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Shaun Palmer (born November 14, 1968) is an American professional snowboarder, skier, mountain biker, and motocross rider. Nicknamed "Napalm" and "Palm Daddy", he is known as one of the forefathers of extreme sports .
Aug 21, 2018 · In the early days of downhill, one of the biggest names to cross over to mountain biking from another sport was American Shaun 'Palm Daddy' Palmer. Already famous as a snowboarder and an early extreme sports star, Palmer announced his intention to become a Downhiller in 1995, and joined the UCI World Cup circuit in 1996.Despite his lack of ...
Hall of Fame Class of 2016. As the “heart and soul” of snowboarding in its infancy, the multi-talented Shaun Palmer was a halfpipe and boarder-cross world champion and a legendary rebel. Bo Jackson was one dimensional compared to Shaun Palmer.
Feb 15, 2012 · Most mainstream sports fans know Shaun Palmer for his scene-stealing multi-sport performances at the Winter X Games.
- Jesse Huffman
Jan 11, 2016 · Palmer remains one of the most controversial and polarizing snowboarding figures of all-time. And while he was crude, rude, and intense, he was just what snowboarding needed in its...
- The Inertia Mountain Contributing Editor
“Shaun Palmer, alone, embodied the heart and soul of snowboarding,” states Tom Hsieh, founding editor of the world’s first snowboard magazine Absolutely Radical. “You’ve got this performance-driven rider who has a complete disregard for how people think of and perceive him. And that’s what snowboarding started as many years ago.
Palmer began his championship career by taking snowboarding's overall championships, he later stepped up to halfpipe championships and then transferred all his board finesse over to boardercross championships.
