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Ultimate Boarder competitor: True Love |
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Written by Paul Raymore
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Wednesday, 09 April 2008 |
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One week, three boards, one champion — the first ever Ultimate Boarder™ competition kicks off on the snow April 13 at Squaw Valley USA with many local riders in the hunt for the title.
True Love
• Age: 3rd Generation
• Hometown: Ridgewood, New Jersey
• Current residence: Kings Beach
• Home mountain: The High Sierra
• Favorite skate park: Skateboarding is fun where ever I’m at!
 • Favorite surf break: The ones that peel...
• Strongest discipline: Snowboarding & skateboarding.
• Why did you sign up to be a part of this? Because it reflects my lifestyle and will bring 50 people with the same interests together.
• How long have you been skating, surfing and snowboarding? I have been skateboarding twice as long as I have been snowboarding, but the past 12 years I have been snowboarding daily. I have 4 years of surfing experience that has been spread out since 1996.
• Favorite trick skating, surfing and snowboarding? Skating — ollie Japan grabs. Surfing — connecting turns with speed. Snowboarding — backside rodeos.
• What sport is the most difficult for you? Surfing, due to the lack of waves in Lake Tahoe.
• What makes you a good all-around rider? If I’m not skateboarding, I’m snowboarding, and if I’m not doing either of those, I’m probably surfing. Mastery through practice is how one gets “good.”
 • In what sport have you hurt yourself the worst? Ah, being strapped to a snowboard has given me the most pain. It’s because it’s the one I have been focused on progressing with the past few years. There is always the chance of pain when pushing yourself athletically.
• Ever competed in anything like this? This event is the first of its kind. I don’t think anybody can say they have competed in something like this before.
• What do you think your chances are for winning the whole thing? So-so, given that I am not equally strong in all 3 presently. The deserving winner should be someone who stands out snowboarding, skateboarding, and surfing — one who can hold their own on a pro level in all 3!
• If it’s not you, any other bets on who might be the best all-around rider(s) in the competition? People I have personally seen ripping are Chad Shetler, Aaron Astorga, and the naturally talented Ryan Wichert from Incline Village. He rides for Trilogy Arts, which is based on all 3 and the arts around them. He is on the team for a reason.
 • Anything else you’d like to add? Surfing is the root, which bred skateboarding, and snowboarding came from them, so by doing all 3, one can live a full life and not limit their self expression. Being skilled in one, can only strengthen the other.
Photos by Todd Freitas (skate), courtesy of True Love, and Jimmy Callan (snowboard).
Check out other local riders in the Ultimate Boarder competition:
• Andy Finch (Truckee, Calif.)
• Ryan Wichert (Incline Village, Nev.)
• Dave Brumm (Alpine Meadows, Calif.)
• David Burright (Truckee, Calif.)
• Rick Gravesen (Alpine Meadows, Calif.)
• Or, go back to the main story about the competition
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