Profile... Ben Knox

Age: 23 years Birthday 19 August, 1987 Height / Weight: 186 cm / 85 kg (6ft. 1in. / 13st. 5lbs.) Hometown: London Occupation: Snowboard

Snowboarder Questionnaire

How old where you when you first began riding?

16

What/Who got you into it?

I always skated so i thought it would be good to do something else on a board. So me and my brothers learned at Hillend in Edinburgh 2004

What sort of board do you ride?

Ride Society

What length board do you ride?

160

Do you ride Regular or Goofy?

Goofy goofy goofy !!!!

Stance width?

I think its about 23\\\"-24\\\"

Stance angles (front and back)?

front: +12 back: -6

Favourite resort?

Avoriaz.....its got everything...and more.

How many seasons have you done?

2

Where and when did you do your seasons?

Morzine baby............Morzine. Then second season went round with Team GB

Me and Betty © Knox Clan
From Ben's Lifestyle & Portrait Gallery.

What was your favourite trip and why?

The Jib-Vid in Tignes was awesome.......got to ride a wicked park and meet new people!! My season was bad-ass as well.....riding all day and partying all nite.......its a hard life:(

What do you love about snowboarding?

The fact that it doesnt matter who you are, where you\\\'re from, what you ride, what opinions you hold...........you are just snowboarding!

What's your goal within snowboarding?

To get better than my brothers....and then let them get better than me so i can get better than them again:) Also to keep getting better. Oh yeah and learn to double backflip.

What aspect of snowboarding gives you the most satisfaction (powder, kickers, halfpipe, competitions, big air, cliff drops, etc.)?

All aspects of snowboarding are cool. For example; powder helps bring a new dimension to snowboarding, halfpipe helps edge control and lookin cool, kickers give you good spacial awareness and help with speed, competitions make you step it up and do things you wouldn\\\'t normally do and cliff drops make you appreciate how beautiful the mountain is.......its all good!!

What style of snowboarding best describes your riding (include a couple if you want)?

Knees together, might fall, might throw a backside 1080....you just never know.

What's your favourite trick?

suitcase grabs, backflips, and switch one foot triple backflips to fast plant boardslide danish pretzel 990 out. Eating 3 packs of Haribo without being sick;)

What's your scariest snowboarding moment?

When i first tried a rail at the O\\\'neill academy at Milton Keynes in November 2004. When Gordon, a guy staying in my chalet last season, overshot a cliff drop and went about 25 + foot to flat and we heard a nasty crunch noise. For about two seconds everybody there just looked in shock as we thought he had hurt himself but he is Scottish......so he was fine!! And also when you know you are not going to make it around on a backflip:(

What are your top safety tips when riding?

Do what you wanna do..........not what you feel you have to do. Wear a helmet if you arent comfy with what you are doing.

What advice have you got?

Don\\\'t take your anger out on your snowboard...it looks plain silly. Its not the board\\\'s fault that YOU cant land the trick. Remember \\\'a bad workman blames his tools\\\'.

General Questionnaire

What are your other interests?

Skateboarding, trampolining, music(i play the guitar, drums, flute and piano), music technology(producing music), dancing, bickering with my brothers, filming with my brothers, eating with my brothers and happily accepting the fabulous sponsor gear that doesn\\\'t fit my brothers.

Funny Combo Grind © Josh Knox
From Ben's Action Gallery.

Where would you like to see yourself in the future?

Being best friends with Travis Rice, Shaun White and Eero Ettala and tapping into their brains trying to figure out how you get so good.

Realistically, what will you be doing in the future?

Being best friends with Travis Rice, Shaun White and Eero Ettala and tapping into their brains trying to figure out how you get so good.

Who are your idols?

All pro skaters..i have only admiration for the people who are so good at such a difficult sport. And all the really good snowboarders(all over the world) who are amazing because of their hard work and determination.

What music are you into?

Pretty much everything, except REALLY hard rock where you\\\'re not sure whether they are screaming or actually saying something.

What's your favourite book?

Spot the Dog.

What's your favourite film?

Toy Story, Shrek, The Shawshank Redemption, Scratch....there are loads

What's your favourite quote?

