NZSnowboard.com - The home of New Zealand Snowboarding

10th January 2010

Next up on the NZsnowboard.com 'First Things' series we interview Liam Ryan - The NZsnowboard.com Maori Downhill Champ, Snow Park Terrain Park Crew worker and one of NZ's most under rated talents. Ladies and gentlemen.... Liam Ryan.

Name:     Liam Peter Ryan aka L.P.R
Age:     23 - Michael Jordan's age
Home Mountain:     Snow Park NZ
Sponsors:     NONE

"The fact that Liam Ryan is unsponsored is ridiculous. He showed up a bunch of pros at the Billabong Big Air throwing a double backside rodeo and is all about getting out there and getting it done. If you were to pick an underdog in the NZ shred scene he would be one of them".   - Holler, NZsnowboard.com

First day riding - Mt Ruapehu on rentals in 2004
First snowboard setup - K2 Zeplin and some K2 binding
First job - Laboring on the Auckland Motorway
First school - St Ignatious
First car - Toyota Corona 1988 and still going!
First love - Dropping sweet mungeries off bridges
First competition - Remarkable Slopestyle series
First thing you'd buy with a million bucks - A massive house in Wanaka with mean boat and Sleds in the garage
First thing you'd do if you were prime minister - Build a massive ski resort
First thing you'd change in snowboarding - How expensive it is

Name the first thing that comes to your mind when you think of the word...
Snow - Cold
Comps - 'Could be comp day boys!"
Wax - Once a season
Obama - Hardest job in the world
Hung - Bin bin dase
Facebook - Stalkbook
Hype - Media
Friends - GOOD TIMES
Beer - GOOD TIMES
Music - Chill
Avalanche - Danger
Olympics - Jock
Youtube - Hours of entertainment
Politics - School girls fighting
Wind - Hudels
Judging - Difficult
Halfpipe - Charging
Travel - Adventure
Ice  - Fast
Internet - Anything you can think of happens here
John Key - School girl
Powder - Try Anything

Finish the following sentence and tell your own true story about whatever you want.

This one time...... I was in Panama with the boys from school. We were walking home from the pub and decided to jump into bushes jackass style. After one of the jumps some army dudes started yelling at us in Spanish and they surrounded us with AK47's. They took us to their army station on the side of the road and after a lot of yelling and confusion we payed them 20 bucks and they sent us on our way.

Liam Ryan is supported by NO ONE

Editors Note: (Sponsors.... hint hint. Nudge nudge)

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