Jeremy Jones
Jeremy Jones
Jeremy Jonesis an American professional snowboarder, known for big mountain freeriding. He is sponsored by: O'Neill, POC, CLIF Bar, Scott, Giro, 661 and Blue Bird Wax. Founder of his own freeride-oriented snowboard brand, Jones Snowboards. Currently, Jones works primarily to create and improve his line of snowboards and films that record his adventures climbing and snowboarding mountains around the world. In November 2012, Jones was selected by National Geographic Magazine as a nominee for Adventurer of the Year, based on...
ProfessionSnowboarder
Date of Birth14 January 1975
CityCape Cod, MA
It's harder, but it's what I expected. But, it is irritating to hear another major complain about how hard it is because they know what they signed up for, too.
I am very good at finding snow when there's very little snow. From a day in, day out perspective, I'm fine. I see resorts that are closed because they no longer have snow. It's not my home resort. There are signs all over the place. I'm very passionate about climate change, which is why I created Protect Our Winters.
Our society has got to evolve and create better ways of living.
In all aspects of my life, I try to reduce my impact on the earth - that includes snowboarding, as well.
I hate to say it to the kids out there but I just kind of blew off everything and made snowboarding the number one priority in my life
I've seen definitive change in the mountains. I have concerns for the future generation. We inherit the earth from the people in front of us, and then we pass it on to the next generation. I don't think we've done a great job with our responsibility to leave the earth a better place than what we were born into.
What draws me to the type of snowboarding that I'm doing now is, I go through every emotion in life when I'm climbing these mountains. The fear. The anticipation before that. Getting to the top and the joy of standing on top, and then the adrenaline on going down, and then the kind of overwhelming emotions that I get at the bottom. That whole process is really addicting, and makes me feel alive.
The balancing act is challenging at times.
I feel very fortunate to be healthy, so I try to take advantage of it.
I get a lot of inspiration from my surroundings, people I'm with. Mother Nature. It's combination of everything and really wanting to live life to the fullest. I feel very fortunate to be healthy, so I try to take advantage of it.
I feel vulnerable on mountains. It's an uncontrolled, raw environment. It's very - it's truly humbling.
I'm trying to simplify my life, I guess that's my latest project.
The attraction of snowboarding is the freedom it gives you. With a snowboard on your feet the sky is the limit. You can do anything and go anywhere. This is not just for pro riders. It is for everyone. The other amazing thing with snowboarding is how easy it is to get away from people and enjoy the solitude of the mountains. Its almost impossible in surfing but with snowboarding it is a short hike from the top of the lift or the side of the road.
Whatever growth there is in solar, it's almost always done at the state level. All of the states that have strong growth in solar, have strong statewide initiatives.