Rider Profile
Name: Jenny Jones
Hometown: Bristol, England
Birthdate: 3 July 1980
Sponsors:
Metrosnow.co.uk, Nixon Watches, Ettes Perfume, Billabong Clothing,
Oakley Eyewear, Salomon Snowboards
Favourite tunes?
Funk music, at the moment I’m into Lykke-Li and also Kings of Leon
Favourite resort?
Morzine, good park and trees for if the weather is bad.
Favourite trick?
I love the feeling of a backside 360
Made-up trick name?
The Bristol Jones (double cork spin)
All the way from Breckenridge our resident pro stops by Metrosnow.co.uk for a quick tête-à-tête
How did you get into snowboarding?
I went for a week with college when I was 18 and loved it. So I decided to head to Tignes when I finished school to do a season working as a chalet maid. My boss at the time was an awesome snowboarder so I followed him around the mountain for the whole season, jumping off what ever I could – I was hooked.
Last year you came 2nd in the Burton European Open why didn’t you compete this year?
I’ve been doing the Winter Dew Tour, it’s the first year this competition has been run. So far we’ve done two stops of the tour in Breckenridge, Colorado and Mount Snow in Vermont. The final stage is in Northstar, Vermont on 19 February and it’s going really well, I’m third overall. (See how Jenny got on - click here). But I was also invited to qualify for the X Games in Aspen, and there wasn’t enough time between the event in Vermont, the European Open and the X Games to compete at my best in all of them. So I decided to head back to Breckenridge after the Dew event, miss the European Open and be in peak condition for the X Games.
What has been your scariest moment snowboarding?
I was pretty scared when we went heliboarding in Italy/France. The heli ride was great and we got dropped of at the top of a peak. We made our way to the edge of the ridge line and I was first to drop in. The filmer and photographer were in place and the guide confirmed the snow was pretty safe. I put a toe edge and then a heel edge turn in and felt everything around me moving. I was in my first avalanche. I managed to ride out to one side and a safer spot, but it felt like forever and I was quite shocked afterwards. Especially as I watched the snow build up speed going down the slope, gathering in a huge mushroom cloud at the bottom. For the rest of the day I was a nervous wreck and thought everything was going to crack on me.
Who are your best friends on the circuit?
The vibe is really friendly so I get on with everyone. I hang out with Lesley Mckenna and Lisa Filzmoser, but when you stand at the top before your run in a competition there’s usually a lot of joking about with all the other riders. So when you leave the gates everyone will shout good luck.
What is your happiest memory?
That Winter X Games win will always stay in my memory. It has been something I have wanted to do for a while and I was so happy when I realised I had won. I cant even explain the feeling. Other moments have been simply just those epic powder runs with friends, heli boarding, landing my first three sixty – and teaching people their first three sixty. So many happy moments I genuinely cant narrow it down enough.
Aside from competing and training, what else do you get up to when the snow is a fallin'?
I love filming. It’s different from competing because you can repeat tricks until you get them right. You don’t have to go for the safe tricks that you know you can land. You can experiment and try out your best moves.
Who would you love to ride with?
Jussi oksanen. I used to watch him as a kid and it’d be great to ride with him.
What would you be doing if you weren’t a pro boarder?
I Hope I would be surfing and snowboarding as much as possible. Maybe I would have gone to university, or travelling, or who knows, I might have even got married and had babies by now!
Let’s have your favourite noise...
Walking through fresh powder
