SNOWBOARDER Vital 20: Mason Aguirre

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”.