What the Pros Are Rockin’
Name: Devun Walsh
Age: 27
Height: 5’6″
Weight: 140 pounds
Home: Whistler and North Vancouver, B.C.
Roots: 100 Mile House, B.C.
Sponsors: Forum, Special Blend, Circa, C1 Denim, Iris Snow, Wildcats, The Source Snowboard Shop
Stance: Regular, 21.5 inches wide, set a half-inch back from center, with 29 degrees on the front foot and negative-fifteen on the back.
Board: Forum Devun Walsh 161 for backcountry, and Devun 157.5 for when it’s less deep. Forum Youngblood for street rails, and Forum Devun Walsh 153 for parks.
Boots: Forum Devun Walsh—I like a medium stiff to stiff boot for better control on choppy snow.
Bindings: Forum ATE and Forum ATX.
Worst trend: Being trendy.
Superstitions: I will never change my stance.
Riding style: “Somewhere between Jimmy Scott and Bert Lamar.”
Quote: “I ride ’cause it’s cold in Canada and there is nothing else to do here but snowboard.”
What’s in Devun’s photo:
Board:
Forum Devun Walsh 159 ($470)Boots: Forum Devun Walsh ($210)
Bindings: Forum ATX ($270)
Jacket: Special Blend Eiger ($250)
Pants: Special Blend Anton ($180)
Photo: Scott Serfas
