Andy Says :

"My love of snowboarding started around 1996 when we had some rare snow in Brighton. I would go to the local park with my brother and my friends and try standing up on my sledge.

I started making surfer type things to ride until I saved up enough to buy my own board.
I had a couple of lessons at my local dry slope in the beginning of 1998 and from then on, practiced whenever I could, which was usually only a couple of hours every few weeks/months.

Whilst at school/college, I had a few trips to Milton Keynes and Tamworth and also a yearly visit to the Alps (Les Arcs, Meribel, Chamonix, Kaprun, Stubaital).

I did my first season in Whistler in 2003/4 where I worked as a snowboard instructor. The season was long and the conditions were great so my riding really improved.

I spent 2 seasons in Whistler and Vancouver, followed by another in Mayrhofen, Austria.
Last season was one of the most progressive for my riding, as I learned many new tricks and got to ride a wide variety of different terrain.
This season I am based in Mayrhofen again.

My main aim for the season is to see how well I do at the British Championships in Laax, Switzerland and some other local comps here. I want to go to Les Deux Alpes or the Iceland Park Project this summer, aswell as various indoor comps back home.

The best trick I`ve learned so far this season is probably switch backside 720. I think my favourite tricks overall are backflips and misty flips. By the end of this season i would like to get some 10's going and also backside rodeos.

Over the next few years I want to ride in New Zealand, Japan, Mammoth, Lake Tahoe, BC Backcountry and AK."