DW © Dan Wakeham
Dan first started riding at the age of 15 where he was a regular at the dry ski slope in his local town of Plymouth. He soon managed to get himself a job working as a ski instructor at the Plymouth Dryski Slope and after a year, Dan started to travel around the country competing on the dryslope circuit, where he secured his first sponsors, enabling him to move on to the snow.
In 2005, Dan was crowned overall European Champion in Snowboarding and in 2006 he became the first and only male to represent the UK at the Winter Olympic Games. Dan is currently the UK's highest ranked snowboarder and he compete alongie the British national snowboard team.
Dan comments on what he loves about snowboarding:
"As a snowboarder from England, you have to leave your home country and unike a rider who is brought up in a resort, I get to see new places around the world. I love the lifestyle and I like to meet and ride with new people - this pushes me to ride harder. its good to meet people from all over the world with different cultures and still have something in common".
