Fresh and Tracked with Nico DrozWords: Pat Bridges Photo: E-Stone SNOWBOARDER Magazine March 2008 Issue
While Jeremy Jones and JP Walker were leading the late-nineties jib revolution in the States, across the drink, Nico Droz was making this movement a worldwide uprising. Nico took his skate skills to the slopes around his home in the French Alps, and quickly became one of Europe’s new-school heavy hitters. A decade later, Droz is still handling business from the steeps to the streets. His most recent section in Absinthe’s Optimistic features Nico doing wallrides, tow-in jibs, and even quite a few first-timers in the backcountry. Très bien!
FRESH: Skateboarding: Always fresh! My first inspiration. The source! Molca Salsa: Before, during, or after a session, it’s the best Mexican food in SLC. Skype: The perfect way to stay in touch with family and friends when traveling! The Simpsons: The best show on earth! Devun Walsh and Marc Frank Montoya’s frontside three no-grabs: A lot of people have tried, but no one has come close! I’ve tried, too, and quit. Avoriaz, France: My home resort. It’s linked to seven resorts between France and Switzerland—the perfect playground! Mikey LeBlanc’s ollies to flat: Bigger and bigger every year. J2 is fresh. My kid Thierry: Smiling all day long. What else do you need to be happy? First Tries: Stomping tricks on natural jumps on the first try.
TRACKED: Cigarettes: The worst drug ever. You know you’re destroying yourself, but you keep doing it anyway. Avalanches: Always happening when you’re not expecting them. The more you know about them, the less you know! The sh*tty US dollar versus the Euro. Waking up at 5am to be the first one at your favorite cliff. Tail blocks: I don’t understand them, unless they’re on the coping of a twenty-foot quarterpipe. Commercial breaks on TV in the US: You’re not watching a movie with commercial breaks—you’re watching commercials with movie breaks. People who throw their cigarette butts off the chairlift. Security guards: They always show up just when you’re ready to hit your jib, after two hours of building it to make it work. Shifties: Please stop twisting your body like that in the middle of rotations. It doesn’t help.
**This story is reprinted from a past issue of SNOWBOARDER Magazine. Not all information listed here may still be current. **
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