Seth Wescott

Seth Wescott is an American snowboarder, born on June 28, 1976 in Durham, North Carolina, who is a two-time Olympic champion in snowboard cross. He grew up in Farmington, Maine, where his father coached track and cross country at Colby College, began snowboarding at ten and gave up skiing in 1989 to concentrate on it. He studied and trained at Carrabassett Valley Academy alongside other future Olympians and started out at Sugarloaf. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin he won gold as the first Olympic champion in the event, and at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver he defended the title, passing from fourth place to narrowly beat Mike Robertson on the final jump. He lives in Whistler, British Columbia, and co-owns a restaurant and bar near Sugarloaf.