Our Riders - Claire Frost
Snowboard Profile
Name: Claire Frost
Nicknames: Cloud
Age: 21
Stance: Goofy
Sponsors: K2, Forcefield Armour, Granite Reef, Nike ACG, SNO!zone, Syndicate Clothing
Hometown: Edinburgh
Favourite place: Wanaka, NZ
Favourite snowboarder/skier: Terje Haakonsen
Other interests: beats, boys, books, banjo
When did you start and how did you get into snowboarding/skiing? My parents used to take me and my bros skiing at the Lecht and Glenshee. When I was 13 I saw my bestfriend snowboarding and decided to give it a go. I havn’t skied since.
First snowboard/ski setup? The Pink Destroyer (98 Nitro Gothic 152), basic Nitro bindings and liner-less Vans boots.
What setup do you now ride? K2 Mix 151, K2 Virtue Bindings, K2 Secret Booties
What do you like best about snowboarding/skiing? I love it all. Working out tricks, perfect snow conditions, travelling to amazing places, people I meet, random situations I end up in, planning, carving, jumping; it’s endless.
Who/what are your influences? Subjekt Haakonsen, school crew, the Bawbags, Jenny Jones
Who is your favourite rider/s? Terje, Travis Rice, Andreas Wiig
Favourite place to ride? Breckenridge, Colorado
What type of riding are you mostly into? Park officially, but am partial to the Euro-Carve
Last trick you learnt? Front 2 to switch frontside to switch
Favourite trick to impress the girls/boys? Cork front 5 off the toes
What injuries have you had? Ruptured ACL, broken bum, a couple concussions
What do you think about when riding? About how good that felt
You’re stood above the biggest kicker/rail you ever will hit. How do you make yourself try it for the first time? I’d be riding with people whose riding I know. I’d see them hit it so I’d get an idea of the speed, then I’d think of Pegasus then I’d hit it.
24 hrs before all the snow in the world melts, how would you spend your last dream day and last ever trick of the session? Riding with good friends in bottomless bluebird powder in the morn. Then an excursion to a perfectly groomed park after a lunch including sea bass, then a bit of Euro-carving by sunset, end it with a Gazelle for the bawbags.
Proudest/most memorable moment in snowboarding/skiing? Spinning a corked front 5 for the first time and seeing the landing come round.
Biggest thing you’ve missed to go snowboarding/skiing? My graduation! I was in NZ.
How do you feel about riding for SNO!zone? Completely stoked.
If you could spend a day with anyone famous, dead or alive, who would it be? Andreas Wiig please
Plans for the future? Train as a contracting structural engineer then develop 2 careers.
Thanks and shout outs? Ma and Pa, Gordon and Pez, Tash, Jenny, Kern bros, Bawbags, Sketch, Pat, Jimmy and Graham, Legion crew, everyone who I’ve ridden with
Number of hours riding per week? Right now it’s around 30! Siiiiick!
Number of hours thinking about snowboarding/skiing per week? 30 + 8*7 = 86
Number of snowboards/pairs of skis owned? 7
Number of girl/boyfriends lost to snowboarding/skiing? They have been found
Number of jobs lost to snowboarding/skiing? 1 bar job
Number of broken bones? 0, possible broken coccyx
Number of countries ridden in? 7
Number of years snowboarding/skiing? 8
