TRAVIS KENNEDY

To reach the top in professional snowboarding, you gotta pay your dues. Travis Kennedy knows this well. You take beatings, you take knees to the face, and you take long-ass road trips to the middle of nowhere. You ride your ass off until you’re broken or you can’t take a lick more - simple as that. Over the past few seasons, “The Kid” has paid his dues in full. From chunky granite ledges in New York state to dumpster-dive jibs in Toronto, Kennedy continues to push it day and night. He just laughs at what the rest of us call progression, and when the day is done he goes looking for another type of trick to busta bust.

Name: Travis Kennedy

Height/Weight: 5’10” / 165lbs

DOB: 2/11/84

Hometown: Ninilchick, AK

Current Residence: Truckee, CA

Stance: Roofie (regular/goofie)

Angles: 15 front, -12 back

Width: 23 inches

Food: Crab Rangoons

Drink: Dr. Pepper, Faderade

Magazines: The ones that hold 16 hollow points

Music: Rap / My own shit

Websites: datpif.com, youtube.com

Books: I don’t read books. That’s for Nic (Sauve), and then he shares with me during story-telling time

Movies: Horror and Comedy

Tricks: Triple corks and double corks

Places to chill: Lake Tahoe, Whistler (not ‘cause you want to chill, but ‘cause you have to)

Places to snowboard: Whistler when it’s sunny, Lake Tahoe, Quebec

Hobbies: Music, Seadoo RXT 255, Fishing.

Team rider: Everybody

What are the skills and responsibilities of being a snowboarder?
Not getting hurt, making what you do look good, and being innovative.

What makes you want to progress?
Everything in the world

How would you spend your ideal day?
I try to have a smile on my face everyday, and live like there’s no tomorrow.

What do you think is the most fun thing to do for yourself?
Doing things to other people.

What would you list as a career highlight?
Rookie of the Year, and being where I’m at now.

Where there any notable trips in filming for Forum or Against’em?
You know it, each and every single trip.

In what kind of snowboard environment are you most comfortable?
The streets of powder.

If you weren’t snowboarding, you would be?
Pornstar

What, if anything, is too serious to be joked about?
Nothing.

What was the last thing you regret buying?
My jetski. I paid way too much for it.

Where do you see yourself when you are 55 years old?
Hopefully being alive, doing everything I’m doing now…except snowboarding.

Frontside: What’s the backside look like?

Girl: Yeah sure

West: Killa Cali

Lightbulb: I’m turned on

Thursday: Can’t wait til’ Friday

Water: Jetski

Cow: Moo

Forum: Against ‘em

Regular: Not me

Animal: Doggystyle

Salmon: Fishing

Toto: Yes

Raisin: California

DV: DA