Pat moore snowboarder biography
With a long career and a massive list of accolades under his belt, it was a no-brainer to welcome one of snowboarding’s legends to the Team. With video parts, magazine coverage, and a global impact dating back over a decade - K2 Snowboarding proudly welcomes Pat Moore into the fold.
We reached out to two long-time K2 Snowboarding Team Riders on their reaction to hearing the news that Pat officially put his pen to paper.
"Despite Pat's liking to heavy metal music, tattoos, and psycho snowboarding ability...he has a softer side. One summer evening he came and stayed the night at our off-grid cabin in the woods. He opted to sleep on the deck to get the full outdoor experience. I woke up in the morning and saw that all the deck furniture had been arranged into a protective fort around his sleeping bag but the sleeping bag was empty. Then I noticed Pat made his way inside and was sleeping on the couch. Apparently, our campfire conversations the night before about bears and other wild creatures caused some nightmares about mountain lions that motivated the fortress build and ultimately the couch surfing. Pretty cute."
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Growing up on the slopes of Waterville Valley, NH, Pat Moore developed an early appreciation for the tight-knit East Coast snowboard scene. Moving west at the age of 17, he then found himself in the upper echelon of pro snowboarding. From a broken pelvis to his own movie with Veeco Productions, Pat Moore talks about his end game and everything in between.
You can spot him from a mile away. All black everything, fresh ink, long red beard; to strangers, he could’ve played a metal show the night before. To those in the know, he is one of the most powerful snowboarders in the game right now. You get closer and the big smile breaks out.
Pat Moore is a happy man.
He should be—he has a lot of which to be proud. He’s in the middle of a world tour for his Veeco Films production, Mr. Plant. The North America and European legs just ended and he’s in California for a few days before it’s wheels up to Asia with filmer and lead man on the project, Jake Price. They will hang in South Korea for a couple of days, move on to Tokyo, then end it all at Pipeline on Oahu’s North Shore. When the snow falls, he’ll go to Baldface Lodge, BC to kick off the season…
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Snowboarding’s Renaissance Men: Pat Moore
Once upon a time, there were no contests and no videos – just snowboarding... As snowboarding evolves, most pros become increasingly specialised… but not the All-Rounder – snowboarders who kill it on all terrain. These are the true stars of the sport: the ATVs, the Renaissance Riders. So: who are they?
Well, the perfect all-rounder would dominate everywhere – spend all week crushing it in the streets and backcountry, then scoop up Slopestyle and Superpipe podiums on the weekend. But: ain’t nobody got time for that, so we need to look at riders who tick almost all the boxes – Backcountry (natural terrain freestyle/freeride), Snowpark (Jumps & Obstacles), Transitions (Halfpipe/Quarterpipe), and Urban (Street rails, architecture).
In part three we look at Pat Moore, a rider who is probably the most complete all-round snowboarder in the world right now.
Pat Moore
Backcountry 5/5 Emerging as a highly-promising 15 year old park rider in 2003's Video Gangs, by 2008 Pat had taken his butter-smooth air game to the backcountry, seamlessly blending big cheese wedge moves with gnarly steep lines and burly stepdowns in Forum Or Against 'em. A few years later his ability to juggle urban and powder led to his classic ender double part in Forum's Vacation – a classic part if ever there was one. Pat's backcountry riding is, above all, rounded: over the years he has ridden with, and learned from legends like Gigi, Iguchi and Lynn, and this shines through in his mountain riding, every bit as much as his park origins.
Park 3/5 Pat grew up riding in New Hampshire, which in snowboarding terms means smaller, colder mountains, less powder and great, if icy, snowparks – a breeding ground for riders with rock solid park skills. This is the foundation on which his whole career has been built – applying polished, technical park moves to every non-park situation. Becoming a Forum Youngblood at the age of 15 too