So, tell me about your new part. Why did it take three years?<\/strong><\/p>\n It\u2019s not that it took me three years to film a part, it\u2019s more like this is what I was doing while I was getting used to living on the West Coast. I was a contest kid so I spent a lot of time traveling when I could and just riding the park as much as possible. I was getting used to living in Tahoe and meeting different filmers and photogs. Getting a feel for the industry out here. I had homies who knew I was hungry so they started bringing me to spots. After a couple trips, I realized that I loved filming in a different way than I loved competing. Two different feelings. It was fun trying to get better at something that was somewhat new for me. After a while it\u2019s all I really wanted to do, but it\u2019s hard to get in with the right guys who have the experience. So I started coming up with my own crew of guys that I work with. Professional filmers like Eric Gillespie, who had never really filmed in the streets for snowboarding. My homie Kurt Brending was a GoPro park guy who I convinced to buy a camera and start working with me. Dude\u2019s got some patience, cuz im a pretty particular guy when it comes to getting shots. And I started working with other photogs, like the legend IJV and my homie Sawyer Mahoney. After putting this part online, it\u2019s all I really want to do. Hoping someone takes a peak n gives me a real shot.<\/p>\n Who\u2019s idea was the freeway set up? How did you not die?<\/strong><\/p>\n The freeway setup was my idea. I was driving around one day with some homies looking for a spot. We were at this lil warehouse with a no trespassing sign at the entrance and a bunch of vehicles. We were contemplating going for this roof thing, but I was not in a very good position to be getting in more trouble, so we decided to bail, but on the way out I saw it. About a mile in a half as the crow flies, there was a huge concrete wall. I pointed at it and the boys said it was an old Chuck G [aka Chas Guldemond] spot. I had to hit it. We cruised over close to it, found a spot to kinda safely pull the rigs off the road and hiked down to it. We were getting some funny faces from passerby\u2019s cuz we were loaded with equipment. But got down to it with no issues and setup for a couple hours. I started hitting it and it was mad sketchy. As soon as you landed you had to put the breaks on and hope you didn\u2019t slide into traffic. That doesn\u2019t look cool though, so the only way to make it legit was basically guarantee you were gonna slide to tar. Hit it for a couple hours until finally I landed my trick and then filled in the bomb hole for the boys. Ten minutes later the cops showed up and gave us the boot with no real problems. Pretty stoked!<\/p>\n That rules when things work out! How did you get into snowboarding for fun?<\/strong><\/p>\n I have my parents to thank for getting me into snowboarding. They put me on skis around four or five years old. At 10, I borrowed my first snowboard and boots from the neighbors who were two degenerate kids that had a few years on me. Their boots n boards were wayyyy too big for me but I still couldn\u2019t get enough. We built a jump in the backyard and would be out there before school in the morning trying to get in a couple hits. Eventually my parents bought me a super cheap deck and some boots and I think one lesson at Ragged Mountain in NH. I was hooked. I entered my first contest at 13 or 14. It was a boardercross event and I only made to the second round. Eventually ended up in Sunapee NH and rode Mt. Sunapee for quite a long time. New England is where [the path I\u2019m on now] truly started. It was mountains like Sunapee, Ragged, Pats Peak, Okemo and Stratton. I definitely have those parks and the locals around there to thank.<\/p>\n And how did you end up in Tahoe?<\/strong><\/p>\n Well, I graduated high school in Vermont and moved out of Mom and Dad\u2019s house to Plymouth, NH. Holy shit, was that a fun time. I rode Loon for approximately four seasons, and spent my time there looking up to homies like [Mike] Rav and JOC [Johnny O\u2019connor.] They truly sparked my fire. I filmed with guys like the Fairgrounds crew and Paul Osbourne, who I eventually moved in with. Those were some radical fucking days. But you can only live in that town for so long until your body parts (liver) start to fail. Eventually got dragged to Colorado…but noooo thank you. I couldn\u2019t stand it there. I called my homie Jeff Brewer and he told me he had a room amd some beer lined up for me, so I packed the Subi with $250 to my name and bounced to Tahoe. Shit\u2019s been pretty fucking wild ever since. Best thing I\u2019ve ever done for myself. Happily in Tahoe now.