Favourites: Jeremy Jones
Finding out the all important what, where, when, who and why from the big mountain snowboard pioneer.
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In a new regular feature for HUCKmagazine.com, we ask the great, the good and the down right talented about the things that mean the most to them.
First up, we caught up with big mountain snowboard pioneer Jeremy Jones at the premiere of his new film Deeper at the Freeze Festival in London this weekend find out what really makes him tick.
What?
My split board. That is my tool to access the other world, almost like the spiritual world. My split board is like my portal. It’s total chaos then I put my split board on and within five steps I’m in a world that makes me really happy. I’ve been developing it for a long time [for Jones Snowboards]. It’s an evolution of that and the challenge has been getting a split board to perform like my existing snowboard does. It’s a challenge but I’m working with really good manufacturers [Nidecker] and it was actually as difficult as I thought. We got there pretty quick.
Where?
I’ve been on the road for two weeks now so right now my favourite place in the world is my home. But really any wilderness does it for me. Open space: that can be the mountains or the ocean. I need to have a heavy does of that on a consistent basis. I just feel that I lose more and more energy when I’m away from those places.
When?
Watching the sunrise on a mountain peak after hiking in the dark for several hours: that is the most special time for me. You are watching this world going from dark and scary to slowly getting lighter until the sun pops up. You get every colour: pink to orange to yellow to white, the full spectrum of the colour gradient in a short period of time. It’s like nature painting on the finest level.
Who?
My family, for sure. I value my time with them more than anyone else in the world. The hardest part is saying goodbye to my family to go on these trips. Generally I limit the length of my ‘business trips’ to make them very short. My family trips I organise and they are places that are really special to me. [When I’m with my family] I get really consumed by my environment and days and calendars just go away.
Why?
I was writing in my journal today and saw that I had previously written something about when I’m trying to get the motivation to get out of the tent at three in the morning when my boots are frozen and I’m freezing my ass off or just hike that little bit further. It was that I think of my friends who are no longer with me. I think about how excited they would be to have this opportunity. They motivate me to move forward and they motivate to turn around.
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