• 2002, 2006 U.S. Olympic silver medalist in halfpipe
• 2005 Winter X Games silver (slopestyle), bronze medalist (superpipe)
• Won 2005 Vans Cup title
• Inventor of the 'Kasserole'

• Won three U.S. Open halfpipe titles (2001, 2002 and 2004)
• In 2004, won Abominable Snow Jam halfpipe title, Vans Tour Championship overall title and the only male snowboarder to earn two silver medals at the Winter X Games (superpipe, slopestyle)
• First snowboarder to do back-to-back inverted 1080s in 2002
• In 2001, won the overall men's U.S. Grand Prix halfpipe title and the Winter X Games superpipe title
• Competes mostly in ISF events vs. the Olympic-sanctioned FIS tour because "the ISF events are a higher scale (with) more European riders."
• Started competing in 1996 with the Green Mountain Series in Vermont
• His older brother, Matt, taught Danny to ride snowboards and also invented one of his signature moves - the Kasserole - which is an inverted rodeo 720
• Nickname is "Big Dan" and enjoys deep fried foods, skateboarding, hanging out with friends and drawing, which appears on his board
• Listens to his own mixed cds containing a variety of music, such as the Dead Milkman and Britney Spears, to pump himself up before dropping in at a competition
• Considered pursuing a skateboarding career when he was younger, until his family moved to New Jersey
• Owns a snowboarding company named Grenade Gloves that sells snowboarding apparel

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Height: 5'5 Born: 9/21/1982 Hometown: Greenwich, Conn. Resides: Mammoth Lakes, Calif. Sport: Snowboarding Event: Snowboarding (halfpipe)