Name: Heikki Sorsa Age: 21 Sponsors: Burton, Oakley, Hurley, Gravis Years snowboarding: Nine Home: Helsinki, Finland Height: 5’ 9″ Weight: 143 lbs. Stance: Regular, eighteen degrees on the front foot and negative-three in back. Oh, and a big stance width. Forward lean: I don’t know, enough–what the Burton bindings come with. Board: Burton Jussi 159 ($470) and UnInc. 156 and 158 ($500). Boots: Size nine Burton Hails in black ($200). Bindings: Burton P1 MDs ($260) in black, obviously–black’s the way to go. Personal settings: Not really–just a lot of stickers Tuning techniques: Taking it out of the plastic the way it comes from Burton–that’s perfect. Photo: Nick Hamilton
Name: Tyler Lepore
Age: 23
Sponsors: CAPiTA, Oakley, ThirtyTwo, Etnies, DaKine, Alive
Athletics, Life Time
Years Snowboarding: Twelve
Home: Whistler, B.C.
Height: 5’ 7″
Weight: 145 lbs.
Stance: Regular, 21.5 inches wide, with fifteen degrees angle on the front foot and five on the back.
Forward lean: None.
Board: I ride the CAPiTA 157 Totally Awesome for park and pipe and the 161 Totally Awesome for pow ($449).
Boots: The ThirtyTwo Team One, size nine in black or brown ($219).
Bindings: Some three-year-old TechNines in black. I think they were called the Team binding–they’re simple and work good.
Personal settings: I don’t do much–just screw my bindings into the freedom groove–it’s a CAPiTA thing–and leave them loose. Then I stand on my board and crank the screws down when it feels like I’m in the right spot. Put my desired stickers on, and I’m finished. I also get my boot liners heat-molded.
Tuning techniques: I ride my boards right out of the plastic. If it’s slow, I wax–but I don’t detune or dull my edges.
Photo: Mark Gallup
