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    Name:Shaun Palmer
    Nickname:Palm
    Lives In:South Lake Tahoe, California
    United States
    Hometown:South Lake Tahoe, California
    United States
    Age:43
    Birthday:November 14, 1968
    Gender:Male
  • Snow Spew: 6.10.'09

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    A well known Mt. Baker duo of Snowboarders is missing (and possibly presumed dead) after their boat collapsed outside of Bellingham Washington. A massive search party has been put together to find rider Sean "Donkey" Mansfield and photographer Gunther Jose Frank whose boat collapsed at approximately 1:40 am on Friday, June 5th (according to Bellingham police). "Donkey" rode for Volcom, Mt. Baker Snowboard Shop and Lib Tech and is widely known in the Northwest Region for his Snowboarding Skills. Our hearts and thoughts go out to the friends and families of the two missing Snowboarders.

    Twitteris the new black. Everyone is doing it and so are we. Follow us at GrindTVSnow (Click HERE).

    Stay tuned to GrindTv SNOW to find out who the hottest ski and snowboard industry tweeps are to follow on Twitter. We're going to drop links to everyone's twitter from Shaun White to Todd Richards to Peter Line to Jonny Moseley to Sarah Burke... er... you get the point.

    Two of the biggest ski film companies in the galaxy, Poor Boyz Productions and Rage Films, just wrapped up their last epic spring shoot of the season at Mt Bachelor, Oregon. Click here for a look at what went down and a little taste of what you'll be seeing in their new movies, 'Everyday is a Saturday' and 'Pretty Good,' later this fall.

    Pat Milbery is back at Windells Camp at Mt. Hood this summer. And he's bringing with him a new concept called "Pat Milbery's Signature Feature Session". Each session designated pro's and sponsors will help create (with the help of the Windells diggers and staff) a unique feature in the snow camp which the coaches will then help the campers learn how to ride. Be sure to check back here at Grind TV Snow- we'll be out there sponsoring Session 4 in July and delivering full coverage every day.

    Snowboarding's very own Shaun Palmer won the 9th Annual Monster Energy MX Crossover in Sacramento. He was up against fellow shreds Nate Holland, Tyler Emond and Chris Roach, and Skier Daron Rahlves, amongst others. The Monster Energy MX Crossover brings together professionals from all different action sports to compete against each other in a Motocross competition.

    Pro skierIan Cosco will be dropping the 5th installment of his highly entertaining videoblog series called Chug Life early next week. If you haven't seen an episode of Chug Life, your life is not complete...until you click here that is.

    Newschoolers.com just put on a cool contest in which you have the chance to win some serious swag by guessing 'which pro skiers own these laptops?' Head on over to NS for more details.

    Ashbury Eyewear, one of hottest new eyewear companies to hit the market, just announced another team rider to their already impressive team. Justin Bennewill be joining the likes of LNP, Nick Dirks, Desiree Melancon, and Nima Jalili. Head over to Ashbury's website to find out more (and be thouroughly entertained by their awesome blog.)
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  • "Then he got together with my girlfriend!"

    Palmer and Holland
    "Shaun threw me across the room once because I got together with his girlfriend. Then he got together with my girlfriend," says one of Palmer's undisclosed best friends. Check the photo of two Tahoe natives Holland and Palmer practicing together 1 year out from the Olympics. The young buck is on top of his game, does Palmer have what it takes at 40!

    "Shaun Palmer is a legend, snowboarding's original bad boy. In addition to winning six world championships from 1985 to 1999, Palmer, a.k.a. Palm Daddy or the Palm, has been a world-champion downhill mountain biker; a video-game hero (in Activision's Shaun Palmer's Pro Snowboarder); the only athlete to win six Winter X Games gold medals in four different disciplines; a professional motocross racer; a skiercross competitor; CEO of Palmer Snowboards; cover boy for more than 25 magazines; and, according to USA Today, the world's greatest athlete in 1998."

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