you also have to give him props for learning it without ever trying it on the water ramps, I ran into him the day he learned them and he said he stuck it on the 4th or 5th try, that's pretty badass if you ask me.
hah i laugh every time i see him cuz i know a kid named chris turpin thats like 5'4" and 240 pounds and is probably the opposite of the skier chris turpin