Michael Silva
Business Development COORDINATOR
Personal Stats
- Home Mountains: Northstar and Sun Valley
- Date of Birth: October 16, 1988
- Years Skiing: 21
- Ski Gear: Völkl Chopsticks and Mantras, Oakley Outerwear and Eyewear
- Favorite Ski and Snowboard Movies: Everyday is a Saturday, Seven Sunny Days, Follow Me Around, That’s It, That’s All and last, but certainly not least, Hot Dog…The Movie
- Work Equipment: Excel, PowerPoint, WordPress
Experience
- Business Development Coordinator, Snow Park Technologies (2012-Present)
- Resort and Project Coordinator, Snow Park Technologies (2011-2012)
- ESPN X Games Aspen, Athlete Services (2013)
- ESPN X Games Los Angeles, Athlete Services (2012)
- Burton Peace Pipe (2012)
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Chris “Gunny” Gunnarson
Chris “Gunny” Gunnarson
President
Personal Stats
- Home Mountain: Nor Cal - Northstar and Sierra-at-Tahoe | So Cal - Bear Mountain and Snow Summit
- Date of Birth: January 31, 1973
- Years Riding: 26
- Riding Equipment: Burton Process 156 and Malolo 158
- Favorite Park: Any SPT Park
- Favorite Jump: A small one with a powder landing
- Favorite Jib: Anything in the Burton Progression Park
- Favorite Snowboard Movies: Decade, Double Decade and The Art of Flight
- Work Equipment: MacBook Pro, Prinoth Snowcats, Oakley Eyewear, anything Nixon, FSQ/SPT Outerwear and Chevy Silverado
Projects and Experience
- Snow Summit & Bear Mountain - Consultant & Director of Snow Boarding (1997-Present)
- NSAA Terrain Park Committee Chairman (2007)
Course Designer/Builder
- ESPN Winter X Games (1997-Present)
- ESPN Winter X Games Europe (2010-Present)
- Winter Dew Tour (2008-Present)
- Nixon Jibfest, Sierra Summit, Bear Mountain and Northstar (2002, 2003 and 2011)
- Japan Slopestyle (2001-2008)
- Vans Cup at Tahoe, Northstar (2005-2008)
- USASA Nationals, Northstar (2006 - 2007)
- DC Mountain Lab (2005-2010)
- TWS Team Challenge, Northstar (2003-2004)
- USASA Nationals, Angel Fire (2004)
- Vans Triple Crown, Breckenridge, Sierra-at-Tahoe, Snow Summit, Bear Mountain and Northstar (2001-2004)
- Video Gangs Film Shoot, Northstar and Bear Mountain (2003)
- MDP Junk Yard Jams, Bear Mountain (2003)
- Slopestyle Y2K, Japan (2000)
- MTV Snowed In, Snow Summit, California (1999)
- Billabong Killer Camp, Austria (1997)
Other Projects
- Transworld Media, Oceanside, CA – Contributing Writer (2000)
- Bombardier Services, Granby, Quebec – Special Projects/Research and Development (1999)
- NSAA Fall Workshop Tour, “Parkitecture” Speaker (1999)
- NSAA International Convention and Trade Show, San Francisco, CA – Sammy Award Winner (1999)
- CISA Maintenance and Operations Conference, Squaw Valley, CA – Speaker (1999)
- Microsoft X Box Amped Freestyle Snowboarding, Amped 2 and Amped 3 Salt Lake City, UT (2000-2006)
- Ubisoft Shawn White Video Game (2007-2008)
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Aaron Dettling
Aaron Dettling
SPT Project Manager
Personal Stats
- Home Mountain: Northstar
- Date of Birth: May 10, 1974
- Height: 5’ 10”
- Hair: Black
- Eyes: Black
- Board: Black
- Bindings: Black
- Boots: Black
- Pants: Black
- Jacket: Black
- Beanie: Hunter Orange!
- Years Riding: 18
- Stance: Ready
- Favorite Park: Google SketchUp
- Work Equipment: Anything to get the job done.
