Birthday:
The year of our board one thousand nine hundred and eighty nine.
Home Mountain:
Big Mountain/Stevens Pass
Favorite Place to Ride:
Powder. Anywhere.
ON3P Quiver:
It seems only a week ago that I had one ski for everything, and only a day or two after that when 90mm at the waist was what I considered a “DAMN, look at that!” ski. This season, I’ve worked my needs into four pairs from the ON3P line, and my hope is that my thoughts about which suit me can help you make your buying decisions. By the way, I’m 5’, 8”; 195 lbs; and long walks on the beach.
186 Jeffery – My everyday ride. Nimble enough to butter around on knuckles, but still fat enough for catching pow and hitting booters. A ski that will never feel out of its element, no matter the day or conditions. Mounted at +1cm from recommended.
186 Vicik – Touring and directional charging/crud. The Vicik has all the spice and burl of the Wren, but in a slimmer package that makes touring a little easier on that fifth lap. The best ski in the line for three weeks after a storm, scraped out, gross, moguled, and riddled with gapers while straightlining. Mounted at recommended.
196 Pillowfight – For the deep, the slop, the smoke, and the goo. They never dive, and give you the creeper smile with powder burps. Slashy, bouncy, and everything I could need for mashing my way down PNW mini-golf. Mounted at recommended.
181 Filthy Rich – Rails and jibbing. The lightest, whippiest ski in the lineup. Everything about the Filthy is designed for quickness and agility, and it delivers like a tricked out Fedex truck. Though I’ve never understood the antagonism of the phrase “urban assault”, these skis will be on my feet when I mount such campaigns.
Never have I ever:
stayed up all night. Once, I was really close at the factory, then I crawled into some shelving while putting it together and woke up forty five minutes later.
Myne owne wyrds:
Ultimately, ON3P represents friendship in my life. I couldn’t be more stoked on the products, but the people that make and ride them continue to prove their quality, generosity, and talent. When you purchase a pair of our skis, you’re keeping part of that dream alive, and I thank YOU, Dear Rider.
Acknowledgements:
To my family: you started all this. And I can’t thank you enough for supporting me.
Without Scott, none of this would have happened, and I don’t really know if there’s a sort of gratitude that’s equal to the blessings I’ve received from ON3P. Rowen, Kip, Duncan, thanks for sending them out the door perfect and grinning when they come back less so.
The media. TSP has been gracious enough to keep filming with me, despite my ample abilities in blowing it when the shot counts. Thanks to Shane, Andy, Jonny, and Justin for letting me mess up their fine camerawork. Landis gets extra credit for terrifying people with my beard and Boys Club. Gracias to Abe Krieger for his filming talents, and watch out for Family Vacation this year. Ryan Ward, if you’re out there, thanks to you too. Salutations and good to cheer to Ben Krause (I owe you more beer), Treevor Woods (great cooking, nice website), Thomas O’Connell (sarcasm), Keito Swan (randomly at Stevens), Craig Moore (only a year and a half late), and Ryan Kirk (salty) for their still life wizardry.
My day job is nearly as good as they get. Thanks to Stevens Pass.
See you out there.
a day in february from Ryan Ward on Vimeo.