I'm a few days late with this one, but Janna Meyen has indeed been voted the most influential female snowboarder of the last 20 years by Snowboarder Magazine. Janna has been riding for over 18 years (since before there was snowboard boots) and has won numerous titles along the way. Here's some highlights from her interview with the mag, and you can read the whole shebang here.
Which product innovation had the largest impact on our sport?
For me, snowboard boots. When I started riding they didn’t make snowboard specific boots. We rode Sorrels with ski-boot liners and duct tape around the ankles...
If you could change one thing about snowboarding today what would it be?
That people would ride just to ride; without silly costumes and worry less about being sponsored and more about having fun.
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