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#1. So, what’s your favourite word?

Snow.

#2. That’s no surprise. What gets you up in the morning?

Breakfast.

#3. What do you truly, honestly think of social media?

It’s a minefield.

#4. Think of it as a giant slalom run. Some obstacles and red flags along the way, but jolly good fun nonetheless. Kindles or books?

Books.

#5. What do you think is the biggest challenge to your industry right now?

Succeeding. It’s so tough at the top; everyone is exceptionally amazing and there’s not much that separates the field. Trying to succeed, to get to the very top, is so difficult. You are always looking to make that 1% gain which might give you a slight edge over your competitor.

#6. Wax on, wax off. What did you want to be when you were growing up?

Funnily enough, I wanted to be an athlete. When I was seven, I remember having a conversation with some people in the pub where my mum worked that I wanted to be a track and field athlete. Everyone told me that it would take a lot of dedication and determination. I never thought it would actually happen. Lo and behold!

#7. Well as they say, if you wanna be the best, and you wanna beat the rest, dedications what you need. What led you to your current career?

Just the desire to snowboard really. Always wanted to do a snowboard season but I was too busy with school and then university. I had no snowsports background but got the bug aged 10 after childhood holidays, received this opportunity and seized it with two hands.

#8. Can you use your favourite word in a sentence?

“Any snow today?”

#9. Now can you make it rhyme?

“Joe, where is the snow?”

#10. What advice would you give to your younger self?

Just to keep snowboarding. Any opportunity you get to go on snow, go for it. Stay enthusiastic and remember it’s normal to get disheartened and fatigued. Keep on with it and you’ll get there.

#11. Pretty good motto for life, that one. What’s the best thing anyone’s ever done for you?

One of my British teammates offered to wax my snowboard for last season’s races. That was a huge deal. It can take hours and I was really busy at the time. It was a hugely generous offer especially considering he’s my competitor.

#12. Tell us, what’s been your ‘career-defining’ moment?

Medicine or anything? (Ed’s note: everything) Medicine-wise, I think graduating, being the first person in my family to go to university.  In terms of snowboarding, having the courage to go to the Team GB trial. It’s so easy to sit back and think nah, I haven’t got a chance. Taking part in that trial was one of the biggest things that has ever happened to me really and reminded me not to worry about the consequences and that I could be surprised about what might happen.

#13. #JFDI as they say. If you won a big award of some kind, who would you thank?

I’d have to thank my dad for always supporting me and giving me opportunities.

#14. Can you give us a timesaver of the day? Apart from finding a mate to wax your board.

I’m not very organised anyway so I’m always working on that! But definitely being prepared the night before. When we’re training as a team, I try to prepare my clothes, my lunch and kit the previous evening. Otherwise I’m going to get left behind.

#15. Get on the bus Gus, Gary. Where do you see your industry in 24 months?

Definitely way more popular than it is now. Even in the last couple of years, the popularity of Snowboard Cross has rocketed. I think it’s only going to go from strength to strength, with more young people getting involved and hopefully, well, what I’d like to see, is more in the UK in terms of Snowboard Cross development. So at the moment, once, maybe twice a year, there’ll be a Snowboard Cross track – that number needs to increase and as the popularity of the sport increases in turn, that will change. I’m trying to do my bit to help that.

#16. Every little helps. Where were you 24 months ago?

I was GP training, dreaming of a white Christmas.

#17. There’s a song there if you look hard enough. What’s an interesting fact about you?

I use my fork in my right hand.

#18. And we thought we were the ones with the clever fingers. If you could have a 24-minute Skype chat with anyone, living or dead, who would it be?

It would have to be Pierre Vaultier (Ed’s note: Olympic Gold medalist and World Champion snowboarder) to know the secret of his amazing technical ability. He does the slightest movements which just seem to propel him down the course. How he prepares for a race, what’s his mindset around training and racing, that would be amazing.

#19. That just gave us all the feels. All of them. What’s one word you’d want people to describe you with?

Very personable.

#20. Would you mind taking a selfie for us?

#21. What’s your favourite Twitter handle or social media campaign?

So I follow lots of snowboarders really. Pierre Vaultier of course, I just love watching him. And Shaun White, who’s this amazing American half pipe rider who has pushed the boundaries of snowboarding. He’s come up with all these new tricks. Probably one of the best snowboarders in the world.

A post shared by Shaun White (@shaunwhite) on Jun 16, 2017 at 8:09pm PDT

#22. What’s one quote that defines your work ethic?

