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I want to meet my personal LEGENDS OF SNOWBOARDING: Terje Haakonsen, Tom Burt, Noah S., Big Tex, Jake Burton, Jamie Lynn, Dave Downing, Daniel Franck, Blaise Rosenthal, Terry Kidwell, Shaun Palmer, the early pioneers of the sport, the early Tahoe Crew, Temple Cummings, Johan Olafson, and my FAVORITE RIDERS: Jussi Oksanen, Travis Parker, Bobby Meeks, Chris Engelsman, Wille Yli-Luoma, Josh Dirksen, Gretchen Blieler, Scotty Arnold, Hampus M., Leanne Pelosi, Louie Fountain, Jeremy Jones(BOTH), Mark Landvik, Andrew Crawford, David Benedek, Marko Grilc, Travis Rice, Andy "Big Air" Finch, Mads Jonsson, Eero Ettalla, Chad Otterstrom, Danny Kass, Marcus Egge, DCP, Matt Hammer, Heikki Sorsa, Seth Huot, Jonas Emery, JP Walker, Joni Malmi, Nicolas Muller, Robbie Sell, JP Solberg, Hannah Teter, Abe Teter, Elijah Teter, Eddie Wall, Kelly Clark, Victoria Jealouse, Luke Wynen, Shaun White. All these riders are pushing or have pushed the sport of snowboarding in the right direction and i hope i can become like them and do what i love to do.Draw the Line
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TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey
Name: Ben Hoover
Birthday: Jan. 26 1988
Birthplace: Tacoma, WA
Current Location: Yakima, WA
Eye Color: Hazel
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 6'1"
Right Handed or Left Handed: Right
Your Heritage: Cracker
The Shoes You Wore Today: Rod Laver (blue)
Your Weakness: hott teachers
Your Fears: not being able to snowboard
Your Perfect Pizza: i hate pizza
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year: go snowboarding at least 30 times
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger: lol
Thoughts First Waking Up: Did it snow?
Your Best Physical Feature: my...hands are big so...yeah
Your Bedtime: when i finish homework
Your Most Missed Memory: snowboarding its been like 7 months now
Pepsi or Coke: Mt. Dew
MacDonalds or Burger King: MacDonalds
Single or Group Dates: Single
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: Sobe Green Tea
Chocolate or Vanilla: Chocolate
Cappuccino or Coffee: Frappacino
Do you Smoke: nope
Do you Swear: heck no techno
Do you Sing: like crap
Do you Shower Daily: at least twice if not three times
Have you Been in Love: with a lamp
Do you want to go to College: yeah boi and live with my big bro
Do you want to get Married: yep
Do you belive in yourself: no i suck
Do you get Motion Sickness: no not really
Do you think you are Attractive: as attractive as a dog covered in mud
Are you a Health Freak: no i never wash my hands
Do you get along with your Parents: as well as the next kid
Do you like Thunderstorms: yeah especially in my barn
Do you play an Instrument: no i want to learn how to make beats though
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol: if cough syrup counts
In the past month have you Smoked: if car exhaust counts
In the past month have you been on Drugs: no
In the past month have you gone on a Date: yeah i think
In the past month have you gone to a Mall: yeah dont go the the zumiez in yakima the guy will bug you and youll want to beat the crap out of him
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos: no
In the past month have you eaten Sushi: no but i love it
In the past month have you been on Stage: no i pee my pants when i get nervous
In the past month have you been Dumped: no
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping: in my bathtub
In the past month have you Stolen Anything: no
Ever been Drunk: no
Ever been called a Tease: yeah i dont know
Ever been Beaten up: by your mom
Ever Shoplifted: no
How do you want to Die: in a gondola full of hott chicks like on OUT COLD
What do you want to be when you Grow Up: working for a snowboard company
What country would you most like to Visit: Finland
In a Boy/Girl..
Favourite Eye Color: green
Favourite Hair Color: brunette
Short or Long Hair: long
Height: tall but not taller than me
Weight: i dont know not fat though
Best Clothing Style: like jennifer aniston
Number of Drugs I have taken: none
Number of CDs I own: 1225 songs in my iPod
Number of Piercings: a few
Number of Tattoos: i dont know it depends
Number of things in my Past I Regret: none except for...yeah
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Snowboard Survey
Name Beny Hoover
Setup (Board, Bindings, Boots) Burton Jussi 159, Burton Custom Black, Burton Hail White
Outerwear Bonfire
Favorite Snowboarder Jussi Oksanen
Least Favorite Snowboarder ?
