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Name: Mitch Brown 
Age: 19 
Hometown: Mount Maunganui 
Sponsors: Vans, Rip Curl and Bataleon Snowboards

How long have you been riding Vans? 
For one year.

What’s your favorite Vans boot? 
The BFB’s for sure.

What tunes are you listening to right now? 
I have been listening to a lot of rap at the moment and a bit of reggae is always good.

Why Snowboarding? 
Getting to shred around the mountain with all your buddies on a sunny day learning new tricks you have not done before so the best feeling. Snowboarding is epic.

Best place to ride? 
Snow park NZ, Cardrona and anywhere that has good snow and a dope park.

Who are your influences, when you started, and now? 
When I started snowboarding my influences where definitely New Zealand rippers like Deni Bevin and Aaron Jamison to name a few. Today I’m still influenced by Terje Haakonson and Travis Rice as they can ride everything so well.

What can you not live without? 
My ipod , good food and the ocean.

What’s the worst injury you’ve ever had? 
I have been knocked out a few times but apart from that nothing to bad, touch wood.

What’s your favorite trick? 
Not too sure work in progress ha-ha.