ORIGINS

I grew up in the region of Zurich.

I think it was around 2004, at the age of 7 when I first strapped into some bindings, and even some years before that when I tried to skateboard down a snowy hill with a piece of wood strapped on with some jump-ropes. Reading my brothers’ snowboard-magazines sure had a big impact on my early days of snowboarding, reading printed magazines and watching videos actually still hypes me up these days. The friendships and the good times that I gained throughout the years also keep me wanting to go back into the mountains.

I can’t say where I want to go with my snowboarding, I don’t think there’s an ultimate destination. I just want to keep snowboarding, and if I somehow motivate people to do the same, that’s beautiful.    

STORY

Away from snowboarding, I skate a lot, with friends and with the young boys and girls from Zurich. I like to read, I like the city, I enjoy spending time with friends, family, loved ones. I work more during summer, in different genres. Besides earning money, to find out what I’m interested in and what I care about, to maybe study one day, or find work that suits me well for a longer period of time.

The balance between those things and snowboarding is important to me. I like living in the city, I like being in the mountains, and I really enjoy being able to do both at the moment. The fact that I need to work besides snowboarding makes snowboarding something I don’t have to do, but can. This, for me, takes out some seriousness and gives it more lightness and joy, and I think this affects the way I snowboard.