<\/p>\n Is Tahoe still the spot? Or is it getting too expensive just like everywhere else? How do you make it work?<\/strong><\/p>\n Tahoe is definitely still the spot. It\u2019s an interesting place for sure, though. The longer I live here the more I realize it\u2019s completely different than the East. It can suck you in to some pretty gnarly lifestyles. The trick is to just keep your goals in front of you. Rip it up n have a good time, but the people that crush it here are very goal-oriented. How I make it work is a mystery. Life\u2019s hard but that\u2019s because I live in vacationland. I could live in a dump back east and be rich and yada yada, or i can live in the coolest place in the US and bust my ass to make it work. I\u2019d rather bust my ass any day. Tahoe is the shit.<\/p>\n Any thoughts of moving to Reno?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Fuuuuck Reno. Place is garbage. I do my best to not go down there and when I do I just want to get out of there as soon as possible. Mountains for me.<\/p>\n\n How\u2019s fatherhood treating you? Tell me about your spawn?<\/strong><\/p>\n Fatherhood…haha oh man where to begin. To be honest it\u2019s a pretty sore subject. I was not ready to be a dad. I was basically told boom, \u201cyou\u2019re gonna be a dad and I dont give a fuck what you think about it. Get ready.\u201d It was probably the most scared I\u2019ve ever been in my life. 26 years old, just starting to get real traction in a brand new place 3000 miles away from my family. None of my homies had kids. So it was a real kick in the pants. It took quite a few months to come to grips with it which I have all my homies out here to thank for.<\/p>\n Baby Brix though. Fuck, it\u2019s insane. The moment she came out I was in love. I just wanted to learn everything. How to be the illest diaper changer in the west. How to hold her the right way so she would pass out if she was upset. I didn\u2019t want to let go of her. I also wanted to take a nap because it just so happens that two days earlier was my birthday and then the night before she was born was my Patriots big day at the Super Bowl. So needless to say I was \u201cfeeling it.\u201d<\/p>\n I didn\u2019t ride for a couple weeks. I just helped out with Brix and my baby mama. I stayed down in Sacramento while it was dumping in Tahoe. It was whatever though, I just wanted to hold my kid and practice changing shitty diapers. I eventually got to get back to riding after a couple weeks. I went back up to Tahoe to hit a backcountry jump with the Gremlinz and some other homies. It was fun. But after a day and night up there I went right back down to my new family. Crazy times. I really didn\u2019t get back into the swing of things for at least a month in a half. That\u2019s when I started filming the rest of [this part.]<\/p>\n Brixton is the most adorable little girl. She\u2019s already got a sense of humor and a ton of attitude. She\u2019s also got my blue eyes, so I\u2019m pretty much fucked in 15 years. Boys, just a heads up, by the time she\u2019s that old I\u2019ll prolly still be thinking like an 18-year-old boy, so don\u2019t bullshit me. Just treat her right and I won\u2019t have to beat your dad up. Daddy loves you Brixton.<\/p>\n What\u2019s the best thing about life in Cali? The worst?<\/strong><\/p>\n Best thing about cali life… haha, oh man. Quite a few million good things. I\u2019d have to say the women..good lord . The worst…the friggin\u2019 taxes. Oh and there\u2019s honestly a different type of grind out here. People from the East are true hustlers in my eyes. Life is a lil lazy out here.