Additional Information
Highlights
| Rank | Event | Year | Location |
|---|
| FIS World Championships |
| 3 | Slopestyle | 2011 | La Molina, ESP |
| 7 | Slopestyle | 2013 | Stoneham, QC, CAN |
| World Snowboarding Championships |
| 5 | Slopestyle | 2012 | Oslo, NOR |
| FIS World Cup Rankings overview - displays all rankings from 2010/11, top three for earlier seasons |
| Season | AFU |
|---|
| 2013/2014 | 86 |
| 2012/2013 | 38 |
| 2011/2012 | 25 |
| Best performance per season in FIS World Cup events from 2010/2011 |
| Season | SBS |
|---|
| 2013/2014 | 1 x 22nd |
| 2012/2013 | 1 x 5th |
| 2011/2012 | 1 x 5th |
| Rank | Event | Year | Location |
|---|
| Ten best FIS World Cup performances in current season |
| 22 | Slopestyle | 2013/2014 | Cardrona, NZL |
| 33 | Slopestyle | 2013/2014 | Stoneham, QC, CAN |
| 39 | Slopestyle | 2013/2014 | Copper Mountain, CO, USA |
| X Games |
| 9 | Slopestyle | 2011 | Aspen, CO, USA |
| World Snowboard Tour (Ranking) |
| 8 | Slopestyle | 2011/2012 | |
LegendALL-Overall, PGS-Parallel Giant Slalom, PS-Parallel Slalom, PAR-Parallel Overall, SBX-Snowboard Cross, ASP-Parallel and Snowboard Cross overall ranking, HP-Halfpipe, BA-Big Air, SBS-Slopestyle, AFU-Freestyle overall ranking, BA/SBS-Big Air and Slopestyle overall ranking, DNS-Did not start, DNF-Did not finish, DSQ-Disqualified
- Nickname: Shelly G (facebook.com, 28 Aug 2009)
- Occupation: Athlete
- Coach: Jody Blatchley [national] (snowsports.co.nz, 17 Mar 2013; hpsnz.org.nz, 10 Oct 2013)
- Hobbies: Travel, food, coffee, friends, and good times. (dragonalliance.com, 2013)
- Languages Spoken: English
- Position Style: Regular (snowsports.co.nz, 2013)
Additional Information
Start of sporting careerShe began riding at age four. (snowsports.co.nz, 2013)
Reason for taking up this sportShe grew up in a ski town, and her parents got her involved in the sport. (nzherald.co.nz, 17 Aug 2013)
AmbitionsTo win a medal at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games. (nzherald.co.nz, 17 Aug 2013)
TrainingShe spends part of the year training in Breckenridge, CO, United States. She trains nearly every day of the year. (stuff.co.nz, 18 Aug 2013; nzherald.co.nz, 17 Aug 2013)
AwardsIn 2010 she became the first ever New Zealander to be invited to compete in the slopestyle discipline at the X Games. (snowsports.co.nz, 2013)
She was named New Zealand Snowboard Union [NZSBU] Female Snowboarder of the Year in 2009/10. (cardrona.com, 2013)
She was named SnowSports New Zealand 2008/09 Snowboarder of the Year. (heliski.co.nz, 2010)
GeneralNORTHERN BASE
During the northern hemisphere winter she bases herself in Breckenridge, CO, in the United States. Although she calls Ohakune in New Zealand her home, she spends most of her time in Wanaka and Queenstown, New Zealand, during the southern hemisphere winter. (snowsports.co.nz, 2013)
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