Draft:Matt Shaffer
American snowboarder
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Matt Shaffer (born July 2, 1980) is an American snowboarder and business professional from Utah. He competed in slopestyle, freestyle and backcountry events from the 1990s to the 2010s.[1] His riding appeared in snowboarding magazines[2] and he had parts in eleven snowboarding movies.[3][4] He now works as a strategy planning manager in the green industry for Davey Tree in Ohio.[5]
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July 2, 1980
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Matt Shaffer |
Nickname | Matty |
| National team | United States |
| Born | Matthew Shaffer July 2, 1980 Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Snowboarder; strategy manager |
| Years active | 1992–2015 |
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (165 cm) |
| Weight | 150 lb (68 kg) |
| Sport | |
| Country | United States |
| Sport | Snowboarding |
Event(s) | Slopestyle, freestyle, backcountry |
| Snowboarding | 1996 |
Early life
Shaffer was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, and grew up in the nearby suburb of Bountiful.[6] At an early age, he was diagnosed with Legg–Calvé–Perthes disease.[7] He began snowboarding at age 11 at local areas such as Brighton Ski Resort.[8] Local newspapers reported on his participation in junior divisions of the Utah Winter Games.[9]
He attended Bountiful high school where he played both basketball and baseball, earning all-state honors in baseball.[10][11] He later went to college at the University of Utah and University of Wales in the U.K..[12]
Snowboarding career
Early competition
Shaffer began to appear in snowboarding media in the 1990s. Coverage in The Park Record reported on his qualification for the USSA National Championships in Telluride, Colorado and The Daily Herald covered his participation as well.[13][14] In 2001, he was named as an alternate to the men's U.S. Snowboard Olympic Team.[15]
His primary sponsors were Burton, Red Bull, Nike and Oakley.[16][17][18][19]
Magazine and film
TransWorld Snowboarding ran a 2003 feature on Shaffer's frontside 1080 and cab 540 at the Grizzly Gulch Pyramid Gap session.[20] In 2005, he appeared on the cover of Snowboarder Magazine's Winter Rail Special Issue[21] which took place at Olympus Hills Park in Salt Lake but is know in snowboarding culture as the "Rail Gardens."[22]
ESPN listed his switch backside 1080 over Ravine Gap, which is located across from Alta Ski Resort, in its 2010 year in review.[23][24]
Shaffer was in 11 snowboarding films including TB8,[25] State of Mind,[26] Double Decade, [27] The Art of Flight.[28] and Three Busy Winters in Tahoe[29] He was also in film released from Superpark 19[30], Superpark 21 and Superpark 22.[31] In its coverage of Superpark 21 at Mammoth Mountain, California, Snowboarder Magazine described Shaffer as "a role model at home and a role model on a snowboard."[32] He also was in California Daze Ep#4 – Squallywood and Whitelines.[33]
In 2019, footage of him was in a Snowboarder Magazine web series on the growth of Utah snowboarding during the late 1990s and early 2000s called Rewind: Salt Lake City – Episode 2, Influx & Explosion.[34]
Contest results
Shaffer competed in International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) contests in slopestyle, big air, halfpipe, and snowboard cross competitions during his career[35]
Other notable contest results included second place in the Open division at Volcom’s Peanut Butter & Rail Jam Championships at Mammoth Mountain, California[36] and third place in both the Burton finals at Seven Springs, Pennsylvania[37] and the Goon Jam Tour stop in Kingvale, California.[38]
Avalanche video
Shaffer recorded video of an avalanche at Sugar Bowl Resort. The footage was later featured in coverage by SFGate[39], Men’s Journal[40] and First Tracks!! Online.[41]
Business career
The magazine Continuum profiled Shaffer in 2014 featured how he transitioned from snowboarding professionally to a career in business.[42] As of 2025, he works in corporate strategy for Davey Tree.[43] Shaffer lives with his family in Hudson, Ohio.[7]
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