SNOWBOARDER Vital 20: Mason Aguirre

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5/29/08
Words: Evan LeFebvre
Photo: Adam Moran/Burton

Stance: Regular; 25” to 25 ½” wide; 18 degrees front, -11 back.

Sponsors: Burton, Smith, FRENDS, Nixon, Val Surf, Mammoth Mountain.

Hometown: Duluth, Minnesota/Mammoth Lakes, California.

Home mountain: Mammoth/June.

Setup: Burton Custom 154, 156, 158, 162, Burton Ozone Boots size 9, Burton Co2 EST bindings.

Special tuning: Detune it all except for when there’s heavy ice.

Tricks: Anything is good but, fs 3 stales, cab 180s, bs rodeo 9s, and my everyday cab to cab revert to front board bagel cheesedick 5-0 back one stomp.

Food: The Stove in Mammoth.

Drink: Vodka, water, soda with lime, yo.

Hobbies: Golf, video games, music of any land—near or far, partying, YouTube and College Humor, fast cars, fast cash, and of course fast hoes!

Heroes: Chris Farley, John Daly, my family, and the whole FRENDS crew.

Music: It’s all about cash money hoes these days so Lil Wayne has got my top spot. I’m into lots of different hip-hop but there’s nothing like listening to some Iron Maiden with the wind in your hair, brah!

Places to ride: Mammoth, Tahoe, anywhere … for real! Breck and Keystone have always been legit, and Canada!

People to ride with: Riding with the FRENDS is like getting laid, its great. No wait … its f—king awesome!

Places to party: Anywhere but jail!

People to party with: Greg Dacshyn.

Best moment on a snowboard: Chinese eyed downhill at Grenade Games this year.

Best moment off a snowboard: Any day on the golf course!

Contests or videos: 2nd place Vans Cup Slopestyle 2008, 2nd place World Superpipe Championships 2008, 2nd place US Open Halfpipe.

Quote: “Ball as hard as you can until the hardness of your balls are no longer hard”.

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COMMENTS

Posted Fri May30, 2008, 3:03 AM — By danmigno
Yeah Mason,i like ur shit dawg! Keep it up son,word. www.danmigno.com
Posted Fri May30, 2008, 6:30 PM — By Eddie
This kid sounds like a real tool, I mean fool, yo.
Posted Sun Jun 1, 2008, 2:57 PM — By hyland
minnesota is blowing up. represent the land of ice and snow.
Posted Sun Jun 1, 2008, 11:52 PM — By Julie
woah. you are not who you used to be. deff. not someone i used to admire.
Posted Mon Jun 2, 2008, 12:13 PM — By Sam
He has to be kidding...

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