Matt

Matt, the creative genius, spent the US Open cutting up stickers.  His finest creation, "I'd rather be riding Jennie Waara's Backside." Photo: Lee Crane

Does it bother you that your brother is better at snowboarding than you?

Matt: I hope your joking about snowboarding, but I will have to admit he can skate like nobody’s business

Is there any sibling rivalry between you two?

Matt: Not really.

It seems like all of your nicknames include money, are you a high roller?

Matt: I’ve laid my share of bets.

What's the difference between the east coast and the west coast?

Matt: Back east the scene is close, everybody knows everybody because there are only so many places to ride. Out west there are to many bro brahs.

Are you going to grow your hair out now that it's cool again?

Matt: I don’t like long hair at all.

Do you prefer Matt or Matty?

Matt: Matt.

Mark

What are your tattoos of?

Mark: I draw them all myself, I've got an eagle, an arm band, some other stuff I did myself.

Have you ever had a different hair cut?

Mark: Yes, I didn't shave it once, and I died it some funny colors, like blue, green, and purple.

Just how good is your relationship with Seth Neary?

Mark: Me and him are buddies.  I've known him for about seven years now.

Do you someday aspire to ride for Tommy Hilfiger?

Mark: No, no way, I'm not a G.

How big is your gold chain?

Mark: Not as big as Jeremy Baye's.  Jeremy Baye definitely has the biggest gold chain, I choose not to wear one though.

Do you pick your nose?

All the time, and I eat it too.

I heard you learned to go 10 feet out every hit this season, I also heard you learned to skateboard in an hour, do you consider yourself any sort of wonder boy?

Mark: I consider myself more like wonder woman, but I've been skateboarding since I was little.

I heard you're a bit of a gardener, how long have you been growing your own weed?

Mark: I don't touch the stuff.

Does marijuana really enhance your riding?

Mark: I don't touch the stuff.

Have you hit the gondola yet?

Mark: No.

Brian

Is it hard having a roommate that goes by the same name as you?

Brian: Nah, it's easier.

What do you think of Luke Wynen?

Brian: Muscles!

Jesse Fulton?

Brian: Shredder.

I hear you were a real lady killer in High School, any truth?

Brian: I don't know anything about high school. Who did you hear that from?

Care to comment of your yearbook photo?

Brian: My yearbook photo? I like it cause it doesn't look like me. It's my best photo ever taken.

Did you know each other in high school?

Mark: Yeah, Matt was a dork. Matt and Brian were both dorks, they didn't have many friends.

Brian: Yeah, I did.

Did you think Mark would grow up to be the ripper that he is?

Brian: (Mark in background "Don't listen") He's a dipshit.

Are your parents proud, or do they wish you'd get a real job?

Matt: I’m not sure, the way they look at things if you don’t go to college than your not going to succeed in life, the whole American dream w/ 2.5 kids, a good job and a 2 car garage. I don’t want that.

Mark: My Mom's cool with it, my Dad thinks I should go do something else.

Brian: They're proud.

What kind of car do you have?

Matt: 90 Jeep Comanche.

Mark: Ford Ranger.

Does it get you lots of chicks?

Matt: No, I take it offroading all the time and I’m not that good of a driver so its got its share of dents.

Mark: Only rednecks with no teeth.

Would you rather date a girl that snowboards, or that doesn't?

Matt: Doesn’t for sure.

Brian: Doesn't.

What do you do when there is no snow?

Matt: Skateboard, drink coffee, watch movies.

Mark: Skateboard.

Brian: Skate.

Have you ever pretended you weren't from Jersey, or do you have hometown pride?

Matt: I never deny I’m from Jersey.

Mark: All the time.  I would have told you that, but I was scared to.

Brian: Depends on the situation, sometimes I lie and say I'm not from there, but, it's all right being from Jersey.

Does having Jersey in your roots make you a better rider?

Matt: A lot of good riders came from Jersey, maybe it's all the power lines.

Mark: Oh for sure, we bonked all the good stumps.

Brian: No.

Contrary to popular belief, Mark can ride with out going upside down, we just don't happen to have a picture of it right now. Photo: Tim Zimmerman

Boxers of briefs?

Matt: Boxers.

Mark: Oh, Briefs.  Boxer Briefs to be exact.

Brian: Sure, boxers.

I heard jibbing is popular this week, are you good at it?

Matt: The best jibs in the world are, or were, at Vernon Valley R.I.P.

Mark: Jibbonk and spin around, that's my theory.

Brian: I don't know.

What's is your most prized possession?

Matt: My condo.

Mark: My little green friends.

Brian: I don't know, I don't have one I don't think, a bottle opener?

Can you free ride, or did the east spoil you for everything but the pipe?

Matt: I didn’t learn ‘til I moved out west.

Mark: I can freeride. I had a powder shot, once.

Brian: I jibbed a little powder last year at Squaw. I don't know, it's all right, freeriding's cool.

Who do you ride with?

Matt: Tommy C, Gabe T, Natedog, Aaron B, and Matt D.

Mark: Mr. Brian Regis, Rich Nessohever, Rahm Klampert, the original mad man himself.

Brian: Reilly, Rahm, Killington pretty much.

Who is your idol?

Matt: Billy Idol.

Mark: Brian Regis has to be my idol, he's so cool.

How many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie roll pop?

Matt: Resees Pieces is the only candy for me.

Mark: Depends how big your licks are.

What's your favorite movie?

Matt: I like too many, Godfather Part 1, Miller’s Crossing, Shackle Me Not, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Cool Hand Luke, Things to do in Denver When You’re Dead.

Mark: I don't watch movies, but I like Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Dawson's Creek.

Brian: I don't know, Breaking Away, ahh, I don't have one. I don't watch much TV.

How many pairs of goggles do you own?

Matt: 5 pairs.

Mark: 5 pairs.

Brian: One.

If you could only snowboard at once place for the rest of your life, where would it be?

Matt: Mammoth for sure.

Mark: Killington!

Brian: Somewhere big.

Shout outs and innumerable props...

Matt: John J, Torey P, Cathy and Tony Lincoln, Gabe T, Natedog, grandparents, Nelsons, and everyone I forgot.

Mark: I'll give a shout out to my brother, Brian, out in Cali, and that's about all.

Brian: Killington, Sims, Volcom, Twitty, jeeze, there's too many people.All my friends, my roommate Brian, My folks, Mom and Dad for sure, Mantra, Petey G. and everyone else who helps me out.

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