Pretty Good for a Girl : The Autobiography of a Snowboarding Pioneer

Have you ever just wanted to do something different and carve out your own path in life? For Tina Basich it wasn't an option -- it was a necessity. As a young misfit skater girl, it was hard finding a place where she fit in. But when she discovered a new and untapped sport called snowboarding, everything just fell into place. When Tina Basich grabbed her rented snowboard and headed to the mountains in Lake Tahoe, snowboarding wasn't even considered a sport ... yet. It was the beginning, and could have easily gone the way of many other sports and become dominated by male-driven competition. But not with Tina on the scene ... Comments like "You're pretty good ... for a girl" only pushed her harder to be the best and to prove she was more than just a token player on the slopes. Representing for women everywhere, she became a snowboarding all-star, started her own signature board and clothing lines for women, founded Boarding for Breast Cancer, and followed her heart, which led her on the adventure of a lifetime. This is her story