Nate Bozung was arrested on suspicion of holding up a knife to one person and threatening to shoot another with a rifle. Image: Summit County Jail
Former pro snowboarder Nate Bozung was arrested on May 12th on suspicion of aggravated assault, unlawful possession of a firearm and marijuana possession. According to The Salt Lake Tribune, he allegedly held a knife to someone and threatened to shoot another with a rifle. The 36-year-old posted bail by the following Monday and was released.
Bozung, who was (and is) one of snowboarding’s most enigmatic characters, played a large role in snowboarding in the ’90s and 2000s. “Bozung’s a style king, he’s a friend, he’s a soul shredder, and he’s made much more of an impact on the ‘sport’ of snowboarding than he will ever realize,” wrote Transworld Snowboarding in a 2007 interview. He had a hand in the creation of some of snowboarding’s biggest brands—most notably Neff—and was well known for his hard-partying ways.
According to the booking statement the Park City police filed, Bozung was part of a group that was at a bar until the early hours of Saturday morning. Afterwards, the group went to Bozung’s apartment, where “Bozung was intoxicated and agitated.” He then apparantly grabbed a kitchen knife and held it against the throat of one of the members of the group, but stopped short of physically harming anyone with it. Soon after, a bay window in Bozung’s apartment was damaged, and the group left. That was when a neighbor, who had been awakened by the commotion, followed Bozung as he went to his vehicle to get a box of ammo. According to the Salt Lake Tribune, he “went back to the apartment and picked up a 5.56 rifle, often referred to as a AR-15-style rifle. The neighbor told police Bozung said, ‘I’m going to kill you!'”
Police were summoned to the chaotic scene around 3:30 a.m., where they quickly set up a perimeter. While the occupants of the apartment building all left the residence, police attempted to contact Bozung. By 12:45 p.m. the next day, he finally surrendered to police. From there, he was arrested, booked, and subsequently released.
