Colby West

Hometown: Canterbury, NH

D.O.B.: April 8, 1985

Bio

Skier, Emmy-nominated cinematographer, or both? Colby West’s talents are easy to recognize both on the ski hill and off. Colby crushed it last winter with a new hit song at JOI and a fourth place finish in X Games Slopestyle.  He proved himself yet again at Matchstick’s jump shoots, shooting some more amazing air-to-air POV shots and stomping tricks like it ain’t no thang.

Home mountain?
Breckenridge, CO

What age did you start skiing?
13

What was your favorite trip of the ‘08 season?
Monaco and Jon’s event

If mother was to describe you in one word?
Genuine, I asked her

Favorite quote?
“You can’t be afraid to lose if you want to win.” It’s not really a quote, just something I use to remind myself that you have to take some chances sometimes to get what you want.

Glam rock or ghetto hip hop?
Glam for sure. Because I’m a lover, not a fighter, but I’m also a fighter so don’t try anything.

Finish this sentence: “Happiness is a thing called…”
The Birds and the Bees

The funniest trend in skiing is…
Powder, when are people going to learn there are rocks under there?

How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
A woodchuck would chuck what a woodchuck could chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood.