For the soldier, see Kyle Snyder (soldier)

Kyle Snyder
Snyder with the 2007 World Series trophy as a member of the Boston Red Sox
Relief pitcher
Born: (1977-09-09) September 9, 1977 (age 34) Houston, Texas
Bats: Switch	Throws: Right
MLB debut
May 1, 2003 for the Kansas City Royals
Career statistics (through 2008 season)
Win-Loss	8-17
Earned run average	5.57
Strikeouts	157
Teams
Kansas City Royals (2003, 2005-2006) Boston Red Sox (2006-2008)
Career highlights and awards
World Series champion (2007)

Kyle Ehren Snyder (born September 9, 1977) is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher. Snyder played with the Kansas City Royals (2003, 2005-2006) and the Boston Red Sox (2006-2008). He is listed at 6-8 and 220 pounds, is a switch hitter, and throws right-handed. Snyder is currently the pitching coach of the Short-Season A level Hudson Valley Renegades in the Rays organization.

Background[link]

Kyle Snyder was born in Houston, Texas. He graduated from Riverview High School in Sarasota, Florida in 1996. While in high school he lettered in baseball, basketball, swimming and golf. He was drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 1996 amateur draft but chose to attend UNC-Chapel Hill instead.

Snyder played three years for UNC-Chapel Hill, and also played for the Chatham Athletics of the Cape Cod Summer league where he was named the top prospect. In the summer of 1997, Snyder played in the Valley League (wooden-bat league in Virginia for pro prospects) for the Winchester Royals. http://www.eteamz.com/winchesterroyals/news/index.cfm?cat=266572

Professional career[link]

In 1999, he was a first round MLB draft pick (7th pick overall) of the Kansas City Royals.^[1] He played for Spokane Indians in 1999 and was named top prospect in the Northwest League by Baseball America.

His career with the Royals was hampered by several injuries. He only pitched 2 games in 2000 and missed the entire 2001 minor league season recovering from Tommy John surgery. Between 2003 and 2005 he was on the disabled list four times including two stays on the 60 day disabled list, missing the entire 2004 season after having surgery to repair a torn labrum in his right shoulder. Despite his history with injuries, he was named the 7th-best prospect in the organization by Baseball America in 2003.

Snyder started the 2006 season with the Royal's minor league affiliate, Omaha Royals, and was promoted to the majors on June 8, 2006 to face the Texas Rangers. After giving up nine runs (five earned) and ten hits in a two inning start, he was designated for assignment.^[2]

In June 2006, he was claimed off waivers by the Boston Red Sox. He split the remainder of the season between Boston and the Pawtucket Red Sox.

Snyder is perhaps best known in Boston for his 4 1/3 inning relief effort for the Red Sox in a July 31, 2006 game against the Cleveland Indians. Entering the game with Boston trailing 8-6 in the 5th, he held the Indians scoreless before David Ortiz hit a walk-off 3-run homer in the bottom of the 9th, giving the Red Sox a stunning 9-8 victory. He allowed only 1 hit while walking none and striking out 6.^[3]

Snyder's first full season in the majors was in 2007, when he appeared in 46 games, one more than his previous three professional years combined. In January 2007 he signed a one-year contract with the Red Sox avoiding the arbitration process.^[4]

In April 2008, Snyder was designated for assignment to make room for Josh Beckett, who was returning from the 15-day disabled list.^[5] Later in the month, he accepted an assignment to remain in the Red Sox organization with Triple-A Pawtucket. He was granted free agency after the 2008 season and signed a minor league contract with the New York Mets in January 2009.

Coaching[link]

In 2012 the Tampa Bay Rays hired Kyle Snyder as pitching coach for the Short-Season A level Hudson Valley Renegades.^[6]

References[link]

www.winchesterroyals.com

External links[link]

• Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)

For the film, see Tanner Hall (film)

Medal record
Competitor for the  United States
X Games Medal Record
Men's Freestyle Skiing
Gold	2001 Mount Snow	Big Air
Gold	2002 Aspen	SlopeStyle
Gold	2003 Aspen	SlopeStyle
Gold	2004 Aspen	SlopeStyle
Gold	2006 Aspen	Superpipe
Gold	2007 Aspen	Superpipe
Gold	2008 Aspen	Superpipe
Silver	2003 Aspen	Superpipe
Silver	2005 Aspen	Superpipe
Silver	2005 Aspen	SlopeStyle
Silver	2009 Aspen	Superpipe

Tanner Hall (born October 26, 1983), of Kalispell, Montana is a freeskier.^[1]

Biography[link]

Chris Hall's brother. In 2002 Tanner Hall co-founded the freeride ski company Armada Skis with skier JP Auclair and photographer Chris O'Connell.^{[citation needed]} Hall is also part owner of the snowcat ski hill Retallack near Nelson, BC, Canada,^[2] along with skier Seth Morrison.^{[citation needed]}

In March 2005 while attempting a switch 900 over the legendary Chad's Gap in Wasatch backcountry, Utah, he pulled up short, hit the knuckle and then ragdolled down the landing, breaking both ankles. His injuries put him out for the rest of the season but returned in 2006 to win gold at both the US Freeskiing Open and the Winter X-Games.^{[citation needed]}

After overshooting a jump at Stevens Pass, in May 2009, in Washington, he has been on hiatus for just over a year. He suffered from tibial plateau fractures and ACL tears in both knees.^[2] Hall got back to training on trampolines during summer 2010.

