NAME: Ben Lynch

HOME: Everywhere

WHAT WAS IT LIKE GROWING UP IN YOUR HOMETOWN? country life, rock 'n roll, fire, guns, fireworks, fishing, shooting things, dirt bikes, four wheelers, snakes, frogs, forts, friends, good times

DOES KREMMLING HAVE A SKI/SNOWBOARD SCENE? Nope, big dirt boarding scene though

WHAT BROUGHT YOU TO WINTER PARK? Friends of mine

WITH PARKS LIKE THE RAIL YARD AND DARK TERRITORY, WHAT DO YOU THINK IS NEXT FOR THE YOUNG GUNS? Plastic ramps over pits full of yetis that are young blood hungry.

WHAT'S ON THE HORIZON FOR YOU IN REGARD TO YOUR SNOWBOARDING? Sun, and alpenglo over the mountains

WHAT'S YOUR SET-UP?
1. Bindings: K2 Auto
2. Boots: K2 Maysis
3. Boards: K2 Believer
4. Goggles: Airblaster
5. Pants, jacket, gloves: Airblaster pants and jacket, Dakine gloves

BEFORE YOU HIT A TRICK, HOW DO YOU PREPARE YOURSELF PSYCHOLOGICALLY? Well, hope this works!

BACKCOUNTRY IS BEAUTIFUL BUT CAN BE STUPID SCARY. ANY WORDS OF ADVICE FOR THOSE WHO ARE THINKING ABOUT THE JOURNEY? Fear can be the key to surviving. Always go with your first thoughts.

FAVORITE FOOD: Meat, juevos, gravy

HEROES: Anybody who inspires – I have a lot of them

FAVORITE TV SHOW: Bonanza

FAVORITE MOVIE: 'Spies Like Us' is funny. I don't know, there's too many.

FAVORITE ALBUM: I like Sleep, OM, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Black Sabbath

MUSIC TO SHRED TO: The sound of my snowboard

YOUR LINKS: snowboardermag.com, myairblaster.com, k2snowboarding.com, standardfilms.com, dakine.com, cheesedickclick.blogspot.com

SPONSORS: Airblaster, K2 Snowboards, Dakine, Satellite, cheese dicks