Andrew Shandro is a professional mountain bike

Mountain bike

A mountain bike or mountain bicycle is a bicycle created for off-road cycling. This activity includes traversing of rocks and washouts, and steep declines,...

r. Shandro has starred in many films and featured in mountain bike magazines worldwide. The majority of Shandro's pictures are taken by his close friend Sterling Lawrence. Andrew was born and raised on the North Shore, British Columbia. He is a competitive individual, and enjoys spending time with his kids.

Career

Shandro began as a downhill racer. Eventually he decided to make a career of mountain biking and began starring in movies and pushing the limits of mountain biking. Shandro is one of the older riders, but remains one of the most respected. Shandro runs summer mountain biking camps where campers can receive coaching from world class mountain bikers. Shandro often rides at Whistler-Blackcomb

Whistler-Blackcomb

Whistler Blackcomb is a major ski resort located 125 km north of Vancouver, in British Columbia, Canada. By many measures it is the largest ski resort in North America; it is 50% larger than its nearest competitor in terms of size, has the greatest uphill lift capacity, and until 2009, had...

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His accomplishments include the following.

• Two Time World Cup Winner Downhill Mountain Bike
• Four Time Canadian National Champion Downhill MTB
• X-Games Gold Medalist Bikercross
• North American Champion Downhill MTB
• Multiple Podium and top Ten finisher US National Events
• Designed the Bikercross course for K2 Pro Event featured on ESPN
• Designed the World Cup Downhill course for Silver Star Mountain 1994

Sponsors

Shandro's sponsors include:Helly Hansen

Helly Hansen

Helly Hansen is a high-end producer of textiles and special gear for sports and work on the ocean and in the mountains, headquartered in Oslo, Norway .Today, the brand is recognized for its foul-weather fishing gear and can be seen both on television and...

; Trek Bicycle Corporation

Trek Bicycle Corporation

Trek Bicycle Corporation is a major bicycle and cycling product manufacturer and distributor under brand names Trek, Gary Fisher, Bontrager, Klein and until recently, LeMond Racing Cycles...

; Shimano

Shimano

Shimano, Inc. is a Japanese multinational manufacturer of cycling components, fishing tackle, and rowing equipment.In 2005, the company had net sales of US $1.4 billion. Bicycle components provided 75% of its sales income...

; Bontrager; Dakine; Sombrio

Sombrio

Sombrio is a town and municipality in the state of Santa Catarina in the South region of Brazil.-References:...

; Bean Around The World; Whistler Blackcomb; Fox Racing Shox; Smith; Nike 6.0; and Giro

Giro

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External links

• WN Presents Andrew Shandro, Fourteen Video Clips Many of these clips are ads for brakes, etc. Accessed April 10, 2011