Who or what influences you?
Anyone who is pushing their limits and influencing the sport.
Favorite athletes?
Bethany Hamilton and Travis Pastrana
Most fun feature you've ever hit on skis?
Not really a feature but a first decent down "The Streaker" couloir In Bella Colla BC was a fun line I skied last season.
Worst crash?
Luckily I'm part gumby. But falling down the exposure at teetering rock on Blackcomb.
Favorite film segment of yourself?
Double backflips and double lemon drops with Karl at Retallack Lodge.
Favorite spot?
The big chair at Mt. Norquay Banff Alberta on a massive pow day. I can wake up in the morning and watch the heli's drop bombs from my house all while enjoying breakfast. Once the avi control is done I drive up the mountain and ski the lightest champagne Rocky Mountain pow imaginable.
Summertime pass time?
Fishing, surfing, riding horses, lake swimming, camping.
What you drive?
Toyota Tacoma
What you love about skiing?
The thrill and the way it pushes me mentally and physically.
What you don't love about skiing?
The lives that are claimed by the mountains
Best advice anyone ever gave you?
"Minimize your weaknesses, maximize your strengths and capitalize on your opportunities."
From my Dad
Favorite ski movie or web series?
Push
Favorite music / band / group?
Everything from Lykke Li to Wanda Jackson.
A historic moment in ski history?
The development of rockered skis which changed the way we ski big mountain and powder. It brought many people back into skiing who were preciously into snowboarding. It was this ski invention that reenergized a whole generation of older skiers and helped to develop a whole new generations of new skiers. It brought life into the sport of skiing at a time when snowboarding was really taking over.
Trick that is a pain in your ass?
Spinning, comfortably and confidently.
Your biggest accomplishment on skis?
Overcoming fears whether it's skiing a big line, hitting a big cliff or hucking double backflips.
What makes you tick?
Dubstep & spiders.
Thanks to?
My mom, dad, friends and sponsors who believe in me.