Paddy
Graham
United Kingdom
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Freeskiing
Date of birth | 15 January 1988 |
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Place of birth | Sheffield, UK |
Age | 37 |
Nationality | United Kingdom |
Career start | 2002 |
Disciplines | Freeskiing Big Mountain/Freeride / Freeskiing Big Air |
Paddy ‘Reggie’ Graham first skied after persuading his parents to send him to the USA on a school skiing trip. There he discovered a real love and aptitude for the sport. By age 14 Paddy had taken lessons, picked up sponsorship and was spending most of his spare time at the ski village in his home city of Sheffield, in England.
By 16, he was able to leave school to concentrate on his skiing career and has long been the number one freeskier in the UK, with his achievements including winning titles at the Battle of Britain London Freeze (2009, 2010 and 2012), Red Bull Playstreets and Red Bull Tribal Quest.
In order to ski every available minute he can, Paddy is now based in Innsbruck, Austria. His off-mountain interests include rock ’n’ roll music, sushi, New York City and – his secret love – gardening. Since 2009 he has been one of the masterminds behind the Legs of Steel crew; the freeski film-makers who brought us 2015's multi-award-winning Passenger.
Paddy is also the host of the Face Value series in which he hits the road to all the 2020 Freeride World Tour locations and catches up with all of the top competitors.