Below you will find our extended Family and Teams from Freeride. These include the Armada, Leedom and Joystick Teams.

HAMISH ACLAND  

• Name:  Hamish Acland 
• Age:  26
• Home Mountains: Treble Cone  
• Where are you from: Mt Somers  
• Sponsors: Leedom, POW, Volkl, Treble Cone  
• First memory on skis: Snaking the queue at Mt Hutt with a please sir can you help me up the T Bar
• Best memory on skis: Fat Thursday 2002 at TC, epic powder day from first chair till last, with the killer crew  
• Birthday: I celebrate mine one week after because I am never organised enough.
• Big Mountain Resort: Treble Cone
• Park:  Treble Cone
• Movie: 
• Colour: Favourite colour is stupid, favourite number 7 
• Food: 
• Animal: 
• Skiers: There are so many skiers I respect for different reasons. I will say my Mum because she got me into the sport.
• Drink: Water
• Website: www.hamishacland.com
• Outside skiing interests: Mountain biking,
• What is the most important thing in skiing: Having fun, progressing
• What music r u listening to right now:
• Ipod or other MP3 playey: IPOD
• If you could be any superstar who would u b and why:
• Activities other than skiing: Poker
• Favourite trick: Cliff 360
• Trick to learn this year: Cab 540 off decent features
• Word of the year: “Uber” like that is a Uber trick dude
• Mac or PC: This is a gay question
• Best xmas present: Jason I haven’t got anything as cool as your bouncy ball
• Achievements in skiing:  NZ skier of the year 2002, 3rd Red Bull Snowthrill 2002, 3rd  World Tour Finals 2005, 5th World Tour Ranking 2005
• New Years resolution : Don’t do them,………. “To get into not out of it”
• 1st ski movie watched: Aspen Xtreme” kids you got watch it so cool!
• Last ski movie watched: UP1.2
• Furthest place travelled to ski: Snow Planet
• Preferred mounting position: Park - Centre Mount, Big Mountain - Normal
• Means of transportaion: Nissan Patrol aka the yellow bus
• Most embarising moment ever: Being drunk and foolish
• Scariest moment ever: NA
• Favourite website: Your website Jase, hope you like my answers
• People you like to ski with: I ski with so many different people, anyone who rips

Your time to say anything u want/comments

“If you want to ski the world, then make it happen don’t wait for some one to show you the way”

 

TOM DUNBAR

 

  

  

• Name: thomas dunbar  
• Age: 23  
• Home Mountains: hanmer springs aki area 
• Where r u from: the springs  
• Sponsors: rip curl , k2 ,leedom, dakine, hanmer springs ski area and hot pools  
• First memory on skis: trying to use the nut cracker /rope tow 
• Best memory on skis: childhood memories skiing at hanmer springs 
• Birthday: 12th may 
• Favourite Big Mountain Resort: hanmer springs and temple basin 
• Favourite Park:hanmer springs sick natural park 
• Favourite Movie:waynes world 
• Favourite Colour: rainbow coloured 
• Favourite Food:corn fritters or hasti tasti restaurant giant burgers R.I.P
• Favourite Animal: goat 
• Favourite Skiers: hamish acland hes sick 
• Favourite Drink: tazzo's 
• Favourite Website:freeridedistribution.com  
• Outside skiing interests: 
• What is the most important thing in skiing: enjoyment
• What music r u listening to right now: radio talk back,politics
• Ipod or other MP3 player: dont know the difference but ipod i think
• If you could be any superstar who would u b and why: the hamburglar man he steals all those burgers and never gets caught.
• Activities other than skiing: surfing,swimming and lots of other stuff in the water
• Favourite trick:360 degree spin ( in the air)
• Trick to learn this year: no more tricks, just tricks all over the mountain
• Word of the year: emaciate
• Mac or PC:mac
• Best xmas present: got a pretty special BMX when i was young
• Achievements in skiing: learning new things all the time,continuing to push myself,growing up skiing at a small country ski club in nz and competing on a world stage.
• New years resolution: have more showers
• 1st ski movie watched: white search
• last ski movie watched: pop your bottlez, i think it was called
• furthest place travelled to ski: I drove 6 hours once just to score freshies at my local.
• preferred mounting position: slightly forward for both more for park
• means of transportaion: 1989 nissan terrano r3m in jet black with fat kumho tyres
• most embarising moment ever: i was standing on a post and i got my pants pulled down when i was young in front of heaps of hot girls that pissed me off.
• scariest moment ever: seeing a ufo in japan a few years ago
• favourite website: freeridedistribution.com
• people you like to ski with: bungle,paddy,hamish and noddy also marly and the boys in the springs,anyone.

