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_Jake Black
Photo credits: Jeff Brockmeyer
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Home Mountain: Breck
Sponsors: Lamar, Smith, Breck, Voleurz, Purl Wax, Me.Glad Brand, Satellite Boardshop, and The Station
Number of years shredding: 16 years
Favorite people to ride with? The Station Crew, Chad Otterstrom, Austin Noring, Jon Blank, anybody having a good time.
Plans for the upcoming season? Do a few contests, film a bunch, travel, take a lot of photos, and ride as much powder as possible.
Interests besides snowboarding? Photography, Guitar, Music, and Eating.
Favorite thing to slay? Powder!
Worst injury ever: I have had a few concussions, broken a few bones, ruined heel, torn meniscus, separated AC, I guess breaking my collarbone into 4 pieces was the worst.
Best website? www.SHREDTHESTATION.com
Standard skate trick? Been skating a lot of bowls lately
Spit or swallow? Spitting beer all day
Guilty Pleasure? A cool buzz and some tasty waves
Who is your favorite artist? I can’t name just one but right now I have been listening to the XX, Blackroc, Graveyard, SBTRKT, Black Box Revelation, The Tallest Man on Earth, and Bon Iver.
Creamy or crunchy? Crunchy, for sure.
If you were on death row, what would your last meal be? Ohh I don’t know… I am really into soups… Or sushi… Or Pad Thai… I would have them all
Why did the chicken cross the road? To scope out the local rooster talent.
5 Things on your Bucket List:
1. Go Heli boarding
2. Bike across Europe and Asia
3. To have my own art show
4. Go fishing across Alaska
5. Become fluent in at least 2 languages
Which reality TV show do you secretly want to be the host of? I really wouldn’t know… I don’t watch a lot of reality tv. Maybe Top Shot or something like that.
Where is your favorite place to ride your LaMar board and why? Last winter I went to Nelson, BC that was my favorite place to ride my boards!
Which 12/13 LaMar board do you prefer? My favorite board is the Volt!
Tell us about STS… STS is a blog run by my snowboard friends and I. It’s basically a canvas for us to put up funny videos, photos from our travels, and interesting Internet finds!



