Hero. Brave. Mother. Fighter. Powerful. Pioneer. Activist. Mentor. Barrier Breaker. Snowboarder.
The Hero’s Journey is the structure of every good book or movie. There’s a rise, an arc, a fall, a fight, a mentor, a transformation, and resolution. You have to get through some shit to survive. Kimmy Fasani is the hero of not just her own story, but the story of women in snowboarding.
Kimmy’s rise began when her mom gifted her a snowboard, and she started riding resorts in the Sierra Nevada mountains of Lake Tahoe, California, atnine years old. Kimmy moved to Mammoth Lakes, a mecca for professional snowboarding, in the early 2000s. Kimmy chased the contest scene, workedon trick progression, and checked all the boxes she thought she had to check to be a successful pro snowboarder. Kimmy’s first Burton contract came and went; she pushed through injuries, earned a Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, kept snowboarding, scored a contract with DC, learned a double backflip, filmed with riders like Devun Walsh and Ikka Backstrom, and got a callback from Burton, where she was re-signed and encouraged to pursue backcoun-try riding. Kimmy put down a part in Absinthe Films’ TurboDojo, ripped steep Alaska lines, won Rider of the Year, and created Amusement MTN; a snowboard park progression event that evolved into backcountry safety educational experiences for women.
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