SNO!zone - Castleford

Age: 12

Height: 170 cm

Weight: 6.5 stone

Stance: 17”

Sponsors: Salomon, Bonfire Clothing, SNO!zone @ Xscape, Anon Eyewear, RED Protection, NKE 6.0, AKA

Hometown: Bradford

Favourite place: Les Deux Alps

First snowboard/ski setup? Velvet 134 Snowboard and Cube Bindings

What setup do you now ride? Salomon Fierce 139, Salomon SPX Pro Bindings

What is the best thing about snowboarding/skiing?
Making new friends & seeing old ones.Who/what are your influences? Wayne TaylorWho is your favourite rider? David BenedikBest place you have ever ridden? Les Deux AlpsWhat type of riding are you mostly into? FreestyleLast trick you learnt? BS 1080 Tailgrab on snowFavourite move to bust out for the girls/boys? BS 720 indyWorst injury? Broken ArmWhat goes through your head when riding? Nothing

You’re stood above the biggest kicker/rail you ever will hit. How do you make yourself try it for the first time?
I just do it.24 hrs before all the snow in the world melts, how would you spend your last dream day and last ever trick of the session? I would spend it in les deux alps in the park doing a 1080 tailgrab of the kicker, the sun would be shining, the sky would be blue, it would be perfect. Proudest/most memorable moment in snowboarding/skiing? When I won 4 Gold Medals at the Orange British Championships in Laax 2005.Furthest place snowboarding/skiing has taken you? Kitzbuhel in Austria, my first ever snowboarding holiday.

Biggest thing you’ve missed to go snowboarding/skiing? Nothing, snowboarding comes first.What do you like about SNO!zone? It has a good park, I like the rails and meeting my friends, it’s fun.Have you had any coverage in the media? Yes, I’ve been in Whitelines Magazine, Document Snowboard, Elements magazine, Snowboard UK, Halifax Courier, Extreme Channel, Genex. BBC, Channel 4 and Xscape magazine.If you could spend a day with anyone famous, dead or alive, who would it be? Shaun WhitePlans for the future? To be a European Pro Rider.

Number of hours riding per week? 12-14 hours a week.

Number of hours thinking about snowboarding/skiing per week? All the time 168 hours a week.

Number of snowboards/pairs of skis owned?  8

Number of girl/boyfriends lost to snowboarding/skiing? 0

Number of jobs lost to snowboarding/skiing? 0

Number of broken bones? 1

Number of countries ridden in? 4 - England, Austria, France and Switzerland

Number of years snowboarding/skiing? 6

Recent comp results: Went to Kjam at Kendal 9th April and came 2nd in the under 16's.  I have also been to Les Deux Alps at Easter where I competed in the Taravana Freestyle competition 15th to 17th April and came 1st in the under 17's, big air.