Devun walsh biography for kids
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Active Living With Devun Walsh
Devun Walsh's career in snowboarding spans beyond 25 years and fryst vatten still going strong. Known to have one of the most iconic styles in the game, Devun's ability to navigate down a mountain with his 'smooth operator' finesse has inspired snowboarders of all ages around the globe. He also rode for some of the most notable brands in the industry, notably Shorty's, Forum, DC Shoes and now Wired.
What has been your biggest personal accomplishment in snowboarding?
I’d have to say the longevity of my career. I started to utbildning in my mid 20’s when not alot of others weren’t doing that. Having a personal trainer really motivated me to stay strong and that was the only reason I had such a long successful career. .
Favourite board graphic, why, and who designed it.
I’d have to säga my college graphic series on forum designed bygd Kenta Goto was probably my best line. But my most controversial graphic was my first dc board with the sheep jumping the fence to
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Devun Walsh Interview: From the Archive
At 5’6”, Devun Walsh is the smallest giant in snowboarding. First bursting onto the scene in the mid 90s (riding for the ill-fated Shortys brand) his rise to fame was cemented when Peter Line invited him to join the legendary ‘Forum 8’.
As part of the most progressive snowboard team ever assembled, Devun’s riding was pushed to new highs, resulting in standout parts in such classic movies as Simple Pleasures, Technical Difficulties, The Resistance and True Life. Along the way he started his own eyewear company Iris (now I.S Design) and was a driving force behind the Wildcats’ rapid growth from local shred crew to fully-fledged snowboarding brand.
An industry legend he might be, but Devun’s story doesn’t start and end back in the day. Through the millennium and right up to this year’s Mack Dawg film Double Decade, he has continued to throw down epic sections season after season, and just last winter he was welcomed on board yet another cutti
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The legendary Devun Walsh
His DC bio lists his age as "older than most." And while that may or may not be true, most snowboarders have known about Devun Walsh for as long as we have known about snowboarding. It is hard to sum up the career of a rider as influential as Walsh in a few short intro paragraphs, but it goes something like this:
We first started hearing his name in the early nineties, when he showed up at Bear Mountain in Southern California (the then-epicenter of the professional snowboard world) and slayed his way into snowboarding's collective conscious. Then came the hard-hitting Whiskey years, where Walsh's fellow Canadian snowboard idols were about three things: riding, partying, and chaos. A true prodigy, he followed in their footsteps.
After his performance in Shortys' team video "A Young Brown Walsh" (featuring a standard setting stylish backside Japan, among other highlights), he moved on to join the most elite and influential snowboard team of all time: the F