AM Interview with Aaron Johnson
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When did you start to Snowboard?
All through my childhood my father was unemployed therefore I had to ski, when I turned 13 my dad got a job selling sausages in downtown Fredericton, that’s when I started snowboarding and living off sausages and sauerkraut.
When and why did you move to Whistler?
Ever since I watched Mack Dawg Production's Decade I knew that I wanted to snowboard for the rest of my life. Whistler seemed like the best place to do it. So right after I graduated I got on a plane with 700 bucks and flew out west.
What's a perfect day for you on your board?
Wake up 1100 o’clock; watch Tech Diff while I get dressed. Leave my house at 1145 to go eat at moguls. At 1150 I get to moguls, it’s a short walk; I live in whistler cay heights it’s so sweet, I like. I examine the hundred pre-made breakfast bagels, 90% of the time I buy one and don't finish it. Of course on my perfect day it landed on that 10%. I eat the last of my breakfast bagel as I’m being asked to lift my goggles by the aussie pass check, this is hard when your carrying your snowboard in the left hand, your smoothie and gloves in the right hand and a cigarette in your mouth. I get on the Blackcomb gondola at 1215, angry because the aussie tried to ruin my perfect day. I smoke a big fat joint to calm down. I get to the top at 1245, the sun has softened up the snow so its time to go hit some big jumps. I hit the black park till 300 o'clock and don't blow my knee or shoulder. At 310 I get to the bottom. I grab a beer at the longhorn and walk home. That’s a perfect day.
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Who do you like to ride with?
Chris Wilson, Ryan Davies, Matt Poynter, Joel Lovern, David Melancon, Matt Richard and Trav the skid.
Which rider(s) inspires you? Why?
Dennis Bannock because he's been doing what he wants forever. Jeremy Jones because he is the craziest mother f@#$er out there. Anyone who films a video part using a snowmobile.
How do you like the scene in Whistler?
Whistler is like a high school and I’m the quarterback of the Football team.
Do you remember your first day snowboarding? What board did you ride?
My first day was on Crabbe Mountain, New Brunswick with my father in 1999. He was on an old 210 Nitro with hard boots; I was on a Kemper 142 with matching bindings and sorrel boots.
Do you like contests? why?
I like contest when it is sunny and I win. When the weather/conditions suck and I lose I don't like competitions
Did you do any traveling this year?
Yup went to Vancouver a couple times and Kamloops once that the extent of my traveling. It was so good in whistler I didn't feel the need to go to far.
Do you have any favorite memories that you want to share?
The day whistler got 72cm in 24 hours that day will be imprinted in my brain forever. Use my sled more; all I got to do is fix it first.
Anything you want to tell the people?
No, I was never good at the life coaching thing I leave that to RyGuy.
Shout outs
Joel Hersey at Iced Agentcies/Elusive, Ryan Patey and Max Jenke at Endeavor.
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