Having grown up riding in the northwest, Ben Ferguson can confidently say he is as comfortable laying out a swanny backflip on a 60 foot wind-lip gap at Mt. Bachelor as he is double corking in an Austrian super pipe. With multiple medals in his possession, including a gold at the 2012 Youth Winter Olympic Games, multiple standout displays at Snowboarder Magazine’s The Launch, and a style that oozes effortlessness it is only a matter of time until we hear Ben’s name among the likes of snowboarding’s greats. Did we mention he accomplished all of this by the age of 16?

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