Pro snowboarding beware, for a new threat is approaching from the west. At 24 years old Lauren Kreysar is poised to unleash a shred attack on the snowboard world that will leave many wondering where she came from. Born in San Diego, Lauren later moved with her family to Danville, California and got a house in Northstar to start training in the shred land of Tahoe.
Riding with the Northstar Team for two years, Lauren’s abilities were honed and refined to a razor-sharp edge. Soon Lauren was craving bigger air and greater challenges. At 17 Lauren stepped it up a notch and started riding with Squaw Valley’s team of elite riders. With a world-class pipe at her disposal and six expert coaches to provide direction, Lauren was soon dominating the super pipe at Squaw. Rotating both directions and landing switch with the confidence of a veteran, Lauren’s fearless attitude facilitated her progression. Utilizing Squaw Valley’s terrain park as a training ground, Lauren prepared herself for battle. Assaulting the kickers with reckless abandon Lauren quickly gained the respect of her peers and coaches alike.
Upon graduation from high school, Lauren relocated to Boulder, Colorado to pursue an undergraduate degree in Marketing at the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado. After completing her first year, she had already been honored on the Dean’s List, and continued on to the National Scholars Honor Society her third year. This dose of reality hardly slowed Lauren’s professional snow sliding ambitions. Shortly after registration, Lauren joined the CU Boulder Snowboard Team for the first three years and is now continuing her ascension toward the ranks of professional female snowboarders.
Last season, while competing in one of the largest all female rail competitions in the nation, Lauren Kreysar suffered a devastating and life changing accident. While maneuvering a difficult trick on a rail she took a fall that left her needing to be airlifted off the mountain. This left her with a separated shoulder, two compound breaks of her humorous, severe nerve damage, and after five days in a hospital she was left with zero motor function of her right arm and shoulder, seven screws with a six inch titanium plate, and radial nerve palsy. Although with determination, rehab three days a week for eight months, and having to relearn how to write and perform simple tasks she regained motor function and the use of her right arm just in time for the new 2007/08 snowboard season.
Lauren currently rides six to seven days a week and lives in Summit County, Colorado. Lauren enjoys shredding through the park at Winter Park and dominating the rails and boxes at Breckenridge. She has also been sighted at Copper, Vail, Beaver Creek, and Keystone resorts. Lauren has been touring with the Chevy Revolution Tour, and hopes to get up in the ranks after her devastating accident last season. The season prior to the accident, Lauren competed in the boarder cross event at the Gravity Games, which was held at Copper Mountain Resort. Battling a border cross coarse that some referred to as; “Brutal,” and “The most technically demanding I have ever seen,” Lauren finished second in the consolation final (eighth overall). With an attrition rate of 50% due to injury, just finishing this course was a testament to Lauren’s ability
2008-09
(Pre-Season Injured and Rehab for Shoulder Separations and Broken Clavicle)
Chevy Revolution Tour, Copper Mtn., CO-SBX
NORAM Championships, Copper Mtn., CO-SBX
Chevy Revolution Tour, Boreal, CA- SBX
Grand Prix, SBX- Boreal, CA
USASA and USSA events nationally traveling for SBX and Slopestyle
*Print ads in Ski Magazine and Product catalog for Seirus
*Photos/Posters printed and hung at SIA tradeshow in Las Vegas for Seirus Innovations
2007-08
Chevy Revolution Tour, Spirit Mtn., MN- SBX
Chevy Revolution Tour, Copper Mtn., CO- SBX top 16
Jeep King of the Mountain, Squaw Valley, Tahoe – SBX
USASA and USSA events nationally traveling for SBX *Photo for sponsor ad in September 2008 Ski Magazine’s Buyers Guide for 2009 on pg.95 for Seirus Innovation
2006-07
Sobe Rail Jam, Breckenridge, CO- 3rd Place
Jonserfest “Rockin Rail Jam” in Downtown Denver, CO Oct. 28th- 3rd Place
--Got Hurt Mid-Season at Roxy Rail Comptition--
*Riding photo in the Transworld Snowboarding Magazines’ 2007 Buyers Guide on pg. 113 which came out in August, 2006. *Full Page Ad in the December 2006 Transworld Snowboarding Magazine on pg 192
2005-06
Jan. 2006 - European Tour-Austria, Germany, Italy, and Switzerland
Heavy Metal on the Hill Rail Jam Qualifications, Winter Park, CO- 1st place
USASA Slopestyle Open Division Copper Mountain Series-2nd place
Spring Massive, Breckenridge, CO, Rail Comp.- 1st place
*Appeared (photo and interview) in the December 2005 issue of Transworld Snowboarding Magazine
Summer 2005 (New Zealand)
Inca Rail Competition- 2nd Place
Cardrona Big Air- 4th Place
Queenstown Rail Competition- 1st Place
2004-05
Gravity Games ‘05, Copper Mtn., CO, Boardercross- 8th place
Spring Massive, Breckenridge, CO, Rail Contest- 1st Place
Spring Massive, Breckenridge, CO, Slopestyle- 5th place
Mountain Dew Regional Finals, Breckenridge, CO, Rail Contest -1st Place
Mountain Dew, Breckenridge, CO, Rail Contest- 1st place
Mountain Dew, Keystone, CO, Rail Contest- 2nd place
River Run Rail Exhibition, Keystone, CO- 1st Place
2003-04
USASA Nationals, Angelfire, NM- All 5 Disciplines, #1 time trial for Boardercross
USSA Western Regionals, Aspen, CO, Boardercross and Halfpipe
FIS Race, Aspen (USA) 14th in Boardercross
USASA Competitor, North Tahoe Series
01/04 N. Tahoe Series, Boardercross, 2nd place
2002-03
USASA Nationals, Sunday River, Maine- Boardercross (top 10), Halfpipe, Slopestyle
USASA Competitor, North Tahoe Series
02/03- N. Tahoe Series, Slopestyle, 1st Place
