I flew in from Canada a few weeks ago and I’m now back down riding in the NZ scene. These days I’ve been shredding it up, getting stoked with the local crew and I gotta say it’s good to be home. I’m gonna be doing some of my own personal riding this month and not coaching, which will be good for a change. A great getaway cause I’ve been so focused with www.snowboardaddiction.com and the work I’ve been doing in Whistler that I haven’t had much time for my own riding.

After that I’m gonna be gearing up for the Snowboard Addiction New Zealand camp where I’ll be able to coach the SA program to all the up and coming kiwi stars.

Will keep you informed through the MD blog.

We had a quick chat with Nev about what he’s been been up to in Canada, what he get’s up to when he’s off the snow and what gets him stoked!

NICKNAME: Nev

FAVOURITE MOUNTAIN: Snowpark NZ for park, Whistler Backcountry for Pow

FAVOURITE TERRAIN: Anything with tons of Pow

FAVOURITE TRICK: I really like front 7′s at the moment.

WHAT WOULD YOUR DREAM TRICK BE? I’d like to get a 1080 under my belt.

WHAT OR WHO INSPIRES YOU? Anyone who’s developed an independent lifestyle around what they love to do. Whether that’s being a pro snowboarder or a snowboarder owning a snowboard related business who gets plenty of time to shred. Pro shreds Nicolas Muller, Jake Blauvelt and Travis Rice are killing it.

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Snowboard Addiction is currently editing 2 new freestyle instructional DVD’s that were filmed at Northstar this winter in California.

Northstar is also the home to the first “Stash” terrain park which is made of all natural features. This video is a bonus that will be included in our new DVD to promote the Burton Stash parks.

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It’s spring now in Whistler and the snow is starting to melt quickly. We still have top to bottom riding and the parks are pretty mint with slushy fun conditions. Here’s a couple of recent pics . . .

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Just spent a week down at Northstar resort in Tahoe California. It’s was soooo sunny, my lips are real burnt. Burton is pretty strongly associated with Northstar so I was filming a bunch of new freestyle instructional content for www.SnowboardAddiction.com it’s gonna turn out rad so I’ll put something up here when it’s done.

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For the last couple of days in Korea, 2 of the guys who were running the snowboard camp gave me a tour around Seoul, the capitol city. There’s 13 million people who live there so it’s pretty dam big. We went to a bumping night club and were given a VIP booth upstairs where we could overlook the packed club and they kept bringing out snacks and a huge fresh fruit platter. I wish they’d start doing this in NZ!

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I’m in Korea at the moment, just finished up coaching a freestyle camp here at a resort called High 1. The snowboarding scene is pretty wild in Korea, it’s important to have new and very colorful outerwear and big stickers and the resorts are really flat with only groomed slopes but they have small terrain parks to play around in. The locals will also cheer and clap for you if you land a 540 or 720 because they’re aren’t used to seeing that.
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Whistler is getting dumped on, we had about 60cm in the last few days and a bunch more in the forecast for the next few days. I just picked up a old snowmobile so will be hitting the backcountry pretty hard in the near future. Had my first day out on the new sled yesterday.

Tomorrow I’m off to Korea for 2 weeks to coach a freestyle camp. Check out www.SnowboardAddiction.com to see some of the freestyle techniques we’ll be using. I’ve never been to Asia before so it should be a rad experience. I’ll let you know how it goes.