The Square Life

Drew Fuller, a pro-snowboarder from Colorado that now calls Utah home and
Bronson Christensen, a sponsored skier from our very own Orem, may go down the
mountain differently, but they do it for the same reason; the love of snow.

Get to know these guys better as we ask them the same 19 questions (because 20 is so overrated).

DREW FULLER: Pro-Snowboarder

Rides for: Sessions, Rossignol, Dakine, Celsius, IS Eyewear, Skullcandy, and
Park City.

SQ: What's your favorite mountain?

DF: When it snows I like Brighton. For park, I
like Park City. I ride for Park City.

SQ: What snow film changed your life?

DF: I would say a lot of the stuff that was coming out when I was in high
school. The Mack Dawg stuff like Decade, Amped and standard stuff like T-7, T-8,
9, 10. All those, as a whole, influenced me to want to pursue snowboarding.

SQ: What music are you listening to right
now?

DF: I’ve actually been listening to a lot of everything lately. I just recently
learned how to play the guitar, so lately I’ve been listening to anything from Guns-n-Roses
to Jack Johnson to Metallica.

SQ: What's your sickest trick?

DF: “Sickest” is open for opinion, but I defiantly have some tricks that I’ve
progressed up to. I don’t know if they would be considered “sickest.” Some
people might argue that a big 360 off a huge cliff would be sicker than any
1080 over a 50 ft. park jump. So, it’s open for discussion.

SQ: What would you say to someone who's
never tried snowboarding?

DF: Definitely give it a shot. It could change your life. It could
lead to you moving somewhere new and meeting new people and having something in
your life you have passion for. It’s one of those types of activities
that could capture someone's heart.

SQ: What has snowboarding taught you?

DF: It’s taught me a lot. It’s taught me to have a good work ethic, I
think, in whatever I do. You have to work hard and stay hungry and
ambitious towards your goal, not just in snowboarding, but whatever you're
working on. Something that sticks out to me more because I never went to
college, or I haven’t yet, is the business side of life that it’s taught
me. It’s taught me to be business minded. And [also how to] market myself
as my own business.

SQ: Have you ever taught anyone to
snowboard?

DF: I don't think I've taken somebody from “never been” before to totally “cruise
around the whole mountain.” I’ve defiantly gone with beginners and have
given out pointers.

SQ: What's your guilty pleasure?

DF: On a night when I’m not hanging out or partying with friends, I like to just
kick back with a milkshake and a movie.

SQ: When you're not snowboarding what are
you doing?

DF: Well lately it’s playing the guitar a lot. Other than that, I like to
cook, play golf, hang out with my girlfriend, and I like to skydive when I'm
healthy and have money for that.

SQ: Who's your hero?

DF: I don't know, I don't think I have one hero. I would say my parents,
[I] definitely look up to them a lot in the way that they raised me. Just
because when I wanted to do something that didn’t seem likely or didn’t seem
like it had much of a future they stood next to me an supported me. [They]
helped me with anything and everything that I needed.

SQ: What can you not live without?

DF: Lately it’s been the guitar, it’s been making music. 5 months not
writing or singing, I can see a possible future. I think snowboarding would
be one of those things. Even when it’s not my job anymore, I’ll still need to
have a few days just being out in nature and hanging out with my friends.

SQ: If you changed your Facebook status
right now, what would it read?

DF: I don't know. Probably “tired.”

SQ: Where do you see snowboarding/skiing
in the next 5 years?

DF: That is a good question. It’s
hard to say because snowboarding for me, over the past couple years, has been
really film oriented and video part orientated. That’s what I work towards, is
filming a video part every year. And these days with so many video companies
and so many kids just making movies out of nowhere and putting them out on the
internet, all this free video content. It’s kind of making the $30 movie, that
you buy every fall, obsolete. Could be interesting to see where it goes.

SQ: Best day to go snowboarding/skiing?

DF: I would say any weekday not during the holiday season. I really enjoy
having the mountain to myself and it does get hard when you’re up there on the
weekends. And it it’s all tracked out and there are families in the park
taking their kids over the knuckles of the jumps. [So,] it also gets dangerous.

