Name: Tim Dutton Age: 22 Live: Squaw/Tahoe City Comp ski: Lib-Tech POW ReCurve Poison: I don’t like poisons 1. What is your Tahoe story?- Came out of my Momma, she left, and I’m still here. 2. What got you hooked on skiing? What Mountain did you learn to ski at?- Snow got me hooked skiing. Learn to ski at Squaw Valley 3. What is your favorite ski films? 1999 and- The Game 4. What else do you like to do in Tahoe besides skiing?- Eat Cheese Puffs on the beach. 5. How do you feel about being in the boy band ‘Kick Ass Blasters’? – I feel SUPER. It’s truly an amazing thing they have going on and I feel that it is going to change the ski industry in a big way. The reason why Tim Konrad is “God”. 6. What are you looking forward to this coming winter? What are your goals?- Comps? Video? Photos? – I’m looking forward to skiing Squaw and traveling to comps. My goals are to be able to stomp up hill ice from stories up. And in the mean time film as much as possible and play G.N.A.R. (i.e. ski around squaw with my balls showing) 7. What do you like most about competing on the FSWT or FRWT? Any career highlights? – – I like competing a lot cause it pushes me to improve my skiing and to start seeing things in different aspects. I did well on the FSWT last season winning the two comps I entered and can’t wait to see how this season goes on the FRWT, it’s a whole different ball game. 8. How was it traveling to S.A. and NZ this past summer to ski? – AWESOME!!! The Southern Hemisphere is an amazing place. And we all got to ski in the middle of summer, not to shabby. The Andes are huge mountains full of interesting rock formations everywhere that make jumps. And the World Heli Challenge in New Zealand was sick. We had a blast there exploring the extremeness of the Kiwi’s culture. 9. Twisters or Spread Eagles? – I like the combination of the two, one after the other, in the same air. 10. What does it feel like when you ski powder? – Thats like trying to explain sex to a virgin, you just got to experience yourself. 11. Poles or no poles? – Bring your F%$#Kin poles. 12. If you could be an animal what would you be? – Polar Bear 13. Snowmobiles, snow cats or helicopters? – Snow Cat with a helicopter on top towing four sleds…. five or six…… eight maybe. For more on Timy ‘Backfllips’ Dutton check out his personal Blog at Timydutton.com
