Age: 15 years, march 11th 1993
Years Riding: 2
Years on the team: 0 years 4-5months
Equipment Used: Joysticks 08/09!!
Home UK: Sheffield
Home for season?: Laax and Andorra
Local Slope: Sheffield ski village
Favourite Mountain: Laax (Amazing halfpipe)
Favourite trick: 720 mute, switch 720, flare in pipe
Goals for the coming season: Push myself to the limit, go huge in snow pipes, do well in the British Championships in Laax and have fun!!
Best riding moment: Brits 2008 and competing in the ‘London Ride 2008’.
Additional Sponsors: Bloc eyewear, Baw Bags and Sheffield ski village
Anything else you want to add?: Movement skis are awesome!! They will always keep skiing fresh with new ideas and styles. YYEEHHH!! I also want to thank my family for supporting me and taking me to different places in order to compete and train.
Age 29
Years Riding 23
Years on the team ? is it about 5 years with Movement now?
Equipment Used Goliath Goliath Goliath
Home UK Inverness, Scotland
Home for season? Anywhere in the Northern Hemisphere where it’s snowing
Local Slope Any Scotland
Favourite Mountain St Moritz
Favourite trick Double back flip
Goals for the coming season Go big, stay safe
Best riding moment any time I’m with my buddies and its going off!
Additional Sponsors Columbia Sportswear, Bolle, Back Country Access
Anything else you want to add?: Bring on the neige!
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Demon
Age - 21 Years Old
Years Riding - Since I could walk…
Years on the team - This is my first year
Equipment Used - As much Demon protective under armour I can put on and Demon gloves, also Ortovox avalanche gear.
Home UK - North London
Home for season? – Verbier, Switzerland
Favourite Mountain - The front face of Mont Gele in Verbier
Favourite trick - No trick, just a massive huck of a huge cliff!
Goals for the coming season - To finish well in the Qualifiers for The Freeride World Tour and win a place to compete in the Verbier Xtreme with the best riders in the world!
Best riding moment - Last winter getting a chance to ride the most exposed lines I have skied, with one of my all time favourite skiers Phil Meier showing me how to do it!
Additional Sponsors - STORM Skis, FAIISE clothing, NORDICA ski boots, DR ZIPE optics, Natives.co.uk
Anything else you want to add?: I would like to thank: Miles at Noble Custom, Andy at Storm Skis, Chris at Faiise clothing, Jay at Dr Zipe, Gregor at Nordica and Becs at Natives for sponsoring me this year. Also the Warren Smith Ski Academy for great coaching, Camilla Stoddart for her amazing photography skills and Paul Richardson and Chris Rigg for getting me started, think that’s it….!
Age - 30
Years Riding – 26!
Years on the team - 5
Equipment Used – Baggys. Goliaths & Kamasutra
Home UK – N/A
Home for season? Zermatt
Local Slope - Zermatt
Favourite Mountain – La Grave/Engelberg
Favourite trick – Back flip mute off cliff
Goals for the coming season – to hit as many cliffs as possible switch
Best riding moment – backflipping a 130 foot crevasse
Additional Sponsors – Four Elements Clothing
Anything else you want to add?: check out www.chris-thorne.com!
Ortovox
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Demon
Age 29
Years Riding 26
Years on the team just joined
Equipment Used
Home UK London N1 2DX
Home for season? Variable, predominantly European Alps
Local Slope N/a
Favourite Mountain Bec des Rosses, Verbier
Favourite trick Switch rodeo 7
Goals for the coming season Stomp a 40ft backflip
Best riding moment Alaska with my brother and ski teacher from when I was a kid
Additional Sponsors Storm skis, Adidas Eyewear, Helly Hansen, Ellis Brigham
Anything else you want to add?: Thanks to Woddie Bouma and Dave Young for introducing me to freestyle, and to TC’s bar (my first ever sponsor), and to all my current sponsors for all their support.
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