ROB MITCHELL


PHOTO//v.brookfield

how'd you start snowboarding?
i skated and surfed in the mount since i was a gromit! dad took me and my four brothers down to whakapapa for a weekend and that was it! when i finished school i came down to queenstown for the winter and have been ever since!

in your experiance are blondes more fun?
yeah i spose they are more fun, but they can also be dumber too!

what makes you get up everyday?
the sun mostly, I get up to go to work so that i can spend time doing the things that i really enjoy!

the best album sleeve ever is...?
pink floyd (dark side of the moon)

if you could fight anyone who would it be,and how much would you pay to fight them?
i would fight ben (ferret) vercouteren and i would do it for free!!! ha ha chedda boom!!!

 

BEN VERCOUTEREN (FERRET)


PHOTO//v.brookfield

if you could go riding with 3 people, dead or alive, who and why?
my grandad because he can't comprehend what we do..,our homie Mikey because its been to long..,everyone I get to shred with, lets do it again cos its off the chain.

whats the best and worst gig you've been to?
the gaypuurs (dunno how to spell) at Ohau this winter were amazing...don't like going to shit gigs!

who's queenstowns pong baron?
who the pong king? results this spring!

whats your favourite riding additive?
friends and beats couple of arvo beers in spring

what fucks you off the most?
fake people and fake words, fuck off!

 

ALEX HUGHES



whats the stupidest thing about snowboarding?
injuries and watching friends get broke off as well and wierdos who get dressed up in gypsy costumes to shred.

that chick from the news...would ya?
naw she can keep her old ass E.T fingers to herself.

first and last gig you went too?
first would be punk show in the bay probably, brubeck or something. last was the mtv awards in sydney. That night was a bit of a mystery, met sandwich 'n' scribble, got denied from every bar and woke up covered in tomato shrapnel from a gnarly food fight.

you cant live without what?
family, friends, music, nak bok et nea ning lett go.

whats your favourite law breaking activity?
taking a paintball gun on a roadie sure does spice things up. you'll be handcuffed gettin' your name read by simon dallow in no time.