Your time to say anything u want/comments

short people are funny

last word- thanks to my spono's little jase leedom helmets are so super supies sickies aaayyyyyeeeee yeah man sick dude yeah yeowzah see you in the line up aayyyeeeee and rip curl and k2 and dakine and the hanmer springs community the hanmer springs hot pools and the hanmer springs ski area and hanmer springs bakery all time quiche there dudes get the asparagus and silverbeet one and ask if it could please give it 45 seconds in the microwave once youve got it wait about 1 minute for it to cool then try it, mmmmm mmmmm might fine quiche there the best in the county.what about that koooook jason hand-on-cox aayyyeeee stinky hippie sleeping in his dirty old van ayyyeeee.i heard his girlfriend kate kicked him out of her home cause he smelt like a stinky old wolfs ringpiece ahahhaahah.gona get sick slotted face shots in japan in 8 days ayyyee yeeoooww yeowzah yeeeowwww double sick ayyyeeee hooting,once i finish this stupid farm work,nah its not that bad good hard yakka mate bloody earn your beers up here mate,you know youve earned them, gotta earn your keep where im from,its good actually.been doing some xtreme mountain biking in the springs keeping it x to the max for the boys, and some mountain runs and climbs full on,putting in the hard yards ayyyeeeee.sick im done here,

 

VICTORIA BEATTIE

   

• Name:Victoria Jane Beattie 
• Age: 24  
• Home Mountains: Snow Park NZ 
• Where r u from: Hobart, Tasmania 
• Sponsors: Armada, POW Gloves, Chop 
• First memory on skis: Skiing down the backyard in Hobart
• Best memory on skis: The Last Powder Day
• Birthday: 20th September – yep, virgo control freak.
• Favourite Big Mountain Resort: Verbier or Whistler
• Favourite Park: Snow Park
• Favourite Movie: The Castle
• Favourite Colour: Green
• Favourite Food: Watermelon
• Favourite Animal: Sheep
• Favourite Skiers:  The ones that do tricks outside the park.
• Favourite Drink: Sugarfree RedBull
• Favourite Website: The web is full of lies.
• Outside skiing interests: Music, Art, The Great Outdoors.
• What is the most important thing in skiing: Having Fun!
• What music r u listening to right now: LCD Soundsystem
• Ipod or other MP3 player:  Ipod mini – green!
• If you could be any superstar who would u b and why: Damn… who has lots of money but is still truly happy?
• Activities other than skiing :  Mountain Biking
• Favourite trick: Cork 3 , but I really have to learn a new trick!
• Trick to learn this year:  Anything that spins more than 360 degrees!!!!
• Word of the year:  Tolerance
• Mac or PC : Mac
• Best xmas present: Flight Home
• Achievements in skiing: None Yet.
• New years resolution : Achieve Something In Skiing!
• 1st ski movie watched:  Warren Miller, early 90’s, cant remember name!
• last ski movie watched : Teddy Bear Crisis
• furthest place travelled to ski:  They’re All far away.
• preferred mounting position : Big Mountain: 2-3cm forward of recommended. Park: centre minus 1cm.
• means of transportaion : US: Black Explorer, NZ: Piece Of Shit
• most embarising moment ever: Not Telling
• scariest moment ever : Getting barked at by a dog in Auckland Airport! Haha!
• favourite website :  national weather service 
• people you like to ski with :  people that can keep up, and/or wait for you

