• Won two silver medals during 2001-2002 World Cup season
• Won two Grand Prix halfpipe events and one Vans Triple Crown halfpipe event in 2000-01 season
• 1999 World Cup halfpipe champion (7 wins)
• Won gold medal in snowboarding's debut at Goodwill Games in 1999

• "Whenever I hear the cheesy song 'One Moment in Time,' I am reminded of all the Olympic moments and it makes me want to work harder"
• Featured in USOC's advertising campaign for Salt Lake Games, with a cardboard cutout likeness of herself sitting in a dentist's chair while the actual Tricia was working out in preparation for the 2002 Olympic Winter Games. The commercial debuted during G
• One of her first jobs was as a clerk at a local video store: "It was a small, old video store, kind of out of the way, and I soon realized that the only videos that got rented on a regular basis were of the XXX nature. It made for an interesting summ
• Favorite place to compete is Stratton Mountain in Vermont during the U.S. Open because it brings out the best riding, crowds and atmosphere
• Started skiing when she was 4 years old. Her parents later bought a vacation home near Stratton Mountain, which soon became her home mountain
• Participated in a usolympicteam.com auction to allow a winning bidder to learn halfpipe from her
• Has hosted an episode of X Today on ESPN2 and wants her own TV show
• Graduated from St. Michael's (Vt.) College in 1998 with a double major of English and psychology. She later put the English degree to work as editor of Eastern Edge, a magazine devoted to snowboarding on the East Coast
• Rides Lamar boards
• Enjoys indie rock band Modest Mouse's CD 'The Moon and Antarctica'
• Editor of Eastern Edge, a magazine devoted to East Coast riding
• Plays guitar

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Height: 5'7 Born: 11/18/1974 Hometown: Greenwich, Conn. Resides: New Canaan, Conn. Sport: Snowboarding Event: Snowboarding (halfpipe)