Projects and Experience
- Park Supervisor, Northstar (2002-2004)
- Park Crew, Northstar (1998-2002)
- Burton US Open (2008-Present)
- Winter Dew Tour (2008-Present)
- Nike Chosen Tour (2012)
- The Streets at Seven Springs (2011-2012)
- Nixon Jibfest, Northstar (2011)
- ESPN Winter X Games (2005-2010)
- Japan Slopestyle (2006-2008)
- Sponsored Features at Northstar (2004-2007)
- DC Mtn Lab (2004-2007)
- Vans Snow Crown (2004-2005)
- TransWorld Team Challenge (2004)
- Photoshoots: Burton, Red Bull, DC, Special Blend, Forum, Oakley, Nixon, Nike, etc. (2004-Who Knows)
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Andrew Erath
Andrew Erath
Personal Stats
- Home Mountain: Labrador Mountain, Truxton, NY
- Date of Birth: Killing it since forever
- Height: Extra Medium
- Hair: Dirty Hippy
- Eyes: Pits of Darkness
- Board: Black Snowboard of Death
- Outerwear: Burton AK
- Years Riding: 14
- Favorite Park: Halfpipe
- Favorite Jump: Tranny Finder
- Favorite Jib: Stumps and Logs
- Favorite Riders: Lonnie Kauk, Danny Davis, Ben Gower, Dakota Franklin, anyone having as much fun as I am
- Favorite Snowboard Movie: Destroyer
- Work Equipment: Anything on tracks, anything on two wheels
Projects and Experience
- Park Cat Operator
- Northstar, CA
- Killington, VT
- Mammoth Mountain, CA
- June Mountain, CA
- Labrador Mountain, NY
- Mt. Hood Meadows, OR
- Perisher, Australia
- Events and Projects
- Winter X Games Aspen 2013
- Spring Loaded, Killington
- Grenade Games, June Mountain
- Gunsmoke, June Mountain
- Superpark, Mammoth
- Grand Prix, Mammoth
- Volcom Peanut Butter and Rail Jam, Mammoth
- Rev Tour, Northstar
- Shaun White Foam Pit, Northstar
- Lots and lots of jumps and jibs for lots and lots of amazing riders and friends
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Annie Carr
Annie Carr
Administrative Assistant
Personal Stats
- Home Mountain: Northstar and Alpine Meadows
- Date of Birth: January 25, 1985
- Years Riding: 14
- Riding Equipment: Burton Lipstick 153, Oakley Eyewear
- Stance: Regular
- Favorite Park: The Burton Progression Park!!!
- Favorite Jump: The Van Halen Song...
- Favorite Jib: Anything little
- Favorite Riders: Nick Visconti, John Jackson, Danny Davis, and that Shaun White guy is pretty impressive as well
- Favorite Ski and Snowboard Movies: Apocalypse Snow, The Art of Flight, Chulksmack, Double Decade, all.i.can, Deeper, Ransack Rebellion, Hot Dog...The Movie and That's It, That's All
- Work Equipment: Chevy Silverado or Tahoe, Computer, Droid, Alarm Clock, Pen and Paper
Experience
- Administrative Assistant, Snow Park Technologies (2008-Present)
- Marketing and Sales Administrative Assistant, Northstar and Sierra-at-Tahoe (2006-2008)
- Season Pass Lead, Northstar (2004-2006)
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Chris Castaneda
Chris Castaneda
Director of Operations, Projects
Personal Stats
- Home Mountain: Northstar
- Date of Birth: January 7, 1979
- Height: 5’ 7.98”
- Hair: Black
- Eyes: Brown
- Years Riding: 19
- Board: Burton
- Stance: 24”
- Boots: Burton
- Favorite Park: Pinball
- Favorite Jump: True Table
- Favorite Jib: Box Combos
- Favorite Riders: Shaun White, Danny Kass, Travis Rice, Torstein Horgmo and Terje Haakonsen
- Work Equipment: Bison X BR350 and 275, Snow Spork, D1, Excavator, Back Hoe and Sky Track
