Pim Stigter, a 20 year old dutch snowboarder has had an unconventional rise to become a professional snowboarder. From his humble beginnings at his hometown resort of Snowworld Zoetermeer (An indoor resort), he now travels the world thanks to his sponsors O’Neill, VANS, Elan snowboards to name but a few.

Apart from a trip to the Austrian Alps at the age of four, Pim was relatively unaware of snowboarding with an unavailability of any major resorts in Holland. “After I saw a snowboard half pipe contest in Fieberbrünn , Austria .  I really wanted to try that, so I did. One year later there was a indoor slope ten minutes from my house. As a kid I began to spend most of my spare time there” Pim said. Read more »