Dan Wakeham

Dan Wakeham is a British professional snowboarder, born on 12 November 1981 in Plymouth, England. He began snowboarding at the age of 14 on the Plymouth dry ski slope and was sponsored by Santa Cruz Snowboards by 15. After leaving school he spent a season in Flaine, France, working as a shaper in the snowboard park. In 2003 he joined the GB team with the aim of competing at the 2006 Winter Olympics, and in 2004 he signed a professional deal with Nike ACG. At the 2006 Games in Turin he became the first British man to compete in Olympic snowboarding. He decided to retire before the Vancouver Olympics.