SQ: Favorite video game?

DF: No, I'm not really too much of a gamer. The latest game that I was
into was Guitar Hero.

SQ: How long have you been snowboarding?

DF: I think, my first day of snowboarding, Iwas 7. But didn't get a board ‘till
I was 8 or 9. So, 15-16 years now.

SQ: What's your setup?

DF: The board varies depending on what I’m riding. Right now, I have Magna-Traction
board that I've never ridden before. [So] I’m going to check that out this
year. But as far as how I set my board up, I like to dull the edges pretty much
all around the board. My stance is 22.5 inches, 15 degrees on the front foot,
[and] negative 9 degrees on the back foot.

SQ: What's your favorite thing about
snowboarding?

DF: Probably, just the sense of accomplishment that it gives me. Not
necessarily when you land a new trick or do something that you’ve never done
before, not in that sense. But getting out there, being active, being with
friends, or working towards landing that trick. At the end of the day you
can sit back and say ‘I did something today.’

SQ: Does Utah have the best snow on Earth?

DF: As far as I'm concerned.

BRONSON CHRISTENSEN: Skier

Rides for: Modern Amusement and Scott USA

SQ: What's your favorite mountain?

BC: I'd have to say Park
City, because their park
is sick.

SQ: What snow film changed your life?

BC: I watch more snowboarding than I do skiing. But I just watched one
that's brand new. The Massive.

SQ: What music are you listening to right
now?

BC: Right now I’ve been listening to a lot of Radiohead lately and some good Iron
Maiden.

SQ: What's your sickest trick?

BC: My sickest trick is a switch cork nine. 900. You go backwards off the jump
and do two and half rotations.

SQ: What would you say to someone who's
never tried snowboarding/skiing?

BC: Try it, you'll love it. It’s a good time. It’s supposed to be a
good time. Get your friends together. Sing songs together on your way up.
Rock out. You’ll love it.

SQ: What has skiing taught you?

BC: Just keep working at it. It’s kinda with everything. If you do it long
enough you progress more and more. It’s
taught me to keep going and love what you’re doing. And try to get better.

SQ: Have you ever taught anyone to
snowboard/ski?

BC: Yeah. I have a little brother that I’ve taught. It is fun, I mean it’s
kinda frustrating, just because you know how to do it. You know? But it’s a
good time.

SQ: What's your guilty pleasure?

BC: I love sewing. Sewing is rad.

SQ: When you're not snowboarding/skiing
what are you doing?

BC: Hanging out with my family. Chilling with them. Boating, we go
boating a lot in the summertime.

SQ: Who's your hero?

BC: My dad. When my dad was 18 he was working, cutting trusses for houses,
and his sleeve got caught and he lost his arm. But, it hasn’t stopped him a bit. He’s
definitely my hero.

SQ: What can you not live without?

BC: Snow. To be honest, I love snow. I grew up around it. I
couldn't' move somewhere without it.

SQ: If you changed your Facebook status
right now, what would it read?

BC: Creative

SQ: Where do you see skiing in the next 5
years?

BC: Hopefully skiing in the next five years, half-pipe anyways, hopefully in the
Olympics. Skiing half-pipe is unreal. It should be in the Olympics now that
snowboarding is.

SQ: Best day to go skiing?

BC: Blizzard all night. Morning, blue bird. Shredding powder all day.

SQ: Favorite video game?

BC: (laughs) Halo. Very nerdy, but its fun.

SQ: What's your favorite thing about
skiing?

Hanging out with the friends. Just being with all your buddies on the lift.
Hanging out. And probably taking your ski boots off (laughs).

SQ: How long have you been skiing?

BC: The parents started me pretty late. But I was about eleven year’s old, going
up to Sundance every Saturday. Been riding for 9 years.

SQ: What's your setup?

BC: If you’re riding park you want your binding’s right in the middle. But if
you’re riding powder you want [to be] a little farther back. So you’re not
diving through powder.

SQ: Does Utah Best snow?

BC: Absolutely. Here in Utah
the snow is so much more light and powdery. I would have to agree with the
license plate.