Clair Bidez is a professional snowboarder who just missed competing at the 2010 Winter Olympics

2010 Winter Olympics

The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially the XXI Olympic Winter Games or the 21st Winter Olympics, were a major international multi-sport event held from February 12–28, 2010, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with some events held in the suburbs of Richmond, West Vancouver and the University...

. She is a halfpipe specialist from Colorado.

Career

At the 2006 Winter X Games, she was a 4th place finisher in halfpipe. She took 3rd in the Vans’ Cup Superpipe and 1st at the Nissan Aspen/Snowmass Open. During the 2009 season, she finished eighth at the season's first stop of the U.S. Snowboarding Grand Prix tour. She suffered a broken heel that demanded she sit out the rest of the year to heal.

She is sponsored by Nikita, Giro, and US Snowboarding.

Personal

She was born in 1987. Her younger bother Dylan, is also a member of the US Snowboard Team. Bidez appeared in the 2010 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue

Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue

The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue is published annually by Sports Illustrated. It features fashion models wearing swimwear in exotic locales. According to some, the magazine is the arbiter of supermodel succession. In addition, the issue is a media nexus that in 2005 carried in advertising....

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