Projects and Experience
- Director of Operations, Projects, Snow Park Technologies
- Terrain Park Manager, Northstar
- Park Crew, Bear Mountain and Snow Summit
- ESPN Winter X Games, Project Manager
- ESPN Winter X Games Europe, Project Manager
- Forum Young Bloods
- Transworld Team Challenge
- Booth Creek Terrain Feature Build
- Microsoft X Box "Amped Freestyle Snowboarding"
- The Block Reality T.V. Show
- Film Shoots - MDP Film, Standard Films, Poorboyz and Volcom
- Burton US Open
- Burton Academy
- Winter Dew Tour
- Burton “B" Project
- Progression Sessions
- Red Bull Butter Cup
- TWS Team Shoot Out
- Forum Ad Campaign Shoot
- Gatorade Ad Campaign Shoot
- Ultimate Boarder
- Nike/Snowboard Mag: The Launch
- Nixon Jibfest
- Vans Triple Crown
- Vans Tahoe Cup
- Volcom PB&J
- Dragon Three Ring Circus
- DC Mtn Lab
- Icer Air
- The Burton Stash
- Wide Open
- USASA Nationals
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Corley Howard
Corley Howard
SPT Project Manager
Personal Stats
- Home Mountain: Sierra-at-Tahoe
- Date of Birth: January 20, 1976
- Stance: Regular
- Skis: Dynastar
- Boots: Lange
- Favorite Jib: 40-Foot Down Bar
- Favorite Jump: Backcountry Kicker
- Favorite Skier: Jeremy Nobis, Tanner Hall and Jossi Wells
- Work Equipment: Prinoth Cats
Projects and Experience
- 8 Years Professional Skiercross Racer
- 3 Time ESPN Winter X Games Athlete
- US Skiercross Grand National Champion (2001)
- Top 10 Point Standing in US Skiercross Series (2001-2004)
- ESPN Winter X Games (2008-Present)
- ESPN Winter X Games Europe (2010-Present)
- Jeep King of Mountain Series (2007-2008)
- Honda Ski Tour (2007)
- US Skiercross Nationals Snowbird (2002-2005)
- Saab Salomon Crossmax (2003-2006)
- US Skiercross Series (2003-2004)
- Jamba LCQ Sugar Bowl (2003-2006)
- US Freeskiing Open, Vail ( 2001-2006)
- 14 Years Resort Employment/Mt. Operations
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Elliot Cone
Elliot Cone
SPT Project Manager
Personal Stats
- Home Mountains: The Rockies
- Family: Rad wife and two beautiful girls
- Date of Birth: January 22, 1971
- Riding Equipment: Burton (Boards and Outerwear) and Oakley (Goggles and Sunglasses)
- Stance: Goofy
- Favorite Park: Keystone, Vail, Copper and Breckenridge
- Favorite Jib: Easy
- Favorite Jump: Small
- Favorite Riders: Todd R, T-Rice and Torstein
- Work Equipment: Prinoth Snowcats, SPT Sporks and Google SketchUp
Projects and Experience
- Winter Dew Tour (2008-Present)
- Vans Triple Crown, Breckenridge (1998-2002)
- Burton US Open, Stratton (2003-Present)
- ESPN Winter X Games, Aspen (2002, 2005-2009 and 2013)
- Sol Fest, Sun Valley (2002-2005)
- Snow Park, New Zealand (2005)
- Burton European Open, Italy (2003)
- Burton New Zealand Open, Snow Park NZ (2005)
- Sims World Championship, Vail (2001)
- The Great Slopestyle, Japan (2003)
- X-Qualifiers, Breckenridge (2001-2004)
- Film and Photo Shoots (1996-Present)
- The Cutters Cup Champion
- Breckenridge Terrain Park Designer/Builder (1996-2004)
- Keystone Terrain Park Designer/Builder (2005-2007)
- Snowboarder Magazine's “Superpark”, Breckenridge, Lake-Louise & Keystone (2002-2007)
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Frank Wells
Frank Wells
Director of Business Development
Personal Stats
- Date of Birth: March 22, 1971
- Years Riding: 15