His attempt at a fourth gold in slopestyle was upset by Charles Gagnier and in 2009 a fourth straight superpipe gold was snatched from him by Xavier Bertoni.^[3]

Hall embraces the Rasta culture and supports the marijuana lifestyle.^[4] His DaKine line is called THC, which stand for the "Tanner Hall Collection" but is a play on the abbreviation for tetrahydrocannabinol, the psychoactive substance in cannabis.

Hall is the co-founder of Inspired Media Concepts, a film and record company that focuses on rasta music and producing ski movies and webisodes.

Career achievements[link]

Tanner Hall with Simon Dumont at Winter X 12

• 2009:Won Male Skier of the year in Powder Magazines 2009 skiers poll^[5]
• 2009: Wins first Winter Dew Tour Halfpipe cup after winning 2/3 stops
• 2008: Wins Gold in ESPN Winter X Games-Superpipe at Winter X Games XII. Making it his 3rd Straight Gold medal at X-Games, and currently setting the record with a total of 7 Winter X-Games gold medals.^[6]
• 2006: Gold US Freeskiing Open - Superpipe, Gold ESPN Winter X Games - Superpipe^[7] and Powder Video Awards - Worst Slam and Best Male performance.
• 2005: Silver ESPN Winter X Games-Slopestyle, Silver Medal ESPN Winter X Games-Superpipe,^[7] Gold US Freeskiing Open-Superpipe and Silver US Freeskiing Open-Slopestyle.
• 2004: Gold ESPN Winter X Games-Slopestyle,^[2] 1st BMW X3 Freeski Invitational, 1st World Skiing Invitational-Halfpipe, 2nd Taco World Superpipe Championships and Silver US Freeskiing Open-Superpipe.
• 2003: Gold ESPN Winter X Games-Slopestyle,^[2] Silver ESPN Winter X Games-Superpipe,^[7] Gold US Freeskiing Open-Slopestyle, 1st World Superpipe Championships, 1st Ultimate Bumps&Jumps-big air, 1st Park City All-Stars Rail Jam, 1st West Coast Invitational-jib jam, 2nd World Skiing Invitational-big air, Silver US Freeskiing Open-Big air, 2nd Ultimate Bumps&Jumps-superpipe and 2nd Paul Mitchell Huck & Roll-halfpipe.
• 2002: Gold ESPN Winter X Games-Slopestyle,^[2] Gold US Freeskiing Open-Slopestyle, 1st World Skiing Invitational -Big Air, 1st Cham Jam, France-slopestyle, Gold in High Times smoke off, 1st Ultimate Bumps&Jumps-superpipe, 2nd Ultimate Bumps&Jumps-big air, 2nd. Ultimate Bumps&Jumps-moguls and Silver US Freeskiing Open-Big Air.
• 2001: Gold ESPN Winter X Games-Big Air,^[7] Silver Core Xtreme Games-quarterpipe, Silver Core Xtreme Games-big air, 1st Winter X Qualifier-big air and Bronze US Freeskiing Open-Slopestyle.

Film appearances[link]

Poor Boyz Productions

• Everday is a Saturday (2009)
• Reasons (2008)
• Propaganda
• Session 12:42
• Happy Dayz
• War

Inspired Media Concepts

• Retallack: The Movie (2011)
• Like a Lion The Tanner Hall Story (2010) - Directors: Eric Iberg, Shane Nelson

Others

• RE: Session (2009)
• The Massive (2008)
• Believe (2008)
• Show & Prove
• Pop Yer Bottlez
• WSKI 106
• The GAME
• The Front Nine
• High Society
• Yearbook
• Teddybear Crisis
• Strike Three
• The Realm
• Second Generation
• The Funkshow Diaries
• Further
• Scandalous
• Area 51
• 41 Degrees
• 13
• Balance
• Mind the Addiction
• Subject to Change

References[link]

External links[link]

Biography portal

• Tanner Hall Moguls Preview on The Ski Channel
• Interview
• Armada
• Article on HookedOnWinter.com's WikiWinter
• Video clip of Tanner Hall's skiing accident

Mike Fowler
Born	(1982-12-30) December 30, 1982 (age 29)
Nationality	American
Height	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Weight	155 lb (70 kg; 11.1 st)
Division	Lightweight
Style	Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
Team	Atos Jiu-Jitsu Team Lloyd Irvin
Rank	black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu

Mike Fowler is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt under Team Lloyd Irvin. In addition to a number of major competitive achievements, Fowler is notable for the speed at which he attained the rank and is, according to some sources, the 3rd fastest American on record to do so.^[13][14]

Grappling career[link]

