Ben Kilner is a professional snowboarder from Banchory, Scotland. He was a member of the British 2010 Winter Olympics and 2014 Winter Olympics Team and represented Britain in the Men's Halfpipe. Started snowboarding at age 9 and first competing at age 10 in the Rider cup series in Scotland. After winning the 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001 Rider Cup series Ben competed in the first British championships in 2001 and finished 1st. He joined the Scottish squad and travelled with his team mates around Europe and eventually at age 13 competed internationally in the Paul Mitchell US Grand Prix at June Mountain, California against Olympic gold medalist, Ross Powers. Ben continued competing internationally in the Junior World Championships, European Open and competitions alike. At age 16 Ben was promoted to the British Snowboard team where he competed in his first World Cup in Bardonechia, Italy. Continuing to win in his age category in the British championships each year Ben was mostly based abroad and travelled with his team competing on the international level. [More at Wikipedia]

August 21st, 1988 in Aberdeen (Age 36)