- Favorite Pipe: Snow Park, NZ
- Favorite Jump: Anything in Powder
- Riding Equipment: Burton Malolo and Freebird Splitboard
- Favorite Riders: Terje Haakonsen and Todd Richards
- Work Equipment: Prinoth Sherpa Winch
Projects and Experience (Pipe Design/Build Specialist)
- ESPN Winter X Games (1999-Present)
- ESPN Winter X Games Europe (2010-Present)
- Shaun White Silverton Project (2009)
- Red Bull Snowscrapers (2009)
- Vans Cup Tahoe, Northstar (2005-2006)
- Aspen Snowmass (2005-Present)
- Copper Mountain (2008-2012)
- Vans Triple Crown (1998-2004)
- Snow Park, New Zealand (2003)
- MTV Slopestyle, Snow Park New Zealand
- Booth Creek Resorts (2002-2010)
- USASA Nationals, Angel Fire, New Mexico (2004)
- Mt. Hood Snowboard Camp – On-Hill Manger
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Jeremy Carpenter
Jeremy Carpenter
SPT Agent
Personal Stats
- Date of Birth: Pisces from 1975
- Years Riding: 11
- Favorite Park: Snow Park NZ
- Board: Salomon
- Boots: Whatever is holding the heel for the season
- Favorite Riders: Terje Haakonsen
Projects and Experience
- Winter Dew Tour (2008-Present)
- ESPN Winter X Games (2005-2006)
- Vans Cup at Tahoe, Northstar (2005-2006)
- USASA Nationals, Northstar (2006)
- Japan Slopestyle (2005)
- Snow Park NZ
- Breckenridge
- Mount Hood
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Kurt Eppler
Kurt Eppler
SPT Agent
Personal Stats
- Home Mountain: Angel Fire Resort, New Mexico
- Date of Birth: May 8, 1968
- Height: 6’1”
- Hair: Blonde and Gray
- Eyes: Blue
- Stance: Goofy
- Riding Equipment: Burton, Burton and Burton
- Boots: Ariat Work Boots
- Years Riding/Skiing: 35
- Favorite Park: SPT Parks
- Favorite Jump: The Frisby Front Flip
- Favorite Jib: Venue 3 at the 2012 Burton US Open
- Favorite Riders: Anyone who rides on what I work on, my sons Alex and Jon, and of course Frank Wells
- Favorite Snowboard Movie: The Art of Flight
- Work Equipment: Prinoth Snowcats and Excavators
Projects and Experience
- 21 years operating snowcats
- 32 years operating equipment
- ESPN Winter X Games (2005-Present)
- ESPN Winter X Games Europe (2011)
- ESPN Summer X Games (2005-2008 and 2010)
- Burton US Open (2008-Present)
- Japan Slopestyle (2006-2007)
- The Slope, Japan (2008)
- DC Mtn Lab (2004)
- USASA Nationals (2004)
- Winter Olympic Games Downhill and Super-G (2002)
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Landon Taylor
Landon Taylor
SPT Agent
Personal Stats
- Home Mountain: Northstar, Snow Summit and Bear Mountain
- Date of Birth: October 15, 1984
- Height: 6’ 3”
- Hair: Dirty Blonde
- Eyes: Blue/Green
- Years Riding: 13
- Stance: Regular
- Board: Burton
- Boots: ThrityTwo
- Favorite Park: Westridge at Snow Summit back in the day
- Favorite Jump: A good hip
- Favorite Jib: A super kink with a big gap to the rail
- Favorite Riders:Travis Rice, Terje, Todd Richards, Clayton Shoemaker and Hana Beaman
- Work Equipment: BR350, BisonX, Park Bully, Zaugg Pipe Monster, Snow Spork
Projects and Experience
- Park Staff, Snow Summit
- Park Staff, Bear Mountain
- Park Staff, Northstar
- ESPN Winter X Games (2013)
- ESPN Winter X Games Europe (2012-Present)
- Winter Dew Tour (2012-Present)
- Team Challenge, Snow Summit (2001)
- Vans Triple Crown, Bear Mountain (2003)
- Forum Young Bloods, Snow Summit (2003)
- Wide Open Bear Mountain (2004-2006)
