Where did the nickname ‘The Slippery Hotdog’ come from?
That was Troy Eckert from Volcom, he gave me that nickname. The reason why was because I was like a slippery hotdog back then – like a piece of soap. If I was really bored I could just disappear; I could be in Colorado and all of a sudden within hours he could call my cell phone and say “Where the hell are you?” and I’d say, “Oh, I’m back in California.” I didn’t like to chit chat and say goodbye to like a hundred people. So I just took off, I was like a little ghost, a little slippery hotdog! (Laughs) Have you still got all the old snowboard tricks down? Actually yeah I do! (Laughs) Are you still trying to learn new stuff? I’m still progressing, but more on the little things. When I’m looking at a kicker that I have to clear like 80ft, it’s just like “No. I’m not into that anymore.” That’s not my game. What do you think of the current pipe scene, like Shaun White and those boys? Shaun White, he just amazes me. It seems like he’s just getting better and better. It’s like looking at Ter
