Name: Bode Merrill
Gender: Mens
Age: n/a
Country: United States
Other: Salomon, Bonfire, Levitation Project, Milo, Celtic, Magical Gogo Wax, and Park City Mountain Resort.
BIO:

Salomon, Bonfire, Levitation Project, Milo, Celtic, Magical Gogo Wax, and Park City Mountain Resort.

Name

BODE MERRILL

Years riding

11

Favorite Celtek gear

The Kingpin Glove

Where's home?

SLC

Best moment on a snowboard

All the fluffy landings

What did you want to be when you were 10 years old

A skateboarder. Growing up in Santa Cruz I skated everywhere so that’s all I ever wanted to do!

Inspiration

My friends and skateboarding

First trick learned

Getting off the lift

Why do you live in Salt Lake, is this where you are originally from?
SLC is the snowboarding mecca, you got a big city atmosphere with 5 resorts within a half hour drive plus there's rail gardens. I'm from santa cruz, ca but SLC is home.

How long have you been snowboarding and how did you start getting into it?
About 10 years. I skied when I was little, then i moved to Park City with my dad when i was 11. I skated in cali as a little kid so snowboarding just looked way sicker so I did that. My dad is way into it too so he's down. He helped a lot.

Where can we find more of your riding?
Go get I ride Park City, best park movie ever. Bozwreck 2 for sure and go watch all the videos at www.thelevitationproject.com. I have a bunch of random footy there

How does it feel to the World Quarterpipe champion? Your probably waiting for a call from Terje to come and slay it at The Arctic Challenge, huh?
I guess it's a pretty prestigious award so I'm pretty honored. I'ts funny that I have a world champion title. I don't feel like a world champion. That would be insane if I got a call from Terje. I'd probably think it was a prank call. I bet I get that call after my friends read this..

Where is your favorite place snowboarding has brought you?
To SLC. Also South America and Mica Creek.
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Does skateboarding have a big influence on your snowboarding?
Hell yeah. When i first started snowboarding I never watched a video or read a mag. I just based everything i was doing off skateboarding.