NIMA JALALI

MOVIES: People, We're People Too

1) State all your vital stats. Name, Place of Birth, Current Residence, age if you want, regular or goofy.

Nima Jalali, born at Glendale Adventist Hospital, Live in Los Angeles, Goofy

2) Who are your Sponsors

L1 Outerwear, Ashbury Eyewear, Artec Snowboards, Ambiguous, Flux, Active, 32, Etnies, Grenade, Elm

3) What is your setup (board, boots bindings) for rail, jumps, powder, rails

132 board, some nice bindings, and soft boods jumps - 133 board and something real nice

4) How did you start snowboarding.

I couldnt figure out how to ski one day, so Mike Tobia, childhood friend and director of marketing for Dragon now, made me switch to a snowboard, he was already doing 360 airs at that point.

5) How long have you been snowboarding

15 years

6) Who did you look up to when you first started

Frank Abbandando, Jackie Cerone, and Joe the barber

7) What is your favorite thing about snowboarding

it feels real nice.

8) What is a perfect snowboarding day for you.

Snowboard at Big bear all day long, nowhere else.

9) What else do you do to help your snowboarding.

drink a lot of alcohol and never consume any water

10) How seriously do you take being a pro snowboarder

not very

11) Favorite skate film

anything with Lizard King or anyone else that skates for Ashbury. I like Alex Moul as well.

12) Favorite snow film

Some Kinda Life, Were People Too

13) Favorite Hollywood film

Buffalo 66

14) Favorite bands

Thunders, Sky sunlight saxon, 1964 garage, Nice Phsycadelics

15) If you could have any other job in the world what would it be

music

16) Favorite video game

no thanks

17) What cell phone are you using

i got some phone by apple

18) What laptop are you using

apple laptops

19) What is your favorite trick you have ever got on film

backside nosegrind down the 24 in new york

20) What time do you like to wake up and go to bed.

i go to bed at 3am and wake up at 12pm no matter what.

21) Were you a good student

continuation high school

22) From 1 to 10 how bad do your boots smell

1 they havent been used (bum knee)

23) What is the most scared you have ever been snowboarding

One time me and Tobia took a wrong turn at Mt. Waterman, we ended up on this run that was a fucking ice cube run. The whole run was an ice cube. So we start surfing this shit, back side turn, then head over heels we booth go down... sliding at lighting fucking speed on our backs, at lease 45 mph. I caught up to Tobia, grabbed that fuckers Jacket, we were in this shit together... now we are going like 65 mph, heading straight for a 300 foot cliff. We were screaming and shit cause we were only like 13 years old. Then tobia hooked an edge into an ice cube and we stopped.

24) What is your favorite drink

Coronas and small sour drinks

25) What is your favorite food.

sushi

26) What is your favorite mountain

Bear Moutnain, We get more snow than anywhere else, its fucking crazy.

27) List your injuries from snowboarding Fractured sternum 5 years ago

Bum Knee (right now)

28) Favorite thing to do besides snowboarding

listen to records, drink drinks, skateboard.

29) What sled do you own.

Pierre can i get a ride man?

30) Do you think you will snowboard for the rest of your life.

Yes