- World Superpipe, Park city (2007)
- Roxy Chicken Jam, Park City (2007)
- USASA Nationals, Northstar (2007)
- Vans Tahoe Cup, Northstar (2008)
- MDP Film Shoots, Northstar spring (2008)
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Michael Silva
Michael Silva
Business Development COORDINATOR
Personal Stats
- Home Mountains: Northstar and Sun Valley
- Date of Birth: October 16, 1988
- Years Skiing: 21
- Ski Gear: Völkl Chopsticks and Mantras, Oakley Outerwear and Eyewear
- Favorite Ski and Snowboard Movies: Everyday is a Saturday, Seven Sunny Days, Follow Me Around, That's It, That's All and last, but certainly not least, Hot Dog...The Movie
- Work Equipment: Excel, PowerPoint, WordPress
Experience
- Business Development Coordinator, Snow Park Technologies (2012-Present)
- Resort and Project Coordinator, Snow Park Technologies (2011-2012)
- ESPN X Games Aspen, Athlete Services (2013)
- ESPN X Games Los Angeles, Athlete Services (2012)
- Burton Peace Pipe (2012)
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Mike Bettera
Mike Bettera
Director of Operations, SPT Parks
Personal Stats
- Home Mountains: Lake Tahoe, California
- Date of Birth: December 24, 1978
- Height: 5’9”
- Hair: Blonde and long
- Eyes: Black like death
- Years riding: 28
- Stance: Easy going right now
- Board: Black Label
- Boots: Vans Kass’
- Years riding: 28
- Favorite Park: All of the SPT Parks and then Waterville Valley
- Favorite Riders:Pat Moore, Chas Guldemond, Danny Garrity, Greg Maxwell and Mike Baker
- Work Equipment: MacBook Pro, SPT Pen, Pretending to drive a Prinoth Bison X, Burton Outerwear and Boards, Oakley Eyewear
Experience
- Director of Operations, SPT Parks (Present)
- College Idiot (1994-1999)
- USASA Judge (1997-1999)
- Waterville Valley BBTS Head Coach (1998-2000)
- USSA Judge (1998-1999)
- U.S. Open Judge (1998?)
- Waterville Valley Snowboard Coordinator (2000-2003)
- Youth Marketing Manager, Booth Creek (2003-2005)
Course Designer/Builder
- Burton US Open
- Burton Stash Parks at Jackson Hole, WY and Killington, VT
- Burton Progression Parks
- ESPN Winter X Games Europe Tignes
- ESPN Winter X Games
- The Streets at Seven Springs, PA
- The Burton Star Wars Experience at Sierra-at-Tahoe, CA
- Burton Experience Snowboarding at Mountain Creek, NJ and Rosa Khutor, Russia
- TransWorld Snowboarding Forum Team Shoot Out at Sierra-at-Tahoe, CA
- TransWorld Snowboarding Oakley Team Shoot Out at Squaw Valley, CA
- Winter Dew Tour
- World Quarter Pipe Championships, WV
- Fall Brawl Skateboard Contest, Boston MA
- Eastern Boarder’s Last Call
- Holy Oly, The Summit at Snoqualmie
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Mike Binnell
Mike Binnell
Director of Logistical Operations
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Pete Colombo
Pete Colombo
SPT Agent
Personal Stats
- Home Mountain: Mammoth Mountain
- Date of Birth: January 25, 1981
- Years riding: 16
- Favorite Pipe: Sun Valley
- Favorite Jump: Step Over
- Riding Equipment: Forum Destroyer 156
- Favorite Riders: Craig Kelly, Terje Haakonsen, Peter Line, Kyle Clancy and Chris Roach
- Work Equipment: Prinoth Snowcats
Projects/Experience
- Park Builder/Supervisor, Mammoth Mountain (2002-2009)
- ESPN X Games Aspen
- Winter Dew Tour
- Level 1 Photo Shoots
- Forum Photo Shoots
- Smith Optics
