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Scotty Lago (born November 12, 1987) is an American snowboarder. He is the 2004 world half-pipe champion and winner of a bronze medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics.
Career
Lago has been riding since 1996. He is sponsored by Hudsen Collective, ION cameras, Mountain Dew, Moultrie Mobile, Smith Optics and Friends. He began snowboarding at a local tubing hill in Amesbury, Massachusetts.
Lago was a member of the 2010 U.S. Olympic Snowboarding half-pipe team along with Shaun White, Greg Bretz, and Louie Vito. On February 17, 2010, Lago won the bronze medal with a score of 42.8 out of 50.0.
On February 19, 2010, controversial photos surfaced of Lago with his bronze medal and Team USA gear. Due to these photos, he returned home before the end of the games.
Personal life
Lago is from Seabrook, New Hampshire. He has raised money for the Floating Hospital for Children in Boston. When Lago is not snowboarding, he enjoys hunting and fishing. Scotty has a younger brother named William and an older brother named Jason. In July 2016 Scotty married former Miss New Hampshire, Bridget Brunet. Lago passes on his love of snowboarding to young snowboarder campers at High Cascade Snowboard Camp, during his Signature Session, Session 5: July 26 – August 3. Lago is a member of the Frends Crew made up of snowboarders Mason Aguirre, Kevin Pearce, Danny Davis, Keir Dillon, Jack Mitrani, Mikkel Bang and Luke Mitrani. Frends is a group of riders who turned their initial friendship into a formal alliance in 2007 to move the sport away from its recent competitive and business focus and return the sport to its grassroots, collegial beginnings.
Career highlights
2004 World Quarterpipe Champion
1st place 2006 Fis World Cup Halfpipe
1st place 2006 Paul Mitchell Progression Session
3rd place 2006 X Games Halfpipe
5th place 2007 O'Neil Evolution Quarterpipe
3rd place 2007 Grand Prix Slopestyle
2nd place 2007 Van Cup
2nd place 2007 New Zealand Open Halfpipe
1st place 2007 World Cup Halfpipe Opener
2nd place 2008 Air & Style Quarterpipe
2nd place 2009 X Games Slopestyle
1st place 2009 Burton US Open Quarterpipe
3rd place 2009 Burton US Open Slopestyle
2nd place 2010 Grand Prix Halfpipe
2nd place 2010 Grand Prix Halfpipe
3rd place 2010 Winter Olympics
2nd place 2011 Winter X Games Halfpipe
1st place 2012 Toyota Big Air
References
External links
Scott Lago at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
Scott Lago at Olympics.com
Scotty Lago at the X Games (archived)
Scotty Lago at Team USA (archived)
Scotty Lago at Olympedia
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