Weekend Warrior Interviews
As we've discussed, Weekend Warriors are those who only ride on weekends, and after chatting with a few of these fine people, I have determined the most common cause of this is high school. So don't worry, once you're out of school and you're paying for it yourself, you get to ride even less. Even if you do only get to ride a few days a year though, keep the attitude that these guys had, they were stoked to be there riding, and even more stoked that anyone was interested in them. -Brooke Geery
Steve Letenden
Where do you live? Stratford, Vt
How long have you been riding? 2 Years
How many days a year do you get to ride? 100
What board do you ride? Jim Rippey 56
Do you bring your own lunch, or buy lodge food? I don’t eat when I snowboard
What kind of car do you or your parents drive? Cadillac
Why do you snowboard? It realxes me
Why do you come to Killington? For the Hell of it
Do you have a pass here? Hell no.
Have you ever clipped tickets in the parking lot? Hell Yeah.
Who do you look up to? Jim Rippey
Who do you ride with? Duke and Mark.
What do you do with yourself during the week? Work
Joe Deluca
Where do you live? Martians Mills, Mass
How long have you been riding? 2 Years
How many days a year do you get to ride? 20
What board do you ride? Joyride
Do you bring your own lunch, or buy lodge food? Buy lodge food
What kind of car do you or your parents drive? Ford Explorer
Why do you snowboard? It’s fun
Why do you come to Killington? It’s big, lots of trails.
Who do you look up to? Todd Richards, Shawn Palmer
Who do you ride with? My friends Darren Smith, Laney Dancero and John Becett
What do you do with yourself during the week? Skateboard and Dirtbike
Ryan "Crusher" Mracheck
Where do you live? Groton, CT
How long have you been riding? 15 years
How many days a year do you get to ride? used to be 130, now it’s down to 62 last year.
What board do you ride? Yohan
What kind of car do you or your parents drive? 1999 Toyota Tacoma extended cab, with a big engine
Why do you snowboard? I don’t know, I love it.
Why do you come to Killington? I love that too.
Do you have a pass here? I have a pass.
Have you ever clipped tickets in the parking lot? Of course not.
Who do you look up to? Mike Monetnaro, Joe, Jay Dasick
Who do you ride with? Same guys. I look up to them, I ride with them
What do you do with yourself during the week? I work for days a week as a developer
Nick Cuppoli
Where do you live? Rutland, Vt
How long have you been riding? 4 years
How many days a year do you get to ride? 130
What board do you ride? Burton Custom 56
Do you bring your own lunch, or buy lodge food? Bring it
What kind of car do you or your parents drive? Audi
Why do you snowboard? it’s fun
Why do you come to Killington? Cause it sucks!
Do you have a pass here? Yeah
Have you ever clipped tickets in the parking lot? No.
Who do you look up to? Myself
Who do you ride with? Marcus Sweeny
What do you do with yourself during the week? School
Hannah Hiadar
Where do you live? Walpole, Mass
How long have you been riding? 6 Times
What board do you ride? This is a rental, I’m getting a 158 Silence tomorrow
Do you bring your own lunch, or buy lodge food? Bring my own lunch
What kind of car do you or your parents drive? 89 LIncoln Towncar
Why do you snowboard? It’s good when I can’t surf
Why do you come to Killington? My best friend works here
Have you ever clipped tickets in the parking lot? No I haven’t
Who do you look up to? Pro Surfers, not pro snowboarders
Who do you ride with? Me, myself and I
What do you do with yourself during the week? I go to high school
Aaron Ketry
Where do you live? West Sunaca, NY
How long have you been riding? 5 Years
How many days a year do you get to ride? As many as I can, 30 or fourty
What board do you ride? Burton twin 49, last year's with Burton custom freestyle bindings
Do you bring your own lunch, or buy lodge food? I bring my own lunch
What kind of car do you or your parents drive? A 98 firebird
Why do you snowboard? I love it, plus the girls.
Why do you come to Killington? It’s better than where I live, where I live the snowboarding’s pretty crappy, and this is pretty good I guess.
Do you have a pass here? no
Have you ever clipped tickets in the parking lot? Yes I have
Who do you look up to? Terje Haakonseen, Peter Line and all those good guys
Who do you ride with? My friends, usually a big crew.
What do you do with yourself during the week? Go to school
Ryan Lilly
Where do you live? East Aurora, NY (Buffalo)
How long have you been riding? 4 years
How many days a year do you get to ride? 40 or 50
What board do you ride? Forum Peter Line
Do you bring your own lunch, or buy lodge food? Both, if my mom makes something good the night before then I bring my own lunch.
What kind of car do you or your parents drive? An Explorer
Why do you snowboard? Cause it’s fun
Why do you come to Killington? School trip
Do you have a pass here? no
Have you ever clipped tickets in the parking lot? No
Who do you look up to? JP Walker, Jeremy Jones
Who do you ride with? This crazy kid named Bobo, people from East Aurora, a crew, whoever’s out.
What do you do with yourself during the week? Play video games.