Although coming to the art with a background in high school wrestling, Fowler did not begin formal grappling training until after high school in 2001, moving to Maryland to enter into Lloyd Irvin’s advanced grappling program.^[13] Fowler’s meteoric grappling career began shortly thereafter, winning numerous private tournaments such as Grapplers Quest and achieving a Pan-American championship as a blue belt.^[15] Many championships were to follow, with career highlights of 5 American National Championships and an Asian Open Championship in the black belt absolute division.^[1][3]

Fowler is currently the head instructor of the North Shore Jiu-Jitsu Kids Club, a non-profit dedicated to helping children through martial arts. He also teaches numerous grappling seminars across the US.^[16]

ADCC[link]

In 2007, Fowler was invited to the ADCC, a prestigious Submission Grappling event where despite ultimately placing 4th overall, he defeated the legendary Renzo Gracie and Saulo Ribeiro, only losing to the equally elite Marcelo Garcia by guillotine and Andre Galvao by points.^[17]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Fowler's promotional blog
• "Interview:Mike Fowler" - BJJ Asia
• Mike Fowler Interview At NY Open 2010

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Joel Tudor
Personal information
Born	(1976-06-11) 11 June 1976 (age 36) San Diego, California, U.S.
Nickname	Tinkerbell
Residence	California
Weight	65.9 kg (145 lb)
Surfing career
Best year	Ranked 1st - 1998, 2004 2nd - 2000 3rd 2001 ASP World Tour Ranking
Sponsors	Kookboxx.com sectornine.com vans.com matuse.com
Major achievements	2 times ASP Longboard World Champion 8 times US open Champion 5 times US Champion
Surfing specifications
Stance	Goofy
Shaper(s)	Donald Takayama
Quiver	9'4" Classic, DTNR, HPNR & 9'6" Papa Joe
Favorite waves	Black's Beach
Website	joeltudor.com

Joel Tudor is a surfer, primarily known for longboarding, and competitive grappler from San Diego, California.

Biography[link]

Early life[link]

His father, Joe, who ignored the shortboard revolution himself and never abandoned his longboard, first put his Joel on a surfboard during a family trip to Puerto Vallarta. He was hooked instantly.^[1]

Professional Surf career[link]

He started out in skateboarding and, while in his early teens, gained both recognition and sponsorship for this. On the water, his apparently effortless skill saw him turn pro at 14 & he won his first professional ASP competition at age 15, making him the youngest competitor to win an ASP event.^[2] Unlike the vast majority of his contemporaries who were riding only modern short surfboards, he also rode the out-of-fashion longboard, and it was the longboard that catapulted him to worldwide fame in his mid-teens. His reputation was such that, when he was on a break, other surfers would sometimes leave the water to watch his silky mastery of such skills as nose-riding ("hanging five" and "hanging ten" - riding with the toes of one or both feet hanging over the nose of the board List of surfing terms#H). Admiration of Tudor was a major factor in the longboard revival of the 1990s.

Despite wide recognition as the doyen of modern longboard riders, and regularly competing in the longboard world championships, it took seven attempts before he finally won this event in the Canary Islands in 1998. Some Criticism has been forwarded, especially by other surfers such as Roth Allen, that his skills are largely blown out of proportion and that his only real skill is effective marketing. Nonetheless he has enjoyed a spectacular and influential career. He won the U.S. Open of longboarding a record 8 times & he reclaimed the ASP Longboard World Championship in 2004.^[3]

Due to his skill on both longboards and shortboards, on big waves and small, Tudor is widely considered to be an extremely versatile surfer, and is also known for being unusually open-minded with regard to the diverse equipment that can be used for wave riding. He is most closely associated with heavily glassed, single-fin longboards typical of the 1960s which help define his smooth and flowing style.

Grappling[link]

Joel Tudor is also a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Black Belt under Carlson Gracie Black Belt and World Champion, Rodrigo Medeiros / BJJ Revolution Team.^[4] He has won numerous Brazilian Jiu Jitsu titles such as the Pan Ams and US Nationals. He is also an ADCC veteran.^[5]

Other Projects[link]

During 1999 - 2004 Tudor collaborated with photographer Michael Halsband to create Surf Book, a homage to the architects of contemporary surf culture. Tudor's text accompanied Halsband's photographs. The book was designed by Doug Lloyd and edited by Scott Hewlett. Additional text was written by C.R. Stecyk. Joel now has his own surfboard manufacturing company called kookboxx, as well as selling wetsuits in Japan.

Documentaries[link]

Joel Tudor is featured in the art film "Surf Movie: reels 1- 14" shot in 8mm by Michael Halsband, as well as The Seedling, Sprout, and "The Present" surfing films all shot in 16mm film by Thomas Campbell. Tudor also features in a large number of other surf films including Longer, One California Day and Riding Waves.

References[link]

Kookbox Surfboards

External links[link]

• Surfhistory bio - listing him as one of just 24 surfing Legends - and with brief video interview
• Surfline bio
• Tudor's company website, with bio including competition wins