Snowboarding Programs  Athlete Spotlight: Alex Deibold
2013-05-23 09:26  Alex Deibold is as comfortable in the halfpipe
as he is on the snowboardcross course, yet when he took third at
the U.S. Champs in '07, the Stratton Mountain School grad
stamped his name on the competitive world of SBX. According to
the man himself, you ride because "snowboarding is fun—and when
you compete, you're pushed to improve whether you want to or
not."  Deibold continued to have his fun at the start of 2011 by
taking a seventh-place finish on the World Cup, which landed him
a ticket to World Championships. He capped his season with a
fifth at the Stoneham World Cup—his best race of his World Cup
career (at the time). In February of 2013, Deibold made the
breakthrough he was looking for. He placed second at the FIS
World Cup on the Olympic venue in Sochi, Russia, snagging his
first World Cup podium. In a world of tough competition and deep
fields of competitors, Deibold made finals at four out of five
World Cup starts in 2013.