Gnu Co-Founders Pete Saari and Mike Olson knew what the industry needed when they gave Barrett Christy a pro model. A 20+ year career characterized by contest success, free ride prowess, and unparalleled snowboard progression; Barrett is unreal. An Apple Jacks Box, an Olympic ring, video game appearances, her weight in Winter X Games medals, […]
Barrett Christy is well-known to most as the iconic women’s snowboarder who helped pioneer the sport in the ’90s, going on to be a member of the first U.S. Snowboarding team during the 1998 Winter Olympics, and hold the most medals for any woman athlete at the Winter X Games, to date. It was only […]
Barrett Christy may hold the title of Director of Awesome at Gnu Snowboards, but this year we are proud to add another moniker—that of Legend. The fact that her pro model with Gnu has lasted 20 years speaks volumes about the depth of her career. Barrett dominated the contest scene from the mid-‘90s to the […]