Benji Ritchie
Date of birth: October 9,1981.
Hometown: St. Jovite, Qeubec.
Height: 5' 11".
Marital status: Girlfriend.
Contest wins: 2nd place, 2004 Shake Down.
Magazine coverage: Interview in TransWorld Snowboarding, February 2004; interview in SBC, Spring 2004; cover of Sammer (Finland), Winter 2004, cover and interview in Freestyler (France), Fall 2003.
Sponsors: ThirtyTwo, etnies, Rossignol Snowboards, Billabong, Dakine, Iris, Empire.
Calm and collected, yet confident and assertive, French Canadian Benji Ritchie is a true snowboarder who can charge any and all terrain. His riding is very well respected among his peers, who revere his clean, solid style. Whether backcountry, parks, street rails or anything else, Benji has it dialed.
Benji has come along way after paying his dues growing up on the East Coast of Canada. After meeting up with some good friends on the West Coast, he decided to spend his Winters in Whistler, where he quickly joined forces with some of Canada's most influential snowboarders, such as Dionne Delesalle and Kevin Sansalone.
Benji has since made quite a quick rise in the world of snowboarding, wasting no time dominating the backcountry, as well as a handful of competitions. Although he prefers to spend his time in the backcountry filming and shooting photos, Benji never has a sour attitude about showing off his skills to the public by slaughtering contests, parks or street rails. As they always say, better keep an eye out...