Danny Kass

Daniel Kass was born on 21 September 1982 in Pompton Plains, New Jersey, and is an American professional snowboarder who competed at the Olympic level. He grew up in the Scenic Lakes section of Vernon Township, New Jersey, began snowboarding at the age of twelve on what are now the Hidden Valley and Mountain Creek ski resorts, and later attended the Okemo Mountain School in Vermont. From 2001 he built one of the most successful contest streaks in the sport, with four US Open Championships, seven Winter X Games medals and two Olympic silver medals. He won silver in the men's halfpipe at the 2002 Winter Olympics and, after fighting back from a slow start in the US Grand Prix circuit, took a second silver at the 2006 Games in Torino with back-to-back 1080s. With his brother Matt he founded Grenade Gloves, which makes snowboarding gloves and accessories, and he appears in the Fuel TV series The Adventures of Danny and The Dingo and hosts a podcast called Unleashed with Luke Trembath.