Ellery Manning
Backcountry Bred
You can trace a generational shift in snowboarding through Ellery Manning. Born and raised in Truckee, CA, her roots in the Sierra Nevada run deep and reflect a freeride foundation that’s in her DNA. At 18, Ellery is part of a new wave of riders raised with access, mentorship and confidence to navigate the backcountry from the start.
“I don’t remember my first time seeing a snowboard,” says Ellery, who skied until she was 5. “My sister was on the snowboard team, my dad snowboards, my mom snowboards… and I thought, ‘I’m definitely not skiing anymore.’” As a kid, Ellery spent her weekends lapping Alpine Meadows with her parents, Tim and Kim, and sister, Bryn, alongside the Jones family—Jeremy, Tiffany, Mia and Cass. “It was kind of just us and them,” Ellery says of the Joneses.
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