AIMEE FULLER
SNOWBOARDING
I had my heart set on becoming a professional snowboarder from an early age, so it’s just as well I always had the snowy peaks of South East London to practice on…not! I didn't let that stand in the way of my dream - and nor should you.
Here's how I made it from plastic dry-slopes to professional snowboarding. Hailing from the flat suburban district of Bromley, I'd be lucky to see more than an inch or two of snow each year! I used to go to the local dry slope (Bromley Ski Centre, in Kent) every Saturday. At the same time I was doing motor-cross, which helped with my ability to read lines and transitions when I started snowboarding. When I was 12, my family & I moved to the U.S. I was lucky enough to have the local hill only an hour-and-a-half away. The Appalachian mountains aren't the highest, but what they did have was real snow, and a snow park with a variety of jumps and rail features. That’s when I hung up my skis and started snowboarding.
I was able to get out on my board every other weekend and absolutely loved it! I’d go up with my friends from school and we’d just hurl ourselves off little jumps and rails. After three years in the US we were due to move back to the UK. I'd begged my Mum to let me go on a snowboard camp for my 16th Birthday and–in the August before we moved to Belfast–she let me go to a camp in Mount Hood, Oregon that changed my life.
“I was a total punter, I still cant believe Roxy sponsored me!”
Erin Comstock, a professional Roxy rider, was my coach for the week. When we moved back to the UK I got a phone call from Roxy, my longest standing sponsor (Now 13 years) and two weeks later, I was off to Switzerland's Saas Fee for the Roxy Furture Team Camp! It was there that I made my first mark on the snowboarding world and left the camp as a junior team athlete. I still can’t believe they sponsored me! But I guess they must have seen some potential...
Aimee is a well-established member of the snowboarding community. Having competed in the last 2 Winter Olympics, as well as multiple US X Games and Dew Tour events. Gracing the front cover of magazines internationally and finishing 3rd in the overall World Cup Big Air rankings.
Despite her rise to fame and her array of phenomenal results, Aimee is adamant not to lose sight of the one golden rule of snowboarding: share the moments, enjoy the friendships and use the blank canvas of creativity to write your own story. Its an art form.
