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Adam Dowell Interview
Event info from SNOWREV
Photos by
Jesse Brown, Zach Hooper
6/7/2009
"I still remember an old Snowboarder Mag talking about a young Adam Dowell from Wyoming making stylish backside 180....Time never stops and now the smooth backside 180's are in. "MONSTER CLIFFS" and LONG LIFE TO Adam and his guts" Ed Segovia A.K.A Mayor Tom
Dob: 10/12/85
Hometown: Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Current location: Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Sponsors: Billabong, Smith, Drop, Union, Bluebird
Stance: 23 centered for park, 22 1/2 inch back for pow
Angles: 18/ -12
Board: Currently in limbo you could say.... it's hard out here for a pimp, damn recession
Boots: currently DCs thanks to Rice
Bindings: Union Force Team Model
Goggles: Smith I/O
Gloves: Drop
Jackets: Billabong
Pants: Billabong
- Adam Dowell Cab 720. Zach Hooper Photo
Not an incredible lot has changed. The same dudes all still shred together just not on the same boards. Illuminati was a good basis for a lot of us though. Like Carter and I for example. I'd have nothing if it weren't for those roots. We all wanted the ill to work out so bad but it just never took off like it should have.
What is your daily routine in the Winter Time?
um...we'll just take a backcountry day for example i guess. Wake up, coffee before anything, check the backpack to make sure all the essentials are there, a little pregame stretch, roll out to get the trucks and sleds gassed. go to location. get our session on. roll home. stretch. get some sleep to do it all over again. yeuh.
Daily routine in summer time?
Work Two jobs 7 days a week to support my snowboard habit, skate when i can
Who do you enjoy shreding the most with? Why?
Mark Carter because we both shred fast and don't wait for anyone, and kinda feed off each others riding
How many boards do you go through per season?average around 5
You like soft medium or stiff boards?medium for park and jumps, stiff for lines
What are your plans for the next season?Filming again, bluebird movie 2? and hopefully get into Natural Selection
Plans for the summer?
Seeing as how it's damn near impossible to get paid to snowboard, I work a shitload, two jobs, and whenever i can i skate and float the rivers 'n shit, jackson is dope in the summer
- Method off some Jackson Cliffs.
My brother Brodi used to ride for K2 and i looked up to him, but couldn't afford a snowboard, so some rich dude came into my mom's barber shop and gave her money to buy me a snowboard because he thought skiing was gay... haha, cuz it is
How often do you skate?whenever i get a minute, good off season training
Top ten riders of all the time why?
Terje, Travis Rice, Bryan Iguchi, Roman DeMarchi, Bjorn Lienes, Kyle Clancy, Devun Walsh, MFM, Jeremy Jones, Johan. All of those dudes just have progressed the sport so much and have such good styles.
Any scary situations in the back country?
Where do i start.... i've had a lot of them. Most of them though were back when i used to ride with Lance Pitman, we used to call him AVAlance.
How much time you spend in the back country?
75% of my winter
You own a snowmobile? what kind?
Arctic Cat M8, 53 Track
You prefer to shred Jackson Hole Mountain Resort or Grand Targhee? why?
JHMR without question, grand targhee is too flat
Situation with the ladies?
Available, taking all applications from sexy girls with lots of tattoos
Who is metal?
The Black Dahlia Murder, Abigail Williams, Burning The Masses, Slayer, to name a few, My roomate Brody Thompson, oh and jonny cupcakes
Who is not metal?
don't even get me started on that mtv pussy bullshit
- Pillows anyone? Dowell man on deck.
BLUEBIRD WAX? the fucking most TRUE heads in the industry. Willie is going to conquer the earth
GRAND TARGEE? is for hippies
KEVIN JONES? Legend! just moved to jackson, stoked to shred with him
CHADS GAP? played out, Rice and DeMarchi set the standards
DRUGS? Legalize it
W.A.S.P? lady killer
SEX? like shreddin pow, but shreddin vagina
VEGAS? cigarettes, booze, tits, slots, sluts, neon, dirty bed sheets, even dirtier martinis, more tits, and an empty wallet
I GIVE TO YOU ONE MILLION DOLLARS CASH RIGHT NOW. WHAT DO YOU DO?
Call up my tattoo artist, book up like 15 hours, give half to my family. THRASH my shitty apartment then move out to a dope one. Find some beautiful woman i've never met before and take her to an expensive ass dinner. buy a new truck. go straight to wherever it's still snowing!
For 1 Million dollars would you move to Southern California for the rest of your life?
Can this happen before or after i blow out both my knees? big bear is deffinitely not my scene
Who puts the hammer down in Jackson Hole?
um, carpenters? Rice, Carter, Iguchi, Clancy, Mcmillon, Pitman, Kinger, Makens
- Dowell gets down this cliff with a quick snap lock grab of the tail.
Rodney Mullen is tech as fuk, Tony Hawk is a legend, Sheckler acts like a bitch but skates like a man, Paul Rodriguez slays shit, Koston is also tech as fuk, Andrew Reynolds because got such rad style
How was surfing?
well i really suck at it. and trying it for the first time when you're hungover isn't easy, and i got vibed super hard by the locals
Top six powder days ever?
um, this is a hard ass question. when you live in jackson they happen all the time.
How is the nigthlife in Jackson Hole?
If you like douche bags from out of town, bitches from the south, hippies, rednecks, shitty jam band music, asshole bartenders, and no after party, well then you'll have a great time
Do you eat fast food? why?
only if i'm on the road traveling somewhere, because it's fuckin fast
Do you follow any type of work out routine? why?
In the summer i go to the gym to keep core strength up and my knees strong, in the winter snowmobiling is enough of a workout
MUCHAS GRACIAS
Any thanks. my family, if i had to pick only three dudes who have helped me the most with snowboarding it would be Travis Rice, Bryan Iguchi, and Willie Mcmillon
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