Ben
Ferguson
Date of birth | January 21, 1995 |
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Birthplace | Bend, Oregon, USA |
Age | 29 |
Nationality | United States |
Career start | 2013 |
Disciplines | Snowboard Halfpipe |
Ben Ferguson got an early start at competitive snowboarding. When he was 6 years old, Ferguson's father put his son on his first snowboard at their hometown hill, Mt Bachelor. Ferguson got the hang of it quickly. He continued riding with his family, and by 8, he entered his first slopestyle contest at Mt Bachelor.
When he was 10, he competed in the USASA Nationals, and won slopestyle and came second in halfpipe. After that, he uploaded a "sponsor me" video to YouTube and got picked up by the Burton Smalls Team, the junior arm of the snowboard mega-brand. "That made me realize I was pretty good, and maybe I could have a future in snowboarding," Ferguson says.