Chanelle Sladics

TRIPLE THREAT:
SURF, SNOW, SKATE COMPETITOR

PERSONAL DATA

Birthdate 11/17/84
Hometown Newport Beach, CA
Resides San Diego, CA & Breckenridge, CO
Height 5'4"

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

2008 2nd Place Roxy Chicken Jam Slopestyle
2008 3rd Place Vans Tahoe Cup Slopestyle
2008 First Cover Shot with Best Mag
2008 Video Part with Oakley Uniquely Video (Distribution over 1,000,000 copies)
2008 Video Part with Runway Films (all women’s film)
2007 Bronze Medal X-Games Women’s Slopestyle

BACKGROUND

Born and raised in Newport Beach, California, Chanelle came out looking for trouble. She started skateboarding and waterskiing at the age of 2 ½, soccer and swim team at 4, and roller hockey at 7. Her dare devil ways did not come without consequence. By the age of 12 she had already broken 7 bones, avoided amputation, and had a plethora of stitches and bruises. Always looking for ways to challenge herself, she took on all sports available to her i.e. skateboarding, snow skiing, waterskiing, soccer, basketball, roller hockey, softball, and karate.

After recovering from a 2-year injury, she decided to put her skate skills to the test and finally learned how to snowboard. She used her birthday money to sign up for lessons at the local mountains. She skipped her 3rd lesson, because she was scouted by a brand that paid her entry fee for a slopestyle pro/am event. Taking 2nd place and walking home with loads of gear, she withdrew from club soccer and joined USASA the following season.

Chanelle became the queen weekend warrior of So Cal at Big Bear Mountain slowly climbing the ranks in USASA, finally winning her a gold medal at the Junior World Championships in New Zealand and earning her a spot at X-Games.

Chanelle was given her first big break on an extreme sports feature show on MTV called “The Triple Threat”, where she competed in a surf, snow, skate competition around the world with respected athletes like Shaun White, Hannah Teter, Todd Richards, Brad Gurlach and so on.

Fast-forward to 2007, where she took a Bronze Medal home in the Winter X Games slopestyle competition, Chanelle proved herself a worthy opponent.