Coming from a family of skiers and snowboard riders, Hannah Teter is destined to be one of the best in the field. In 1996, she got her first riding lesson from her three pro snowboarder brothers at the young age of 8 at the mountain of Okemo. She developed from a little girl with natural snowboarding talent to an accomplished athlete competing in women’s halfpipe. Because of this, she got the nods of the coaches of the US Snowboarding Team and she landed a spot there when she was 16. Hannah is known for her progressive riding and excellent amplitude. She is now considered as one of the world’s top halfpipe riders since the 2002 Olympic Games held in Salt Lake City. In the same year, she became the Junior Worlds champion. In 2003, she bagged the silver medal at the Winter X Games and the gold medal in the same competition the following year. She was also the champion in the 2004 Snowboard Grand Prix. In 2005, she took the bronze medal in the World Championships. Hannah has only been a pro snowboarder for a few years, but she has won in virtually every major halfpipe event in the world except the US Open. Her best achievement, however, was her gold medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Unfortunately, even before the 2006 Olympics, she was already having persistent knee problems. Thus, she underwent a post-Olympic surgery on her left knee. This made her temporarily unfit to compete for the whole season of 2007 except in December where she won 3rd place at the US Grand Prix. Hannah spent most of her down time pursuing other activities, such as community and charity work. In fact, her family launched their own line of maple syrup called “Hannah’s Gold”, with the profits benefiting the poor children of Kenya.