Clair Bidez has joined the Nikita snowboard team.

The 21-year-old Colorado native has had podium finishes at the Grand Prix, the Jeep King of the Mountain series and a spot in the Winter X Games this season.

Returning from injury last season she took fifth at the Vans Cup in 2007, her first event back. Then in the summer of '07, she took best trick at the Abominable Snow Jam with a perfect frontside 900 and third in the event overall.

This season Clair left Idaho with a silver medal from the Grand Prix event at Tamarack and also took second at Squaw Valley in the Jeep King of the Mountain halfpipe event.

Clair got the chance to meet and ride with the Nikita team this February in Lake Tahoe at the Nikita Snow photo shoot. "The new line looks great and all the girls were so much fun," she said. "I am really excited to be part of such a great team."

She joins team riders such as Jordie Karlinski, Maribeth Swetkoff, Vera Janssen and Kaitlyn Farrington, among others.

"We are really psyched to have Clair on the team," Nikita USA Marketing Director Josh Chauvet said. "She is not just great at pipe, but a solid all-round rider as well and she'll be a great ambassador for our outerwear line, on the podium and off!"