Favorite Video From ____, With Love
Favorite Video Part (Name-Movie Name) Mads Jonsson-Paradox
Favorite Snowboard Company Burton
Favorite Terrain Powder
Junkyard or Premeire Snowskate Junkyard
Rails or Powder Powder
Halfpipe or Park Jumps Halfpipe
Mack Dawg or Standard Films MDP
TWSnow or Snowboarder Magizine TWSnow
Jeremy Jones (Burton) or JP Walker Jemery Jones
Reason Why You Ride FUN!
Most Thug: Scotty Arnold or Marc Frank Montoya Scotty Arnold
Most Gnar Dog: Scott E. Wittlake or Mike Basich Scotty Wittlake
Favorite Conditions 2 feet fresh pow and snowing hard
Worst Conditions ice
Roll Call (who do you ride with) lil bro, adam schilperoort, merrell
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Js Shred Survey
Name Beny Hoover
Board/Bindings/Boots Burton Jussi 159, Burton Custom, Burton Hail
Stance/Width/Angles Regular, as far as it goes, 15 -18
Outerwear Bonfire
Started snowboarding in 1999
Home mountain WP
iPod or mini disc iPod
Trick to learn next season backside spins
Last trick you learned rodeo seven
Stair massage or rail hang up rail hang up
Tighter jeans: Scott Blum or Corey Smith Cory Smith
Mo thug: Cronk, Bradshaw, MFM Tarquin Robbins
Will the Bear groms bite Bradshaws style next year no
Are contests rigged no, Antti Autti proved that in the X Games
Pipe jock /park rat /jib monkey /snow bunny /dont label me Canadian Young Buck
Favorite snow video DC MTN LAB
Favorite video part Mads Jonsson-Paradox
Worst video part Vivid-all the guys that arent ever mentioned in magazines
Worst trends tight jeans
Wu Tang or Bright Eyes Wu Tang
Hit the knuckle or overshoot overshoot
Favorite red headed snowboarder Shaun White
Your crew (roll call) lil bro, and any one i find up there
Pretzel or Danish Pretzel
Favorites about snowboarding creativity
Dislikes stupid people
Do you steal food at your local resort no
Funnest day FRESHIES, building jumps and learning new stuff
Worst day ICE
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Snowboard Questions!
What Board Do you Have? burton jussi
What Bindings Do You Have? burton customs
Boots? burton hails
Are You An Owner Of An Airblaster Leg Bag? oh yes
Do You Hit Rails And Jumps? both fun but jumps over rails
Ever Pulled A 900? not yet
Can You 360? 4 ways
Are Frontside Boardslides Considered Steezy To You? not really backside lipslide are sick though
Best Trick Of A Jump 720
Best Trick On A Rail air to frontside lip fakie out
Do You Usually Ride With 5 Or More People? no
Who Would You Like To Get Sponsred By? anyone, someone that makes everything
Do You Snowboar With An ipod Or Mp3? i Pod
Have You Ever Got 1st In A Competition? no, not big on comps
Who's Better?, Travis Parker Or Travis Rice? Travis Parker
Who Has More Style? best style? has to be David Benedek
Favorite Rider tough question, wille is up there, jussi, mads, dirksen, i guess i dont have one favorite
Favorite Company Overall Burton, .0001% more than Airblaster
Do You Like Bagles With Cream Cheese? no
Do You Think Shaun White Doesn't Deserve The Medals He Won This Year? yeah
Burton Or Ride? burton
Have You Broken A Bone Snowboarding? yeah
If So, Than What Trick Or How? learning many moons ago
Do You Think Wearing 2 Goggles At The Same Time Is Queer? sure
Do You Like This Survey So Far? kinda
Where Would You Rather Shred, Park City, Utah Or Northstar At Tahoe? Tahoe, anywhere at tahoe is epic
Do You Think Greg Iberger is A Nazi? no
Do You Also Skateboard LONGBOARD
What Kind Of Music Gets You Pumped Up To Go Snowboarding? too many songs to list
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God, My Big Bro Brian, my cousin Ashley, and many other people that have influenced me and my snowboarding! "CARPE THE DIEM, SEIZE THE...CARP?"