Three Questions for Five Riders.

With the Burton Snowboard team in NYC to help promote the brand’s new HD snowboarding flick “ The B Movie.” Cool Hunting had the chance to catch up with some of Burton‘s best boarders when they passed through (Download it from iTunes or get a copy from Burton or Amazon.) They asked them all the same three questions and naturally they supplied some rather entertaining answers.

We have provided an extract, for the full interview head over to Cool Hunting.

What was your biggest fail?
Mads Jonsson (below, right): I broke my arm during a contest earlier this year. It was snowing a lot, I was just warming up, and that was it for the rest of the season. It makes me more excited to get back.

Jussi Oksanen: When I was 19 I tried riding a pipe and had a pretty big fall. I broke my collar bone, wasn’t the biggest crash I had, but it was like holy crap! Before I was just like a little kid, running around and never thinking you’re going to get hurt. I broke the same exact collar bone exactly six months later. I went snowboarding too early and it wasn’t healed. I had to have my whole collar bone rebuilt.

Kelly Clark : I don’t know, it’s hard to say. I always like to look at what is going on instead of what is not going on, so nothing quite comes to mind.

Frederik Kalbermatten : I got caught in an avalanche a few years ago in Canada. I dropped in, fell over some cliffs and then all the snow went over me. It was a huge cloud, everything was totally white, I couldn’t see. I had to climb out. You’ve go to respect the mountain. It was a wake-up call.

Shaun White: In general or like hitting on a girl? I mean the nice part of snowboarding is you get to try new stuff, you get broken and come back and ride again. But my worst crash was when I was eleven on a skateboard. That was probably the worst mistake ever because it almost made me quit sports. I broke my hand, foot and fractured my skull. I was stuck inside, it was hard times. I tried to skate again but wasn’t into it. I told my mom I was over it, and she was like, “Well I paid for the session!” You know, it was like three dollars or something and I was like, “God, I hate you!” So I went back to the ramp and tried new tricks that day. I think she knew that deep down I still wanted to do it, that I was just frustrated. It kind of made me respect how injured you can get and definitely to think things through better. It showed me that if I wanted to come back and really wanted to do something, something that dramatic wasn’t going to set me back.

For the full interview head over to Cool Hunting.
Interview by Ami Kealoha which is a very cool name.

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