{"id":38814,"date":"2012-12-11T10:10:58","date_gmt":"2012-12-11T18:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=38814"},"modified":"2012-12-11T10:11:06","modified_gmt":"2012-12-11T18:11:06","slug":"nicolas-muller-joins-nixon-snow-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=38814","title":{"rendered":"Nicolas M\u00fcller Joins Nixon Snow Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/55375617?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0&amp;badge=0&amp;color=ffffff\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nixon.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nixon&#8217;s <\/a><\/strong>snow team is happy to welcome <strong>Nicolas M\u00fcller<\/strong> to its ranks.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cNico is, without doubt, one of the most respected riders in the world,\u201d stated <strong>Chad DiNenna<\/strong>, Nixon co-founder and E.V.P. of Marketing. \u201cNot only by pro snowboarders, but across the wider boardsport industry and community. That feeling of respect is also shared by every one of our team riders, and that\u2019s why it was easy to have him join us. We\u2019re all pumped to welcome him onboard.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>For the official word, including what <strong>JP Walker<\/strong> thinks of Nico joining the team, follow the jump.<!--more-->NICOLAS M\u00dcLLER JOINS NIXON GLOBAL TEAM<br \/>\nWELCOME TO THE TEAM NICO!<\/p>\n<p>Encinitas, CA- Nixon is proud to welcome Nicolas M\u00fcller to the Nixon Global Snow Team. Coming off a recent stellar winter season including an X Games Gold, a podium position at Travis Rice\u2019s Red Bull Supernatural Event and a banger video part with Absinthe Films, the 30-year-old Swiss native is poised and ready for his next chapter.<\/p>\n<p>Starting out his pro career as one of the most technically accomplished contest riders in the game, Nico soon switched his focus to the backcountry where he continues to drive the mind-blowing evolution of free ride snowboarding.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNico is, without doubt, one of the most respected riders in the world,\u201d stated Chad DiNenna, Nixon co-founder and E.V.P. of Marketing. \u201cNot only by pro snowboarders, but across the wider boardsport industry and community. That feeling of respect is also shared by every one of our team riders, and that\u2019s why it was easy to have him join us. We\u2019re all pumped to welcome him onboard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Longtime Nixon pro rider JP Walker didn\u2019t waste any time in giving Nico the nod to join the team stating, \u201cNico is the man. I\u2019m hyped to have him as part of the crew. He\u2019s insane to watch in the backcountry.\u201d Added Iikka Backstrom, \u201cHell yes! Nico is the shit!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nico enthusiastically had this to say, \u201cJoining the Nixon family is a dream come true. The team basically consists of legends past and present, and just thinking about what each of them has accomplished gives me goose bumps. Representing the brand is an honor and at the end of the day I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve ever met anyone who doesn\u2019t think Nixon is dope shit. And that says it all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Watch Nico&#8217;s welcome clip here. <\/p>\n<p>About Nixon<br \/>\nFounded in 1998 in Encinitas, CA, Nixon is the premium watch and accessories brand for the youth lifestyle market. Focused on making the little stuff better, Nixon began with a small line of team-designed, custom-built watches sold exclusively in specialty boardsport and fashion retailers. Currently distributed in over 70 countries, Nixon\u2019s product range has grown to include select men\u2019s and women\u2019s softwoods, leather goods, custom headphones and audio accessories. For more information, please visit: nixon.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nixon&#8217;s snow team is happy to welcome Nicolas M\u00fcller to its ranks. \u201cNico is, without doubt, one of the most respected riders in the world,\u201d stated Chad DiNenna, Nixon co-founder and E.V.P. of Marketing. \u201cNot only by pro snowboarders, but across the wider boardsport industry and community. That feeling of respect is also shared by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,4,28],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38814"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38814"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38814\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38816,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38814\/revisions\/38816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}