David Benedek
Discipline: SnowboardBirthday: 03.06.1980, Munich (GER)
Nationality: German
Residence: Munich (GER) / Innsbruck (AUT)
| Sport successes | 2000 | 3rd in the Air & Style Contest |
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| 2002 | 1st at the Air & Style 2002 | |
| 2003 | 1st at the Overall European Open 03 2nd at the European Open 03 (Slopestyle) 1st at the European Open 03 (Quarterpipe) |
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| 2004 | Voted Snowboarder Magazine "Best Video Part of the Year Voted Snowboarder Magazine "Rider of the Year" in 2003 & 2004 |
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| 2006 | Voted Transworld Snowboarding “Standout" of the Year” in 2006 1st in the Best Trick Award at the Red Bull Gap Session, Garmisch |
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| Personality | Just like snowboarding itself, it is the "creative process, from an idea up to its realisation", which tempts David to participate in a mammoth production such as "91 Words for Snow". | |
| Specialities | As the first rider during one competition, David exhibited a per-fectly landed "front-side 1260 double-cork" - i.e. a jump with a three-and-a-half-fold rotation around one's own axis (upside down)! | |
| Sidelines | Co-founder of production company Robot Food (2001) Founder of production company Blank Paper Studio (2004) Organiser of his own snowboard contests |
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| Film appearances | 2000 | TB 9 |
| 2002 | Afterbang | |
| 2003 | Lame | |
| 2004 | Afterlame | |
| 2005 | 91 Words For Snow | |
David followed his older brother’s path to become a professional snowboarder, winning some of the sport’s most prestigious international competitions and being voted "Rider of the Year" in the USA for two years in a row.
In 2001, he co-founded the US-based production company Robot Food, and served as their art director and co-director for 3 years, winning various awards within as well as outside of the sport. In 2004, the two brothers Boris and David decided to fuse their talents and – along with 2 partners – founded the Canada & Europe-based production company, Blank Paper Studio. Their first production, "91 Words For Snow", was available as a magazine insert in numerous snowboard magazines around the Globe, making it the snowboard film with the biggest reach ever in the history of the sport. Featuring riders such as Shaun White, Jeremy Jones, David Benedek, Nicolas Mueller, Freddy Kalbermatten and Christoph Weber, it shows a very broad overview on the sport’s diversity.
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