Andy Parry interview for school

AcePerry

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Ace
so the season is just now starting what have you been up to?
5:48pm
Andy
Drove across the US to get to SLC my new home. Then a trip to California to film for a week. Went out a few times to hit rails when we have snow. Thats about it
5:49pm
Ace
how you like the west coast skiing?
5:50pm
Andy
Its great. Good parks, big mountains and sick snow fall. Cant ask for much more.
5:50pm
Ace
nice
where are you from originally?
5:51pm
Andy
Western NY outside of Rochester.
5:52pm
Ace
what was it like coming up as an east coaster? how focused were you on becomeing a professional skier?
5:55pm
Andy
East is sick they just dont have good jumps or powder. Makes you more creative because you dont have a bunch to work with
I wasn' that focus on being a pro I went to college and then just wanted to be ski bum for a few years
5:56pm
Ace
haha
Creativity is the main reason for the interview
You and will have been giving alot of credit for "making up" the idea of a summer ski setup.
I and alot of other skiers have copied this idea
How did you guys come up with it?
5:58pm
Andy
We copied other people.
We weren't the first we got the idea from our friends and kids off NS
6:00pm
Ace
What about your tricks, what were those influenced by?
6:01pm
Andy
The need for something different
I wanted to do something new
6:03pm
Ace
Many of tour tricks are similar to those done on Agressive inline skates, did that sport influence your ideas?
6:03pm
Andy
Sure. I looked all around to snowboarding to skate boarding, skateing
Some tricks are only skier tricks
6:04pm
Ace
Could you name a few of these tricks you made up?
6:05pm
Andy
Bindsoul, Tip dips, Chinko
6:05pm
Ace
very creative name also
names**
6:06pm
Ace
You said you wanted "something diffrent". was it boring skiing where you started?
6:07pm
Andy
I was stuck skiing Killington for school and they had a bunch of boxes. I was board with just switching up.
6:08pm
Ace
what about in high school?
6:08pm
Andy
I was more focused on what I saw in movies and watching my friends. Spins on switch ups and such.
6:10pm
Ace
What did your group of skiers, Will Wesson, Ahmet etc. and yourself think about when skiing? did you ever think you would be such a big part in the skiing comunity?
6:11pm
Andy
We just all wanted to go out ski and have fun
6:12pm
Ace
You and Will also started a TV show/blog type of ski video, where did that idea come from?
6:13pm
Andy
Just wanted to have something that was free and people could easly get to.
6:14pm
Ace
when you first started making up these tricks how did people react when they saw them?
6:14pm
Andy
Probably thought they where dumb
6:14pm
Ace
hhaha
what about you friends, what did they think?
6:16pm
Andy
thought they where dumb
6:16pm
Ace
hahaahaaa
what do they think now?
6:16pm
Andy
that they are dumb
6:17pm
Ace
haha still?
6:17pm
Andy
Think so yeah
6:17pm
Ace
with everyone going aginst what you were doing what made you keep going with it?
6:18pm
Andy
I didn't care
6:19pm
Ace
how does it feel now that you have so much recignition for it?
6:20pm
Andy
I dont think I have that much.
6:20pm
Ace
maybe not, u get alot of props in my area for sure
to many you changed the way they thought about park skiing
6:22pm
Ace
I know i have taken a number of falls trying to do what you made up. How did you make out when first trying these tricks?
6:24pm
Andy
I fell hard for some, did others first try and some on accident
6:27pm
Ace

what were your thoughts when you got your first sponships, or apeared in your first ski film?
6:28pm
Andy
So pumped such a good feeling
6:28pm
Ace

how is that feeling right now, with TC on the rise and skiing the West COast

?
6:29pm
Andy
Sick I'm stoked to go ski
6:29pm
Ace

im jealous for sure

what do you see in the future, where do you wanna take your life and your skiing?
6:31pm
Andy
Skiing for a few more years and go back to school for something
6:34pm
Ace

you have anything to say to east coasters trying to do something new?
6:34pm
Andy
Think outside the box and think for your self.
6:35pm
Ace

well thanks for the time.

keep doing what you do
6:35pm
Andy
yeah man have a good year
6:35pm
 
how is he underrated? I can see that word describing him before TC, but

now he's known for doing some of the most innovative tricks out there.

Hes hardly underrated imo.
 
that was nice of him to do the interview with you. but for his sake i hope you didn't inspire hundreds of other kids on ns to start incessantly messaging him on facebook.
 
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