Where ya from? I'm from Minturn,
CO
Where ya at? Still in Minturn, CO
Birthdate? August 7, 1987
Years riding? This will be my 12th
Dream day? In my dream day, I will
wake up early after 10 hours of sleep and do yoga.
Eat a delicious breakfast consisting of a toasted onion
bagel with cream cheese, strawberries and a banana,
and a hazelnut latte. Head up to the mountain around
8:30 (no traffic or delays) and meet up with my brother
Dylan and a few friends to ride powder until my legs
can't possibly make another slash turn. Then I will
magically teleport to a beautiful warm beach with my
favorite people (and my two dogs) for a few hours where
I will read, write extremely interesting and significant
things in my journal, and gorge myself on a tropical
feast. Maybe I will catch a couple waves when I feel
like it. I will not get pummeled by big scary waves
even once. I will watch an amazing colorful sunset
to the sounds of Slightly Stoopid (who will teleport
to the beach to play a set live) before I teleport
back to my family home. I will eat a chocolate dessert.
Then I will watch really really good movies until I
fall asleep. And I will get another 10 hours. I really
don't think there's enough hours in a day to do this… and
I know teleportation scientists are slacking so we
can't teleport yet. But a dream day doesn't have to
be realistic.
Goals for this season? Ride more
backcountry and park! BS 9s and cab 7s in pipe.
Other sponsors? Flow, Helly Hansen,
Rip It, Copper Mountain, US Snowboarding
Any film projects? Not yet.
Inspirations? Captain Jack Sparrow,
anyone driven to live a low- or no-impact lifestyle,
Switters, Jim Smith, and the people I ride with all
the time such as my bro, Jake, and the US Team.
Best day this past season? So many
good ones… If I had to pick one it
would be powder riding at Squaw the day after that
huge storm they got with the US Team (including Ricky
Bower who is too good of a snowboarder to be a coach.
But I'm very glad he's mine.)
Coffee or juice? If you held a knife
to my throat and made me pick one, juice. But I love
coffee too.
What would you do if you were not snowboarding
all the time? Be a terribly depressed pirate.