Athlete Perspectives: Kevin Frank

Interview by Jim Borchardt

Whats up Kevin.

How has your past season been man?

I noticed you were on a traveling hiatus around Canada with some friends over the past couple of months.

What was that experience like?

Hey jim, My season was super rad!

I managed to ski some pow and stay injury free so no complaints there.

I got some awesome road trip opportunities this past season.

Our end of the season whistler trip was a damn good time as well!

What stop of the trip was the best in your opinion and why?

We definitely had the most fun in Manning Park.

Ya gotta watch out for the ski patrol though.

Balanced out my surf, city, and snow pretty well.

I know that you are also a talented artist.

Do you see a connection between your different forms of self-expression from skiing to music to drawing/painting?

most of my inspiration on skis comes from the snowboarders I grew up riding with in Calgary.

Obviously not all the tricks transfer over to skiing but snowboarders do some stupidly rad stuff.

I remember when I first got in touch with you, you had a job as a ski instructor.

Are you still helping little groms learn the whole pizza french fry routine?

Yeah I’ve spent the last two seasons coaching with the freestyle team in Fernie, BC.

I couldn’t ask for a better job.

So in other words you enjoy your time as a coach?

And what is the biggest thrill you get out of instructing?

I love my time as a coach.

What do you see these groms doing in the future?

How do you see today’s youth impacting skiing in the future?

Hopefully they all keep doing what they enjoy most.

There are a lot of groms out there absolutely murdering it these days.

It would be cool to see some of the kids i coach keep on killing it.

Its hard to say where today’s youth will take skiing.

As long as everyone keeps it as fun as it should be then ill be stoked.

I’ve really enjoyed watching the progress of freesking over the past 10 years.

Where would you like to see your life 10 years down the line?

Basically I’d like to keep doing all the things I enjoy doing now.

I’m trying to stay away from the office jobs.

Do you have any plans to head to college?

Yeah I’m heading to school in Squamish B.C.

next year so Ill be shredding whistler all next season.

I’m pretty damn excited about that!

Cool man, it should be fun having Whistler as your home mountain.

I’m really looking forward to some pow days at whistler, Ive only skied the parks.

Other than that Id like to keep filming as much as possible next year.

Maybe hit some handrails or go on a trip somewhere if I can find time.

Yeah man, should be a good year for you next year.

Anything else you have to say?

Huge thanks to all my friends and family for keeping it fun all the time.

And hi mom