Jake Welch
Q & A
Full Name Jacob Taylor Welch
Nickname Junk Food Jake
Birthday 1/27/87
Hometown Sandy
Where are you now? Salt Lake City
Years riding 14 yrs
Local Mountain Brighton
Reg or Goofy Regular
Stance Width 22 1/4
Sponsors Forum, Special Blend, Wesc, Anon, iridewinches.com
- Height, weight, stance, width and angles?
- 5 foot 8 inches, 155, regular, 22.25, +21 in front -3 on the back foot & crank the high backs to be in line with the heel edge
- What's your first thought when you wake-up?
- What's the weather doing?
- What's playing on your iPod right now?
- Moody Blues
- What is your biggest Pet Peeve?
- Dudes that wear flip flops with jeans
- What makes you happy? What pisses you off?
- Happy wife happy life, liars.
- What time is T-Shirt time?
- What???
- Ever find yourself riding dirty?
- Ha I don't know, but probably.
Do you have any hobbies? Skateboarding, Golfing, Fishing, Soccer
What's on your iPod? Good mix of everything but mainly old/classic rock
Snowmobiles? 2012 Summit X
What's your STREET set-up? 148/Contract, Republic Binding
What's your PARK set-up? 154/Destroyer, Republic Binding
What's your BACKCOUNTRY set-up? 158/Destroyer, Republic Binding
What's a Vacation Day like for you? Straight chilling, maybe some golf something like that
What kind of vehicles you drive? Toyota Tundra, Volvo V50
How long have you been on Forum? Since filming for that, but was on jeenyus for 2 or 3 years before that
Can we follow you on Twitter? Nope
Last Cover Shot? Snowboarder Issue 1, 2011!
- Chair?
- Brighton
- Girlfriend?
- Bad news
- Car?
- The Hulk (Green Jeep)
- Skateboard?
- Can't remember
- Snowboard?
- Burton Air
- Drink?
- Milk
- Fight?
- never been in one
Top 3 Video Parts Travis Parker/ Lame, Kevin Jones/Stand & Deliver, Peter Line/ Resistance
Top 3 Favorite Riders Jake Blauvelt, John Jackson, Devun Walsh
Top 3 Places to Ride Whistler Backcountry, Brighton, New Zealand
Websites forumsnowboards.com, snowboardermag.com, twsnow.com, wesc.com, anonoptics.com, youtube.com
Books Not a Big Reader
Tricks BS Rodeo, BS 180
Places to kick back and go on VACATION Costa Rica
Skate spots Sandy Skate Park
Country USA, Australia, Sweden, Canada
- Call?
- Torah
- Kiss?
- Torah
- Hangover?
- n/a
- Beer?
- n/a
- Trip?
- Lake Powell
- Time in Jail?
- n/a
- Supper?
- Cafe Rio
- Defeat?
- Golf match
- Victory?
- Soccer
Strangest thing Peter Line ever said to you ha hard to say when you only hear about 10% of what he says cause he speaks so quietly
Go-to Roommate on trips Pat or Kurt Hiene
Who has the worst smelling boots? everyones smell so bad
Whose hip-hop collection is dirtier, Stevie's or Cam's? Cam's
Will Austen Sweetin get any taller? Doubt It
How much do you think Andreas can bench-press? not much anymore, he only has half a bicep now
Last teammate you bailed out of trouble? I almost had to dig Pat out of a slide he set off. Scary stuff.
How do you choose who hits the jump first? row-sham-bow
Any good pranks you pulled on the guys? too many to choose from to tell
Whose your wingman when going out? I am down to go out with whoever
- Jack or Jim
- No homo
- Tits or Ass
- Both
- Dive or Club
- Neither
- Off Piste or Piste Off
- Off piste
- Video or Photo
- Video
- Digital or Film
- Either is good
- Bungee or Drop-in Ramp
- Winch
- Skate or Surf
- Skate
- Gears or Single Speed
- Gears, why make it harder than it has to be?
- Split Boards or Sleds
- Sled, but a tour is good for the body
- Prank Calls or Phone Sex
- Prank call
- B's or D's
- What???
- Kink or Straight?
- Whatever, I dont mind
- Long and Steady or Spin On Spin Out
- Long and steady
HAZE
FIST
GUTTER