SNOWBOARDER VITAL 20

Vital 20

So you have a favorite snowboarder, but don't even know their favorite food, secret tuning techniques or all time places to party. This is where SNOWBOARDER Vital 20 comes in. Find out if your favorite rider hails from the same local hill as you or if you both love to jam out to Biggie. This isn't the 20 questions you heard on the playground, but it just might contain the answers you've been looking for.

SNOWBOARDER Vital 20: Laura Hadar
Though a pretty flower she is, Laura Hadar is more of a snowboarder and less of a model. Let’s be real here, there’s a fine line there that a number of her counterparts are walkin’ on and it’s clear that Laura didn’t show up to shoot lifeys. She showed up to drop hammers and take names … and possibly throw a few ninja stars.
SNOWBOARDER Vital 20: Alex Sherman
We're backin’ Littlest hard. He’s a stylish boarder, a stylish individual, and you will be seeing a lot more of his baby faced thug mug in snowboarding for years to come.
SNOWBOARDER Vital 20: Ricky Tucker
The land of 10,000 lakes has bred many a fine shredder. Ricky Tucker is among the finest. Ricky’s first appearance on snowboarding’s big screen was in Kidsnow’s sophmore and final release, Love/Hate.
SNOWBOARDER Vital 20: Will Tuddenham
Native Salt Laker, Will Tuddenham rounded out Team Thunder’s 2008 release, Gold Country with an awesome last part, and he’s following it up this year with a coveted, and very anticipated spot in the upcoming People video, Nice Try.
SNOWBOARDER Vital 20: Jed Anderson
Jed Anderson is gonna turn some heads when he drops his part this fall. We anticipate a lot of pros quitting and a lot of girls ripping their clothes off when the young Calgarian’s footy comes out. We think God, Tupac, and Biggie might even come down from heaven and big up the kid.

SNOWBOARDER Vital 20: Chris Grenier
Chris Grenier is the man. He's a diverse dude, and a real individual. He doesn't ride like anybody else and he doesn't fit into any of the molds that the Internet nerds would like to put him in.

SNOWBOARDER Vital 20: Alex Cantin
Alex Cantin is a good homey and a ripping snowboarder. I was recently lucky enough to get a sneak peak at some stuff for the soon to be released Videograss movie, and plainly put Alex’s shit is looking tight.
SNOWBOARDER Vital 20: Nick Dirks
I spent the past six months living with Nick in Utah, and Nick spent the past six months talking about how much he hated Utah. Nick doesn’t take snowboarding or himself too seriously at all, which is refreshing in the age of the X Games.
SNOWBOARDER Vital 20: Erik Leines
Erik's put in work on a snowboard for years—with video parts and magazine spreads ranging from pre-Luminous Llama to Escramble, and beyond. Nowadays in-between cliff drops and face shots when the six-inch rule is effect, Erik has taken on the brunt of the many responsibilities that come with running Celtek
SNOWBOARDER Vital 20: Nima Jalali
Nima Jalali wears a lot of hats. He loves hats. Figurative hats anyway, ‘cause I think he only has one literal hat, one of those black fold up beanies from Active.
SNOWBOARDER Vital 20: Tim Zimmerman
We thought it would be a good change of pace to break up the Vital 20s with a non pro. A non pro ‘boarder that is, ‘cause Tim Zimmerman is a consummate professional, and one of the greatest, most celebrated snowboard photographers this sport has seen.
SNOWBOARDER Vital 20: Josh Mills
Aside from myself, Gabe Taylor, Brian Thien, and a few others not many ripping, naturally gifted snowboarders have come out of sunny Southern California. Joshua Mills is one of the few others.
SNOWBOARDER Vital 20: Matty Ryan
First and foremost, Matty Ryan is a loose cannon. He’s a reckless individual on and off his board, but he’s also a creative individual, a business owner, and a good friend of ours.
SNOWBOARDER Vital 20: JP Walker
Get the Vitals on one of the most influential and talented shredders of our time JP Walker.
SNOWBOARDER Vital 20: Gabe Taylor
Get the vital stats on one of the coolest guys and best snowboarders we know, Gabe Taylor. This year our boy GT put it DOWN, and put together an awesome part filming for Grenade’s latest production, The Boned Age.
SNOWBOARDER Vital 20: Chad Otterstrom
The Colorado boss, Chad Ottersrom has been a mainstay in the world of professional snowboarding for over a decade and he’s still charging full speed ahead.
SNOWBOARDER Vital 20: Eddie Wall
Eddie Wall rips, and even his dad rips. So that must mean that Eddie was born to rip, and maybe you were born to read little shorts on the internet about rippers like Eddie. Or maybe you rip too?
SNOWBOARDER Vital 20: LNP
There are a handful of riders out there that snowboarding needs more of. Laurent-Nicolas Paquin is one of them. A freethinker, a drifter, a ripping shredder, and an all around good guy.
SNOWBOARDER Vital 20: Keegan Valaika
Keegan Valaika had a real good year filming with Nate Bozung, Matty Ryan and the rest of the BozWreck crew. Based on what we’ve seen up to this point, and how many times we’ve heard Nate raving about Keegan killing it, we went to Vegas and put all our money on an ender in BozWreck II.
SNOWBOARDER Vital 20: Austin Smith
Since winning various accolades and awards after his ender in last years MDPeople release, We’re People Too, Austin Smith’s become kind of the talk about town.
SNOWBOARDER Vital 20: Torstein Horgmo
Torstein Horgmo, the Norweigian shred-warrior is set to take the snowboard game by storm, Viking style. Well Viking style but minus the raping and the pillaging.
SNOWBOARDER Vital 20: Aaron Biittner
This week we caught up with another born and bred SLC shred for the Vital 20. Aaron Biittner is working harder than ever -- getting shots, maybe taking some shots, and sealing up his part in MDP’s high profile flick, Double Decade.
SNOWBOARDER Vital 20: Seth Huot
Utah loc’ Seth Huot is going through some changes these days, he's buckling in atop uber exclusive Volcom snowboards, and by the time you read this he'll be a rad dad.
SNOWBOARDER Vital 20: Joe Sexton
Everyone's talking about Joe Sexton. We shut up for a second and let the man do the talking and give us his vital 20.
SNOWBOARDER Vital 20: Iikka Backstrom
See what DC shred Iikka Backstrom's favorite music, places to ride, food and more on snowboardermag.com.
SNOWBOARDER Vital 20: Nate Bozung
Find out why Nate Bozung's best moment on a snowboard has to do with Bruce Irons surfing and other vital stats on Boznuts himself right here on snowboardermag.com.
SNOWBOARDER Vital 20: Gigi Rüf
Want to find out who Gigi Rüf's heroes, favorite people to ride with and party with are? We have it all right here on snowboardermag.com.
SNOWBOARDER Vital 20: Mason Aguirre
Ever want to know what Mason Aguirre's favorite tricks, music, and places to ride are? It's all here in his Vital 20 on Snowboardermag.com.