Profile... Tom Knox

Age: 19 years Birthday 28 February, 1991 Height / Weight: 5 cm / 10 kg (0ft. 1in. / 1st. 8lbs.) Hometown: London Occupation: Bummm

Snowboarder Questionnaire

How old where you when you first began riding?

13

What/Who got you into it?

My brothers and Skating of course.

What sort of board do you ride?

Santa Cruz

What length board do you ride?

146

Do you ride Regular or Goofy?

Goofy (allow being regular)

Stance width?

Pretty wide

Stance angles (front and back)?

Front(15) Back(-9)

Favourite resort?

Bracknell

What was your favourite trip and why?

Our Trip to Auron (www.freestyleconcept.com) - you got to Skate and Snowboard :-) And the groms tour the Baltics, Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania. On the tv soon.

What do you love about snowboarding?

Everything except having a bad day

What's your goal within snowboarding?

Funnnn and beating my brothers in comps

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

Everything but its such a good feeling when you go real high out of the pipe

Trey on Trampoline © Josh Knox
From Tom's Lifestyle & Portrait Gallery.

What's your favourite trick?

Back 1 tail, and stezzy front boards on rails

What are your top safety tips when riding?

Helmet when snowboarding. It doesn't make you less cool cheek out Shaun White and he's the coolest stylish man on the planet

What advice have you got?

Ride in comps because it pushes you

Skateboarder Questionnaire

How old where you when you first began skateboarding?

10

What/Who was your inspiration for getting into it?

My bro Ben

What deck do you use?

Baker

What size wheels do you use?

50 mm

What trucks do you use?

Venture

What do you love about Skateboarding?

Everything

What aspect of Skateboarding gives you the most satisfaction (rails, bowls, vert, competitions, mini ramp, street etc

Crusin round the streets with my mates. And skating anything that's a challenge.

What's your favourite trick?

double flip

What's your worst skateboarding injury and how did you do it?

Badly hurt my tendon and broke ankle at the same time. Out for a while.

Flip © Josh Knox
From Tom's Action Gallery.

Give someone some advice:

Don't have fun, do it for sponsors... haha. Try and skate everything, it's funner :-)

General Questionnaire

What are your other interests?

Music,filming,taking photos,hanging with friends,trampoline boarding i'll take on any challenges.

Where would you like to see yourself in the future?

Skatin and snowboarding round the world

Realistically, what will you be doing in the future?

working in mc'donalds init

Who are your idols?

My Dad and Mum, Geoff Rowley, Shaun White, J P Walker and Koston

What music are you into?

Everything but lately into Arctic Monkeys (sick to skate to),the kooks and the beatles

What's your favourite book?

Document Skate and anything with easy words

What's your favourite film?

Shrek 1 , Kingpin ,Yeah right

What's your favourite quote?

Don't be a woss

Best cocktail, shot or drink?

Rubicon Mango

What's your most prized possession?

Skateboard and snowboard

Thanks to:

Mum, Dad, Ben, Josh, Spazo, Maddie, Ty, Betty, Ed Leigh, Sian Leigh, Christian Stevenson, Chris@Shiner, My Family and Friends, Dan@Analog, Gendle, Johno, Mon@SS20, Lolo@FreestyleConcept.com, Reflections crew and anyone else who has helped my family out in any way.

Jumping © Josh Knox
From Tom's Lifestyle & Portrait Gallery.

Anything else you want to say?

Thanks alot if you're the one out of a million who read this far. :-)

Tom's Results/ Achievements...

Year	Event	Discipline	Category	Position
2006	Auron Freesports and FilmFrance	Slopestyle	Under 17	1st
2006	AIM series Rossendale	boarder-x	Youth Male	1st
2006	Stock on Trent Skate Plaza Jam	Combo	Overall	1st
2006	Piory Park Skate Comp	Street/Park	Over 13's	1st
2006	Old Chaps Skate Comp	Skate Vert	under 13's	1st
2006	Baltics Es game of skate (Latvia)	Game of skate	Overall	1st
2006	Orange British Championships Laax	Halfpipe	Youth Male	1st
2006	Orange British Championships Laax	Big Air	Youth Male	2nd
2006	Orange British Championships Laax	HalfPipe	Overall	9th
2005	St Albans skate comp	Street/Park	Am. Men	1st
2005	Snickers Day in the City	looking small and cute	Overall	1st
2005	AirwarsIII	Big Air	Youth Male	1st
2005	AirwarsIII	Slopestyle	Youth Male	1st
2005	AirwarsIII	Best Unsponsored	Overall Male	1st
2005	Sheffield Freeze	Big air / Slopestyle	under 16's	1st
2005	Castleford NBR	Slopestyle	under 16's	2nd
2005	AIM series Warmwell	Slopestyle Combo	Youth Male	2nd
2005	Brits	Big Air	Youth Male	2nd
2005	AIM series Warmwell	Big air	Youth Male	3rd
2005	Chatham Gnar Chicken and Tea	Slopestyle	Overall Male	3rd
2005	Milton Keynes NBR Finals	Slopestyle	under 16's	3rd
2005	Sheffield NBR	Slopestyle	under 16's	3rd
2004	AIM series Sheffield	boarder-x	Youth Male	2nd
2004	AIM series Hillend	Big Air	Youth Male	2nd