- Men’s Superpark (2008-2009)
- Grenade Shoot for The Boned Age 2008
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Sarah Castaneda
Sarah Castaneda
GENERAL MANAGER
PERSONAL STATS
- Home Mountain: Northstar
- Date of Birth: November 22, 1979
- Years Skiing/Riding: Since I was 3
- Riding Equipment: Burton
- Work Equipment: MacBook Pro and a Clipboard
- Favorite Riders: Chris Castaneda and Ryan Immegart
PROJECTS AND EXPERIENCE
- General Manager, Snow Park Technologies (2010-Present)
- Business Development, Snow Park Technologies
- Northstar and Sierra-at-Tahoe Resort Marketing
- Bear Mountain Resort Snow Sports Administrator
- ESPN X Games Aspen, Snowboard Sport Organizing (2010-Present)
- ESPN X Games Tignes, Snowboard Sport Organizing (2010-Present)
- ESPN X Games Los Angeles, Athlete Services (2011-Present)
- SPT Golf Tournament
- Heavenly High Roller Hold 'Em
- Nixon JibFest
- Burton "B" Project
- TWS Team Shoot Out
- Red Bull Simon Dumont Cube Pipe
- Vans Triple Crown
- Vans Tahoe Cup
- The Burton Stash
- Burton Progression Parks
- Red Bull Training Facility
- Winter Dew Tour, Northstar
- Lots of Photo and Film Shoots
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Sean Picard
Sean Picard
Shop Assistant
Personal Stats
- Home Mountain: Northstar California and Squaw Valley
- Date of Birth: July 19, 1978
- Years Riding: 18
- Riding Equipment: Burton and Oakley Gear
- Favorite Park: Northstar and Bear Mountain
- Favorite Jump: Step-Down
- Favorite Jib: The Step-Up Rainbow Box at Northstar
- Favorite Riders: John Jackson and Jeremy Jones
- Favorite Music to Ride To: Phish
- Favorite Snowboard Movies: The Art of Flight and anything from MDP
- Working Equipment: Lincoln Power Mig 255C, Dewalt and Makita Power Tools, MacBook Pro, Google SketchUp, Forklift, Snow Spork and the D1
Projects and Experience:
- SPT Parks Jib Build (2007-Present)
- ESPN X Games Aspen Jib Build (2007-Present)
- ESPN X Games Tignes (2012)
- Winter Dew Tour Jib Build (2010-Present)
- Shaun White Foam Pit Build (2012)
- Simon Dumont Red Bull Cubed Pipe Build (2011)
- Nixon Jibfest, Snow Summit, Sierra Summit, Bear Mountain and Northstar (2001-2003 and 2011)
- Vans Tahoe Cup (2008)
- Forum Ad Campaign (2008)
- Forum "F" Bombs Build (2008)
- DC Mtn Lab Jib Construction (2007)
- MDP Junk Yard Jibs Jam, Bear Mountain (2003)
- MDP Video Gangs Film Shoot, Bear Mountain (2003)
- Park Crew Lead and Jib Fabricator, Snow Summit (2001-2003)
- Jib Builder, Booth Creek Resorts (2002)
- Vans Triple Crown, Snow Summit (2001-2002)
- TransWorld Team Challenge, Snow Summit (2001-2002)
- Park Crew and Jib Fabricator, Snow Summit (2000)
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Tyrone Coyne
Tyrone Coyne
SPT Shop Supervisor
PERSONAL STATS
- Home Mountain: Bear Mountain
- Date of Birth: March 30, 1971
- Years Riding: 26
- Stance: Upright
- Board: Full Burton Quiver
- Outerwear: Burton AK
- Goggles: Oakley
- Favorite Park: THE PARK
- Favorite Jump: Powder Bowl Hip - After Desi builds it
- Favorite Jib: Elevated C Box
- Favorite Riders: Ireland and Jolie Coyne
- Favorite Snowboard Movie: Anything by MDP
- Favorite Quote: "Don't threaten me with a good time."
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Tyson Terpening
Tyson Terpening
SPT Agent
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