Basic info, when and
where were you born and where are you residing
now?
April 7th
1988, born and raised in Vars, Ontario (Ottawa) and currently residing in
Whistler B.C.
Why
Whistler?
We’ll
I’ve been snowboarding longer than I’ve been skateboarding and growing up I had
always heard how good it was to live in Whistler. I had never planned on moving
up here until my good buddy Karl Windle moved up, told me all about the
Creekside Skatepark and how I could still skate all winter. After hearing all
the good news I moved up for the season last year and now I can’t picture
myself being anywhere else during the winters.
Photo
Russell Brown.
How
long do you plan to stay in Whistler?
I
was planning on coming back every season for the next few years, but now that
the Creekside Skatepark might not be here next year I might not be coming
back………
When did you start
skateboarding?
I started skateboarding in grade 7
just staying after school using all my friends’ boards. Then on my
13th birthday my family and I were in Victoria, so using
all my birthday money I bought some second hand board from a skateshop down
there as my first board.
Who do you usually
skate with?
Anyone who’s down to skate like ALL
the Orleans locals, FOKUS boys, EQ guys, Mitch Barrette, Matt Canadien, and my
little brother Nick Gauthier
You recently got
hooked up with Annum clothing, what has that been like working with
them?
Working with the Annum guys Steve
Wilson and Brendan Cavanagh has been sick. I only met them last year and since
they’ve put me on their team I’ve become good friends with them. Instead of
them just giving me free product like most companies they let me be a part of
the company. I’ve been helping with some designs and other business aspects
while they’ve been showing me all the tricks of the trade. They’ll be having a
bunch of new clothes coming out soon so keep your eyes open for
it.
Where have you
traveled skating?
This
past year was the first year I started taking actual skate trips besides to
Montreal.
I
was living in Whistler for most of the spring so I skated around there for a
bit, and then moved to Port Coquitlam for 2 months. I skated mainly the Poco
Park, and didn’t get any filming done the whole time I was in Vancouver. I
ended up getting ragged on from all my buddies back home for that. Then moved
back to Ottawa and took a trip up to Quebec City, MTL, then me and some buddies
took an epic week long road trip down to Austin,
Texas.
Favorite
skate spot?
The
Creekside underground mini bowl.
Got any travel plans
for this year?
I
want to live in downtown Vancouver for most of the summer, then take a
greyhound from Vancouver back to Ottawa, stopping at all the big cities to
skate and see some friends, and then a few more trips to the states. Then where
ever else I get a chance to go travel and
skate.
New
Years resolution?
To
stop falling on my wrists.
What
is up with your wrist, it seems like you have been rocking casts for the last
6+ months?
Yeah
about that…….well a few years ago I broke my right hand scaphoid and ended up
getting a bone graft from my hip to my wrist along with a cast for 5 months.
Then the next year I broke it again, ended up getting another bone graft from
my other hip along with a pin and a cast for 4 months. I find out in a few
weeks when I’m getting the pin removed. As for my left wrist I found out just
over a month ago that I’ve had a small broken bone in there for most of the
summer that I didn’t know about. Since I never got it checked out it’s too late
to fix it, so now I have a broken bone in that wrist permanently. It sucks
sometimes………..
Shout
outs?
Thanks to my Mom and Dad for
everything they’ve done for me, my brothers, all the older guys I looked up to
skating, Garrett Dagenais, Jesse Ringer,
J.I.P.S,
everyone that’s helped me out, Annum Trading company, and to Lenny for making
this happen.
