Tom: Can you remember your first experience skiing?
Was it your family who first took you and where did you go?
Cy: “Ha!
That’s a long painful story.
“Thefirst issue of Powder I ever read had the Shane McConkey tribute in it.
Tom: How big a part of your life was skiing growing up?
Cy: “It really wasn’t a big part of my life at all.
Before last winter I’d never skied more than two or three consecutive days in a row.”
Even if it was not skiing, Cy was getting rad.
When mountain time is so valuable you really don’t waste it.”
What were your favorite subjects in school?
Cy: “I really liked literature, reading and writing has always been fun for me.”
Tom: In school, what did you think you wanted to do when you were older?
Cy: “I had no idea.
Basically I realized that I didn’t love math but I did love making things and telling stories.”
Tom: What are you studying at University?
Tom: Do/did you ski in any clubs in Uni or School?
They have been incredibly kind in waiting for the gaper in the fanny pack for so long.”
Cy, reinventing style since 1993.
Tom: How did you come to write for Newschoolers?
Whenever I start to think I’m super cool I go back and read that.
Tom: What is your favorite key in of media to produce and why?
Cy: “That’s a hard one.
Cy in his element.
Tom: What content are you most proud of?
No camera, no problem!
Tom: What do you now do for Blister?
Cy: “I’m an associate editor and photographer for Blister Gear Review.
I mess up people’s nice reviews, push buttons on my camera and crash a lot.”
Tom: How often do you get to ski?
Cy: “A lot!”
Tom: What is the best part about your job?
Cy: “Of course I love shooting on trips, and getting to ski and bike new places.
Tom: And what is the worst?
Cy: “Any day that involves constant contact (an email building site) or the USPS website.
But I’m going to defeat the evil coma soon and move on to more worthy enemies.”
Less Carhatts and fanny packs, more dynafits and gortex.
What would be your dream job?
“I see so many young up-and comers with so much potential and it just gets me incredibly excited.
I knew that guy!”
and anything I can do to help those people succeed is really my goal.”
Getting the shot in NZ.
Too much math and too many people.
I wouldn’t mind teaching though.
Cy: “Realize it’s going to suck and do your best to make it not suck.
Listen to people who make better stuff and ask them how to make it not suck.
Repeat.Watch and read and look at people way better than yourself.
I always have a document open on my computer that’s just a list of links.
I add to it whenever I find something worthwhile.
You’ve got to get out and experience things that inspire you.”
Cy: “That one is dang near impossible.
If I could support myself doing just it I guess I could resign myself to just shooting photos forever.
There’s just too many stories to tell to cut it down to just one medium.”
Experiences don’t come from sitting in your basement, you have to get out there and make them.
Cy is a perfect example of how this site can be your first step on the carer path.
So to everyone out there I encourage you to start getting involved with the media side of the site.
So who has the best job in the industry?
Vote below for who you think has the best job.
Thanks to Cy, and everyone else who took part in this series.
