Riders
Here are the riders we are supporting for 2009 / 2010. Thanks guys - someone's got to be out there doing all this stuff for us, while we're in the warehouse!


Andy Nudds
Several folk who know about such things, say Andy will become the UK's best.
Endeavor
Age: 21
Years Riding: 6
Years on the team: 2
Equipment Used: Endeavour High Five and Live boards
Home UK: Halifax
Home for season? Morzine/Avoriaz
Local Slope: Halifax
Favourite Mountain: Avoriaz
Favourite trick: Switch backside 5 Mute.
Goals for the coming season: Place in the top 3 at the British championships, Ride as much powder as possible and have fun.
Best riding moment: Landing my first front side 1080
Additional Sponsors: Westbeach/ A.K.A SnowSkate/ Smith/ Drop/ Snozone.
Mike Austin
Endeavor
SP
Demon
Ortovox
Age : 28
Years Riding : Since 1995, first full season in 2002.
Years on the team : 7
Equipment Used : Endeavor Live 156 & Colour 154, SP Brotherhood/Fastec, Demon Bags, gloves, tools. Ortovox shovel & snow-saw.
Home UK : Cheltenham
Home for season? : Morzine/Avoriaz
Local Slope : Tamworth Snowdome
Favourite Mountain : Le Portes du Soleil
Favourite trick : FS Rodeo (900 hopefully)
Goals for the coming season : Go riding, filming, learn new tricks and have fun.
Best riding moment : Any day riding is better than not riding. If its slushy, overcast & drizzling its still better than nothing isn't it! Stop whinging and make the most of it, I say. Then when its good - Its really good!!!
Additional Sponsors : Demon Accessories, ThirtyTwo Outerwear, Ignite Beanies, Hoven Goggles.
Anything else you want to add?: Noble Custom to take over the World! :o)
Wayne Taylor
Mr snowflex and has probably done more to create the UK dryslope scene than any other rider.
Endeavor
SP
Demon
Tim Russell
Irish snowboard champion and shaped and ridden most things from IPP to the Red Bull rails
ENDEAVOR
SP
ORTOVOX
DEMON
Age : 27
Years Riding : 19
Years on the team : 5
Equipment Used : Endeavor Live 163/ High Five 159, Demon Bags, gloves, tools. Ortovox beacon, shovel etc
Home UK : Maghera, Northern Ireland
Home for season? : Whistler
Local Slope : Whistler
Favourite Mountain : Mcconkey's Trees
Favourite trick : BS180 to nose press butters in pow. Cab 7.
Goals for the coming season : Coach with Pro-Ride.com in Whistler. Run a camp and film with Anthony Leeflaar (Endeavor NZ) and enter comps in Canada and Europe and ride with the Endeavor crew plenty more.
Best riding moment : Winning Irish Snowboard Champs in 2009 and 2008. Switich riding big pow fields. Boosting pipe and hips with Kale Stephens shooting on Canada Day at Camp of Champions.
Additional Sponsors : The Snowboard Asylum, d3o Technology, Dr.Zipe, Amel Thermals, Ignite beanies
Anything else you want to add?: Cold hands are not an excuse to quit for the day. Change gloves, swing arms around...what ever it takes to keep going. The next run could be the best one.
Rich Jonas
Endeavor
years riding: 7
local hill: tamworth
favourite resort: tignes
equipment used: endeavor high five and colour
best days riding: doing laps in the park with yer friends
other sponsors: give clothing, www.tignes-spirit.com
plans for the season: mayrhofen hopefully!
Ben Knox
Demon
SP
Airhole
22 years old.
6 years riding.
Fav. Resort; Avoriaz.
Sponsors; Ride Snowboards. Moah Clothing. Hoven Goggles. Noble Custom. Rude Chalets. SS20 Shop. For Boarders By Boarders.
Plans. Ride as much as I can and learn loads of new tricks with wicked peple.
James Phillips
Endeavor
Matt Mcwhirter
Endeavor
Airhole
Will Tarbet
Option
Age - 25
Years Riding - 7
Years on the team - 2
Equipment Used - Endeavor Snowboards
Home UK - Clayton
Home for season - Mayrhofen
Local Slope - Halifax
Favourite Mountain - Hochflugen or The Ahorn
Favourite trick - Back 5 Japan or Cab 7
Goals for the coming season - I wanna shred as much powder as my little pencil legs can handle. And maybe try and stomp some 9s in the park.
Best riding moment - Far too many to pin point one in particular. Had some pretty epic days in Hochflugen and up the Ahorn last season. Riding with the mountain charger clan.
Additional Sponsors - Dalikfodda
Anything else you want to add - I like windlips!
James Costa
Option
Age - 30
Years Riding - 10
Years on the team - 2.5
Equipment Used - Option Snowboards , Forecast 156 for kickers and powder and the Mirror 149 for jibbing
Home UK - Leicester
Home for season - Mayrhofen
Local Slope - Mt.Tamworth
Favourite Mountain - Anything in Tignes or Mayrhofen
Favourite trick - Corked fs or bs 5
Goals for the coming season - To ride as much as possible and exceed my expectations.
Best riding moment - There's too many of them to mention and there's more and more each season that goes by .
Additional Sponsors -Nobody
Anything else you want to add - Thanks to all my friends and family for supporting me and inspiring me, you rock .
Lannig “Lon” Canu
BRANDS
Age: 15
Years Riding: Since January 2006
Years on the team: since summer 2008
Equipment Used: Only the best bindings and boots ever...SP Danny Kass or Brotherhood Bindings and SP Fonzo boots???
Home UK : Barnet, North London
Home for season?: Le Grand Bornand
Local Slope: Chatham / MK / Warmwell / Bracknell. What can I say... I'm a slope whore!!!
Favourite Mountain: Le Grand Bornand / Laax / 2Alpes in Summer
Favourite trick: FS 720’s / Rodeo 5s and I love to flip
Goals for the coming season: To learn some gnarly new tricks and get a podium place at the Brits 2008
Best riding moment: Whenever I learn a new trick
Additional Sponsors: Never Summer Snowboards, Alps Gear, Spazz Clothing, Dorset Snowsport Centre, 9MM Media
Anything else you want to add?: I would like to thank everyone at Noble Customs (Sam and Dave) and all my other sponsors who've helped me out over the past year. You guys rock!!

Thanks to all the riders here plus many others who ride hard and let us know how the kit performs. All our riders help develop the products that we hope you will enjoy.
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