Etienne Gilbert
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Name: Etienne Gilbert
Hometown: St-Rédempteur, Québec
Current Residence: Whistler, BC
Sponsors: Nitro boardand boots, Raiden, L1, Electric, I Found, Split, DLX, TSG, Ogio
Local Resort: Whistler
Place to Ride that isn’t a resort: Québec city, Whistler Backcountry
Years Snowboarding: 14
Set-up: Team 59 and 55, Swindle 53, Team boot, Black Hawk and Phantom Raiden bindings
Stance/angles: Reg/ 15 -12/ 24 inche
Hommies: Rioux, Royer, Dionne, Giasson, Tremblay, Page, Beauchènes, Gauthier, Pelchat, Melançon, Chanut, Goldberg, Brochu, Laroche, Camiran, Savard, Forcier, Burkenshaw, Auchu, Gagnon’s, Gallant’s, it just go on!! You know who you are. My hommies rock!
My friend and me started a new Canadian Mag called “Slash Snowboardmag” Look for it while in Canada. Camp of Champion Summer camp in Whistler is wicked I’ve been there for 9 years now. Dream on! Keep it real! Free yourself! Be yourself! Don’t get to attached to the outcomes! Go ride!
Stuff that gets you stoked: Snowboarding, Powder, sunshine, friends, people with good attitude, golf, surf, hockey, being healthy, my girlfriend, writing, a good laugh, music, food, traveling.
Life Changing experience ( could be anything, new type of Food a girl or guy you meet or song you heard) Books I’ve read. Snowboarding for the first time. Moving to Whistler. Going to Japan. Traveling in general.
What you don’t like about Snowboarding, (let it out! Hahah) Getting injured sucks, dust on crust, shitty contest, shitty jugging, getting skunked in the backcountry, Sled problems, the race to the spot, people that work in the industry but don’t really know anything about snowboard but think they do. The way certain company treat their riders. -30 celsius, wind storm, People that think they are the shit, summer handrails, olie to flat, ride on rails.