Name: Sam Cohen
Home Mountain: Alta/Snowbird
Age: 18
Skis: Faction Royale
Bindings: Salomon
Best known for (on-hill):
Never answering my phone. Just can’t do it sometimes.
Best known for (off-hill):
Climbing
Favorite Backcountry Run:
Mt. Superior
Your 2011 Movie Segment(s) to Check out:
Warren Miller’s Like There’s No Tomorrow
Do you compete? If so, best finishes:
- I competed only a little bit.
- 1st place JFT Championships: Crystal Mtn, WA
- FWT Sickbird – Revelstoke, BC
Best trick in the bag:
I have no clue, but I love throwing 3′s off any hit.
Goals for 2012 Ski Season:
I really just want to get out and film a bunch. Get some good footage with Dubsatch and Nimbus hopefully. Also do some winter camping. I think it would be a super cool thing to get into.
Favorite Shred Friends:
I usually shred with Leo and all my homies at Alta, but I love when I get to ski with my buddies from AK and Bozeman.
Favorite Film Released in 2011:
I have yet to watch the ski films this year. I’ll fill you in when I know!
Top 5 Songs to Skin Up a Mountain:
Any song by Tom Petty is good for climbing hills. I usually just listen to whatever going up, it’s going down you need the theme music for.
Top 5 Songs to Shred Down a Mountain:
- Jimi Hendrix – Hey Joe
- Jimi Hendrix – Voodoo Child
- Neil Young – Heart of Gold
- Led Zeppelin – Bring it on home
- Nirvana – Lake of Fire
If you weren’t a skier, what would you be?
I would be a climbing bum I guess. I have no idea; skiing is what I know so I gotta stick to it.
Anything else we should know about you?
I suffered getting shoved into ” The Crease” to get where I am now..