“

Number one, he's a rad dad. After that he's the most motivated, slash master in snowboarding.

” -- Gigi Rüf

Terje had a huge influence on me. Trying to be like him in the pipe took me a long way. But after a while it became more about feeling, not copying. If you have ever jumped on your snowboard you know that feeling of grabbing and being in control and tweaking it out.

When you ride pipe a lot, like I did when I was younger, you spend a lot of time in the air, so you get the feel for grabbing and tricks and style. When I moved out to Whistler and we started building backcountry jumps, I just took that feeling with me.

When your body becomes used to riding a lot, you are more at one with it. Because of this, the more effortless snowboarding becomes, the more fluid you become, the more epic everything becomes. It gets easier. When you reach that level, you can't help but want to go back and stay in that mindset.

Through snowboarding I have learned to be a better parent, because having kids is the ultimate patience test. Manage your patience and you manage to have more fun! It's really similar, the ups and downs of it. Having two kids and the business, the weather, the planning, the movies, the travel, man it adds up! So I am just trying to balance a little bit. I want to ride a happiness frequency that works for me and my family.

Going to Costa Rica every summer recharges me. I disconnect with the snowboard world for a minute and connect with the community and nature. We are part of all these councils and fundraisers, which is very rewarding. So it's not just the surfing I come down here for; it's not wearing shoes for two months! It's walking everywhere and connecting with the environment. Down there we live by the tides, by the weather. It's kind of refreshing to know that life can be like that -- super stress free, pura vida!

It's that adventure that I crave. You're either choosing to go somewhere you have never been, or going back to a spot that you know. I'm not really at the point where I want to learn a triple cork, but I certainly want to learn other things about snowboarding. So it feels right be involved with our board company YES. and steering the direction of it a little bit. There's always room for evolution as a snowboarder no matter where you are with it.

I hope that through snowboarding people are inspired to go out and to live the life they choose. All I am doing is following what I love. I think it's possible for anyone to live it as well. Yes, sacrifices are made, but it's so worth it!