Granicki, Kuba

Name: Jakub Granicki

Common Name: Kuba Granicki

Age:28

Hometown: Edenvale

School/varsity: Post Graduate in Architecture from WITS

Snowboarding

History: Went to do a season in Breckenridge and instead of buying skis I bought a snowboard.

Years snowboarding: 4

Where: Breckenridge, and the surrounding resorts in summit county; Played in Copper, Arapaho, Vail and Keystone.

My first time on a snowboard was like.. that first kiss when you don’t breath and it’s awkward... Memorable

What set-up do you ride: I got this seasons Burton Blunt with Union DXF Bindings

Favourite trick: Landing... No really landing anything and riding out clean is Epic!

Favourite park feature: The hip... it hasn’t hurt me yet ;-)

Default trick: Grab the board somewhere.

Trademark trick: Was probably the cannon ball

Trick you aspire to pull off: Backside 360 tweaked out

Sickest trick you ever pulled off by mistake, explain: front side board slide on a C rail. It just happened, I landed it clean and I had been struggling to 50/50 the freakin thing the whole day.

What’s the best thing about snowboarding: even people with 2 left feet can excel

What is your ultimate goal in snowboarding? To just keep riding.

Social

When I’m not boarding..... I practice architecture and try to decipher the female mind.

Music on my ipod right now: DJ mehow’s riding anthology volume 3

Last good movie I watched: Iron Man

Movie I quote the most: Snatch

Favourite food: Steak and Chips

Favourite city: Innsbruck

Best trick you ever pulled on anyone: I convinced myself I knew what i was doing!

I don’t go anywhere without my: socks?

Favourite series: Dexter

Would you rather: I would rather make mistakes then regret never knowing what the other choice was like.