 

Your time to say anything u want/comments 

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MARTY JILLINGS

• Name: Marty Jillings 
• Age: 25 
• Home Mountains: Snow Park 
• Where r u from: Invercargill 
• Sponsors: Base, Armada, Leedom Helmets. 
• First memory on skis: Speeding out of control down the learners slope at Remarkables and skiing into the car park.  
• Best memory on skis: Winning the World Heli Challenge Rail comp. Standing on my first pair of Armadas. 
• Birthday:11th July 1980 
• Favourite 
• Big Mountain Resort: Aspen Highlands Bowl 
• Park: Snow Park 
• Movie: Lord of the Rings Series 
• Colour: Red (tough to see im colour blind) 
• Food: Home cooked meals. 
• Animal: Kea 
• Skiers: Any innovators of progression 
• Drink: Captain and Coke 
• Outside skiing interests: Golf, Hockey, Travelling 
• What is the most important thing in skiing:Waking up and having fun each day. 
• What music r u listening to right now:Anything that amps me up. 
• Ipod or other MP3 playet:Ipod 
• If you could be any superstar who would u b and why:No need im living the dream.
• Activities other than skiing 
• Favourite trick: Switch Rodie 540
• Trick to learn this year:Lyndons going to help me with a 900 in the pipe.
• Word of the year:
•  Mac or PC: PC
• Best xmas present: Ipod Video, Psp (Thanks Lou)
• Achievements in skiing: Nz Freestyle Coach, Psia Freestyle Trainer, Psia Fully Certified Ski instructor, 2nd Freeski Championship 2002, 1st World Helli Challenge Rails, 3rd World Heli Challenge Overall 
• New years resolution: Minimize late nights in Wanaka
• 1st ski movie watched: Ski Movie
• Last ski movie watched: WAR
• Furthest place travelled to ski: Budget travel from La to Nz, 32hours combined on a plane 
• Preferred mounting position: – 5cm Back from center
• Means of transportaion: Subaru Legacy
• most embarising moment ever: Have you been talking to my mates?
• scariest moment ever: Learning to walk again.
• favourite website: www.freeridedistrabution.com
• people you like to ski with: Anyone who loves the white fluffy stuff. Smelly glove champion = Lyndon Sheehan 
• Your time to say anything u want/comments: Live your dream, there is no limit to your success. “If you wait for something to happen the opportunity has all ready passed”

 

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LEE MCDERMID

Name, Lee McDermid
Age, 18
Home Mountains, learnt at Mt Cheeseman, dont realy have one to claim tho
Where r u from, Chch
Sponsors, Armada, Anon, 540s
First memory on skis, Mt Cheeseman Disney slalom
Best memory on skis, yesterday, ripping freshys all day (while we're sposed
to be working) here in Japan.
Birthday, 23,07,87

Favourite

Big Mountain Resort, Verbier, Switzerland
Park, Snow Park i guess, havnt been anywhere else
Movie, Jases movie, coming out.......... someday haha
Colour
Food, tried bbq sheep tongue last week, pretty sick, honestly
Animals, me n mates on the rinse
Skiers, Jase, your the man
Drink, Viking
Website,

What is the most important thing in skiing, ripping it hard as you can with
grin on ya chin
What music r u listening to right now, Neil Young, old man

If you could be any superstar who would u b and why, not realy in to
stardom, rather just be me, hangin out n stuff

Activities other than skiing, ah getting maggoty, not much else ay
Favourite trick, sculling a tazo
Trick to learn this year, sculling two

Word of the year, Maggot, ( a true maggot is a broke, dirty, drunken bum who
when the time comes can track an entire face of freshies in minutes,
regaurdless of how hungover he is ) Im currently in training

Cheetah or Golden Eagle

Best xmas present, boxers and socks

New years resolution, na not into it ay

Your time to say anything u want/comments

keep it real!

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CHARLIE ANDERSON

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