Determined.

#23. What’s been the best part of your day?

Hanging out with Emma (Ed’s note: enough, already) and meeting the team at Bio-Synergy, one of my fantastic sponsors.

#24. Finally, anything to plug?

Follow me on the road to the Beijng Olympics. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, come ring a cowbell – anything! I’d love your support.

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#1. So, what’s your favourite word?

Underdog.

#2. What gets you up in the morning?

My alarm at 07:17.

#3. Precise. We like that. What do you truly, honestly think of social media?

Brilliant. We would have never had readers (or contributors) from Brazil, Israel, Australia, Japan and Saudi Arabia without it!

#4. Global domination it is then. Kindles or books?

Books, without a doubt. Nothing beats the smell of a freshly opened book or magazine. As long as we can’t embed the smell and feel of print into digital copies, print won’t die.

#5.  Hear hear. What do you think is the biggest challenge to your industry right now?

Print dying. But in the way vinyl is making a comeback – this January saw a 25-year high in record sales – I could see print, and magazines in particular, doing a similar thing. That might be the optimist in me, but if print does die for good, it won’t be due to a shortage of great magazines.

When you look at the quality of independent football magazines out there, from the likes of Pickles, Mundial, When Saturday Comes, The Football Pink and dare I say, Box To Box, we are living at a time when the quality and selection of magazines is unparalleled in football media.

#6.  True dat. What did you want to be when you were growing up?

Before I fell in love with football in the World Cup summer of 2002, my dream was to become a zookeeper.

#7. We have a wannabe Dr Doolittle in our midst. What led you to your current career?

I can pinpoint what led me down my current career path to one exact moment. The instant I fell irreversibly in love with football, when İlhan Mansız scored a 94th-minute golden goal against Senegal to take Turkey through to the 2002 World Cup semi-finals.

#8. Can you use your favourite word in a sentence?

Regardless of who’s playing, I always seem to find myself rooting for the underdog.

#9. Now can you make it rhyme?

Not really – but I can try. (Ed’s note: please do)

“As QPR faced Chelsea they were definitely the underdog,

Bobby Zamora’s shot flew high above the crossbar through rain, thunder, fog.”

#10. You did it. What advice would you give to your younger self?

I am my younger self.

#11. *Feels impressed and ancient all at once* What’s the best thing anyone’s ever done for you?

All the writers, editors and illustrators who have taken the time to contribute to this fantastic project that is Box To Box. Without them, this whole thing wouldn’t be possible.

#12. Tell us, what’s been your ‘career-defining’ moment?

I don’t think I have had my ‘career-defining’ moment yet, but every new issue we bring out is a new pinnacle for me.

#13. If you won a big award of some kind, who would you thank?

Four people in particular. Joe Proctor and Ollie Marsh, my left and right-hand men respectively, Amber Marsh, for supporting and putting up with me and my Dad for helping me fall in love with not only the beautiful game, but the underdog.

#14. Can you give us a timesaver of the day?

Brush your teeth in the shower.

#15. We’re hearing that a lot. Where do you see your industry in 24 months?

Hopefully thriving, or at least improving. It would be great to see a move away from the constant clickbait surrounding football media and see more quality work – online and in print.

#16. Totally agree. Where were you 24 months ago?

Delivering pizza on the west coast of Wales (whilst studying for my Sports Science degree).

#17. Make ours a stuffed crust. Actually, please don’t. What’s an interesting fact about your company?

Christian Fuchs follows us on Twitter!

#18. Boooooom. If you could have a 24-minute Skype chat with anyone, living or dead, who would it be?

Johan Cruyff.

#19. What’s one word you’d want people to describe you with?

Perfectionist.

#20. Would you mind taking a selfie for us?

Of course.

#21. What’s your favourite Twitter handle or social media campaign?

At the moment, it would have to be Urban Goals on Twitter – a stirring memento of lost youth and nostalgic street football. On Instagram, it would have to be Le Ballon Football League – arguably the best amateur football league in the world.

#22. We won’t argue with that. What’s one quote that defines your work ethic?

“Nothing makes a person more productive than the last minute”.

#23. Spoken like a true journo. What’s been the best part of your day?

Breakfast in bed with a Golden Doodle snoring next to me.

#24. Finally, anything to plug?

Our latest and fourth issue takes inspiration from its Netflix namesake, Stranger Things, looking at the most absurd stories from the world of football. It’s available in our online store at www.boxtoboxfootball.bigcartel.com and you won’t regret it if you buy one!

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