Interviews
Drew Neilson
Drew Neilson, the only North American riding for Burton's snowboard cross team, had just come home from a shopping spree at Ikea when I phoned. Since I'd caught him off guard, he admitted to killing Shaun Palmer and painting his toe nails for good luck....
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Jake Burton
Snowboarding pioneer Jake Burton Carpenter talks past
and present about the fastest growing sport ever. Good thing he didn't
stop riding his Snurfer when no
one thought it was cool.
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Craig Kelly
It's tempting to give Craig Kelly some kind of moniker, as if calling him the "Godfather of Freeriding" would break it all down. He is a legend in his own time. That much, as trite as it might sound, is true.
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Shaun White
He's only 13 years old, but Shaun White is competing with the big kids, traveling all over the world, and getting noticed. Here's what the übergrom has to say about riding, skating, video games and mean teachers.
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Julie Zell
Julie Zell has spent the past 10 years immersed in the sport of snowboarding.
She's pioneered big-mountain riding for women and taken numerous extreme snowboarding
titles.
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Barrett Christy
Perhaps fellow pro Todd Richards put it best when he said, "Barrett's really
little but she carries a big stick."
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Matt Goodwill
Matt Goodwill has seen and done it all in 13 years of riding. In this exclusive interview he talks about the sport
he loves.
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Shaun Palmer
Shaun Palmer, who took his first World Cup Mountain Biking Downhill win last
week, talks skiing, boarding, BMXing, mountain biking, snowmobiling,
skiercross and boardercross.
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Tina Basich
Tina Basich could be considered the "Godmother of Boarding." In talking to her, it seems she doesn't simply love snowboarding, but envelopes it.
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Ross Rebagliati
Over just four days in February 1998, Ross Rebagliati truly experienced the agony and the defeat of the Olympic Games. No matter the credentials that propelled him — it was what happened after that has been his onus.
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Chris Klug
Just eight weeks after receiving a liver transplant, Chris Klug, a member of the '00-'01 US Snowboard Team is mountain biking, kiteboarding, banging the slalom gates, and simply loving life. Klug filled me in as he tuned his board for the next day's turns at Oregon's Timberline Ski Area...
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