Vermont snowboarding phenom, Ty Walker, was just resigned with Roxy for a three-year deal that bumps her from the Am team to Pro. Ty has been blowing the minds of everyone she has met over the last few years, both with her talent on hill and with her down-to-Earth, infectious attitude.

During the past season, Ty has been putting a bunch of contest podiums under her belt, including 1st in Open Slopestyle at USASA Nationals and 1st at the Roxy Powder Jam. As Ty moves from grom to grown-up, she's sure to be a force in women's snowboarding.

Congrats, Ty!

In an exciting moment for women's action sports, snowboarder Ty Walker re-signs to Roxy for a three-year deal which elevates her from Grom to Pro Snow Team rider at the young age of 14. The terms of the deal include boards, outerwear and eyewear.

Ty is a rare bird--she has the confidence and wisdom of a seasoned pro, while at such a young age her love and excitement for snowboarding is still so fresh, said Amber Stackhouse, Roxy Snow Team Manager. It's fun to be around her and see how fired up she is about riding, learning and pushing the sport.

"Being a pro on the Roxy team has always been one of my biggest goals. To me, they are all about style, progression, having fun while snowboarding and doing what you love. These are things I really try to demonstrate in my riding, said Walker. Roxy is really unique because it's an all girls company that promotes women in a male dominated sport and riding for them is a dream come true.

As a Roxy Grom, Ty Walker proved to have an outstanding start to the year, so far. She most recently took home first place in Slopestyle at the 2011 USASA Nationals at Copper Mountain, Colorado in the Open Class Division and won the 2011 Roxy Powder Jam at Mammoth Mountain, California. Other accolades include winning first place at the European Open Junior Jam for the last three years in a row (2011, 2010 and 2009) and placing third in at the Canadian Open Pro Division Slopestyle.

Following the rigorous contest season, Walker immediately attended Snowboarder Magazine's Ms. Superpark, a Red Bull Training Camp in Lake Tahoe, California. She is now back in school and finishing the 8th grade with her friends in Stowe, Vermont. When she's not traveling the world, honing her snowboarding skills or earning straight-As in school, Walker can be found spending time with her family, on the trampoline, co-captaining the girl's field hockey game or playing first-base on the (almost) all-boys baseball team.


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