australian-born professional snowboarder Torah Bright, who currently resides in the U.S., is not only one of the most popular and talented international athletes, she is also a dynamic woman off the slopes. After a decade of mastering her snowboarding style, Torah has become one of the most photographed female snowboarders in the world and has been featured on countless billboards, in newspapers, magazines and televisions campaigns globally. At the young age of 22, Torah has also been a dominant force in evolving the sport of snowboarding. As Torah explains, “It takes a lot of time and emotionally it’s hard too, taking the beatings and picking yourself up again. But once you’ve got it, it’s amazing!” As a ROXY team rider, Torah has taken the snowboard world by storm.

Although Torah joined the Roxy team in 1999, she has loved the snow since she was born. By age two Torah was on skis and by eleven she emerged onto the snowboarding scene. Torah’s halfpipe expertise has led to amazing achievements including winning the 2007 TTR Women’s World Tour, the 2007 Burton Global Open Series, the gold at the 2007 Winter X Games, the 2008 Burton US Open Snowboarding Championship and the 2008 World Superpipe Championship. She took home the gold at the 2009 Winter X Games Superpipe and placed first at the 2009 Winter Dew Tour in Northstar-at-Tahoe. Torah has proven herself to be one of the most accomplished snowboarders in the world.

This snowboarding champion chases her passion around the globe. While in the north, Torah spends time in her beloved historic home in Salt Lake City, UT. Torah has an amazing interior design sense and spent some time restoring this historic house. She spends the other half of the year training and competing in New Zealand and Australia. Torah is very close with her family and shares the bond of snow sports with them. Her older sister, Rowena, was a ski racer who competed in the 2002 Winter Olympics and her younger sister, Abby, has also ridden professionally. Torah’s brother Ben, a pro snowboarder, is also her coach and travels with her. Ben has been a tremendous support to Torah, as both a brother and a coach, “Over the years things become easier, things click, but a big part of that is my brother who coaches me,” she says.

Torah is the first Roxy athlete to launch a signature series for the 2008/09 season. Anyone who meets Torah will notice her innate fashion sense and striking beauty and the “Roxy Bright Edition” women’s outerwear and hard goods collection is a perfect outlet for Torah to express her personal style. Torah consistently ignites fashion trends on the slope and other athletes follow her lead. Some of her signature looks include bright colors, prints and rhinestones.

Torah is known for her infectious laugh and leaves a lasting impression on everyone who meets her. With a smile always on her face, she is constantly described as “gracious” and “charming.” Coach and brother Ben adds, “Torah works hard, she takes the bumps and the bruises and then she gets back up again, she will try until she succeeds.” The snowboarding world expects big things from Torah and she will have no trouble accomplishing them.