\\\'What if your fears and dreams existed in the same place? What if to get to heaven, you had to brave hell? What if everything you ever wanted cost everything you\\\'d ever achieved? Would you still go there?\\\' - Anon.

Best cocktail, shot or drink?

milk, followed closely by coca-cola.

What's your most prized possession?

my family.

Thanks to:

Mum and Dad..for their ongoing support. Josh, Tom, Sparrow, Maddie, Ty and Betty for ALWAYS being there, wheather you want them to be there or not. www.rudechalets.com Great snowboarding holidays in Morzine. Matt Burt and Holly @ Ride snowboards. Stu Brass. Mon @ SS20. Sam @ Noble. Lucie Sarif. Lolo @ Freestyleconcept.com. Jeremy @ Oakley. Olly @ Moah Clothing. The Cullums for helping us out with product when we didn\\\'t have any and being so chilled.....even when everybody in the house wants to sleep and i just keep talking to myself. Lesley and Laura Berry. Everybody who has given me tips on how to be a better snowboarder. Rosa Straker.Pure Dynamic Osteopathy. Skanks Radio. All my friends in London and everywhere else who don\\\'t snowboard. Girls. Adam Gendle. Tim Warwood for always being a warm person, always having time to talk to me and his encouragement. Tamsin Adlington. Lucy @ Vans. Ed and Sian Leigh. Dug and Gemma.

Me at Warmwell AIM Series © Josh Knox
From Ben's Lifestyle & Portrait Gallery.

Anything else you want to say?

Yeh.....dont spend too long worrying about tomorrow otherwise you will forget to live today.

Ben's Results/ Achievements...

Year	Event	Discipline	Category	Position
2009	For Boarders By Boarders Landgraaf	Team Event	Overall	1st
2009	British Snow Tour Norwich	Slopestyle	Overall Men	3rd
2009	British Snow Tour Norwich	Big Air	Overall Men	3rd
2008	British Snow Tour Norwich	Big Air	Overall Men	1st
2008	British Snow Tour Norwich	Boarder Cross	Overall Men	2nd
2008	Milton Keynes Snow Tour	Big Air	Overall Men	2nd
2008	Battle of Waterloo	Slopestyle	Am Men	2nd
2008	Halifax British Snow Tour	Big Air	Overall Men	3rd
2007	Board Ride Session Avoriaz	Big Air	Overall Men	1st
2007	Jumps Bumps and 2 Smoking Turntables	Big Air	Over 16\'s	1st
2007	Jumps Bumps and 2 Smoking Turntables	Slopestyle	Over 16\'s	1st
2007	British Snow Tour London	Quaterpipe	Overall Men	1st
2007	Milton Keynes Snow Tour	Slopestyle	Overall Men	2nd
2007	Warmell British Snow Tour	Big Air	Overall Men	3rd
2007	Milton Keynes Snow Tour	Boardercross	Overall Men	3rd
2007	13 Milton Keynes	Slopestyle	Over 16\'s	3rd
2006	Auron Film Festival	Slopestyle	Over 16\'s	1st
2006	Bracknell Aim Series	Slopestyle	Overall Men	1st
2006	Bracknell Aim Series	Big Air	Overall Men	2nd
2006	Warmwell Aim Series	Big Air	Overall Men	3rd
2006	Rossendale Aim Series	Big Air	Overall Men	3rd
2006	Rossendale Aim Series	Boardercross	Overall Men	3rd
2006	Orange Brits	Boardercross	Junior Men	3rd
2006	Bracknell Aim Series	Best Unsponsored	Overall Men	N/A
2005	Airwars lll Bracknell	Slopestyle	Unsponsered over 16\'s	1st
2005	Airwars lll Bracknell	Big Air	Unsponsered over 16\'s	1st
2005	Bracknell Aim Series	Big Air	Junior Men	2nd
2005	Rossendale Aim Series	Boardercross	Junior Men	2nd
2005	Rossendale Aim Series	Big Air	Junior Men	2nd
2005	Bracknell Aim Series	Slopestyle	Junior Men	2nd
2005	Orange Brits	Big Air	Junior Men	3rd
2005	Snake the Fake Chatham	Slopestyle	Over 16\'s	3rd
2005	Orange Brits	Halfpipe	Junior Men	3rd
2005	Orange Brits	Boardercross	Junior Men	3rd