<\/p>\n Can you expand on the East coast hustle vs the Cali hustle? It\u2019s so true! I think it\u2019s because they don\u2019t have real winter. lol<\/strong><\/p>\n I think Cali is just a slightly pampered place. A lot of people\u2019s priorities revolve around money and ego and looks and how cool you are, yada yada. Don\u2019t get me wrong, there\u2019s plenty people like that back East, but it\u2019s much more prominent here. People from back East are savages. I talking about truly cold winters where you don\u2019t have a choice but to go ride when it\u2019s negative 10 and cloudy because you\u2019re a weekend warrior. And that\u2019s after working a 50 hour week laying tile (you know who you are, Woody.) And during the summer it\u2019s 90 degrees with 90% humidity and you\u2019re landscaping all day because it\u2019s Vermont and there a million farms that need help. People back East are more humble. They live a simpler life. Work hard, play harder. Bust your ass and then drink beers in the woods around a fire. At least, that\u2019s what it\u2019s like where I came from. I\u2019ve become a spoiled lil bitch since moving here. It\u2019s sunny, good snow, great temps, all day, everyday. Hell, most of my part was filmed in a T-shirt. This place is heaven, but on the real, it\u2019s a vacationland. East coasters are hard ass folks and I rep the ones staying true back there. Respect \u270a\ud83c\udffc Growing up riding ice and low light, turns you into a true ripper, especially when you make your way to the west and get perfectly groomed parks with soft snow and sun all day. It\u2019s funny, I\u2019ve noticed myself really enjoying the icy days this season. Brings me back to the good ole days.<\/p>\n What would you like to get out of snowboarding? What are you goals with it?<\/strong><\/p>\n Snowboarding is my escape. It\u2019s exactly what I\u2019ve always needed in my life. It makes me hungry to charge other aspects of my life, such as work or other responsibilities, because I know I\u2019m doing it for a good reason…so I can feed my kid and get back on my snowboard. I can block out all the negativity and become completely happy in those moments that last hours.<\/p>\n I think I can honestly say snowboarding saved my life. I\u2019d probably be dead or in jail without it. It gives me something to focus on and look forward to so I\u2019m not drowned by the craziness of life. Ever since I was a kid, I was a little crazy, and when I found snowboarding I knew it was my end all, be all. All I wanted to do was be a pro snowboarder. I think it took me until the past few years to put everything I have into it though. I was definitely slightly distracted by a partying and women when I was growing up. Snowboarding was my first love, but not always my first priority haha. Nowadays it\u2019s amongst the most important things in my life, along with learning the tricks of fatherhood and keeping the bills paid. I pretty much have no intentions whatsoever of slowing down. How does it feel to be a millennial? Did your generation get screwed or will it be the greatest generational story history ever told in 30 or so years?<\/strong><\/p>\n I\u2019d say we are definitely a different breed. Growing up with all this new technology has created a new way of life that some really love. Me personally, I\u2019m not a big fan. I\u2019m an old school guy. I look back to the way my parents grew up and I respect those times. There\u2019s so much bullshit these days that kids care about more than life. Ego\u2019s through the roof. Nobody is humble anymore. That all being said, I think this generation has created some pretty diligent people. I think people are striving to be better, which is cool. We definitely got the shit end of the stick in some respects. Why should weed be legal?<\/strong><\/p>\n Weed is dope, haha. Get with the friggin program, America. Corrupt ass government, you won\u2019t keep it this way forever. Half those kooks will be toking by the time it\u2019s fully legal. Shit is medicine and a hell of a lot better than the poison you feed and treat us with.<\/p>\n Gimme your predictions for 2018. Snow, politics, the world at large.<\/strong><\/p>\n 2018. Well, I think I said it pretty well the other day. 2017 was an 80 MPH front edge catch. 2018 better be all roses \u2018n orgies, haha! I\u2019m thinking it\u2019s gonna be a weird winter for snow, at least out here. We\u2019ll see though, I\u2019m far from a weatherman. I\u2019m still trying to learn how to use my weather app that I\u2019ve had for two years. Haha.<\/p>\n I\u2019m thinking Trump is gonna implode because of his absolute inability to care like a real human being. Dudes a kook, and definitely skis in jeans. I hope his 2018 teaches him some much needed lessons about how the world goes around.<\/p>\n Anything you\u2019re looking forward to? What is the most terrifying?<\/strong><\/p>\n I\u2019m looking forward to getting my kid back in my custody. I miss her very much. I\u2019m looking forward to riding as much as I can and hopefully, and very sincerely, that someone gives me an opportunity to film another full part with the big dogs. Finna get Brisse on em! I\u2019m definitely looking forward to teaching my daughter how to ride. She\u2019s got a hell of a crew of people to learn from, so ladies watch the fuck out, Brix is coming in hot.