Interview by Jim Borchardt
What’s up Heff!
I just watched your edit from Hood.
Very impressive, coming back strong after your injury last fall.
How was your past summer at Hood?
This summer at Hood was definitely one to remember.
(we had a dope crew: Forster Meeks, Alec Nelson, Ross Muelheim and myself.)
I was really impressed by all your footy from the past summer.
I got into a runnel that was barely filled but it appeared as if it was.
Huge thanks to those guys for keeping the situation under control!
Early July is when I really felt that fire again to learn new tricks and go big on jumps.
I can’t really tell you struggled at all.
Instead, it seems you came back twice as strong.
Where did you stay this summer?
Stay in the woods?
Ha thanks a bunch!
I definitely learned some new tricks and had good people to ride with every day.
Not a fan of mancaves though so I think you made a good choice with the car.
Its less smelly ya know?
Whats on your radar for this coming season?
This season coming up seems to be a bit of a bittersweet one.
So overall my 2 HUGE goals are to 1.)
Relative to skiing though, I’m really hyped to film a bunch with Jwenz this season for Bloom.
But none of these things can happen if I’m not healthy so that’s the big one!
Cool to hear you got your priorities down Heff.
I will likewise be graduating from the business school here at CU Boulder.
I wouldn’t have guessed you to be an accountant.
Maybe you could do the Bloom books?
So with such a degree, what are you looking to do after school?
How will this choice affect your skiing?
Ha yeah I didn’t expect to fall into accounting.
I took Accounting 2600 and 3600 back to back from the old external auditor of Apple.
I loved his class and he is the one that talked me into accounting.
Yeah I’ll do Bloom’s books!
I know where you’re coming from.
That must of been interesting having an old Apple auditor in the class.
What is the most interesting thing you learned from him?
I just recently watched your season edit from a couple seasons back.
I forgot how well rounded of a skier you are.
When did you start skiing in the B.C.?
The next season I broke my ankle 2 days before Thanksgiving.
Only having 2 online classes, I either toured or rode snowbird every single day.
Which do you prefer more, a day in the BC or a day in the park?
Do you find it more rewarding to stomp tricks in the backcountry over the park?
I like it man, that’s a good perspective.
What inspires you the most as a creative skier?
Hmm that’s a tough one.
I would have to say everyone that rides hard in Utah is pretty inspiring.
There’s so much diversity with there being 3 canyons all right next to each other.
To top it off, you have Little Cottonwood Canyon.
Geographically, It’s the next canyon south of Big Cottonwood (they share a ridge).
My dad is retired and will be 58 this month.
Besides skiing, what else do you enjoy doing?
Where do you see skiing going in the next ten years?
Think it will level off in terms of what’s being thrown?
I see skiing breaking in a bunch of different directions as it already has been.
There’s snowboarders out there who only hit rails and get paid.
I’d agree that the sport will continue to thrive through many different aspects.
Its all about the younger kids bringing in new styes.
Where will you be in ten years?
That’s about all I can predict.
Well its been nice talking to ya Heff.
Have anything else you’d like to say?
I am stoked to be working with Bloom again.
