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“Alexis Roland first appeared in my consciousness when I was checking out a friend’s YouTube snowboard video. Right there was a link to this wee little girl on a snowboard, nailing one rail after another with relentless force, pulling off everything from frontside boardslides to switch rail slides and nose presses.
I had to watch it again because the crazy skills of this little six-year-old just blew me away.
Alexis Roland, now eight, is from Bloomington, Minnesota. She first got the snowboarding bug when she was five, and was hitting giant rainbow rails by six. Clearly the kid has some natural talent. “My dad is a good coach,” she says. “I think I have a talent and I’m also able to conquer my fears.
And of course I practise a lot.”
Like a lot of child prodigies, Alexis has certainly had a helping hand from her parents, with dad Shawn Roland going as far as setting up a snow machine in their back yard when nature fails to do its job. “They take me snowboarding every day,” the mini shredder explains. “My dad helps me work through my fears.”
So far Alexis has racked up several professional snowboard contracts, has film parts in Ro Sham Bo and Frozen Assets, and has been taking out girls twice her size and age in contests.
Remind you of a little red-haired boy several years ago threatening to take
out all the competition? His name was Shaun White and he now rules the world. Alexis may very well be on that path too. Zoe Oksanen
White told the story of his mother taking the gold medal to get cleaned at the cleaners in the interview with the interviewer on NBC. It was so funny! White asked his mom if there was anyway they could get the ribbon clean as it had grown very dirty and his mother took the whole thing to the cleaners! He was amazed when she brought it back with a dry cleaning bag on top of it. He also thought it was funny that she complained about how much they charged her too.