<\/p>\n I\u2019d have to say the most terrifying thing is trying to stay on top of life. Money, family, snowboarding, parenting, friends. My life is really really busy and wild and it gets really overwhelming. I think it\u2019s good for me to build character; I just don\u2019t want to bite off more than I can chew. In the last three years I\u2019ve definitely done exactly that though, and here I am talking to you guys with a smile on my face. Bring it on.<\/p>\n Good attitude! Finally here\u2019s your chance to shout out anyone and everyone!<\/strong><\/p>\n I\u2019d like to give a big shoutout to everyone in Tahoe!! Love all y\u2019all. You people are a strange breed and I love it. Don\u2019t know where I\u2019d be without u . Huge shoutout to all the guys who helped make this edit possible. Eric, Kurt, Goggin, all the other filmers and photogs who took time outta their busy schedules to help my dumb ass out. All the dudes shoveling and not hitting it, y\u2019all the realest. My boys riding next to me, need y\u2019all. MY BSQUAD BOYS, I fucking love y\u2019all hahaa. Megan, thanks for your bit of support and Diane for anything and everything you and your daughter have done for me. All of my bosses who gave me time off to chase this dream, that\u2019s some real shit thank you All of my sponsors still with me and the ones gone, thank you guys for any kind of support you gave over the years. Without you guys none of this would be possible. Gilaffe Snowboards<\/a>, Smith, Union, Thirtytwo, Volcom, Darkside<\/a>, Saavi<\/a>, Be Easy<\/a><\/p>\n Yo, Yobeat, thanks for this opportunity y\u2019all still some real ones. Most importantly I gotta thank my family, Robin Chris and Craig. You guys been there since day one. Calling me on my shit and pickin up the pieces when life is rough. I can\u2019t wait to take care of you guys like you have for me, someday. Love you guys so much. Brix I\u2019d like to dedicate this edit to you. I worked my ass off for these clips and I want you to know I will put just as much work into being your dad. I love you kiddo, you keep me moving and breathing. 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\nI did have to make a switch though and let go of the wild lifestyle I was living so that I could accommodate a child and snowboarding. I really just want to take it as far as I can. Every year I seem to get more hungry, probably because I know I\u2019m not getting any younger, so I\u2019m tryna get it in while i can. I\u2019m just gonna keep chasing the dream. I truly love snowboarding. Getting paid or not for me, it\u2019s about getting better and building myself up to be the best I can be. It\u2019s taught me a lot of really important lessons in life. I\u2019ve met a lot of really rad people. I\u2019ve got memories that I can always look back on that I\u2019m really proud of. I\u2019m hoping it can do the same for my daughter. I want to end my career knowing that Brix has something to look up to. Something that might spark some passion in her so she pushes to better herself at whatever it is she wants to do. Praying it\u2019s snowboarding! haha<\/p>\n![\"Matt](\"https:\/\/yobeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/26145117_10155724872305380_2090412179_o-687x1030.jpg\")
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\nComing out of high school with a shitty economy didn\u2019t affect me so much, because all I ever did for work was labor jobs and it\u2019s not that hard to find them. I\u2019ve seen it screw others over, though. It\u2019s a very different time. I\u2019d rather see kids playing in the dirt like I did, than worrying about how many likes they got on their last post. Or watching the Kardashians and wanting to be just as fake and bitchy as them. Hence my daughter not getting a cell phone till she\u2019s a teen or being allowed to watch those stupid shows, at my house, at least. I think it\u2019s very powerful and I just don\u2019t want people to lose track of what\u2019s important and get caught up in all the bullshit that seems important but really doesn\u2019t mean shit. Millennials are a strong group though, and I\u2019m glad to be a part of it.<\/p>\n![\"Matt](\"https:\/\/yobeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/26180072_10155725052420380_1613525103_o.jpg\")
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