Best Jibber Of 2009: Keegan Valaika
06.12.2009 // 1 Comment
Snowboarder Magazine presents the 2009 Best Snowboarders Of The Year, with Keegan Valaika reigning on rails as the number one jibber of the year.
Keegan Valaika: America’s Next Top Pro Model Bio
07.1.2009
DOB: 09.27.89
Board: Burton Love
Home Mountain: Bear Mountain, CA
Stance: Regular
Sponsors: Burton, Electric, Active, Gnarly
Top Results: 3rd, 2007 Beanies and Bikinis Rail Jam
Controversial graphics have long been a staple of the pro model spectrum. From Tarquin Robbins’ Sawed Off Shotgun stick to Reto Lamm’s hyper color peek-a-boo bikini Rad Airs, to Peter Line’s Dicknose Pony, Peter Line’s Rainbow, Peter Line’s Crippled Kids…errr basically every Peter Line board ever made, to the Black Fly’s Smokin’ Jay Sensimilla models, notoriety is what made every one of these notable. Still, controversial graphics don’t necessarily cause controversy. At least not like Keegan Valaika’s Burton Love board did last season. Regardless of whether you saw these images as tasteful or tasty, these boards caused uptight moms to fly off the handle and the Love Series to fly off the racks. Now, Keegan is coming to Hood to prove that he is more than just a pretty topsheet.
Keegan Valaika frontside alley-oop 360 wallride. Photo: Oli Gagnon
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08.28.2008 // 0 Comments
Keegan Valaika had a real good year filming with Nate Bozung, Matty Ryan and the rest of the BozWreck crew. Based on what we’ve seen up to this point, and how many times we’ve heard Nate raving about Keegan killing it, we went to Vegas and put all our money on an ender in BozWreck II.
Page 1: Keegan Valaika Cover Interview
07.14.2009 // 0 Comments
What is going on with the cover of our August 2009 issue? What is Keegan doing? How did he get speed? Where is that thing? What is that thing? Bozwreck? Find out the answers to these questions and more in our new Page One video interview with Keegan Valaika as he uncovers our new cover.
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