Profile... Katie Ormerod

Age: 13 years Birthday 25 August, 1997 Height / Weight: 145 cm / 34 kg (4ft. 9in. / 5st. 4lbs.) Hometown: Brighouse Occupation: School Girl

Introduction...

Katie first got her taste for snow sports on a family holiday to Austria charging down the mountain at the tender age of four on the smallest pair of skis imaginable.
For Christmas 2002 at the age of five Katie acquired her first snowboard set up, a Burton Chopper 101, single strap bindings and a pair of tiny kids size 12 boots. Her progression from this point was astronomic, she was soon ripping it up on the Halifax Snowflex slopes with Jamie, Wayne and all the Fax crew honing her skills on the famous Halifax kicker.
katie began to learn rail skills at Castlefords Sno!zone snow academy sessions and quickly accrued a vast repertoire of jibbing tricks where her potential was soon recognised leading to a Sno!zone sponsorship deal.
Katie has competed in most of the AIM series / British Snowtour competitions since 2004 and has bagged a huge haul of gold medals in the kids women category and is now challenging the senior women for the top positions. Her best podium positions to date were first in the big air at halifax and second in the slopestyle at Chatham this summer.
2007 saw Katie's first trip to the Brits in Laax Switzerland where she cleaned up with four golds in the kids women.
Later that year Katie trained at Les Duex Alpes on the McNab summer camp and impressed so much that she was invited to join the McNab junior freestyle team, with more time on snow and tuition from Keith, Dave and the McNab team, Katie's confidence was boosted even further and is now hitting huge cheese wedge kickers in the park spinning cab 5s and jibbing gnarly street rails.
Her second visit to the Brits this year resulted in similar successes her best achievement finishing fifth overall in the open women's slopestyle just missing out on the final.
As Katie grows in both stature and confidence her natural strength and athleticism coupled with a fearless determination is going to make her a force to be reckoned with on and off the slopes.

By By Mark O

Snowboarder Questionnaire

How old where you when you first began riding?

6 Years Old

What/Who got you into it?

My Mum and Dad

What sort of board do you ride?

Burton Feelgood

What length board do you ride?

130 CM

Do you ride Regular or Goofy?

Goofy

Stance width?

19 Inches

Stance angles (front and back)?

Front + 18 Back - 6

Favourite resort?

Laax Switzerland

Katie and Belle
From Katie's Lifestyle & Portrait Gallery.

How many seasons have you done?

None Yet

What was your favourite trip and why?

Laax Burton European Open 2009 because it was a good experience and I liked the big competition atmosphere

What do you love about snowboarding?

Riding powder with my freinds

What's your goal within snowboarding?

To be the best UK female rider

What aspect of snowboarding gives you the most satisfaction (powder, kickers, halfpipe, competitions, big air, cliff drops, etc.)?

I love riding rails and kickers at home and I like half pipe and powder when I am abroad

What style of snowboarding best describes your riding (include a couple if you want)?

Gangster

What's your favourite trick?

Back side seven on kickers front side board slide on rails

What's your scariest snowboarding moment?

Hitting the 12m kickers on the Brits slopestyle course

Katie BS7 The Brits Big Air © Jools Smith
From Katie's Action Gallery.

What are your top safety tips when riding?

Wear helmet , impact shorts and back ptotector just in case

What advice have you got?

Always have the right speed for the trick you are attempting

General Questionnaire

What are your other interests?

Gymnastics and trampoline

Where would you like to see yourself in the future?

A pro rider with a big sponsorship deal and to be the best UK female rider

What music are you into?

Rock Music

What's your favourite film?

The Grudge

Best cocktail, shot or drink?

Dandelion and burdock

Thanks to:

Mum and Dad , Ferg from Burton, Damian and Campbell from Sno!zone

Katie
From Katie's Lifestyle & Portrait Gallery.

Anything else you want to say?

Thanks to Keith McIntosh for all he has tought me

Katie's Results/ Achievements...

Year	Event	Discipline	Category	Position
2010	The Brits Laax Switzerland	Slope Style	Kids Women	1st
2010	The Brits Laax Switzerland	Half Pipe	Kids Women	1st
2010	The Brits Laax Switzerland	Slope Style	Senior Women	2nd
2010	Burton European Open Laax	Slope Style	Junior Women	4th
2010	Burton European Open Laax	Half Pipe	Junior Women	4th
2009	Westbeach Snowflex Halifax	Slope Style	Under 16 Women	1st
2009	British Snow Tour, MK	Big Air	Senior Women	1st
2009	FBBB Tour Final MK	Slope Style	Senior Women	1st
2009	Burton Scrap Metal Hemel Snow Centre	Slope Style	Senior Women	1st
2009	FBBB Castleford	Slope Style	Senior Women	1st
2009	British Snow Tour, Norwich	Slope Style	Senior Women	1st
2009	Burton AM Tour	Slope Style	Youth Girls	1st
2009	Burton AM Val Senales	Slope Style	Youth Girls	1st
2009	The Brits Laax Switzerland	BA SS HP	Kids Women	1st
2009	British Snow Tour, Norwich	Big Air	Senior Women	2nd
2009	Burton European Open Laax	Slope Style	Junior Women	6th
2009	Burton European Open Laax	Half Pipe	Junior Women	7th
2008	The Brits Laax Switzerland	BA SS HP	Kids Women	1st
2008	Westbeach Snowflex Halifax	Slope Style	Under 16 Women	1st
2008	British Snow Tour Halifax	Big Air	Senior Women	1st
2008	FBBB Milton Keynes	Slope Style	Senior Women	1st
2008	Burton AM Castleford	Slope Style	Youth / Junior Girls	1st
2008	Burton AM Bispingam Germany	Slope Style	Youth Girls	1st
2008	British Snow Tour Chatham	Big Air	Senior Women	2nd
2008	British Snow Tour Chatham	Slope Style	Senior Women	2nd
2007	The Brits Laax Switzerland	BA SS HP BX	Kids Women	1st
2007	British Snow Tour Chatham	Big Air	Senior Women	1st
2007	British Snow Tour Chatham	Slopestyle	Senior Women	2nd
2006	The Aim Series Indoor / Outdoor	BA SS BX	Kids Women	1st