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David Van Wagenen, welcome to the team!

Check out his summer edit from Windells

NAME: David Van Wagenen

AGE: 19

HOMETOWN:
Clackamas, OR

CURRENT LOCALE: Sugar House, Utah

WHY SALTY?
This shop is the biggest thing since sliced bread. The employees are gentlemen and scholars.

WHO ELSE GIVES YOU FREE STUFF? Atmosphere Outerwear, Yankee Snowboards, Hoodwear, and Smith Optics (kind of)

WHAT WOULDN’T YOU DO FOR ONE MILLION DOLLARS? Eat ketchup

WHERE CAN YOU BE FOUND DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS? Salmon River, OR camping and Timberline, OR

HOME MOUNTAIN:
Mt. Hood, OR

LIST THE FIRST THREE THINGS THAT COME TO MIND RIGHT NOW: Halo Reach, Tikki statue, and metal

SET-UP: Yankee FreeCurve, Rome 390 bindings, and Ride RFL Boots donated from Windells rental shop

WHO IS YOUR DADDY, AND WHAT DOES HE DO? Daren Van Wagenen, he travels the world for FedEx and is pretty much the most epic dad known to man.

FAVORITE SNOWBOARDER: Halldor Helgason and Travis Rice

FAVORITE MYTHOLOGICAL CREATURE: Leviathan and Cthulhu

LAST TRICK YOU STOMPED: back double dip 10 (hand drag)

SLED, SPLIT, APPROACH, OR SNOWSHOES? Get a broom and dust that off

FAVORITE MEMORY SNOWBOARDING: Facials

LAST THING YOU PLAYED ON YOUR IPOD: “A Vulgar Picture” by The Black Dahlia Murder

FILM: That’s It That’s All

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