2003-08-11 00:00:00, biglines
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We're not sure if Mike Nixon is winning the FRS poll because he's a heck of a good guy or if he just sits infront of the computer voting for himself! One thing we are sure of though, is that he loves shredding biglines and he's out there everyday he can be.
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Name: Mike Nixon
Age: 22 years old
Nickname: Mikey, Nix, MIkeynix
Home Mountain: For the past few years it has been the Monashee and Selkirk Mountain ranges around Revelstoke. My roots are at Lake Louise though.
Weapons of choice: I ride my 173 Voile splitboard just about every where I go. I also skateboard in the summers and get my ass kicked by the Pacific learning to surf during the fall.
How have you dedicated your life to the pursuit of freedom, adventure and lifestyle? I've been skateboarding and snowboarding for as long as I can remember.There's just something about standing sideways on a board and using it as a medium to express yourself that I can't ignore. It dominates everything I do in my life. I had to take a little hiatus about six years ago after I did serious damage to my back horsing around at school one day; it was one of the most devastating things that has ever happened to me. Eventually though, I found one really understanding doctor that realized that the mental anguish created by not being able to do what I loved outweighed the physical "benefits" of not snowboarding. She told me that I could still snowboard so long as I was relatively mellow about it. It didn't take me long after that to realize that riding powder hurt a lot less than anything else out there and that it made my body feel better than it had in a long time. Since then I have devoted my seasons to honing my avalanche awareness and tromping around in the backcountry enjoying the most incredible riding that our planet has to offer.
Describe your best trip: past, present (last year), and future (upcoming).
I'd say my best trip in the past was in Big Mountain, Montana with the Sangster family. That was where my buddy Malcolm and I figured out that riding deep pow in steep terrain was the best thing EVER.
Hands down though, the best trip of my life was when Malcolm, Dave Mossop, Callum "Nails" Patterson and I commandeered a 1977 RV called the Dodge Fireball and drove it to Valdez,AK for the most amazing month of skiing of our lives. We were just a couple of broke Canadians making the best mark we could on skiing's most incredible playground (so far anyway). It ruled.
As far as the future...... Bella Coola baby. AK-style skiing in Canadian funds. Hopefully I'll come back from that trip not having to clamber out of such serious debt.
What are you trying to accomplish with your skiing/snowboarding? How is>this significant to our community?
Plain and simple: snowboarding makes me happy. I really want to start writing about my experiences so that I can help give back to the community that has given so much to me. I want to encourage as many people as possible to do with their lives what I try to do with mine. Seeing how happy it can make other people is the most rewarding thing in the world.
Any other comments you’d like to make? (Thank yous? Statements?…)
I could write for hours about all my thank-yous. This kind of lifestyle can't be led without a great deal of support. My family: They may be unsure of my path but without them standing behind me I don't know where I'd be. My brother Robin may have left me at the top of the mountain on my first day riding but he introduced me to this life and still continues to set me up in the most beautiful places in the world. All my friends that are beside me when I'm shredding pow in the trees and the one ones that support me from afar. Team Core circa 1989, especially Greg Todds. MEC, Powder Springs and any other employer that tolerates my nomadic lifestyle. And most importantly Alex, Dave, Aimee and Mike: I miss you guys more than anything but I owe you the world for getting me pointed in the right direction. Thanks for watching over me.
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Name: Mike Nixon
Age: 22 years old
Nickname: Mikey, Nix, MIkeynix
Home Mountain: For the past few years it has been the Monashee and Selkirk Mountain ranges around Revelstoke. My roots are at Lake Louise though.
Weapons of choice: I ride my 173 Voile splitboard just about every where I go. I also skateboard in the summers and get my ass kicked by the Pacific learning to surf during the fall.
How have you dedicated your life to the pursuit of freedom, adventure and lifestyle? I've been skateboarding and snowboarding for as long as I can remember.There's just something about standing sideways on a board and using it as a medium to express yourself that I can't ignore. It dominates everything I do in my life. I had to take a little hiatus about six years ago after I did serious damage to my back horsing around at school one day; it was one of the most devastating things that has ever happened to me. Eventually though, I found one really understanding doctor that realized that the mental anguish created by not being able to do what I loved outweighed the physical "benefits" of not snowboarding. She told me that I could still snowboard so long as I was relatively mellow about it. It didn't take me long after that to realize that riding powder hurt a lot less than anything else out there and that it made my body feel better than it had in a long time. Since then I have devoted my seasons to honing my avalanche awareness and tromping around in the backcountry enjoying the most incredible riding that our planet has to offer.
Describe your best trip: past, present (last year), and future (upcoming).
I'd say my best trip in the past was in Big Mountain, Montana with the Sangster family. That was where my buddy Malcolm and I figured out that riding deep pow in steep terrain was the best thing EVER.
Hands down though, the best trip of my life was when Malcolm, Dave Mossop, Callum "Nails" Patterson and I commandeered a 1977 RV called the Dodge Fireball and drove it to Valdez,AK for the most amazing month of skiing of our lives. We were just a couple of broke Canadians making the best mark we could on skiing's most incredible playground (so far anyway). It ruled.
As far as the future...... Bella Coola baby. AK-style skiing in Canadian funds. Hopefully I'll come back from that trip not having to clamber out of such serious debt.
What are you trying to accomplish with your skiing/snowboarding? How is>this significant to our community?
Plain and simple: snowboarding makes me happy. I really want to start writing about my experiences so that I can help give back to the community that has given so much to me. I want to encourage as many people as possible to do with their lives what I try to do with mine. Seeing how happy it can make other people is the most rewarding thing in the world.
Any other comments you’d like to make? (Thank yous? Statements?…)
I could write for hours about all my thank-yous. This kind of lifestyle can't be led without a great deal of support. My family: They may be unsure of my path but without them standing behind me I don't know where I'd be. My brother Robin may have left me at the top of the mountain on my first day riding but he introduced me to this life and still continues to set me up in the most beautiful places in the world. All my friends that are beside me when I'm shredding pow in the trees and the one ones that support me from afar. Team Core circa 1989, especially Greg Todds. MEC, Powder Springs and any other employer that tolerates my nomadic lifestyle. And most importantly Alex, Dave, Aimee and Mike: I miss you guys more than anything but I owe you the world for getting me pointed in the right direction. Thanks for watching over me.
watch Mike's vid
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